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paragraph: Quentin Crisp

paragraph: Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt;  – ) was an English writer, raconteur and actor.

paragraph: From a conventional suburban background, Crisp enjoyed wearing make-up and painting his nails, and worked as a rent-boy in his teens. He then spent thirty years as a professional model for life-classes in art colleges. The interviews he gave about his unusual life attracted increasing public curiosity and he was soon sought after for his highly individual views on social manners and the cultivating of style. His one-man stage show was a long-running hit both in Britain and America and he also appeared in films and on TV. Crisp defied convention by criticising both gay liberation and Diana, Princess of Wales.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: Denis Charles Pratt was born in Sutton, South London, on Christmas Day 1908, the fourth child of solicitor Spencer Charles Pratt (1871–1931) and former governess Frances Marion Pratt (née Phillips; 1873–1960). His elder siblings were Katherine (1901–1976), Gerald (1902–1983) and Lewis (1907–1968). He changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home and cultivating his effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.

paragraph: By his own account Crisp was effeminate in behaviour from an early age and found himself the object of teasing at Kingswood House School in Epsom, Surrey from which he won a scholarship to Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1922. After leaving school in 1926 Crisp studied journalism at King's College London but failed to graduate in 1928 going on to take art classes at the Regent Street Polytechnic.

paragraph: Around this time Crisp began visiting the cafés of Soho – his favourite being The Black Cat in Old Compton Street – meeting other young homosexual men and rent-boys, and experimenting with make-up and women's clothes. For six months he worked as a prostitute, looking for love, he said in a 1999 interview, but finding only degradation.

paragraph: Crisp left home to move to the centre of London at the end of 1930 and after dwelling in a succession of flats found a bed-sitting room in Denbigh Street, Pimlico, where he "held court with London's brightest and roughest characters." His outlandish appearance – he wore bright make-up, dyed his long hair crimson, painted his fingernails and wore sandals to display his painted toe-nails – brought admiration and curiosity from some quarters, but generally attracted hostility and violence from strangers passing him in the streets.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Middle years.

paragraph: Crisp attempted to join the British army at the outbreak of the Second World War, but was rejected and declared exempt by the medical board on the grounds that he was "suffering from sexual perversion". He remained in London during the 1941 Blitz, stocked up on cosmetics, purchased five pounds of henna and paraded through the black-out, picking up G.I.s, whose kindness and open-mindedness inspired his love of all things American.

paragraph: In 1940 he moved into a first-floor flat at 129 Beaufort Street, Chelsea, a bed-sitting room that he occupied until he emigrated to the United States in 1981. In the intervening years he never attempted any housework, writing famously in his memoir "The Naked Civil Servant": "After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse."

paragraph: Crisp left his job as an engineer's tracer in 1942 to become a model in life classes in London and the Home Counties. He continued posing for artists for the next 30 years.

paragraph: Crisp had published three short books by the time he came to write "The Naked Civil Servant" at the urging of his agent, Donald Carroll. Crisp wanted to call it "I Reign in Hell", a reference to "Paradise Lost" ("Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven"), but Carroll insisted on "The Naked Civil Servant", an insistence that later gave him pause when he offered the manuscript to Tom Maschler of Jonathan Cape on the same day that Desmond Morris delivered "The Naked Ape". The book was published in 1968 to generally good reviews. Subsequently, Crisp was approached by the documentary-maker Denis Mitchell to be the subject of a short film in which he was expected to talk about his life, voice his opinions and sit around in his flat filing his nails.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Fame.

paragraph: In 1975 the television version of "The Naked Civil Servant" was broadcast on British and US television and made both actor John Hurt and Crisp himself into stars. This success launched Crisp in a new direction: that of performer and tutor. He devised a one-man show and began touring the country with it. The first half of the show was an entertaining monologue loosely based on his memoirs, the second half was a question-and-answer session with Crisp picking the audience's written questions at random and answering them in an amusing manner.

paragraph: When his autobiography was reprinted in 1975 after the success of the television version of "The Naked Civil Servant", "Gay News" commented that the book should have been published posthumously (Crisp commented that this was their polite way of telling him to drop dead). Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said he had met Crisp in 1974 and alleged that he was not sympathetic to the Gay Liberation movement of the time. Tatchell said Crisp asked him: "What do you want liberation from? What is there to be proud of? I don't believe in rights for homosexuals."

paragraph: By now Crisp was a theatre-filling raconteur. His one-man show sold out the Duke of York's Theatre in London in 1978. Crisp then took the show to New York. His first stay in the Hotel Chelsea coincided with a fire, a robbery, and the death of Nancy Spungen. Crisp decided to move to New York permanently and set about making arrangements. In 1981, he arrived with few possessions and found a small apartment on East 3rd Street in Manhattan's East Village.

paragraph: As he had done in London, Crisp allowed his telephone number to be listed in the telephone directory and saw it as his duty to converse with anyone who called him. For the first twenty or so years of owning his own telephone he habitually answered calls with the phrase: "Yes, Lord?" ("Just in case," he once said.) Later on he changed it to: "Oh yes?" in a querulous tone of voice. His openness to strangers extended to accepting dinner invitations from almost anyone. Whilst he expected the host would pay for dinner, Crisp did his best to "sing for his supper" by regaling his host with wonderful stories and yarns much as he did in his theatrical performances. Dinner with him was said to be one of the best shows in New York.

paragraph: He continued to perform his one-man show, published books on the importance of contemporary manners as a means of social inclusiveness as opposed to etiquette which he claimed is socially exclusive, and supported himself by accepting social invitations and writing film reviews and columns for UK and US magazines and newspapers. He said that provided one could exist on peanuts and champagne, one could quite easily live by going to every cocktail party, premiere and first night to which one was invited.

paragraph: Crisp also acted on television and in films. He made his debut as a film actor in the Royal College of Art's low-budget production of "Hamlet" (1976). Crisp played Polonius in the 65-minute adaptation of Shakespeare's play, supported by Helen Mirren, who doubled as Ophelia and Gertrude. He appeared in the 1985 film "The Bride", which brought him into contact with Sting, who played the lead role of Baron Frankenstein. He appeared on the television show "The Equalizer" in the 1987 episode "First Light" and as the narrator of director Richard Kwietniowski's short film "Ballad of Reading Gaol" (1988), based on the poem by Oscar Wilde. Four years later he was cast in a lead role, and got top billing, in the low-budget independent film "", playing the door-man of a flea-bag hotel in a run-down neighbourhood quite like the one he dwelled in. According to director Thomas Massengale, Crisp was a delight to work with.

paragraph: The 1990s would prove to be his most prolific decade as an actor as more and more directors offered him roles. In 1992 he was persuaded by Sally Potter to play Elizabeth I in the film "Orlando". Although he found the role taxing he won acclaim for a dignified and touching performance. Crisp next had an uncredited cameo in the 1993 AIDS drama "Philadelphia." Crisp accepted some other small bit parts and cameos such as a pageant judge in 1995's "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar". Crisp's last role was in an independent film called "American Mod" (1999), and his last full-feature film was "HomoHeights" (also released as "Happy Heights", 1996). He was chosen by Channel 4 to deliver the first "Alternative Christmas Speech", a counterpoint to the Queen's Christmas speech, in 1993.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Last years.

paragraph: Crisp remained fiercely independent and unpredictable into old age. He caused controversy and confusion in the gay community by jokingly calling AIDS "a fad", and homosexuality "a terrible disease". He was continually in demand from journalists requiring a sound-bite and throughout the 1990s his commentary was sought on any number of topics.

paragraph: Crisp was a stern critic of Diana, Princess of Wales and her attempts to gain public sympathy following her divorce from Prince Charles. He stated: "I always thought Diana was such trash and got what she deserved. She was Lady Diana before she was Princess Diana so she knew the racket. She knew that royal marriages have nothing to do with love. You marry a man and you stand beside him on public occasions and you wave and for that you never have a financial worry until the day you die." Following her death in 1997, he commented that it was perhaps her "fast and shallow" lifestyle that led to her demise: "She could have been Queen of England – and she was swanning about Paris with Arabs. What disgraceful behaviour! Going about saying she wanted to be the queen of hearts. The vulgarity of it is so overpowering."

paragraph: In 1995 he was among the many people interviewed for "The Celluloid Closet", an historical documentary addressing how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality. In his third volume of memoirs "Resident Alien" published in the same year, Crisp stated that he was close to the end of his life, though he continued to make public appearances and in June of that year he was one of the guest entertainers at the second Pride Scotland festival in Glasgow.

paragraph: In 1997 Quentin Crisp was crowned king of the Beaux Arts ball run by the Beaux Arts Society. He presided alongside Queen Audrey Kargere, Prince George Bettinger and Princess Annette Hunt.

paragraph: In December 1998 he celebrated his ninetieth birthday performing the opening night of his one-man show, "An Evening with Quentin Crisp", at The Intar Theatre on Forty-Second Street in New York City (produced by John Glines of The Glines organisation).

paragraph: At the age of ninety, Crisp came to the realisation that he was a trans woman rather than a gay man. In "The Last Word", published posthumously, Crisp said, "The only thing in my life I have wanted and didn’t get was to be a woman. It will be my life’s biggest regret. If the operation had been available and cheap when I was young, say when I was twenty-five or twenty-six, I would have jumped at the chance. My life would have been much simpler as a result".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Death.

paragraph: Crisp died of a heart attack in November 1999 nearly one month before his 91st birthday in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester on the eve of a nationwide revival of his one-man show. A humorous pact he had made with Penny Arcade to live to be a century old, with a decade off for good behaviour, proved prophetic. He was cremated with a minimum of ceremony as he had requested and his ashes were flown back to Phillip Ward in New York.

paragraph: He bequeathed his rights in three specific books to his respective collaborators Phillip Ward (for Crisp's final book "The Last Word" (and the book "And One More Thing") – formerly titled "Dusty Answers"), Guy Kettelhack (for "The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp") and John Hofsess (for "Manners from Heaven"). He then bequeathed all future UK-only income (but not the copyrights which belong to Stedman Mays, Mary Tahan and Phillip Ward and are managed by Ward) from his remaining literary estate (including "The Naked Civil Servant") to the two men he considered to have had the greatest influence on his career: Richard Gollner, his long-time agent, and Donald Carroll.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Posthumous works.

paragraph: In the two years before his death (1997-1999), Crisp had been compiling a work that was to initially be titled "The Dusty Answers" with Phillip Ward. Crisp and Ward developed material for this book through many hours of recorded interviews, which was necessary because Crisp had lost the use of his left hand and was unable to use a typewriter or computer. The resulting manuscript remained unpublished for eighteen years after Crisp’s death because Ward found it emotionally difficult to transcribe Crisp’s words. A chance meeting with Laurence Watts, who interviewed Ward for "Pink News", led to a partnership that would see them co-edit Crisp’s remaining work.

paragraph: On November 21, 2017, MB Books published "The Last Word: An Autobiography" by Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts. Whereas "The Naked Civil Servant" made Crisp famous and "How To Become A Virgin" detailed that fame and his move to and life in New York, "The Last Word" was written as a goodbye to the world, with Crisp knowing the end was near. In it he recounts several previously untold stories from his life, walks the reader through his journey from obscurity, and reflects on his philosophy. He also describes the realisation that he was a trans woman and not a gay man.

paragraph: Finally, on January 1, 2019, MB Books published "And One More Thing" by Quentin Crisp, a companion book to "The Last Word: An Autobiography", edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts. "And One More Thing" contains material that the editors believed did not fit into "The Last Word". In "And One More Thing" Quentin primarily shares his views on other people, their lives and their opinions, from flapper girls to Monica Lewinsky, and from the British Royal Family to Walt Disney. Also included is the script for Quentin’s Alternative Christmas Message, broadcast on Britain’s Channel 4 in 1993, the script of his one-man show "An Evening With Quentin Crisp" and his collected poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Influence and legacy.

paragraph: Sting dedicated his song "Englishman in New York" (1987) to Crisp. He had remarked jokingly "that he looked forward to receiving his naturalisation papers so that he could commit a crime and not be deported." In late 1986 Sting visited Crisp in his apartment and was told over dinner – and the next three days – what life had been like for a homosexual man in the largely homophobic Great Britain of the 1920s to the 1960s. Sting was both shocked and fascinated and decided to write the song. It includes the lines:

paragraph: Sting says, "Well, it's partly about me and partly about Quentin. Again, I was looking for a metaphor. Quentin is a hero of mine, someone I know very well. He is gay and he was gay at a time in history when it was dangerous to be so. He had people beating up on him on a daily basis, largely with the consent of the public."

paragraph: Crisp was the subject of a photographic portrait by Herb Ritts and was also chronicled in Andy Warhol's diaries.

paragraph: In his 1995 autobiography "Take It Like a Man", Boy George discusses how he had felt an affinity towards Crisp during his childhood, as they faced similar problems as young homosexual people living in homophobic surroundings.

paragraph: Crisp was the subject of a play "Resident Alien" by Tim Fountain and starring his friend Bette Bourne in 1999. The play opened at the Bush Theatre in London and transferred to New York Theatre Workshop in 2001 where it won two Obies (for performance and design). It went on to win a Herald Angel (Best actor) at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002. Subsequent productions have been seen across the US and Australia. A film of the same name was released by Greycat Films in 1990.

paragraph: The song "The Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (and Other Three-Named Composers)" from William Finn's song-cycle "Elegies" refers to him.

paragraph: The 1981 synthpop song "No G.D.M" by German electro band Gina X Performance is dedicated to Quentin Crisp.

paragraph: In 2009 a television sequel to "The Naked Civil Servant" was broadcast. Entitled "An Englishman in New York" the production documented Crisp's later years in Manhattan. Thirty-four years after his first award-winning performance as Crisp John Hurt returned to play him again. Other co-stars included Denis O'Hare as Phillip Steele (an amalgam character based on Crisp's friends Phillip Ward and Tom Steele), Jonathan Tucker as artist Patrick Angus, Cynthia Nixon as Penny Arcade, and Swoosie Kurtz as Connie Clausen. The production was filmed in New York in August 2008 and completed in London in October 2008. The film was directed by British director Richard Laxton, written by Brian Fillis, produced by Amanda Jenks and made its premiere at the Berlinale (the Berlin International Film Festival) in early February 2009 before being shown on television later that year.

paragraph: Also in 2009, Crisp's great-nephew, academic and film-maker Adrian Goycoolea, premiered a short documentary, "Uncle Denis?", at the 23rd London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. The film uses interviews with family and previously unseen home movie footage. In collaboration with Crisperanto curator Philip Ward, Goycoolea also created an installation entitled 'Personal Effects' at the 2010 MIX NYC, New York City, which recreated Crisp's New York apartment using his personal effects and included home video footage.

paragraph: In 2013, with curator Phillip Ward of Crisperanto: The Quentin Crisp Archives, the Museum of Arts and Design, in Manhattan, staged a three-month retrospective on Quentin Crisp entitled "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Quentin Crisp". The retrospective consisted of free screenings of interviews, one man shows, documentaries and other recorded media.

paragraph: In the 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot Bill Murray explicitly based the dress style of his character (Martin Heiss) on Crisp.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lettering for Brush and Pen" (1936), Quentin Crisp and A.F. Stuart, Frederick Warne Ltd. Manual on typefaces for advertising.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Colour In Display" (1938) Quentin Crisp, 131 pp., The Blandford Press. Manual on the use of colour in window displays.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "All This and Bevin Too" (1943) Quentin Crisp, illustrated by "Mervyn Peake", Mervyn Peake Society . Parable, in verse, about an unemployed kangaroo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Naked Civil Servant" (1968) Quentin Crisp, 222 pp., Harper Collins, . Crisp's account of the first half of his life.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Love Made Easy" (1977) Quentin Crisp, 154 pp., Duckworth, . Fantastical, semi-autobiographical novel.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Have a Life Style" (1975), Quentin Crisp, 159 pp., Cecil Woolf Publ., . Essays on charisma and personality.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chog: A Gothic Fable" (1979), Quentin Crisp, Methuen, London. Illustrated by Jo Lynch, Magnum (1981).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Become a Virgin" (1981) Quentin Crisp, 192 pp., Harper Collins, . Second instalment of autobiography, describing his experience of the fame that "The Naked Civil Servant" and its dramatisation brought.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Doing It With Style" (1981) Quentin Crisp, with Donald Carroll, illustrated by Jonathan Hills, 157 pp., Methuen, . A guide to thoughtful and stylish living.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp" (1984) Quentin Crisp, edited by Guy Kettelhack, Harper & Row, 140 pp., . Compilation of Crisp's essays and quotations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Manners from Heaven: a divine guide to good behaviour" (1984) Quentin Crisp, with John Hofsess, Hutchinson, . Instructions for compassionate living.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "How to Go to the Movies" (1988) Quentin Crisp, 224 pp., St. Martin's Press, . Movie reviews and essays on film.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations", also published as "The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book: a literary companion" (1989) edited by Quentin Crisp, Hale, 185 pp. . Anthology of gay-related quotes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Resident Alien: The New York Diaries" (1996) Quentin Crisp, 232 pp., Harper Collins, . Diaries and recollections from 1990–94.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Last Word: An Autobiography", (2017) Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, MB Books, 232 pp., . Quentin Crisp's final book, the third and last installment of his autobiography, written during the last two years of his life.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "And One More Thing", (2019) Quentin Crisp, edited by Phillip Ward and Laurence Watts, MB Books, 193 pp., . A companion book to Quentin Crisp's "The Last Word: An Autobiography". Crisp shares his views on other people, their lives and their opinions. Included is the script for Quentin’s Alternative Christmas Message, broadcast on Britain’s Channel 4 in 1993, the script of his one-man show "An Evening With Quentin Crisp" and his collected poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "World in Action (documentary) (Broadcast 1971, filmed in 1968) ...himself. Directed by Denis Mitchell.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Naked Civil Servant" (1975) (introduction)... himself

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hamlet" (1976) ... Polonius

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bride"... Dr. Zalhus

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Equalizer" ... Ernie Frick (episode, First Light (1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ballad of Reading Gaol" (short) (1988) ... Narrator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Resident Alien" (1990) (autobiography) ... Himself

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1992) ... Pat the Doorman

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Orlando" (1992) ... Queen Elizabeth I

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philadelphia" (1993) (uncredited) ... Guest at Party

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Red Ribbons" (1994) (Video) ... Horace Nightingale III

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aunt Fannie" (1994) (Video) ... Aunt Fannie

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Natural Born Crazies" (1994) ... Narrator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" (1995) ... New York pageant judge

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Taylor Mead Unleashed", (documentary-1996) Himself. Sebastian Piras director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Little Red Riding Hood" (1997) (voice) ... Narrator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Famous Again" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Men Under Water" (1998) ... Joseph

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Barriers" (1998) ... Nathan

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Homo Heights" (1998) ... Malcolm

paragraph: BULLET::::- "American Mod" (2002) ... Grandma

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Domestic Strangers" (2005) ... Mr. Davis

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "An Evening with Quentin Crisp" (2008) ... Cherry Red Records (U.K.) ... Double C.D. featuring live recordings made at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, on 22 February 1979. Also includes a 35-minute interview with Morgan Fisher, recorded in Quentin's Chelsea flat in June 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miniatures 1 & 2" (2008) ... Cherry Red Records (U.K.) ... Double C.D. of one-minute tracks by many muses, poets, et cetera Produced by Morgan Fisher in 1980 (Pt.1) and 2000 (Pt. 2). Quentin's track is titled "Stop the Music for a Minute." See www.cherryred.co.uk

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- LGBT culture in New York City

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Take It Like A Man", Boy George, Sidgwick & Jackson, 490 pages, . Autobiography of Boy George.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Coming on Strong", Joan Rhodes, Serendipity Books, 2007. Autobiography of strongwoman Joan Rhodes who was an intimate friend of Crisp's for over half a century.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Krays and Bette Davis", Patrick Newley, AuthorsOnline Books, 2005. Memoir by showbiz writer Patrick Newley who acted as Crisp's P.A. for some years.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Biographies.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Stately Homo: a celebration of the life of Quentin Crisp", (2000) edited by Paul Bailey, Bantam, 251 pages, . Collection of interviews and tributes from those who knew Crisp.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quentin Crisp", (2002), Tim Fountain, Absolute Press, 192 pages, . Biography by dramatist who knew Crisp in the last few years of his life.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quentin & Philip", (2002), Andrew Barrow, Macmillan, 559 pages, . Dual biography of Crisp and his friend Philip O'Connor.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quentin Crisp: The Profession of Being", (2011), Nigel Kelly, McFarland, . Biography of Mr Crisp by Nigel Kelly who runs the www.quentincrisp.info website.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archival sources

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Patrick. Letters from Quentin Crisp, 1991–1999 (.21 linear feet) are housed at the New York Public Library.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Donald Carroll letters received from poets, 1959–1969 (.45 cubic feet) are housed Pennsylvania State University Libraries.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- World in Action

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site Crisperanto: The Quentin Crisp Archives ~ All Things Quentin Crisp!

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary in the online magazine Salon.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview from 1997 in Spike Magazine

paragraph: BULLET::::- One-hour radio interview from 1989 from Bob Claster's Funny Stuff – KCRW Santa Monica

paragraph: BULLET::::- Website about Resident Alien the stage show

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cherry Red Records, who have released recordings by Quentin

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paragraph: Richard Phelps (pentathlete)

paragraph: Richard Phelps (born 19 April 1961) is a British former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 1988 Games.

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categories: 16th-century Italian women,Italian women poets,Italian Renaissance writers,16th-century Italian women writers,16th-century writers,16th-century Italian people

paragraph: Laura Terracina

paragraph: Laura Terracina (1519-c. 1577) was an Italian poet from Naples during the Renaissance. She was the most published Italian poet of the sixteenth century.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Terracina was born in Chiaia, a suburb of Naples. Her mother, Diana Anfora of Sorrento and father, Paolo Terracina, had at least one more daughter and two sons. She may have received encouragement from the famous poet Vittoria Colonna, who possibly sent her a brief poem praising her talents.

paragraph: In 1545, she became a member of the Academia of the Incogniti in Naples, and knew and corresponded with several literari figures. Despite the suppression of the academy in 1547, she continued to be known by her academy pseudonym of Febea.

paragraph: She married her relative Polidoro Terracina and sometimes addressed poems to him. She had befriended many influential people of her day, like the patroness Giovanna d'Aragona and the writer Angelo di Costanzo.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: She published nine volumes of poetry, in Florence, Venice, Naples and Lucca between 1548 and 1567. In Venice, she published the chivalric romance "Discorso sopra il Principio di Tutti I Canti di Orlando Furioso", a poem linked to Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, which was reprinted thirteen times. In it she defended women from their detractors, but laments that not more have literary pursuits.

paragraph: Sometimes she dedicated poems to those she had met at the Academia of the Incogniti. In the many poems she wrote in praise of others, she generally spoke of her unworthiness as a poet. She exchanged poems of praise with Laura Battiferri, in which the two women praised the other, but trivialized their own talents.

paragraph: During her lifetime she was lauded for her work. In some of her works she deplores social disturbances and political turmoil. She also insisted that women should pursue fame for their work and addressed her seventh book to the widows of Naples.

paragraph: The National Library of Florence holds more than two hundred of her uncollected poems in a manuscript dated 1577.

description: Italian poet

wikidata_label: Laura Terracina

wikipedia_title: Laura Terracina


text: modern pentathlete

text: 1936 Summer Olympics

text: Stalingrad

categories: Olympic modern pentathletes of Italy,Recipients of the Gold Medal of Military Valor,Modern pentathletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics,Italian male modern pentathletes,Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon,1942 deaths,Italian military personnel killed in World War II,1911 births,Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics,Olympic bronze medalists for Italy

paragraph: Silvano Abbà

paragraph: Silvano Abbà (3 July 1911 – 24 August 1942) was an Italian modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Abbà was a military man, who led the Italian Savoy Cavalry squadron in August 1942 at the Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij near Stalingrad. Abbà was killed, along with 32 other riders who were killed by the Soviets. It is considered the last cavalry charge in military history and was won by the Italian "Savoia Cavalleria" regiment, led by colonel Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago.

description: Olympic modern pentathlete

wikidata_label: Silvano Abbà

wikipedia_title: Silvano Abbà


text:
Bautzen
partial differential equations
Monge–Ampère equation
Franz Rellich
University of Göttingen
Cantor medal

categories: 20th-century German mathematicians,2017 deaths,1924 births,21st-century German mathematicians

paragraph: Erhard Heinz

paragraph: Erhard Heinz (30 April 1924, Bautzen-29 December 2017, Göttingen) was a German mathematician known for his work on partial differential equations, in particular the Monge–Ampère equation.

paragraph: His PhD was obtained in 1951 under the supervision of Franz Rellich at the University of Göttingen.

paragraph: In 1994 he was awarded the Cantor medal.

description: German mathematician

wikidata_label: Erhard Heinz

wikipedia_title: Erhard Heinz


text:
Georgian
Bagratid dynasty
Tao-Klarjeti
Lower Tao
Iberia
Adarnase IV
David II
Ashot II
Byzantine
curopalates
Ishkhani
Doliskana
Artvin Province
Turkey

categories: Kings of Bagratid Iberia,10th-century monarchs of Georgia,Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti,Kouropalatai,Year of birth unknown,958 deaths,10th-century monarchs in Asia

paragraph: Sumbat I of Iberia

paragraph: Sumbat I () (died 958) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti, hereditary ruler of Lower Tao and the titular king of Iberia from 937 until his death.

paragraph: Sumbat was the youngest son of Adarnase IV. He was a younger brother of David II upon whose death he succeeded as “king of the Iberians” in 937, and of Ashot II upon whose death he succeeded as the Byzantine dignitary curopalates in 954. Sumbat is commemorated in the church inscriptions from Ishkhani and Doliskana in what is now Artvin Province, Turkey.

description: King of Georgia

wikidata_label: Sumbat I of Iberia

wikipedia_title: Sumbat I of Iberia


text:
Georgian
Bagratid dynasty
Tao-Klarjeti
Tao
eristavt-eristavi
Byzantine
magistros
Adarnase III of Tao
Ashot Kukhi
Khandzta
Klarjeti
Javakheti
Adjara
Nigali
Ashot "the Prompt"
Bagrat I
Armenian
Samshvilde
Ashot the Swift
Abasgia
Constantine III

categories: Monarchs of Georgia,Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti,Year of birth unknown,941 deaths,10th-century rulers in Asia

paragraph: Gurgen II of Tao

paragraph: Gurgen II "the Great" (, "Gurgen Didi") (died February 14, 941) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Tao with the title of "eristavt-eristavi", "duke of dukes". He also bore the Byzantine title of magistros.

paragraph: The son of Adarnase III of Tao, Gurgen succeeded on the death of his paternal uncle Ashot Kukhi in 918. He features prominently in the medieval Georgian sources, being nicknamed as "the Great". A patron of local monastic communities, Gurgen presided over the construction of a new cathedral at Khandzta.

paragraph: Gurgen was an energetic ruler and accumulated in his hands much power, ruling over Tao, parts of Klarjeti and Javakheti, and also Adjara and Nigali. The expansion of his territories was at the expense of his cousins and neighbours. Thus, sometime between 923 and 941, he wrested Klarjeti from his father-in-law Ashot "the Prompt", son of Bagrat I, giving him two other domains — western part of Javakheti and Adjara — in exchange. He further made a thrust at Armenian-held Samshvilde, as well.

paragraph: Gurgen was married to a daughter of Ashot the Swift, member of the Bagratid line of Klarjeti. They had the only daughter who married the Abasgian prince Bagrat, son of King Constantine III. With Gurgen’s death in 941, the Bagratid line of Tao became extinct and his state was divided among other branches of the dynasty.

description: Georgian prince

wikidata_label: Gurgen II of Tao

wikipedia_title: Gurgen II of Tao


text:
Georgian
Bagratid dynasty
Tao-Klarjeti
Upper Tao
eristavt-eristavi
Adarnase II Kuropalates
hagiography
Giorgi Merchule
David III

categories: Monarchs of Georgia,966 deaths,Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti,Year of birth unknown,10th-century rulers in Asia

paragraph: Bagrat II of Tao

paragraph: Bagrat II () (died 966) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and hereditary ruler of Upper Tao, with the title of "eristavt-eristavi", "duke of dukes", from 961 to 966.

paragraph: Bagrat was a son and successor of Adarnase II Kuropalates. Details of his brief rule are not known. The 10th-century Georgian hagiography "Vita of Grigol Khandzteli" by Giorgi Merchule mentions him as a man of letters and builder of churches. He died without issue, being succeeded by his brother David III.

description: Georgian prince

wikidata_label: Bagrat II of Tao

wikipedia_title: Bagrat II of Tao


text:
Montreal
singer-songwriter
guitarist
The Mother Hips
Animal Liberation Orchestra
Jackie Greene
Jack Johnson (musician)
Neil Young
Cat Stevens
Robbie Robertson
Van Morrison
Mark Knopfler
Tom Petty
Bob Dylan
Jack Johnson
KT Tunstall
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

categories: Musicians from Montreal,Canadian singer-songwriters,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Chris Velan

paragraph: Chris Velan is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter and guitarist.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: While in college, he studied law. After passing the bar, he traveled to West Africa where he was the music producer of a documentary film about a group of refugee musicians from Sierra Leone.

paragraph: In 2003 Velan returned from West Africa, releasing his debut solo album "It's Not What You Think", which incorporated a mix of his old and new influences ranging from folk, pop and rock to world music and reggae.

paragraph: Live, Velan uses a loop pedal which thickens and layers the music, as he performs live as a one-man band. His last album "Solidago" was released on NewSong Recordings. This is his third solo album and some of the artists featured on this album include San Francisco artists The Mother Hips, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Jackie Greene and Adam Topol (Culver City Dub Collective, Jack Johnson (musician).

paragraph: Section::::Influences.

paragraph: Velan's influences include Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Robbie Robertson, Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler

paragraph: Velan has been compared to artists including Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Jack Johnson. Due to his use of the loop pedal at his live performances, he has also been compared to KT Tunstall.

paragraph: Section::::Experience.

paragraph: Velan has performed with well-known acts across North America including:

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Solo

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Amateur Hour" - September 14, 2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Glow" - March 02, 2016

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Long Goodbye" - July 23, 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fables for Fighters" - June 7, 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Solidago" - Released April 7, 2009

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Twitter, Buzz, Howl" - January 08, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- "It's Not What You Think" - November 25, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Equalizer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rise" (1998) - Peter UnPlugged

paragraph: BULLET::::- As Producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars -"Living Like a Refugee"" (2006) - Anti- Records

description: Canadian singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Chris Velan

wikipedia_title: Chris Velan


text: Scottish peer

text: racing driver

text: 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans

text: Mount Stuart House

text: Isle of Bute

text: Ampleforth College

text: Rothesay, Argyll and Bute

text: Robert II of Scotland

text: Robert the Bruce

text: British Prime Minister

text: Ampleforth College

text: British Formula 3 Championship

text: Ivan Capelli

text: European Formula Three Championship

text: FIA

text: International Formula 3000

text: Team Lotus

text: Ayrton Senna

text: Derek Warwick

text: Monaco

text: Renault

text: Japan

text: Satoru Nakajima

text: Honda

text: Tyrrell

text: Martin Brundle

text: Philippe Streiff

text: Le Mans 24 Hours

text: Jaguar XJR-9

text: Tom Walkinshaw

text: Silk Cut

text: Jaguar

text: Jan Lammers

text: Andy Wallace

text: Sunday Times Rich List 2008

text: 2006 list

text: Mount Stuart House

text: Rothesay

text: Dumfries House

text: Cumnock

text: Ayrshire

text: 6th Marquess of Bute

text: King Robert II

text: King William IV

text: Dorothea Jordan

text: Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll

text: Queen Victoria

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: Bernard, Earl of Granard

text: Beatrice Mills Forbes

text: Ogden Mills

text: Livingston family

text: Schuyler family

text: New York

text: King Charles II

text: James, Duke of Monmouth

categories: World Sportscar Championship drivers,1958 births,24 Hours of Le Mans drivers,Scottish racing drivers,24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers,Team Lotus Formula One drivers,British Roman Catholics,People from Rothesay, Bute,British Touring Car Championship drivers,British people of Dutch descent,21st-century Roman Catholics,Scottish Formula One drivers,People educated at Ampleforth College,British people of American descent,International Formula 3000 drivers,Livingston family,Scottish Roman Catholics,Living people,20th-century Roman Catholics,British Formula Three Championship drivers,Marquesses of Bute

paragraph: John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (born 26 April 1958), styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993, is a Scottish peer and a former racing driver, most notably winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans. He does not use his title and prefers to be known solely as John Bute, although he has also been called Johnny Dumfries. The family home is Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute. He attended Ampleforth College, as had his father and most male members of the Crichton-Stuart family, but did not finish the normal five years of study.

paragraph: Section::::Racing career.

paragraph: Born in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute, into one of Scotland's oldest aristocratic families (being a descendant of Robert II of Scotland and through him Robert the Bruce) and the descendant of a British Prime Minister, Johnny Dumfries/John Bute was heir to a large fortune. He turned his back on an expensive education at Ampleforth College and set about pursuing a career in motor racing.

paragraph: In 1984 Dumfries was the sensation of the F3 season, scoring 14 race victories on his way to winning, and completely dominating, the British Formula 3 Championship for Team BP (Dave Price Racing). He also finished runner-up to Ivan Capelli in the European Formula Three Championship that year. In 1985, he graduated to the newly created FIA International Formula 3000 Championship, initially competing for Onyx Race Engineering before switching to Lola Motorsport. It was a disappointing season, with a sixth-place finish in Vallelunga being the highlight of the year.

paragraph: In he made his breakthrough into F1, and raced a single season for the JPS Team Lotus. He was a late addition to the team, apparently as a result of Ayrton Senna not wanting Derek Warwick as a teammate. He competed in 15 Grands Prix for Lotus (not qualifying at Monaco), which used the turbocharged Renault engines and scored 3 championship points.

paragraph: He was replaced for by the Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima as part of Lotus's deal to use Honda engines from that season onwards. During the most part of the season, he was usually one of the midfield drivers, on par with the Tyrrell drivers Martin Brundle and Philippe Streiff.

paragraph: In 1988, Dumfries scored the biggest racing victory of his career when he won the Le Mans 24 Hours driving a Jaguar XJR-9 for Tom Walkinshaw's Silk Cut Jaguar Team alongside Dutchman Jan Lammers and Englishman Andy Wallace.

paragraph: Section::::Wealth.

paragraph: He ranked 616th in the "Sunday Times Rich List 2008", with an estimated wealth of £125m. In the 2006 list, he ranked 26th in Scotland with £122m.

paragraph: He lives with his family in London and at the ancestral seat Mount Stuart House, south of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. In 2007, the other family home Dumfries House in Cumnock, Ayrshire was sold to the nation for £45 million.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and children.

paragraph: In 1984, he married Carolyn, daughter of Bryson and Rose Waddell. They were divorced in 1993. They have three children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Caroline Crichton-Stuart (b. 26 September 1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Cathleen Crichton-Stuart (b. 14 September 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Bryson Crichton-Stuart, Earl of Dumfries (b. 21 December 1989)

paragraph: He married secondly Serena Solitaire Wendell, daughter of Major Jac Wendell and former wife of Robert De Lisser, in 1999. They have one child:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Lola Affrica Crichton-Stuart (b. 1999)

paragraph: Section::::Ancestry.

paragraph: Crichton-Stuart is the son of the 6th Marquess of Bute and his former wife Beatrice Weld-Forester. On his father's side, he is a male-line descendant of King Robert II through an illegitimate line, and a female-line descendant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan through their daughter Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll. As William IV was Queen Victoria's uncle, the Marquess of Bute is a distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. On his father's side he is also a descendant of Bernard, Earl of Granard and Beatrice Mills Forbes, an American socialite who was the daughter of Ogden Mills and Ruth "Tiny" Livingston Mills, a descendant of the Livingston family and the Schuyler family from New York.

paragraph: On his mother's side, he is twice descended from King Charles II through his eldest illegitimate son, James, Duke of Monmouth.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute

description: racecar driver


text:
King of Sparta
Chremonidean War
Cleomenes II
Acrotatus II
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Gortys
Knossos
siege to Sparta
Josephus
Plutarch

categories: Pyrrhus of Epirus,3rd-century BC Spartans,Hellenistic Crete,4th-century BC rulers,People in the Deuterocanonical books,265 BC deaths,Year of birth unknown,Agiad kings of Sparta,3rd-century BC rulers,Ancient Jewish Greek history,4th-century BC Spartans,Ancient Greeks killed in battle

paragraph: Areus I

paragraph: Areus I () (died 265 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 309 to 265 BC, who died in battle near Corinth during the Chremonidean War. He was the grandson of Cleomenes II and was succeeded by his son Acrotatus II.

paragraph: Section::::Military success.

paragraph: In 272 BC Areus I successfully repelled Pyrrhus of Epirus from Laconia. In 272 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus with 25,000 foot soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and 24 elephants marched into Laconia on the false pretense of “set[ting] free the cities which were subject to Antigonus” and “to send his younger sons to Sparta, if nothing prevented, to be brought up in the Lacedaemonian customs”. While Areus was in Crete to support Gortys in its war against Knossos, Pyrrhus set siege to Sparta. The men and women of Sparta dug a trench around the city to defend themselves against Pyrrhus' forces. After a day of fighting, the Spartans managed to hold back Pyrrhus from the large moat around the city. By the end of the second day of fighting, Areus had returned from Crete to Sparta with 2,000 soldiers, along with aid from Corinth which had just arrived.

paragraph: Section::::Areus in the Maccabees.

paragraph: Three letters in the first book of Maccabees contain the Jewish claim to kinship with the Spartans. They are reproduced in a variant form by Josephus.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Plutarch, "Lives: Pyrrhus" xxvi–xxix

description: King of Sparta

wikidata_label: Areus I

wikipedia_title: Areus I


text:
Archbishop of Cologne
Archchancellor of Italy
Goswin II of Heinsberg
Cologne
Rheims
Liège
France
England
Frederick Barbarossa
Henry IV of Luxembourg
Hainaut
Aachen
Duisburg
Italy
Battle of Legnano
Duke of Westphalia
Duchy of Saxony
Henry the Lion
Mainz
Baldwin V of Hainault
margravial
Pope Urban III
Canute IV of Denmark
Archbishopric
Trier
Folmar
Karden
Zeltingen
Whitsuntide
Philip II of France
Emperor Henry VI
Kingdom of Sicily
Constance
Naples
bubonic plague
malaria
Shrine of the Three Kings

categories: Archbishops of Cologne,Burials at Cologne Cathedral,Dukes of Westphalia,1130s births,1191 deaths,12th-century Roman Catholic archbishops,Medieval chancellors (government)

paragraph: Philip I (archbishop of Cologne)

paragraph: Philip I () (c. 1130 – 13 August 1191) was the Archbishop of Cologne and Archchancellor of Italy from 1167 to 1191.

paragraph: He was the son of Count Goswin II of Heinsberg and Adelaide of Sommerschenburg. He received his ecclesiastic training in Cologne and Rheims, becoming dean of the cathedral chapter in Cologne and then provost of Liège. In late Summer 1167, he was raised to the archchancery and the archdiocese of Cologne, where he was consecrated 29 September 1168. In that year, he entered into and mediated the controversy between France and England.

paragraph: As bishop, Philip continued the policies of his predecessors. He exceeded all of them, however, in his territorial expansions, buying up the lands of his vassals and selling many for a profit. Philip held his fief directly from the emperor and was the greatest of the imperial tenants-in-chief. By buying up his vassals' subvassals, he tied them closer to himself. Frederick Barbarossa, however, saw a threat in the archbishop's pretensions and allied himself to the competing baronial factions of the region, especially Henry IV of Luxembourg, who had a hereditary claim to the Hainaut. Barbarossa also made Aachen and Duisburg royal cities with trade privileges in order to weaken Cologne economically.

paragraph: Despite this, Philip remained a supporter of Frederick. As archchancellor, he campaigned with him in Italy on several occasions. He was present at the disastrous Battle of Legnano on 29 May 1176, where Barbarossa's Italian ambitions were left slain on the field. On 13 April 1180, Philip was created Duke of Westphalia in the breakup of the old Duchy of Saxony following the dispossession of Henry the Lion. With Westphalia in his control, Philip was the most powerful lord of the north of the realm and threatened the power and influence of the emperor. At the great council at Mainz in 1184, he raised Baldwin V of Hainault to margravial status. Philip responded by negotiating with Pope Urban III, then at odds with Barbarossa, and Canute IV of Denmark. He also moved to support the old count of Luxembourg, who had claims to Hainault. Philip further lent his support to the anti-Imperial candidate to the Archbishopric of Trier, Folmar of Karden, and erected a fortress in Zeltingen to that purpose, The archbishop's wider attempts to align the German episcopate against the emperor failed, however.

paragraph: Around Whitsuntide 1187, Philip defeated an imperial army on its way to oppose Philip II of France. At this, the emperor formally accused the archbishop of unfaithfulness. In March 1188, Philip was subjected to a council in Mainz under the emperor. He made peace the next year (1189). In 1190, Philip was again playing a political rôle, this time mediating between Barbarossa and Henry the Lion. Philip accompanied the new Emperor Henry VI into Italy, to seize the Kingdom of Sicily in right of his wife Constance, in 1191 and died at the siege of Naples during an epidemic — either bubonic plague or malaria. His body was returned to Cologne.

paragraph: In 1180 he began construction on Cologne's city wall. Documents dated 27 July and 18 August of the year attest to the beginning of work on what would become Europe's largest city wall until 1881. He also began the Shrine of the Three Kings, in which was found (1864) one of his coins.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rosamond McKitterick, David Abulafia. "The New Cambridge Medieval History: pts. 1-2. c. 1024-c. 1198" Cambridge University Press, 2004 pg. 403

description: Roman Catholic archbishop

wikidata_label: Philip I

wikipedia_title: Philip I (archbishop of Cologne)


text: Major League Baseball

text: Japanese

text: Atlanta Braves

text: hitting coach

text: GCL Pirates

text: Honolulu, Hawaii

text: quarterback

text: Interscholastic League of Honolulu

text: Michigan State University

text: Brigham Young University

text: football

text: scholarship

text: Milwaukee Braves

text: outfielder

text: fielding percentage

text: Waycross Braves

text: Georgia–Florida League

text: pinch hitter

text: singled

text: at-bat

text: New York Mets

text: Jack Fisher

text: run

text: double header

text: center fielder

text: left fielder

text: Rico Carty

text: tuberculosis

text: platooned

text: Tito Francona

text: Hank Aaron

text: Felipe Alou

text: National League West

text: San Francisco Giants

text: double

text: home run

text: San Diego Padres

text: right field

text: first baseman

text: Ralph Garr

text: runs batted in

text: extra base hit

text: fourth outfielder

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: shortstop

text: Darrel Chaney

text: Big Red Machine

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: out

text: World Series

text: New York Yankees

text: free agent

text: Seibu Lions

text: catcher

text: Dale Murphy

text: National League

text: Chicago Cubs

text: Terry Leach

text: double

text: Al Jackson

text: Yokohama Taiyo Whales

text: Spring training

text: Anderson Braves

text: South Atlantic League

text: Chicago White Sox

text: hitting coach

text: Charley Lau

text: Joe Nossek

text: Kansas City Royals

text: Milwaukee Brewers

text: South Atlantic League

text: West Virginia Power

text: Hawaii Winter League

text: North Shore Honu

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Gulf Coast League

text: Retrosheet

text: SABR Biography Project

text: Pura Pelota

categories: President Theodore Roosevelt High School alumni,American expatriate baseball players in Japan,Atlanta Braves players,Yakima Braves players,Cincinnati Reds players,Major League Baseball first basemen,Chicago White Sox coaches,American adoptees,Florida Instructional League Braves players,Waycross Braves players,Águilas Cibaeñas players,Austin Braves players,Chicago Cubs players,Major League Baseball right fielders,Richmond Braves players,Major League Baseball left fielders,Binghamton Triplets players,Cardenales de Lara players,Living people,Tigres de Aragua players,Baseball players from Hawaii,Kansas City Royals coaches,1945 births,American baseball players of Japanese descent,Sportspeople from Honolulu

paragraph: Mike Lum

paragraph: Michael Ken-Wai Lum (born October 27, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and coach who became the first American of Japanese ancestry to play in the major leagues when he debuted with the Atlanta Braves in . He currently serves as the hitting coach with the GCL Pirates.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Lum was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Japanese woman and American soldier and was adopted as a baby by a Chinese couple, Mun Luke and Winnifred Lum. He became a star left-handed quarterback at President Theodore Roosevelt High School, winning the Interscholastic League of Honolulu's Back of the Year award in . He attracted interest from Michigan State University, and attended Brigham Young University on a football scholarship for one semester in the fall of after having signed with the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent back in June.

paragraph: A speedy runner, Lum was converted to an outfielder in the Braves' organization after having played first base in high school. He logged just a .925 fielding percentage his first professional season with the Waycross Braves Georgia–Florida League, but his defense steadily improved over his five seasons in the minors.

paragraph: Section::::Atlanta Braves.

paragraph: Making his major league debut as a pinch hitter on September 12, , Lum singled in his first major league at-bat against the New York Mets' Jack Fisher. With the Braves trailing 3-2 in the ninth, Lum came around to score the game tying run of their 4-3 victory. He started the second game of a September 17 double header in centerfield, and remained the team's starting center fielder over the remainder of the season.

paragraph: With starting left fielder Rico Carty out for the season with tuberculosis, Lum platooned with Tito Francona in left, while occasionally spelling a day off for Hank Aaron in right and Felipe Alou in center. He remained a reserve with the Braves when Carty returned in , and reached the post-season for the first time in his career, as the Braves won the newly formed National League West by three games over the San Francisco Giants. Lum went two-for-two with a double in the 1969 National League Championship Series against the New York Mets.

paragraph: Lum hit three home runs and drove in five of the eight runs the Braves scored against the San Diego Padres on July 3, . He finally earned a starting job in right field in when Aaron was converted to a first baseman.

paragraph: The Braves platooned Lum and Ralph Garr in right field in . In , Aaron was moved back into the outfield, and Lum began seeing most of his playing time at first base. He batted a career-high .294, while also logging career highs in home runs (16), runs batted in (82), runs scored (74), extra base hits (48) and at-bats (513). After two more seasons as a fourth outfielder and back-up first baseman, Lum was traded to the World Champion Cincinnati Reds for shortstop Darrel Chaney.

paragraph: Section::::Cincinnati Reds.

paragraph: Playing time was hard to come by for the "spare parts" of the "Big Red Machine." Lum saw far less playing time in Cincinnati than he was used to, as he averaged just 156 plate appearances per season in his three years with the Reds. In , he reached the post-season for the second time in his career. He logged just one at-bat in the 1976 National League Championship Series with the Philadelphia Phillies, flying out in game three to end the seventh inning. He never came to bat in the World Series against the New York Yankees.

paragraph: ARRESTED during world series with New York Yankees: Reason Mike Lum NEVER came to bat in the 1976 World Series was that he was arrested while sitting on the bench during the World Series for owing $7,000 in back child support. On August 4, 1976 State District Judge Jerry Dellana signed an order Aug. 4 placing support and assessed punishment at 60 days in county jail. Published less than 1 month after his arrest a Honolulu newspaper SBH on Oct 25, 1976 ran a story of how Mike Lum would collect around $ 27,000 in post-season money in 1976. That is on TOP of his regular season salary. Mike Lum never served 1 day in a Travis county jail.

paragraph: Following the season, Lum took part in a tour of Japan with the Cincinnati Reds. Aware that Lum was to become a free agent at the end of the season, the Seibu Lions offered him a three-year deal worth one million dollars. He declined, returning to the Braves, instead.

paragraph: Section::::Return to Atlanta.

paragraph: Lum began the season as the Braves' starting first baseman, however, star catcher Dale Murphy was moved to first base at the start of May, removing Lum from the starting line-up. Delegated to pinch hitting duties, Lum led the National League with seventeen. He remained in that role until his release on May 1, . He signed with the Chicago Cubs shortly afterwards; on August 12, he clubbed a two-run home run off Terry Leach of the New York Mets for the 100th pinch hit of his career.

paragraph: Section::::Career stats.

paragraph: Lum batted .246 as a pinch hitter over his career. On May 22, 1969, Lum cracked a two RBI double off the New York Mets' Al Jackson pinch hitting for Hank Aaron. He is one of only three players ever to pinch hit for Aaron.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching.

paragraph: Lum joined the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in , and batted .269 with twelve home runs and 46 RBIs. Following his one season in Japan, Hank Aaron, now the Braves' minor-league farm director, invited Lum to Spring training to coach with the extended Spring program. Following Spring training, he became a coach with the Anderson Braves of the South Atlantic League.

paragraph: He jumped to the Chicago White Sox organization in . Following the passing of White Sox hitting coach Charley Lau that March, Lum assisted his replacement, Joe Nossek over the rest of the season. The job was given to Lum exclusively in . He was fired at the end of the season despite the fact that the Chisox won eleven more games, drove in 55 more runs, and had a higher batting average (.253, vs .247 in 1984).

paragraph: He joined the San Francisco Giants in as a roving instructor. The following season, he held the same job with the Kansas City Royals. He became their major league hitting coach in and before returning to the White Sox in as minor-league hitting coordinator. He remained at that post through . In he joined the Milwaukee Brewers organization as hitting coach for the class A South Atlantic League's West Virginia Power, and was named the South Atlantic League "Coach of the Year."

paragraph: When the Hawaii Winter League resumed play in after eight inactive seasons, Lum joined the North Shore Honu. After just one season, he returned to the Brewers organization as minor-league hitting coordinator. In , he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates organization as hitting coach for the Gulf Coast League Pirates.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project, or Pura Pelota

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Mike Lum

wikipedia_title: Mike Lum


text:
Polish
Stanisław Lubomirski (1704–1793)
Aleksander Michał Lubomirski

categories: Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,1752 births,1825 deaths,Polish generals

paragraph: Michał Lubomirski

paragraph: Michał Lubomirski (1752–1809) was a Polish military commander and a Lieutenant General of the Polish Army. A son to Stanisław Lubomirski (1704–1793), he should not be confused with his ancestor Aleksander Michał Lubomirski.

description: Polish general

wikidata_label: Michał Lubomirski

wikipedia_title: Michał Lubomirski


text:
Polish
Dutch
Dominican church
Lviv
Ukraine
Berdychiv
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Russia
Poltava
Dordrecht
war with Sweden
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Podolia
the famous fortress
Catholic
noble
Grand Crown Hetman
Wacław Rzewuski
Stanisław August Poniatowski
Order of St. Stanislaus
indygenat
Sejm
Near East
Turkish
pasha
Ottoman
Alojzy von Brühl
Barefooted Carmelites
Lviv
Rococo
old town market square
Dominican brothers
The Dominican church
Fischer von Erlach
Guarini
the palace of Lubomirski family
Stanisław Lubomirski
Volhynia
Rivne
Kamieniec Podolski

categories: Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,1785 deaths,Polish engineers,1709 births

paragraph: Jan de Witte

paragraph: Jan de Witte (1709–1785) was a Polish military engineer, professional officer and architect of Dutch descent. The designer of, among others, the Dominican church in Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine) and the Carmelite monastery in Berdyczów (modern Berdychiv, Ukraine), he was also the military commandant of the fortress at Kamieniec Podolski (modern Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine).

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Jan de Witte was born in the Russian army encampment near Poltava on 8 July 1709, as a son of Jan de Witte (the Elder), a professional officer coming from a Dutch Protestant family from Dordrecht, at that time employed in the Russian army which waged war with Sweden. In 1718 Jan the Witte (the Elder) joined the army of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and took up residence in the town of Kamieniec in Podolia possessing the famous fortress. At that time he probably turned Catholic, he also married a local woman from a prominent noble family.

paragraph: His first son, Jan de Witte (the Younger), after completing schooling in Jesuits' college, joined the ranks of Polish royal artillery corps in February 1726, in which he later served until his death. Being promoted several times (captain in 1735, major in 1751, lieutenant-colonel in 1754, colonel of the artillery in 1762, major-general in 1767), he finally became lieutenant general in 1781, from 1768 being also appointed as the commander of the mentioned Kamieniec fortress and other minor frontier forts in Podolia simultaneously. In 1735 he married Marianna Lubońska who bore him numerous offspring. His career's supporter and promoter was a powerful Polish noble, Grand Crown Hetman Wacław Rzewuski. In his later years he also attracted the attention of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, who, in an act of recognition of his loyal duty, highly rated knowledge and works, awarded him with the Order of St. Stanislaus in 1781. It was Rzewuski who pronounced a recognition of de Witte family's "indygenat" (the recognition of foreign status as a noble) in 1764, four years later positively approved by the Polish Sejm. Jan de Witte was considered as an authority not only in the art of war, but also in questions concerning the Near East, as he was one of the best-informed specialists in Polish-Turkish affairs. For example, he kept a wide correspondence with the Turkish pashas from Ottoman frontier forts along the Commonwealth's south-eastern border. As a military man he enjoyed a reputation of a rational, but also exceptionally demanding and severe officer, especially among those under his command, which resulted in incapability of gaining affection among his subordinates and goodwill among the military command (for instance, his abilities were often questioned by Alojzy von Brühl, chief general of Polish royal artillery corps). During the course of his military career he managed to amass a small fortune, including the rural estate at Sawiń. De Witte was a passionate collector of coins and medallions, also a great book-lover.

paragraph: Jan de Witte died on 22 December 1785, and two days later his remains were interred in the cathedral church of Kamieniec, after a grandiose military funeral solemnity.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Today, Jan de Witte is primarily known as a designer of numerous architectural works in what is now Western Ukraine, which in the 18th century constituted a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

paragraph: Possibly de Witte's first work was the design for the upper church of Barefooted Carmelites monastery in Berdychiv, beginning in 1737 (there exists preserved self-drawn sketches of the church's facade from 1743).

paragraph: His main works are to be found in Lviv. In the 1740s he probably authored the Rococo redesigning of a town house (no. 2) at the city's old town market square. In 1744 the Dominican brothers of Lwów made a decision to have their old, Gothic temple demolished, due to its very bad condition, and entrusted de Witte with drawing up plans for the new building. The construction works soon started and this very costly architectural investment was ready in its basic form by the year 1759. Subsequently the interior works begun and the church was eventually consecrated on 29 June 1764. The Dominican church, resembling to some degree and probably also inspired by the works of Fischer von Erlach and Guarini, has the characteristic late Baroque form of a centrally-placed longitudinal oval construction, crowned with an elliptic dome. Until the present it is still one of the crucial landmarks in the city's skyline.

paragraph: Another of de Witte's works in Lviv is the palace of Lubomirski family, situated on the Market Square. The rebuilding of the previous two merchant town houses into a splendid Rococo residence, at the request of Stanisław Lubomirski, commenced in 1763 and lasted until 1767. De Witte also had drawn the designs for another palace for Lubomirski, located in the Volhynian town of Równe (nowadays Rivne, Ukraine), which was remodeled according to de Witte's project in the years 1765-1770 (the palace was destroyed in 1945).

paragraph: During his architectural career, De Witte tended to favor above all drawing the designs, as he didn't engage too much in the actual building process which he preferred to leave in the hands of professional building masters and visited the building sites infrequently, restraining himself to offer necessary directions and detailed drawings only.

paragraph: Stationed at Kamieniec Podolski as an officer of the Corps of Artillery, he also worked on reconstruction and expansion of the old fortress. Among his projects there are the new barracks and the commandants' residence, dubbed "de Witte's Garden".

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zbigniew Hornung, "Jan de Witte", Instytut Sztuki PAN, Warsaw 1995, passim. (in Polish, with a short summary in English)

description: architect

wikidata_label: Jan de Witte

wikipedia_title: Jan de Witte


text: Anton Giulio Bragaglia

text: October Revolution

text: Crimea

text: Geneva

text: Constantinople

text: Casa d'Arte Bragaglia

text: La Scala Theatre Ballet School

text: Aldo Borelli

text: Corriere della Sera

text: Accademia nazionale di danza

text: Daisy Parrilla

text: Eleonora Abbagnato

text: Judith and Holofernes

categories: Italian choreographers,Imperial Russian emigrants to Italy,Russian choreographers,1970 deaths,Russian ballerinas,White Russian emigrants to Italy,People from Kerch,1902 births,Italian ballerinas,Founders of educational institutions

paragraph: Jia Ruskaja

paragraph: Jia Ruskaja (born Evgeniya Fyodorovna Borisenko, Russian: Евгения Фёдоровна Борисенко; 6 January 1902 – 19 April 1970) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who established a national dance school in Italy. Her stage name "Jia Ruskaja", which means "I am Russian", was used for the first time by Anton Giulio Bragaglia.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: With her father, an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, Ruskaja fled Russia in 1918 just after the October Revolution. She studied dance in Crimea, before attending medical school in Geneva. Ruskaja married Evans Daniel Pole in Constantinople in 1920; after their marriage was annulled, their son lived in

paragraph: London with his father. Her dancing debut occurred 4 June 1921 in Rome at the Casa d'Arte Bragaglia. She opened her first ballet school in Milan at the Teatro Dal Verme in 1929. From 1932–34, she directed the La Scala Theatre Ballet School. After her marriage to Aldo Borelli, editor of "Corriere della Sera", Ruskaja received Italian citizenship. In 1940, she founded the Royal School of Dance, initially attached to the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, which became independent in 1948 as Accademia nazionale di danza, a school which only admitted women. She was its director until 1970. Daisy Parrilla and Eleonora Abbagnato had contentious claims to the “Premio Roma Jia Russkaja” prize in 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Judith and Holofernes" (1929)

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962, Premio Minerva d’Oro

description: Russian-Italian dancer and choreogrpaher

wikidata_label: Jia Ruskaja

wikipedia_title: Jia Ruskaja


text:
Andrea di Cione
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
chapter house
Dominican Order
Florence Cathedral
Camposanto Monumentale

categories: 1320s births,Italian male painters,14th-century Italian painters,1377 deaths,Florentine painters

paragraph: Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze

paragraph: Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze or Andrea da Firenze (I) (active 1343 – 1377) was an Italian painter active in Florence.

paragraph: He was probably born in Florence where he was active from 1343. His earliest works suggest that he must have been in close contact with the workshop of Andrea di Cione.

paragraph: Andrea di Bonaiuto is known for his stained glass window of the "Coronation of Mary" in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, and his fresco decorations in the Spanish chapel (then called "Cappellone degli Spagnoli") of the chapter house there. The central theme of the fresco's in the Spanish chapel is the glorification of the Dominican Order.

paragraph: From mid 1366 to mid 1367 Andrea di Bonaiuto was one of the artists advising on the construction of the Florence Cathedral.

paragraph: He died in Pisa while working on a fresco on the "Legend of St Raneiro" at the Camposanto Monumentale.

paragraph: Although a follower of traditional models, Andrea di Bonaiuto brought innovation by softening details and contours with soft and blended shadows and emphasizing the two-dimensional aspect of the painted surface through painted and punched decorative effects.

alias:
Andrea Bonaiuti
Andrea da Firenze
Andrea da Firenze i
Andrea Di Bonaiuto
Andrea di Firenze
di Bonaiuto Andrea
Andrea Da Firenze
Andrea di Bonaiuti
Andrea da Firenze.
Bonaiuto

description: Italian fresco painter and stained-glass designer

wikidata_label: Andrea di Bonaiuto

wikipedia_title: Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze


text:
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian
ice hockey
referee
1988 Memorial Cup
National Hockey League
New Jersey Devils
Quebec Nordiques
men's ice hockey
2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi
Russia
NHL Officials profile

categories: 1960s births,National Hockey League officials,Living people

paragraph: Dave Jackson (ice hockey)

paragraph: Dave Jackson (born c. 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian former ice hockey referee.

paragraph: Jackson, who officiated the 1988 Memorial Cup, was signed by the National Hockey League (NHL) to a minor-league contract in 1989. He made his NHL debut on December 22, 1990, officiating a match-up between the New Jersey Devils and Quebec Nordiques.

paragraph: Jackson was chosen to officiate men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. Jackson retired after officiating his final NHL game on March 29, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NHL Officials profile

description: Canadian ice hockey referee

wikidata_label: Dave Jackson

wikipedia_title: Dave Jackson (ice hockey)


text:
Shōmu
Yatsuka
Empress Kōken
kugyō
chūnagon
Fujiwara no Nakamaro
Fujiwara no Toyonari
Emperor Junnin
daijō-kan
Ishikawa no Toshitari
Fun'ya no Kiyomi
Dōkyō
dainagon
udaijin
sadaijin
Emperor Kōnin
Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Ōno no Azumabito
Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu
Emperor Kōnin

paragraph: Fujiwara no Nagate

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: With the early death of his older brother Fujiwara no Torikai, Nagate became the effective leader of the Hokke. In 737, he was promoted from to , but the emperor of the time, Shōmu, favored Nagate's younger brother Yatsuka. Nagate was not promoted again until 749, immediately before the emperor's abdication, when he gained the rank of .

paragraph: He was more highly valued in the court of the new ruler Empress Kōken, where he was promoted to in 750 and again in 754 to , marking him among the ranks of the "kugyō". Immediately after the death of ex-emperor Shōmu in 756, Nagate was promoted directly to "chūnagon", skipping "sangi" entirely.

paragraph: On the other hand, he remained in conflict with his powerful relative Fujiwara no Nakamaro. After the disinheritance of Crown Prince Funado in 757, he joined with Fujiwara no Toyonari in supporting Prince Shioyaki as Empress Kōken's new heir, but Nakamaro's favored candidate Prince Ōi, the future Emperor Junnin, won out. In 758, Nagate was the only member of a committee to sit out a "daijō-kan" meeting called by Nakamaro. After 757, Nakamaro controlled the court, and this bad relationship left Nagate in an uncomfortable political position, despite his status as the third most powerful man in the Daijō-kan after Ishikawa no Toshitari and Fun'ya no Kiyomi.

paragraph: In 764, Fujiwara no Nakamaro rebelled, and Nagate supported the side of Empress Kōken and Dōkyō. He was promoted to and "dainagon" and conferred honors, second-class. After Dōkyō established his power, and after Toyonari's death in 765, Nagate held his position as the most powerful "kugyō" in the "daijō-kan" until his death. In 766 he was promoted to "udaijin" and then "sadaijin", and obtained the rank of .

paragraph: Empress Kōken died in 770, and in the ensuing dispute over the heir, Nagate supported Prince Shirakabe, the future Emperor Kōnin. He was rewarded for his efforts with a promotion to by the new sovereign.

paragraph: Nagate died of sickness on March 11, 771, at the age of 58. He was posthumously granted the position of "Daijō-daijin" on the same day.

paragraph: Section::::Genealogy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Fujiwara no Fusasaki

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: Muro no Ōkimi (daughter of Prince Minu)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: Ōno no Nakachi (daughter of Ōno no Azumabito)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: (daughter of Fujiwara no Torikai)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Son: Fujiwara no Ieyori (743–785)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: (daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Son: Fujiwara no Oyori

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: (wife of Emperor Kōnin)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: (unknown)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: Wife of Fujiwara no Kosemaro

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter: (?–800) Wife of Fujiwara no Uchimaro

description: Japanese noble

wikidata_label: Fujiwara no Nagate

wikipedia_title: Fujiwara no Nagate


text:
Nordic combined skier
Bolzano
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011
Oslo
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
Val di Fiemme
2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi

categories: Sportspeople from Bolzano,Italian male Nordic combined skiers,1992 births,Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Italy,Living people,Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics

paragraph: Samuel Costa

paragraph: Samuel Costa (born 30 November 1992) is an Italian Nordic combined skier. He was born in Bolzano. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

description: Nordic combined skier

wikidata_label: Samuel Costa

wikipedia_title: Samuel Costa


text: Army of the Moselle

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: French Royal Army

text: American Revolutionary War

text: French Revolution

text: general officer

text: Pirmasens

text: Wissembourg

text: fortress of Luxembourg

text: Siege of Luxembourg

text: Rocroi

text: American Revolutionary War

text: Capture of St. Lucia

text: French Revolution

text: National Guard

text: Thionville

text: lieutenant colonel

text: Émigrés

text: general of brigade

text: colonel

text: Fortress of Mainz

text: Siege of Mainz

text: general of division

text: Vosges

text: Electorate of Trier

text: Lines of Weissenburg

text: Battle of Pirmasens

text: Digby Smith

text: Ramsay Weston Phipps

text: Jean Victor Marie Moreau

text: Pirmasens

text: representatives on mission

text: Army of the Moselle

text: Second Battle of Wissembourg

text: Lazare Hoche

text: Chasseurs à Cheval

text: Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

text: Sarrebruck

text: Claude Ignace François Michaud

text: Trier

text: Koblenz

text: Jean-Charles Pichegru

text: Flanders

text: Army of Sambre-et-Meuse

text: Liège

text: Aachen

text: Bonn

text: Cologne

text: Army of the Rhine

text: Kaiserslautern

text: Worms

text: Netherlands

text: Rhine

text: Rheinfels Castle

text: Luxembourg City

text: Habsburg Austria

text: Jean-Jacques Ambert

text: marshal of France

text: Louis-Nicolas Davout

text: Alexandre Camille Taponier

text: Dommeldange

text: Sandweiler

text: Arlon

text: Longwy

text: Roeser

text: Hesperange

text: Weiler-la-Tour

text: chief of staff

text: French

text: Grevenmacher

text: Feldmarschall

text: Johann von Bender

text: Johann Wilhelm von Schröder

text: Karl Philipp Sebottendorf

text: Merl

text: Jacques Maurice Hatry

categories: 1755 births,French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars,Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars,French soldiers,French generals,French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars,1795 deaths,People from Ardennes (department)

paragraph: Jean René Moreaux

paragraph: Jean René Moreaux (14 March 1758 – 10 February 1795) commanded the French "Army of the Moselle" during the French Revolutionary Wars. He joined the French Royal Army in 1776 and was badly wounded in the American Revolutionary War two years later. After leaving military service, he married and took over the family business. At the time of the French Revolution he was elected second in command of a volunteer battalion. He was rapidly promoted, emerging as a general officer in May 1793. After another promotion, he led a corps at Pirmasens and a division at Wissembourg. He was appointed commander of the "Army of the Moselle" in June 1794. In November he was sent with three divisions to invest the fortress of Luxembourg. He caught a fever and died during the Siege of Luxembourg. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Moreaux was born at Rocroi on 14 March 1758 to parents Geoffroy Moreaux (1709–1767) and Marie Mangin (1710–1786). He had four siblings, Pierre, Marie (1745–1791), Nicole and Marie Catharine. After a short stint in the Royal Marine, Moreaux enlisted in the "Auxerrois" Grenadier Regiment in 1776 and was sent overseas to fight in the American Revolutionary War. During the British Capture of St. Lucia in December 1778, his leg was broken by a musket ball. Returning home to civilian life he took over the family business. On 11 February 1782 he married Marie Françoise Collardeau (b. 1760) of a well-to-do family. The couple had five children, Marie Thérèse, Charles François, Charles Florent, Pierre Victor René and Armand. The business prospered and he was soon directing 30 workers.

paragraph: Section::::Revolution.

paragraph: At the outbreak of the French Revolution Moreaux was elected commander of the Rocroi National Guard. With war threatening, the government called out the National Guard on 22 July 1791. Recognized for his organizational talents, Moreaux was made second-in-command of the 1st Battalion of the "Ardennes" Volunteers. His father-in-law replaced him in command of the Rocroi National Guard while his brother-in-law took over the family business. He participated in the defense of Thionville with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Between 3 and 5 September 1792, a garrison of 3,000 to 4,000 French soldiers successfully held Thionville against 20,000 Austrians and Émigrés under Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg. The attacking force included a French Royalist unit called the Brigade of "Auxerrois". Moreaux was promoted general of brigade on 15 May 1793, skipping over the rank of colonel.

paragraph: Moreaux served in the campaign to capture the Fortress of Mainz which ended in failure at the Siege of Mainz. On 30 July 1793 he received promotion to the rank of general of division. He was appointed to command the "Corps of the Vosges" which occupied the Electorate of Trier. On 20 August, three battalions, six squadrons and 10 guns belonging to the "Corps of the Vosges" were defeated near the Lines of Weissenburg by a Coalition force numbering five battalions, six companies, 13 squadrons and 12 guns. The French commander Louis-Théobald Ihler was killed in the action. Out of 3,000 soldiers, the French lost 103 men and five guns captured plus an unknown number of killed and wounded. The Coalition sustained 147 casualties.

paragraph: In the Battle of Pirmasens on 14 September, Moreaux was defeated by a Prussian army under Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The name of the French commander of the "Corps of the Vosges" is spelled "Moreau" in historian Digby Smith's account. Another authority, Ramsay Weston Phipps noted that Moreaux was often spelled "Moreau" and confused with the more famous Jean Victor Marie Moreau. In fact, Jean Victor Moreau was not promoted to general of division until 14 April 1794. Moreaux led 12,000 men to attack the Prussian camp at Pirmasens. The Prussians were on the alert and prepared to defend themselves in strong positions. The French generals expressed doubt about continuing, but the representatives on mission demanded an assault. Accordingly, the French attacked along three valleys and were repulsed by heavy flanking fire. The French lost 4,000 casualties and 22 guns. The Prussians reported only 167 casualties.

paragraph: On 30 September 1793 Moreaux was offered command of the "Army of the Moselle" but refused. In the Second Battle of Wissembourg in December 1793, Moreaux led a division in Lazare Hoche's "Army of the Moselle". His division included the 1st Battalions of the 30th, 44th and 81st Line Infantry Demi Brigades and the "Lot" and "Ardennes" Volunteers, the 2nd Battalions of the 54th Line, 99th Line and "Loiret", the 4th and 6th Battalions of the "Haute-Saone", the 5th Battalion of the "Orne", three squadrons of the 10th Cavalry and four squadrons of the 9th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiments. When Hoche became ill at the end of January 1794, Moreaux temporarily took command. Two months later Jean-Baptiste Jourdan succeeded Hoche in command and the army pulled back to a position between Thionville and Sarrebruck.

paragraph: Section::::Army command.

paragraph: On 25 June 1794, Moreaux was named commander of the "Army of the Moselle", taking over from Claude Ignace François Michaud. In July his army captured Trier and on 23 October it captured Koblenz. Meanwhile, after a series of stunning victories, the army of Jean-Charles Pichegru conquered Flanders while Jourdan's "Army of Sambre-et-Meuse" advanced through Liège and Aachen to capture Bonn and Cologne. To the south, the "Army of the Rhine" captured Kaiserslautern and Worms. French armies stood victorious in the Netherlands and on the west bank of the Rhine. One of Moreaux's divisions led by Rémy Vincent captured Rheinfels Castle on 2 November leaving only Mainz and Luxembourg City in enemy hands on the Rhine's west bank.

paragraph: While Michaud's "Army of the Rhine" received instructions to lay siege to Mainz, Moreaux was ordered to make preparations to capture Luxembourg. The fortress had served the Habsburg Austrians as a major supply base during their military operations against France. Seizing Luxembourg was expected to yield enormous stocks of accumulated military supplies. Since the nearest enemy army was far away on the opposite bank of the Rhine, there was little risk that the Allies might relieve the city. For this mission, Moreaux assembled 19,800 soldiers in the divisions of Jean-Jacques Ambert, Jean-Baptiste Debrun and Guillaume Péduchelle. These were formed into two columns, including one under Debrun which approached on the Liège road starting on 19 November 1794.

paragraph: Several clashes ensued between the advancing French and the withdrawing Austrians, one in which future marshal of France Louis-Nicolas Davout was involved. A blockade was established by 21 November and Moreaux's force was renamed the "Army before Luxembourg". Moreaux placed Alexandre Camille Taponier's division across the road to Trier, with its right at Dommeldange and its headquarters at Sandweiler. Debrun's division covered the Arlon road with its right on the Longwy road and its left on the Liège road. Ambert's division was posted at Roeser covering the Thionville road with its headquarters at Hesperange. Moreaux located the army headquarters at Weiler-la-Tour. Achille Grigny was his chief of staff and Jean Pierre Alexandre Dieudel commanded the artillery.

paragraph: The winter of 1794–1795 was bitterly cold, reaching at one point. Because the roads were in poor condition, it took several weeks before provision convoys began reaching the French camps with regularity. Arrangements were made to bake bread at Grevenmacher and convoy it to the siege lines. Moreaux requested reinforcements in order to tighten the blockade and by 15 December the "Army before Luxembourg" numbered 25,500 men. In addition, the "Army of Sambre-et-Meuse" took over positions on the west bank of the Rhine that were formerly the responsibility of the "Army of the Moselle". French pickets were pushed to within of the Luxembourg defenses.

paragraph: The 12,000-man Luxembourg garrison was commanded by the octogenarian Feldmarschall Johann von Bender. The fortress commandant was Johann Wilhelm von Schröder and the brigade commanders were Karl Philipp Sebottendorf, Johann von Moitelle and Ernst Beust. The garrison consisted of 10,095 infantry, 670 cavalry, 570 gunners, 88 sappers, 16 engineers and 415 volunteers. Altogether, there were nine Austrian infantry battalions, two battalions of Würzburgers and four squadrons of Austrian cavalry. On 9 January 1795, the garrison mounted a sortie by 3,000 picked volunteers in order to procure firewood from the surrounding villages. The blow fell on the French lines between Merl and Fayencerie. At first the Austrians drove back the besiegers but they were thrown back into Luxembourg by French reinforcements and an artillery piece that Davout brought forward. In this skirmish, the French suffered 11 killed and 25 wounded while the Austrians lost 30 killed, a number of wounded and five cavalrymen taken prisoner.

paragraph: At the beginning of February, Moreaux was stricken by a fever at his headquarters at Weiler-la-Tour. He was taken to Thionville where he died on the night of 9–10 February 1795. MOREAUX is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 13.

paragraph: On 2 February, representative on mission Étienne Neveu appointed Ambert commander of the "Army before Luxembourg". At the end of March, Jacques Maurice Hatry was ordered to undertake the siege with three fresh divisions from the "Army of Sambre-et-Meuse". In mid-April, the exchange of troops was carried out and the original three divisions were relieved. Bender surrendered the city on 7 June 1795.

description: French general

wikidata_label: Jean René Moreaux

wikipedia_title: Jean René Moreaux


text:
Nordic combined skier
Lahti
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
Val di Fiemme
2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi

categories: Finnish male Nordic combined skiers,1992 births,Living people,Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Finland,Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics

paragraph: Mikke Leinonen

paragraph: Mikke Leinonen (born 14 January 1992) is a Finnish Nordic combined skier. He was born in Lahti. He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

description: Finnish Nordic combined skier

wikidata_label: Mikke Leinonen

wikipedia_title: Mikke Leinonen


text:
Peruvian
sculptor
stainless steel
Mexico City
New York City
Lima
The Wall Street Journal
Lima
Catholic University of Peru
Michaelangelo Pistolleto
Robert Morris
Jorge Luis Borges
editorial
Colección Jumex
Simon de Pury
Helga de Alvear
Domenico De Sole

categories: Peruvian sculptors,Living people,1965 births

paragraph: Aldo Chaparro

paragraph: Aldo Chaparro (born 1965) is a Peruvian sculptor whose artistic work is centered in sculpture and design, best known for his works on stainless steel. He currently lives and works between Mexico City, New York City, and Lima. His work has been published on publications like "Bright: Typography between Illustration & Art", "Art and Text" (edited by Aimee Selby), Art Forum, The Wall Street Journal, and TheSelby.com.

paragraph: Section::::Art Career.

paragraph: Aldo Chaparro was born in the city of Lima and graduated from the Catholic University of Peru. Throughout his career, under the influence of artists like Michaelangelo Pistolleto, Robert Morris, and Jorge Luis Borges, reflection and mirroring have been key points of his investigation. His work as an artist includes an active role in the editorial world. As director of Celeste Editorial Group he produced more than 40 publications of contemporary art and fashion from 2000 to 2012, including Celeste and Baby baby baby, two of the most influential art and contemporary culture publications. His work has been collected by Eugenio López (Fundación Colección Jumex), Pierre Huber, Simon de Pury, Helga de Alvear, Douglas Baxter, Domenico De Sole, The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, and The Coppel Collection, among others.

paragraph: Section::::Collections.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Jumex Foundation/Collection (Mexico)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Coppel Collection (Mexico)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (Miami – U.S.)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Helga de Alvear Foundation (Cáceres – Spain)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simon de Pury (London – U.K.)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Douglas Baxter’s Collection (New York – U.S.)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collection Domenico De Sole, Hilton Head, USA.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collection Guler Sabanci, Istambul, Turkey.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre Huber Collection, Switzerland.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.admexico.mx/diseno/editors-pick/articulos/aldo-chaparro-arte-escultura-diseno-color-acero-aniversario/1601

description: Peruvian artist

wikidata_label: Aldo Chaparro

wikipedia_title: Aldo Chaparro


text:
bandleader
Pedrito Martinez

categories: American bandleaders,Living people,1981 births,Latin jazz musicians,American people of Puerto Rican descent,Musicians from New York City

paragraph: Zaccai Curtis

paragraph: Zaccai Curtis (born December 25, 1981) is a pianist, bandleader and musician of Puerto Rican and African American ancestry. He performs with artists such as: Cindy Blackman-Santana, Brian Lynch, Ralph Peterson, Ray Vega, Antoine Roney, Wallace Roney, Jerry Gonzalez, Papo Vasquez, Donald Harrison, Stacie Orrico, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band and many notable others.

paragraph: After graduating from the New England Conservatory in 2005, Zaccai Curtis moved to New York City to pursue music. He was a founding member of the group Insight (also known as Latin Flavor) which also included his brother, Luques Curtis. Insight opened for Celia Cruz in Windsor, CT in 2000. He has performed in Cuba by invitation of Chucho Valdés at the Havana Jazz Festival and was commissioned to arrange Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol," in 2001 to be played by "Insight" with the Hartford Symphony Chamber Orchestra. He has won numerous festival musical awards, been cited for excellence by Down Beat magazine, listed in DownBeat Magazine's Reader's Poll and was chosen as the pianist for the National Grammy Band Combo in 2000. In 2003, he was selected as a winner for the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer's Competition. He was also awarded the ‘Connecticut Commission on Cultural and Tourism’s Artist Fellowship’ for original composition.

paragraph: He currently performs his own music with his group ‘Curtis Brothers Quartet’/ Zaccai and brother Luques Curtis released their album ‘Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom’ in 2010 and ‘Completion of Proof’ featuring Ralph Peterson (drums), Brian Lynch (trumpet), Donald Harrison (saxophone), Jimmy Greene (saxophone), Pedrito Martinez (percussion) and Joe Ford (saxophone), in 2012. Their latest release, ‘Nuestro Tango’ was released in 2013, featuring newcomer vocalist, Natalie Fernandez and members of Insight. All titles were released on Truth Revolution Records, an independent record label founded by Zaccai, his brother Luques Curtis and Tiffany Ente, in 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "INSIGHT" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom” (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Completion of Proof” (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nuestro Tango" (2013)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.truthrevolutionrecords.com

description: musician

wikidata_label: Zaccai Curtis

wikipedia_title: Zaccai Curtis