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Robert Ferguson (born 16 November 1979), known professionally as <mask>, is a Northern Irish DJ and electronic music artist from Larne. He has been an internationally touring DJ and a music producer for over 20 years. He presented a radio show on BBC Radio 1 for over four years while recording 13 Essential Mixes for the station. He was featured in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll seven years in a row and currently holds the record for the highest new entry since the poll began, achieved when he was voted 8th in 2000. <mask> played his first DJ set at the age of 14, standing on an upturned milk crate. He met Tony De Vit who invited him to England and would become Fergie's mentor. His career escalated in the 1990s when he played mainly hard house in his DJ sets at club nights such as Trade, Godskitchen, Sundissential, Golden, and Passion (where he had DJ residencies).He achieved UK Singles Chart success in the early 2000s with releases such as his remix of "Meet Her at the Love Parade". Throughout the 2000s his DJ sets became more house and techno orientated. He DJed in Ibiza every summer at nightclubs such as Amnesia, Privilege and Space. He released multiple DJ mixes including two via the Ministry of Sound record label and magazine covermounted CDs for Mixmag and DJ Mag. He also wrote a regular column for Mixmag. He founded the Excentric Muzik record label in 2007. He has released his debut artist album "Dynamite & Laserbeams" on the label in 2010.He currently resides in Las Vegas and has been a resident DJ at the Hakkasan Nightclub at the MGM Grand and at the Omnia nightclub of Caesars Palace since they both opened. He also has a DJ residency in Las Vegas at Wet Republic. He is working under the name <mask> (DJ). Early life
Fergie's first ever visit to a nightclub came at the age of 13 when Michael Collins, a northern soul radio DJ friend of his father, jokingly offered to take him to The Arena (later known as The Met) in Armagh and his parents agreed to it. The DJ on the night was Robbie Nelson (who would later go on to form Agnelli & Nelson) and to enter the club he had to be sneaked in through a fire escape. Recalling the events in 2007 <mask> said, "It was there and then that I wanted to be a DJ. I bugged my Dad's mate in the car on the way back asking him what the music was and what they played."This was his first taste of dance music, and shortly after that, he purchased a pair of turntables. <mask> would spend his time in the Sounds Good Music record shop in Larne (owned by Mark Dobbin and run with his brother Gleave) instead of attending school. He struggled with his education as, unknown at the time, he was dyslexic. A teacher once made him stand at the front of the classroom whilst warning the rest of the class that if they didn't concentrate on their studies Fergie was the kind of delinquent that they would become. He left school permanently aged 13; after being in a car accident, he took time off to recover and never returned. Instead, his mother, Alice, schooled him at the family home with a focus on skills required for a career in dance music. Around this time, he attended a Hellraiser rave at Ulster Hall in Belfast with Carl Cox performing.It was the experience of this rave which led to the name of his 2010 debut artist album Dynamite & Laserbeams. Still aged 13, whilst spending afternoons playing for the Northern Ireland national under-16 football team, he began working at The House Nightclub (at the Kilwaughter House Hotel) near Larne. <mask> was too young to enter the club as a customer and so, instead, Mark Dobbin, the promoter of the club, employed him. He gave Fergie a red boiler suit to wear and paid him to collect empty glasses, brush the floor and clean the toilets. It was here <mask> would see the likes of Danny Rampling and Paul Oakenfold perform. As a perk of the job, he was allowed to practise on the club's DJ equipment (with the aid of an upturned milk crate to stand on to reach it). This led to him playing his first DJ gig when he was age 14, a warm-up set at the venue.To get him into other venues, his brother Ken and Robbie Nelson would smuggle him in under a bundle of coats. His first paid DJ gig was at a nightclub called Airport 2000 in Templepatrick, County Antrim. When a fight broke out, the police brought the night to an early close, then warned Fergie for being underaged and in a place that banned minors from entering. Although, at the time, his DJ alias was <mask> people preferred to call him Wee Fergie, which he became commonly known as. Initially, the music he was playing in his DJ sets was hardcore, although one of the first records he acquired was "Positive Education" by Slam. He continued to DJ at nightclubs while underaged, and was often thrown out of venues by the police, meaning his parents often had to collect him from police stations. By the age of 16, he had played at all the leading clubs in Ireland.Career

1995–1996: Move to England
<mask> first met his future mentor and friend Tony De Vit, the British DJ and producer, in 1995 when he was 15. De Vit was DJing at the Kilwaughter House nightclub, and Fergie took a night off from his own DJ residency (at the Airport 2000 nightclub) to see him play. Fergie managed to meet him in person and persuaded him to let him in the DJ booth during his set. They kept in touch (Fergie would call him up to 3 or 4 times a day) and from then on, De Vit stayed at Fergie's parents' house whenever he performed in Northern Ireland. De Vit invited him to his house in Birmingham, England for a week's holiday and to experience the country's club scene. During the holiday, the IRA ceasefire that was in place at the time back in Northern Ireland ended and Fergie remained in England with De Vit. Fergie accompanied De Vit to his DJ gigs around the UK, which at the time, was usually around 7 or 8 gigs a week.De Vit would ask <mask> to record a DJ mix CD for these car journeys. If he ever heard <mask> manipulate the vinyl with his hand in the recording (a mixing technique he had advised him not to use), he would eject the CD and throw it out of the car window. De Vit would often ask the club promoter if Fergie could play a short DJ set after his, with a reduction in his own set duration if required. It was around this time De Vit first took Fergie to Trade, a weekly party held on Sunday mornings at the Turnmills nightclub in London, where De Vit had a DJ residency. <mask> was still only 16. 1997–2000: Early career and success
An early breakthrough in <mask>'s DJ career came when he was 17, when he DJ'ed at Trade for the first time. He played in their Test Lounge; a room in the club where new DJs could be tried out and crowd reaction gauged.Present were Tony De Vit, fellow Trade DJs Steve Thomas and Malcolm Duffy, plus Trade owner Laurence Malice (amongst others). This led to a phone call a few weeks later requesting him to play the Trade main room; for his full Trade debut, he played the last set of the event at 12 pm on a Sunday afternoon. He would later become a resident DJ of Trade. In 1997, he played outside of the UK for the first time when he toured South Africa, as the support DJ for Tony De Vit. It was only his second time flying on a plane and De Vit had to be Fergie's named guardian for the trip (he had to be added to De Vit's passport). Fergie's first appearances in Ibiza came in the summer of 1998 with Trade when he played the Space main room, the Bora Bora beach club, and the back room of Privilege. The party at Bora Bora was held by Trade in memory of De Vit who had died not long before.In 2018, <mask> said of De Vit, "Tony was my mentor. I wouldn't be where I am today if it was not for his support. (...) He opened doors for me and was a huge help with the technical side of my DJing too." <mask> told Mixmag in December 2000, "Maybe I wasn't his best friend but he was certainly mine." After De Vit's death, Fergie received support from both Laurence Malice and Andi Buckley (who became his manager), and together with his own determination, his career continued its upwards trajectory. <mask>'s close association with Trade continued throughout 1999. In March, with Trade, he toured the US for the first time; at 19 years of age, he was once again not old enough to legally drink in the venues he was playing in.His debut release "People Are Still Having Sex / Ooh Sir" was released on Trade Records in April. In the summer of that year, he returned to Ibiza to be a weekly resident DJ for the Trade parties, held on Friday nights at the El Divino nightclub, and Saturday mornings at Space. In October, he compiled and mixed the second half of Trade Hotmix '99 (a covermount CD for M8 magazine). At the end of the year, he was nominated for Best New DJ at the Ericsson Muzik Awards and was voted 17th in the Mixmag DJ Awards. New Year's Eve 1999 saw him booked for 6 gigs across the UK for the turn of the new millennium. In early 2000, he became a resident DJ for Godskitchen, which at the time, was a Birmingham-based nightclub held weekly at The Sanctuary venue. <mask> had been DJing regularly for Godskitchen including their events at The Planet nightclub in Coventry in the mid-1990s.Neil Moffitt, one of the Godskitchen promoters, became another regular source of support for Fergie and his career from this point on. In 2000, he also held DJ residencies at the Sundissential, Passion and Trade club nights in the UK. 2000 also saw Passion offer Fergie his own event at The Emporium nightclub in Coalville to showcase his sound. This became the Friday night event Storm. In March, Fergie's Let There Be Hard House DJ mix was the covermount CD for Mixmag magazine, given away free on the magazine's front cover. In the same month, Fergie's first commercially available DJ mix was released on CD; Fergie compiled and mixed CD1 of Nukleuz Presentz HardHouse Anthems (with the accompanying CD2 mixed by BK). His "House Of Pain" collaboration with BK gave him his first entry into the UK Singles Chart in April, peaking at number 87.Following this, the Trevor & Simon single "Hands Up" which included a Fergie and BK remix reached number 12 in the same chart. Over the summer of 2000, he held a DJ residency for Godskitchen's events at the Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza. Godskitchen regularly attracted between 4000 and 5000 people each night at Amnesia. He also performed on the Godskitchen float at the Radio 1 Love Parade held in Leeds in July. Later that month, he appeared on the cover of <mask> Mag for the first time, alongside the headline "The new superstar DJ. In September 2000, his track "Deception" was released, reaching number 47 in the UK Singles Chart. This was followed by a further collaboration with BK "Hoovers And Horns" re-entering the chart and peaking at number 57.7 Magazine, the weekly dance music publication, featured <mask> on the front cover of their 13 September issue with the headline "I've been stereotyped as a hard house DJ". The feature was to promote his first commercially available solo DJ mix 7 Live #3: <mask> which was released on CD in the week after. On the inside cover of the CD, the editor of 7 Magazine Damien Morris described <mask> as "The best young DJ in the UK today". In the same month, Godskitchen opened their new nightclub CODE in Digbeth, Birmingham. As well as continuing to DJ regularly at the Godskitchen events held there on Fridays, he simultaneously began a new residency at the club; Polysexual was launched as a weekly 12-hour Sunday party beginning at noon which <mask> hosted with Lisa Lashes. The pair appeared together on the front cover of dance music magazine iDJ to promote the club opening. In the October issue of Muzik, he was placed 29th in the magazine contributors' Top 50 DJs of the World list.November saw him accompany Godskitchen to The Venetian in Las Vegas for their first ever US show. His first entry in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll came in late 2000, at number 8. As of 2018, this is the highest new entry there has been in the history of the poll. He finished the year with a first time appearance on the December cover of Mixmag with the headline "Superstar 2000!". From 1995 through to 2000, Fergie's DJ sets were composed mainly of hard house music and he became closely associated with it. Sundissential promoter, Madders, attributed the popularity of the sound in 2001 to "Tony (De Vit)'s work in the mid 90s, and people like Andy Farley, Lisa Lashes, and Fergie in the late 90s." However.<mask> had grown uncomfortable with the direction hard house had taken. From 2000, for a period of around two years, he regularly changed his music style and played a wider variety of dance music. In an interview in 2009, <mask> explained, "As I had been pigeonholed as a hard house DJ, I didn't want to (...) jump into another sound. So over the next few years, I dipped my finger in a few different styles from trance to house to a bit of tech house and some techno." In the booklet notes of his 2001 Hard Energy CD, he thought the music he played was better described as hard music rather than hard house. The change in musical direction, away from hard house, initially had a negative impact on the number of DJ bookings he received and the DJ fees he could command. 2001–2006: BBC Radio 1
He made his debut appearance on the Essential Mix radio show, broadcast on BBC Radio 1, on 14 January 2001 after the DJ and producer Judge Jules, who, at the time, hosted his own show on BBC Radio 1, had recommended selecting him.In March, it was announced that he had been signed to Radio 1 as a bi-monthly resident for the Essential Mix show along with Carl Cox. <mask> went on to record three further Essential Mixes in 2001, as the official Radio 1 Essential Mix DJ. Later in March, <mask> won "Essential Relief"; this was a battle of the DJs style competition broadcast live on Radio 1 from the nightclub Home in London, in aid of Comic Relief. Listeners voted via telephone and email and the event was attended by over 2000 people. He beat Carl Cox and Jon Carter in his first two hits, and in the final, he beat Fatboy Slim. The other competing DJs were Judge Jules, Seb Fontaine, Lottie, and Darren Emerson. On 6 May, he returned to the Essential Mix with a live broadcast from a Godskitchen event at Leeds Town Hall.Later in May, a single with his remix of Tall Paul "Rock Da House" as the lead track reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart. That summer saw <mask> continue his DJ residency for a second year, playing weekly at Amnesia. Another

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 single with a Fergie remix as the lead track made the UK Single Chart in July when Da Hool "Meet Her at the Love Parade 2001" entered the chart at number 11. The readers of IDJ magazine voted <mask> the best newcomer of 2001, resulting in an appearance on the front cover of the July issue alongside Fatboy Slim and Carl Cox (who had also won awards in the poll). After his fourth Essential Mix in October, recorded live from Godskitchen at CODE in Birmingham, he hosted Judge Jules's Radio 1 show whilst Jules was away that week. This was his first time hosting a radio show. Two of his DJ mixes were released by the Ministry of Sound label in 2001.Headliners: 03 Fergie was a double CD released in October. Earlier in the year, he compiled and mixed disc 1 of Hard Energy alongside a DJ mix from Yomanda. Towards the end of 2001, he was voted 16th in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll and was nominated for the Best DJ award at the Muzik Magazine Dance Awards. April 2002 saw the Tall Paul single "Everybody's A Rockstar" which included a <mask> remix reach number 60 in the UK Singles Chart. He began hosting his own weekly Friday night radio show on BBC Radio 1 from 7 June 2002. His first show was broadcast live from Larne F.C. 's Inver Park stadium to help raise money for the football club (he had previously helped by sponsoring them) and was billed as his homecoming.Around this time, Larne High School (where <mask> previously attended) invited him to open a new part of the school that had been recently completed and the opening was commemorated with a plaque. He played a set in the Experience DJ Arena at the Glastonbury Festival on 30 June. In July, Fergie's set from Trade at Turnmills was broadcast live on the Radio 1 Essential Mix show as part of the station's Mardi Gras coverage. Also in that month he made his Berlin Love Parade debut. He performed on the BBC Radio 1 float and his set was recorded for broadcast on Pete Tong's Essential Selection radio show later that day. Fergie's "The Bass EP" release in August reached number 47 in the UK singles chart. Also that month, the compilation Godskitchen Summer Trance was released by Sony Music's INCredible record label.Fergie compiled and mixed the third CD of the package, titled "03:AM". The November issue of DJ Mag revealed <mask> was voted 21st in the Top 100 DJs Poll of 2002. In February 2003, <mask> played for Nottingham based club night Firefly for the first time, at the Marcus Garvey Ballroom. It was an important booking for Fergie at this stage of his career as they were the first club night with a music policy centered around techno to book him and this was the music style he was now predominantly playing in his DJ sets. He went on to play at least once at every venue Firefly held parties at. He returned to the Glastonbury Festival in June, performing on the BBC Radio 1 Outdoor Stage, broadcast live on BBC Radio 1. He compiled and mixed a Mixmag covermount CD for the second time; Fergie's Funky Techno Mix appeared on the cover of the July issue.The mix showcased the kind of techno and tech house music he was now playing in his DJ sets and on his radio show. He also appeared in the following month's Mixmag; in a feature with Sara Cox (a BBC Radio 1 DJ contemporary at the time) the pair together discussed their Ibiza experiences. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the DJ Awards in September of that year. October saw the release of a collaboration with Agnelli & Nelson under the alias of Cortez on the Dutch record label ID&T. His "Teknoise" single reached number 92 in the UK singles chart in November. He placed 23rd in that year's DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll. In January 2004, he made his second appearance on the front cover of Mixmag.In July, his BBC Radio 1 show moved to a Saturday night slot resulting in the listener figures doubling. By now, his radio show had evolved to encompass electro, tech house and breaks genres alongside techno. That month also saw the release of a DJ mix as a covermount CD for DJ Mag, as part of their DJ International Allstars series. Instead of a snapshot of his current DJ set, the DJ mix was mostly compiled of influential tracks from his past. His remix of Tears for Fears' 1984 track "Shout' was also released during that month. In November, he played Lush!, a longstanding nightclub in Portrush, Northern Ireland for the first time. That year <mask> was the subject of a documentary produced by BBC Three and BBC Radio 1.Super DJs followed <mask> as he revisited his roots in Northern Ireland, juxtaposed with a BBC Radio 1 DJ competition (for DJs under the age of 18) that he was hosting. 2004 saw <mask> begin to hold one off events under the name of Excentric, launching at Air in Birmingham with Godskitchen. He was voted 58th in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll of 2004. July 2005 saw the release of his collaboration with Italian DJ and producer Mauro Picotto, "Funkytech / Funkytime". In September, he shared the lineup with Moby at the Nokia Trends festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His Excentric events began to be held at Turnmiils in conjunction with The Gallery. He continued to be placed in the annual Top 100 DJs Poll held by DJ Mag, in 2005, he came 60th.In September 2006, <mask> left Radio 1 due to the station's schedule revamp on evening and weekend shows. The sound and style of his radio show had evolved over the 6 years it was on air and the station wanted him to play dance music closer to the music he played in the earlier years, which he felt he could not do. The final show aired on 23 September 2006 and was broadcast live from Kellys nightclub in Northern Ireland where he interviewed his mother Alice and brother Ken amongst others. <mask>'s DJ set from Lush! was broadcast live on the Essential Mix following the final show. Over the lifetime of the radio show, guest DJs were regularly invited for an interview and 30-minute DJ mix. The show also provided a platform for up and coming DJs and producers to showcase their skills.There were live broadcasts from Ibiza, Miami, Glastonbury, the Global Gathering festival (England), the Creamfields festival (England), the Skol Beats festival (Brazil), Coloursfest (Scotland), the Planet Love festival (Northern Ireland) and The Met nightclub (Northern Ireland). These live shows typically featured a live DJ set from Fergie instead of his usual show structure. Reflecting on the show in 2014 Fergie said, "The vibe was just to have a kind of house party feel, I wanted people at home to be involved. It was a show for them hosted by me, music by the people for the people I guess". During the time of his radio show he was also a monthly columnist for Mixmag. The column was at first titled "Mixmag Future Heroes" and later as "Stick It Out! With Fergie".The column provided exposure for up and coming talent, often conjunctively with his radio show and events at the Turnmills club in London. He made his seventh consecutive appearance in the Top 100 DJs Poll of 2006, finishing in 80th place. 2007–2011: Launch of Excentric Muzik
In 2007 <mask> launched his own record label by the name of Excentric Muzik as an outlet for the music that he had been writing and producing with new studio partner Dave Robertson. The label's first release was a re-release of Salt City Orchestra's "The Book (Bookin Da Beats)" from 1995. <mask> first heard the track whilst working at the Kilwaughter House Nightclub, when Matthew Roberts (of King Unique) played it in his DJ set. The re-release included two new remixes from <mask> and German DJ and producer Gregor Tresher. He also launched Excentric Artists, a DJ agency created to nurture and assist up and coming talent.His events under the Excentric brand began to occur more frequently in 2007, including at The Key in London, in Birmingham at the Custard Factory (in conjunction with Ultra+) and a weekly party in Ibiza throughout that summer. In April he returned to BBC Radio 1 for the first time since leaving the station to record an Essential Mix. This brought the total number of Essential Mixes he has had aired to 13. A notable booking came that year when he played the long running Belfast event Shine, in the Mandela Hall. His 2008 began with the release of the collaboration "Recluse" with Gregor Tresher . He launched a second record label with Mr Henry Von called Rekluse. On Boxing Day of that year he played at seminal techno event Pressure (at The Arches in Glasgow) for the first time.He remixed Slam's "Positive Education" track as an exclusive for his DJ set that night although it did receive a full release through the Soma record label the following year. This DJ set had additional significance to <mask> as it meant over the course of his career he had played at all three of the major Glasgow club nights held at The Arches, the other two being Inside Out and Colours. February 2009 saw the release of "Collaborations EP Volume 1" featuring tracks written with Reset Robot and Alan Fitzpatrick. In April, "Remix Stories Vol. 2" by British act Unkle was released which included a Fergie remix of "Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)". In May 2010 his remix of King Unique's "Feniksas" was released by the record label Bedrock. September saw the release of his second remix of UNKLE, "Follow Me Down".Later in the year he launched a third record label, again with Mr Henry Von, called Tribal Rage. He was interviewed by Mixmag for both their magazine and YouTube channel in September, to discuss the career of Tony De Vit as part of their The Greatest DJ Of All Time feature. His debut artist album Dynamite & Laserbeams was released in October through his own Excentric Muzik label. The album was a critical success with positive reviews in offline and online publications such as Mixmag, DJ Mag, Data Transmission, IDJ and Tilllate. The album also won the Best Album award at the Irish Dance Music Awards 2011. The title of the album referred to the experiences of his youth in Northern Ireland when young people from communities that would otherwise not mix would come together at rave events. On the back of his album release, the January 2011 issue of Mixmag named <mask> as 2010's comeback of the year.In 2011 he was asked to remix Silicone Soul's 2001 track "Right On, Right On" as part of a series of releases to mark the Soma record label's 20th anniversary. A Fergie remix of Joseph Capriati "Noise To Noise" was also released in July. In August he performed on the main stage as a headliner at the Dance Valley festival in the Netherlands. He recorded a monthly podcast titled Fergie's Excentric Muzik Session throughout the year which ran for ten episodes and could be described as having a similar style and structure to his former Radio 1 show. 2012–present: Move to US
Fergie relocated to Las Vegas in 2012 to begin a DJ residency at Wet Republic (MGM Grand Las Vegas) that was offered to him by former Godskitchen owner and (at the time) Angel Management Group owner Neil Moffitt. Fergie later that year hosted his own monthly party at Wet Republic called Lock, Stock & Ready To Rock. DJ residencies also commenced in 2012 at Pure Nightclub (Caesars Palace) in Las Vegas and HQ Nightclub (Revel) in Atlantic City.With his move to America and the start of his new DJ residencies came a drastic change in the musical style he was known for; the music he had been playing prior to this was not suited to the new audiences he was playing for. This style change took him roughly a year of performances to master. Initially for his DJ appearances in the US he performed under the alias Rob Guson to avoid confusion with the singer of the same name. He also used this alias at the Global Gathering 2012 festival in July to perform on the House stage. In December he released a Rob Guson remix of Planet Perfecto's "Bullet in the Gun" as a free download in conjunction with the record label that released the original track in 1999, Perfecto. In early 2013 he returned to performing worldwide as Fergie although in the US he is now billed as Fergie DJ. He became a resident DJ at Hakkasan Nightclub (MGM Grand Las Vegas) when it opened in April 2013.He was featured in an advert in GQ magazine, to promote the opening of the club, alongside the other launch resident DJs. Since the Hakkasan Nightclub opened, he has been featured on the outdoor video billboards of the MGM Grand to promote his DJ appearances. In an interview in 2014 he described this as one of the highlights of his DJ career, "Seeing the image of myself on the Las Vegas strip topped it all off. It took me back to being 14 years old my bedroom in Larne and reminded me of everything I’ve done in the past". As part of his Hakkasan residency in 2013 he launched his Hakkasan show Arcadia. This was accompanied by Arcadia On Air, a weekly radio show and podcast hosted by <mask>. Arcadia On Air was launched in January 2014 and ran for 92 episodes.In 2015 he gained another Las Vegas DJ residency when Omnia Nightclub (Caesars Palace) opened. He also began a monthly DJ residency at Haven Nightclub (Golden Nugget), Atlantic City. On 19 October 2016, Fergie appeared on the Fox News TV programme Fox & Friends in connection with the third presidential debate that was held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He appeared on the front cover of the 8 December edition of Las Vegas magazine Industry Weekly. In 2017 he became a resident DJ at Roscoe's Tavern, Chicago. During the year he played DJ sets in Las Vegas a total of 235 times. He credits the advice and support of Neil Moffitt and James Algate for the success of his career since moving to the city.As of 2018, <mask> holds DJ residencies in Las Vegas at Hakkasan Nightclub, Omnia Nightclub and at Wet Republic. Discography

As well releasing many singles of his own work, he has released a number of mix albums for labels including Ministry of Sound and remixed artists such as Tears for Fears, Slam, Umek, UNKLE and Silicone Soul. <mask> released his debut album Dynamite & Laserbeams on his Excentric Muzik label in 2010. Chart singles
"House of Pain" (2000) – UK No. 87 †
"Deception" (2000) – UK No. 47
"Hoovers and Horns" (2000) – UK No. 57 †
The Bass EP (2002) – UK No.47
"Teknoise" (2003) - UK No. 92

† Billed as Fergie & BK

Chart singles (remixes)
 Trevor & Simon - "Hands Up (Fergie & BK Remix) (2000) - UK No. 12
 Tall Paul – Rock Da House (Fergie Remix) (2001) – UK No. 29
 Da Hool – "Meet Her at the Love Parade 2001 (Fergie Mix)" (2001) – UK No. 11
 Tall Paul – "Everybody's A Rockstar (Fergie Remix) (2002) – UK

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<mask> (born January 26, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He has recorded under various monikers including Regia, <mask>, and Suspicious Light. <mask> was also a founding member of Remy Zero and Little Red Rocket (featuring Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray), and has performed, produced or recorded with Azure Ray, Maria Taylor, Verbena, Cheshires (featuring members of Remy Zero), Bright Eyes, The Ladybug Transistor, and Jaymay. Biography
Schefano was the original drummer for Remy Zero when they first formed in Birmingham, Alabama in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Bronson |url=http://buzzbands.la/2016/08/11/video-premiere-cheshires-remy-zero-love-this-feelin/ |title=Video premiere: Cheshires (ex-Remy Zero), 'Love This Feelin – |website=Buzzbands.la |date=August 11, 2016 |accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref> He later joined Verbena replacing their original drummer, and is featured on the 1996 EP Pilot Park on Merge Records. Schefano then joined Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray in Little Red Rocket as their drummer, and also contributed guitar, piano, and vocals to the group's 1997 debut album, Who Did You Pay on Tim/Kerr records. Little Red Rocket was subsequently signed to Geffen Records in 1998. Regia's The Art of Navigation, Schefano's solo debut, was released in 1999 on spinART Records.The Art of Navigation was co-produced by Shelby Tate of Remy Zero and mixed by Robert Schneider, best known as a producer for his work on Neutral Milk Hotel's critically lauded In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. MTV praised The Art of Navigation as "great sixties-inspired pop" and CMJ New Music Monthly called Schefano an "ace songwriter and lyricist." Maria Taylor, who was previously romantically linked to Schefano, credits him for teaching her "how to write songs, play drums and find my voice.". Taylor covered several of his songs on her releases including "Nature Song" on her 2005 debut 11:11 and "A Small Part of Me" co-written by Schefano on 2007's Lynn Teeter Flower. In 2007, Schefano, recording under the name "<mask>," released Freak Show Revenge on Superphonic Records. Exclaim! praised the EP as "reminiscent of Elliott Smith, with whimpering vocals that hug gentle guitar slides and strums."That same year he also co-produced, engineered and contributed to Jaymay's debut album Autumn Fallin'. <mask> is also credited with additional recordings on Bright Eyes' 2007 critically acclaimed Cassadaga on Saddle Creek Records. Maria Taylor again covered Schefano on her third album LadyLuck in 2009 with the song "A Chance". "<mask>" released their second effort, a 7" single, "Laura," on Goodnight Records in 2013. In 2015, Schefano released the single "Burned" as Suspicious Light. Gigwise subsequently called them one of the "10 hottest new bands coming out of NYC." The Deli Magazine referred to their recordings as "melancholic, reverb-soaked, indie-rock" and declared them as March 2015's artist of the month.Shefano is featured on Maria Taylor's newest record In the Next Life, credited with vocals and additional recordings on several tracks. On January 6, 2017 Buzzbands.LA premiered the first single "Come to Think" from <mask>'s debut self-titled solo LP Opposite Side of the World, released on Maria Taylor's new label, Flower Moon Records. Buzzbands.LA called "Come to Think" "a rhythmically tricky, ’60s-flavored jingle that adroitly buries its cloudy emotions behind a sunny melody." Paste premiered the album's second single "Song for Anthony" on February 2, 2017. PureVolume premiered the video for "Come to Think" on March 7, 2017. "Come to Think" was featured in episode 6 of CBS' Me, Myself & I on October 30, 2017, and also in Freeform's The Fosters. The hit TV show Pretty Little Liars premiered a new single "Wish Something Would Happen" on during Season 7 Episode 17 on June 6, 2017.PopMatters called <mask>'s "smooth melodic urgencies and poignant lyrics" reminiscent of Nirvana and R.E.M. In April 2018, Paste premiered a new single from Maria Taylor called "Real Life" featuring Schefano, from a compilation released by her label, Flower Moon Records. Schefano's track from the album, "The Future is Now," premiered in May 2018 in LA Weekly, calling it a "sprawling, drawling, epic pop-rock song that sways in and out of layers like a beautiful Pink Floyd/Beatles hybrid." <mask> was tapped to record & co-produce Azure Ray's 2018 EP, Waves, following the band's most recent 6 year hiatus. It was released Oct. 26, 2018 on Taylor's label, Flower Moon Records. Discography
Bands
Remy Zero – Remy Zero (1996, Geffen Records)
Verbena – Pilot Park (1996, Merge Records)
Little Red Rocket – Who Did You Pay? (1997, Tim/Kerr)

Solo
Regia – The Art of Navigation (1999, spinART Records)
Louis – Freak Show Revenge (2007, Superphonic Records)
Louis – Laura/The Numbers 7" (2013, Goodnight Records)
Suspicious Light – Burned single (2016)
<mask> – Opposite Side of the World (2017, Flower Moon Records)
<mask> – Wish Something Would Happen EP (2017, Off World Records)
Maria Taylor and <mask> – Light of the World single (2017, Flower Moon Records)

Compilations
Regia – Happy Happy Birthday To Me Vol.1 (Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records)
Regia – Happy Happy Birthday To Me Vol. 5 (Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records)
<mask> – Flower Moon Records Friends and Family Volume 1 (2018, Flower Moon Records)

Other Contributions
Maria Taylor – 11:11 (2005, Saddle Creek)
Bright Eyes – Cassadaga (2007, Saddle Creek)
Maria Taylor – Lynn Teeter Flower (2007, Saddle Creek)
Jaymay – Autumn Fallin' (2007, Heavenly Recordings)
Maria Taylor – LadyLuck (2009, Nettwerk)
Maria Taylor – In the Next Life (2016, Flower Moon Records)
Maria Taylor – "Real Life (Trump Era)" – Flower Moon Records Friends and Family Volume 1 (2018, Flower Moon Records)
Azure Ray – Waves'' (2018, Flower Moon Records)

References

External links
Official <mask>hefano website

Living people
Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama
1970 births
American multi-instrumentalists
21st-century American singers
Remy Zero members
Singer-songwriters from Alabama

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<mask> (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. <mask> illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. <mask>'s works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors. In 1994, <mask> obtained the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for the book John Henry and he has received five Coretta Scott King Awards for illustration. In 2010, he received the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion & the Mouse. His book A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation (2019), illustrated by <mask> and written by Barry Wittenstein, won the Orbis Pictus Award for 2020. In 2000, <mask> received the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award from Kent State University, and in 2004 he was awarded the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for outstanding contributions in the field of children’s literature.In 2016, <mask> received the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. <mask> has partnered with the United States Postal Service, National Park Service, and National Geographic for his illustration work. His art has also been featured in numerous exhibitions. Biography

Early life
<mask> was born in Philadelphia on December 22, 1939, to Williemae and <mask>. <mask> was the middle child in a family of five siblings. <mask> struggled in school due to dyslexia, but excelled at drawing, even at a young age. During <mask>'s youth, his mother encouraged him to develop his skills by enrolling him in art classes, but <mask>'s father did not consider art a sustainable career until <mask> grew older.Career
During his early teens, <mask> worked at a local newspaper stand, where he would pass the time by drawing city life. <mask>'s talent caught the eye of customer and cartoonist John Liney, who worked on the Henry comic strips. Liney showed <mask> how artistry could be used for commercial purposes. <mask> attended the Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School for his secondary education and met his future wife, Gloria Jean <mask>, during this time. <mask> graduated from Murrell Dobbins in 1957 and was granted a full scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now University of the Arts). <mask> only attended the Philadelphia College of Art for a few years, leaving to start a family with wife Gloria. In 1960, <mask> began working for The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in Dedham, Massachusetts.<mask> later worked at Barker-Black Studio, where he illustrated his first picture book in collaboration with Joyce Cooper Arkhurst called, The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales (1964). He, along with two other artists, opened Kaleidoscope Studio a few years later. <mask> opened his own freelance studio, Jerry Pinkney Studios, in 1968. During the 1970s, <mask> worked on the Black Heritage Stamp Series for the United States Postal Service. During the 1980s <mask> began to receive additional recognition for his work, including a Coretta Scott King Award for his collaboration with author Patricia McKissack on Mirandy and Brother Wind (1989). <mask> also collaborated with the National Geographic Magazine and the National Park Service on the topic of the Underground Railroad. <mask> has also worked as an educator, teaching at colleges and universities like the University of Delaware, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York.Professional memberships

 Pinkley became a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in 1990. He was appointed to the National Council of the Arts by President George W. Bush in 2003. In 2012, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Personal life
<mask> and Gloria Jean <mask> have four children: Troy, Brian, Scott, and Myles. <mask> and his wife Andrea Davis <mask> also write books for children. The other <mask> children, including <mask> and <mask>'s six grandchildren, all participate in the arts, which Gloria calls a continuation of “the Pinkney tradition.”

<mask> lived in Croton-on-Hudson in New York with his wife Gloria, where he worked out of his freelance studio, Jerry Pinkney Studio,  since 1971. <mask> died of a heart attack on October 20, 2021, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, at the age of 81.Art style and themes

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<mask> got his start drawing in pencil and his early works were black and white productions. <mask> used a combination of watercolors and pencils for the majority of his work, along with other materials, such as, "pastel[s], color pencils, and Cray-Pas". In an interview, he stated watercolors are his "medium of choice." <mask>'s "intricate detail" is considered "rare" for a person who uses watercolors. Themes
<mask> researched the subjects of his works for accuracy, such as the dress of the characters involved and the time periods. Pinkney also used live models for establishing character poses. Pinkney has stated he liked to draw animals the most and to give these characters human features.Many of <mask>'s titles are on diverse themes and topics, such as African American history, and <mask> has stated his stories are a way for him to "revisit" his childhood. His recent book, A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (2019), portrays Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington "I Have A Dream" speech. A number of <mask>'s works retell Aesop Fables, such as The Grasshopper & The Ants (2015) and The Lion and the Mouse (2009). Literary works

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 1965–1969
 Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Scholastic, 1964.Fletcher, Helen Jill. The Year Around Book. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. McCall, Adeline. This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School. Illustrated by <mask>.Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1965. Garshin, V. M. The Traveling Frog. Illustrated by <mask>. Translated by Marguerita Rudolph. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. Sobol, Ken. A Book of Sizes & Shapes.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. Saleh, Harold J. Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep. Pictures by <mask>. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Sobol, Ken.The Clock Museum. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Spellman, John W. The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India. Illustrated by <mask>. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967. Dale, Ralph Alan.Shoes, Pennies and Rockets: A Book of Singing Games. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: L. W. Singer, 1968. Green, Lila. Folktales and Fairytales of Africa. Illustrated by <mask>. Morristown: Silver Burdett, 1968.Traudl. Kostas the Rooster. Illustrated by <mask>. New York:  Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1968. Phillips, Irv. The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu. Illustrated by <mask>.New York: L. W. Singer, 1969. Powell, Fern. The Porcupine and the Tiger. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Sheppard Co., 1969. Shaw, Thelma. Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish.Illustrated by <mask>. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1969. Trofimuk, Ann. Babushka and the Pig . Illustrated by <mask>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1970–1979
 Annett, Cora.Cora Annett's Homerhenry. Illustrated by <mask>. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1970. Jacobs, Francine. The King's Ditch: A Hawaiian Tale. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1971.Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. More Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1972. Robinson, Adjai. Femi and Old Grandaddie. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.Evans, Mari. JD. Illustrated by <mask>. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Freschet, Berniece. Prince Littlefoot. Illustrated by <mask>.Lexington: Ginn, 1973. Robinson, Adjai. Kasho and the Twin Flutes. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. Mickey and Minny. Illustrated by <mask>.N.p. : Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Jefferson, Margo and Elliott P. Skinner. Roots of Time: A Portrait of African Life and Culture. Garden City: Doubleday, 1974. Wilson, Beth P. The Great Minu. Illustrated by <mask>.Chicago: Follett, 1974. Martel, Cruz. Yagua Days. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Press, 1975. Taylor, Mildred. Song of the Trees.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Press, [1975] 1996. Greenfield, Eloise. Mary McLeod Bethune. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Crowell, 1977. Aaderma, Verna.Ji-nongo-nongo Means Riddles. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Four Winds Press, 1978. Green, Lila. Tales From Africa. Illustrated by <mask>. Morristown: Silver Burdett Co., 1979.Greenfield, Eloise, Lessie Jones Little, and Pattie Ridley Jones. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. Drawings by <mask>. New York: Crowell, 1979. Yellow Robe, Rosebud. Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Indian Tales. Pictures by <mask>.New York: Dial Press, 1979. 1980–1989
Hamilton, Virginia. Jahdu. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1980. Zaslavsky, Claudia. Count on Your Fingers African Style.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Crowell, 1980. Wise, William. Monster Myths of Ancient Greece. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Putnam, 1981. Michels, Barbara and Bettye White, eds.Apples on a Stick: The Folklore of Black Children. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial, 1985.Dragonwagon, Crescent. Half a Moon and One Whole Star. Illustrated by <mask>. New York:Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Buxton, Jane Heath, John Strejan, and James Diaz. Strange Animals of the Sea. Illustrated by <mask>.Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1987. Carlstrom, Nancy White. Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1987. Lester, Julius. The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1987. Lester, Julius. More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies and Others. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1987. Fields, Julia.The Green Lion of Zion Street. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: McElderry Books, 1988. McKissack, Patricia C. Mirandy and Brother Wind. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Knopf, 1988. Aardema, Verna.Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. Singer, Marilyn.Turtle in July. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1989. 1990–1999
Dragonwagon, Crescent. Home Place. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990.Lester, Julius. Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang and Other Creatures. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1990. Marzollo, Jean. Pretend You're a Cat. Illustrated by <mask>.New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1990. Adoff, Arnold. In for Winter, Out for Spring. Illustrated by <mask>. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. Levitin, Sonia. The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket.Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. Eisler, Colin T., ed. David's Songs: His Psalms and Their Story. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1992. Hamilton, Virginia.Drylongso. Illustrated by <mask>. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. <mask>, Gloria Jean. Back Home. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1992.Hurwitz, Johanna. New Shoes for Silvia. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1993. Moss, Thylias. I Want To Be. Pictures by <mask>.New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993. Willard, Nancy. A Starlit Somersault Downhill. Illustrated by <mask>. Boston; Toronto; London: Little, Brown, and Company, 1993. Lester, Julius. John Henry.Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1994. Lester, Julius. The Last Tales of Uncle Remus. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial, 1994. <mask>, Gloria Jean.The Sunday Outing. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994. Flournoy, Valerie. Tanya's Reunion. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995.Schroeder, Alan. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. Lester, Julius. Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo. Pictures by <mask>.New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. Kipling, Rudyard. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1997. San Souci, Robert D. The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale. Pictures by <mask>.New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. Lester, Julius.

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 Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1998. Andersen, Hans Christian. The Little Match Girl.Adapted and illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999. Andersen, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling. Adapted and illustrated by <mask>. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999. Goldin, Barbara Diamond.Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet. Paintings by <mask>. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Lester, Julius. Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 1999.2000–2009
Lester, Julius and <mask>. Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream. New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2000. <mask>, <mask>. Aesop's Fables. New York: SeaStar Books, 2000. McKissack, Patricia C. and <mask>.Goin' Someplace Special. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Andersen, Hans Christian. The Nightingale. Adapted and illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002. <mask>, <mask>.Noah's Ark. New York: SeaStar Books, 2002. Holiday, Billie and Arthur Herzog Jr. God Bless the Child. Illustrated by <mask>. New York:HarperCollins/Amistad, 2004. <mask>, <mask>. The Little Red Hen.New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2006. Lester, Julius. The Old African. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 2005. Grifalconi, Ann. Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Jump at the Sun: Hyperion Books for Children, 2007. McKissack, Patricia C. The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll. Illustrated by <mask>. New York:  Schwartz & Wade Books, 2007. <mask>, <mask>. Little Red Riding Hood.New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Aston, Dianna Hutts. The Moon Over Star. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008. Nelson, Marilyn. Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 2009. <mask>, <mask>. The Lion and the Mouse. New York: Little, Brown, and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009. ‡
 ‡ This title was also issued with a CD comprising sound tracks, an author's note, and interview in 2010. 2010–2019
<mask>, <mask>.Three Little Kittens. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010. Taylor, Jane. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Little, Brown, 2011. <mask>, <mask>.Puss in Boots. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012. <mask>, <mask>. The Tortoise & The Hare. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2013. <mask>, <mask>. The Grasshopper & The Ants.New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2015. Jackson, Richard. In Plain Sight. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016. Wheeler, Lisa. The Christmas Boot.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016. <mask>, <mask>. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2017. Brown, Margaret Wise. A Home in the Barn.Pictures by <mask>. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. Wittenstein, Barry. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech That Inspired a Nation. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Holiday House, 2019. 2020-2021
<mask>, <mask>.The Little Mermaid. New York, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020. Wells, Rosemary. The Welcome Chair. Illustrated by <mask>. New York, Simon and Schuster, 2021. Illustrated novels

 1970–1979
Brontë, Emily.Wuthering Heights. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1975. Auchincloss, Louis. The Winthrop Covenant. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1976.Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, [1927] 1977. Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. Illustrated by <mask>.Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1977. Updike, John. Rabbit, Run. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1977. Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays.Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1977. Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1978. Brooks, Van Wyck.The Flowering of New England, 1815–1865. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. Faulkner, William. These Thirteen. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, [1931] 1979.1980–1989
 Michener, James A. The Covenant. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1980. Nabokov, Vladomir Vladimirovich. Lolita. Illustrated by <mask>.Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1981. Updike, John. Rabbit Redux. Illustrated by <mask>. Pennsylvania:  Franklin Library, 1981. Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams.Sketches by <mask>. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, [1918] 1982. 1990–1999
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Illustrated by <mask>. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Kipling, Rudyard.The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: William Morrow, 1995. Plays

 Building Bridges: The Life and Times of <mask>. 2004. Other contributions

 Created the cover illustration for Virginia Hamilton's The Planet of Junior Brown (New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1971). Provided the illustrations for the RCA Corporation booklet Craftmanship, A Tradition in Black America (New York: RCA, 1976).Illustrated the book frontispiece for Mildred D. Taylor's novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (New York: Dial Press, 1977). Provided the illustrations for Charles L. Bronson's 1984 National Geographic Magazine article "Escape from Slavery: The Underground Railroad." Illustrated "Silent Lobby," a story written by Mildred Pitts Walter that appeared in The Big Book For Peace (New York: E. P. Dutton Children's Books, 1990). Illustrated portraits for the National Park Service's "The Underground Railroad Handbook" in 1997. Designed the White House Christmas brochure in 2001 on the theme Home for the Holidays. Awards and recognition
<mask> has received many awards for his work as an illustrator over the years and has been recognized by multiple organizations for his contributions as an artist. Awards
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
 1995, for Picture Book: Lester, Julius.John Henry. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1994. Boston Globe-Horn Honor Book
 1980, for Nonfiction: Greenfield, Eloise, Lessie Jones Little, and Pattie Ridley Jones. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. Drawings by <mask>. New York: Crowell, 1979.2010, for Picture Book: <mask>, <mask>. The Lion and the Mouse. New York: Little, Brown, and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009. Caldecott Medal
 2010: <mask>, <mask>. The Lion and the Mouse. New York: Little, Brown, and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009. Caldecott Honor Book
 1989: McKissack, Patricia C. Mirandy and Brother Wind.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Knopf, 1988. 1990: San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. 1995: Lester, Julius. John Henry.Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books, 1994. 2000: Andersen, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling. Adapted and illustrated by <mask>. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999. 2003: <mask>, <mask>.Noah's Ark. New York: SeaStar Books, 2002. Coretta Scott King Book Award
 1986, for Illustrator: Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial, 1985. 1987, for Illustrator: Dragonwagon, Crescent.Half a Moon and One Whole Star. Illustrated by <mask>. New York:Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. 1989, for Illustrator: McKissack, Patricia C. Mirandy and Brother Wind. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Knopf, 1988. 1997, for Illustrator: Schroeder, Alan.Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. 2002, for Illustrator: McKissack, Patricia C. and <mask>. Goin' Someplace Special. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Coretta Scott King Honor Award
 1981, for Illustrator: Zaslavsky, Claudia.Count on Your Fingers African Style. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Crowell, 1980. 1990, for Illustrator: San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. 2005, for Illustrator: Holiday, Billie and Arthur Herzog Jr. God Bless the Child.Illustrated by <mask>. New York:HarperCollins/Amistad, 2004. 2009, for Illustrator: Aston, Dianna Hutts. The Moon Over Star. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008. 2017 for Illustrator: Jackson, Richard.In Plain Sight. Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016. Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award
 2016, for Lifetime Achievement. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
 2016: For American authors or illustrators who have contributed "significantly" to children's literature. New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award
 1989: Singer, Marilyn. Turtle in July.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1989. 1994: <mask>, Gloria Jean. The Sunday Outing. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1994. 1997: San Souci, Robert D. The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale.Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997. 2006: <mask>, <mask>. The Little Red Hen. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2006. Orbis Pictus Award
 2020: Wittenstein, Barry. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech That Inspired a Nation.Illustrated by <mask>. New York: Holiday House, 2019. Phoenix Picture Book Award
 2016, Honor Book: Lester, Julius. Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo. Pictures by <mask>. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. Society of Illustrators
 2006: The Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award
 Received four Gold medals
 Received four Silver medals

Recognition

 In 1997, <mask> was nominated for the biennial 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Award, considered to be the "Nobel Prize for children's literature."In 2000, Kent State University awarded <mask> the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, which honors creators of "multicultural literature" for youth. In 2004, <mask> received the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for his contributions to children's literature. In 2011, the New York Society of Illustrators inducted <mask> into the organization's Hall of Fame for <mask>'s achievements and contributions as an artist. In 2013, <mask> received the Distinguished Arts Award as part of the Pennsylvania Governor's Awards for the Arts. In 2016, the city of Philadelphia named July 19 "<mask>ney Day" to honor <mask>'s achievements. In 2016, the Norman Rockwell Museum named <mask> their Artist Laureate for his achievements as an illustrator. In 2016, <mask> was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for 2018.Art exhibitions
 1994, Fall: Featured in the Richard C. von Hess Illustration Gallery at the Philadelphia University of the Arts. 2000: <mask>/ <mask>: Father & Son, hosted by the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Texas. 2008, Fall/Winter: Featured in the Richard C. von Hess Illustration Gallery at the Philadelphia University of the Arts. 2010: <mask>'s African-American Journey to Freedom, featured in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 2012: Witness: The Art of <mask>, hosted by the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. 2013: Drawing on the Reverse Side: The Art and Life of <mask>, displayed by Free Library of Philadelphia. 2016: <mask>: Imaginings/An Artist's Explorations of Images and Words, featured by the Norman Rockwell Museum.2017: The Storybook Magic of <mask>, displayed by the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. 2019: Freedom's Journal: The Art of <mask>, featured by the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Postage stamps
In 1977, the United States Postal Service commissioned <mask> to create the first stamp of the Black Heritage postage stamp series, a series honoring prolific African Americans in United States history. <mask> completed a total of eleven portraits for the series, and his designs featured images of Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Banneker, Whitney Young, Jackie Robinson, Scott Joplin, Carter Woodson, Mary McLeod Bethune and Sojourner Truth. References

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<mask>ney Library of Congress Name Authority File
Harper Collins' Discover Author page for <mask> <mask>
  at Children's Literature (childrenslit.com)

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<mask> (15 May 1931 – 1 August 1985) was an English museum curator and art historian who specialised in liturgical studies and illuminated manuscripts. He worked at the British Museum and the British Library from 1956 until his death, focusing on exhibitions, scholarship, and loans. Following several years spent at a hospital and at an Anglican Benedictine abbey, <mask> found employment in the British Museum's Department of Manuscripts at the age of 25. Serving first as assistant keeper, and later as deputy keeper, within two years of his hiring he helped the museum select manuscripts for purchase from the <mask>rins collection and organised his first exhibition; in the 1960s he also took teaching posts at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia. <mask> moved to the British Library when custodianship of the museum's library elements changed in 1973. At the library, he helped oversee several major exhibitions, and organise the international loans of significant works. He was closely involved with the lending of a copy of Magna Carta for the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebrations, and in succeeding years helped arrange the loans of several medieval manuscripts for the first time in half a millennium.Two such loans sent the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander to Bulgaria for the first time since the 1300s, and the Moutier-Grandval Bible to Switzerland, its home throughout the Middle Ages. Early life and education
<mask> was born on 15 May 1931 in Northampton, in central England. An only child, he was born to the World War I veteran Maurice Finnemore <mask> and his wife Eva ( <mask>). After attending Winchester House School in Brackley, in the summer of 1945 <mask> was sent on scholarship to Harrow. In 1950, a Harrow scholarship to read modern history sent him to Hertford College at the University of Oxford; he graduated in the summer of 1953. Before his employment at the British Museum, <mask> worked at a hospital, and spent time at the Anglican Benedictine abbey Nashdom. There he both studied and practised liturgy, and met the medieval music specialist <mask> <mask>.Career

At the British Museum
<mask> began work as an assistant keeper of the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum on 3 December 1956. Influenced by his time at Nashdom, he specialised in medieval liturgical studies, and influenced by the lavish decoration of liturgical manuscripts, he likewise studied illuminated manuscripts. In 1958, <mask> organised his first exhibition, showcasing a collection of Byzantine manuscripts. The same year he helped the museum select illuminated manuscripts to purchase from the collection of Charles William <mask> Perrins, before it was offered publicly. The museum acquired ten of the collection's 154 manuscripts, including two bequests by Perrins, and eight purchases at a collective and below-market . These included the Gorleston Psalter, the Khamsa of Nizami, and the book of hours by William de Brailes, and were the subject of a paper by <mask> the following year. Upon the December 1960 resignation of Julian Brown, a co-author of the paper who left for the chair of palaeography at King's College London, <mask> assumed responsibility for the museum's collection of illustrated manuscripts.In his new role heading the collection of illustrated manuscripts, <mask> focused on scholarship. His resulting publications ranged from those that his colleagues described as "extremely erudite", to those aimed at a popular audience. In 1965 alone, <mask> published four books: Early Gothic Illuminated Manuscripts in England, the fifth volume of the British Museum's Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts (highlighting acquisitions made since the 1928 fourth volume), English Book illustration, 966–1846 (timed to coincide with the Fourth International Congress of Bibliophiles), and Reichenau Reconsidered: a Re-assessment of the Place of Reichenau in Ottonian Art, He followed up the first book with Romanesque Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum in 1966, with both becoming standard introductions to their subjects. Reichenau Reconsidered, meanwhile, analysed a set of exceptional manuscripts (including the Codex Egberti, Egbert Psalter, and Poussay Gospels) and questioned their traditional attribution as coming from a scriptorium at Reichenau Abbey. If the analysis was not conclusive, it was reviewed as a "far-reaching perusal" that "demands that medievalists rethink their positions on the controversy". In the mid 1960s, <mask> began teaching art history part-time at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia, repurposing as teaching material his recent works on English Gothic and European Romanesque illumination. He also undertook the chairmanship of two organisations involved with liturgical studies: the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society in 1964, and the Henry Bradshaw Society in 1967.In 1971, <mask> helped secure the Anderson Pontifical for the museum's collection, after it was discovered in the stables of Brodie Castle the previous year and placed for sale at Sotheby's. He was promoted to deputy keeper in 1972, following the retirements of the keeper Theodore Cressy Skeat and the senior deputy keeper Cyril Ernest Wright. At the British Library

A year after <mask>'s promotion to deputy keeper, the Department of Manuscripts was subsumed into the British Library, and he with it; subsequently his role shifted to the curation of exhibitions, and to responsibility for loans from the collection of manuscripts. In the former role <mask> helped oversee three major exhibitions: The Christian Orient in 1978, The Benedictines in Britain in 1980, and, with Janet Backhouse and Leslie Webster, The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art in 1984. <mask> helped write exhibition catalogues for the latter two. The Benedictines in Britain, attended by the leader of each of the country's Benedictine communities, "allowed him", his colleagues wrote, "to give full rein to one of his favourite pastimes, creating a guest list on which every style and title should appear with absolute accuracy. He spent many happy hours in the bookstacks, consulting directories in pursuit of this perfection!"<mask> also inspired the 1983 exhibition Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library, shown at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu and the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, before coming to London. <mask> was also responsible for facilitating the international loans of important manuscripts. In the process he enjoyed interacting with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—and poring over abstruse indemnity arrangements—leading to the loan of a copy of Magna Carta to Washington, D.C. for the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebrations. The copy, the oldest of the four surviving, spent a year in the United States Capitol, where it was viewed by dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Elwyn-Jones. <mask>, for his part, maintained a lifelong refusal to cross the Atlantic. The following year, he helped lend the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander to Sofia, Bulgaria, where it received national publicity; it had last been in the country in the fourteenth century. In 1979 he helped lend the Leningrad Bede to the Bede Monastery Museum in Jarrow and to Bloomsbury, and in 1981 <mask> saw the Moutier-Granval Bible return to Jura, Switzerland, its home throughout the Middle Ages.Personal life
<mask> was described in The Times as "[a]n intensely sensitive spirit, ... for whom living was no easy matter"; colleagues remembered him as "a memorable—if unpredictable—character". An only child unused to close-knit family life, he enjoyed the company of those a generation or profession removed from him over that of his peers and contemporaries. Learning that the son of a commuting acquaintance was interested in Anglo-Saxon literature, <mask> invited the two to the library to handle the Beowulf manuscripts, but among colleagues he had "a not undeserved reputation for being difficult and could chill the blood of the more timid". He nevertheless shared a close working relationship with Janet Backhouse, also of the British Museum and later Library, and introduced her to the exhibition and loans of manuscripts. The unexpected death of his mother in 1966–1967, and his father's subsequent move into a nursing home, precipitated what Backhouse termed a "radical change" in <mask>'s life. He moved from his bedsitter by Kew Gardens to his parents' flat in Henley-on-Thames, his dress became flamboyant, and his published output declined. Much of his social interaction came at the museum and library; once offered several months' leave by the keeper of manuscripts <mask> to work on a Yates Thompson manuscript catalogue, which <mask> thought could be his magnum opus, he nevertheless declined, lest he sacrifice his daily interactions with colleagues.<mask> died suddenly on 1 August 1985. Obituaries were published in The Times, and in a special issue of The British Library Journal, featuring contributions related to his own range of interests. Various studies were also published in his memory, including "The Text of the Benedictional of St Æthelwold", a paper begun by <mask> and finished by Andrew Prescott, then of the British Library. Publications
<mask> published widely, beginning soon after his employment at the British Museum. After his promotion to deputy keeper his output dwindled, and primarily focused on current exhibitions and recent acquisitions. Such later publications included a facsimile of the Hastings Hours, one of the library's greatest Flemish manuscripts, which was bequeathed to the collection under his watch. With the work "almost ignored previously", one reviewer wrote, <mask>'s facsimile was "stunning visually and always interesting"; another described a "brilliant introduction" that focused on history rather than art criticism.Books

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<mask> (born March 21, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Orlandina Basket of the Serie A2 Basket. He played college basketball for University of South Carolina. College career
Kinsey attended and played collegiately at the University of South Carolina where he helped lead the Gamecocks to two straight NIT championships; averaging 19.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.6 steals and shooting 53% from the field in the NIT Tournament. NIT Championship Game 2005
While a junior at the University of South Carolina, Kinsey was an essential player on the Gamecocks basketball team. As the team made it to the NIT (National Invitation Tournament), they reached the championship game against St. Joseph's University. With less than 6 seconds remaining on the clock, St. Joe's sharpshooter Pat Carroll hit a 3-pointer to tie the game up, 57–57. Kinsey got the inbounds pass for USC, dribbled up court, and fired a 3-pointer that hit nothing but net with 1.3 seconds left to win the NIT for South Carolina, 60–57.Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2006–2008)
Undrafted out of college, Kinsey played the 2006–07 NBA season for the Memphis Grizzlies, averaging 7.7 points in 48 games. He started 12 games for the Grizzlies, averaging 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Kinsey took part in the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour in Spain. He started the 2007–08 NBA season for the Memphis Grizzlies and played in 11 games for Memphis this season, averaging 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in limited action. Fenerbahçe Ülker (2008)
After being released by the Grizzlies, Kinsey signed a contract to play in the TBL for the Fenerbahçe Ülker in Turkey. He averaged 9.2 points in 14 regular season games with Fenerbahce Ulker and helped the club to win the Beko Basketball League Finals (the final stage of the Turkish Basketball League playoffs). Kinsey posted averages of 8.8 points on .492 shooting and 2.8 rebounds in 12 Euroleague games helping Fenerbahçe Ülker reach the quarterfinals of 2007–08 Euroleague.Kinsey tied for team high in scoring with 12 points in the first game of the best of three game quarterfinal series against Montepaschi Siena. Cleveland Cavaliers (2008–2009)
On August 1, 2008, Kinsey signed a one-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the early part of the season, Kinsey usually only played during garbage time. After injuries to starting shooting guard Delonte West and top reserve Sasha Pavlović, Kinsey began playing more and even started a few games and played well until spraining his ankle in a game against Orlando. Kinsey returned following the All-Star game, and once again was the third-string shooting guard as West and Pavlović returned from injury. Return to Fenerbahçe (2009–2011)
On August 25, 2009, Kinsey returned to Fenerbahçe Ülker for a second stint, signing a two-year deal. Anadolu Efes (2011–2012)
In July 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Anadolu Efes.Pesaro / Unicaja Malaga (2012–2013)
On September 26, 2012, Kinsey signed with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. However, he did not make the team's final roster. On December 14, 2012, Kinsey signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A. On April 19, 2013, he left Pesaro and signed with Unicaja Málaga of Spain for the rest of the season. Partizan Belgrade (2013–2014)
On September 9, 2013, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Serbian team Partizan Belgrade. In the season-opener game victory against Igokea, he debuted by scoring 15 points with a couple of the attractive dunks. In a second week of December, his block on Fenerbahçe's Bogdanović was a top play.In the Euroleague game against Lokomotiv Kuban on January 31, he scored career-high 32 points, while also adding 5 rebounds and 3 steals. In March 2014, he had a season-ending injury in the game against Cibona, when he sprained ankle on his right leg. He had one of the best seasons of his career, averaging career-high 14.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, over 16 games in the Euroleague. Nizhny Novgorod (2014–2015)
On August 4, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with the Russian team Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod ended the competition in the VTB United League after being eliminated by CSKA Moscow with 3–0 in the semifinal series. Trabzonspor (2015)
On July 22, 2015, Kinsey signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club Trabzonspor. On December 27, 2015, he parted ways with Trabzonspor after appearing in eleven league games and ten EuroCup games.Crvena zvezda (2015–2016)
On December 28, 2015, Kinsey signed with the Serbian club Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season. Hapoel Jerusalem (2016–2018)
On July 23, 2016, Kinsey signed a two-year deal with Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem. In his first season with Jerusalem, Kinsey helped the team to win the 2016 Israeli League Cup and 2017 Israeli League Championship, as well as reaching the 2017 EuroCup Semifinals. Breogán (2018)
On September 1, 2018, Kinsey signed with Cafés Candelas Breogán of the Liga ACB for the 2018–19 season. Dijon (2018–2019)
On December 3, 2018, Kinsey signed with JDA Dijon of the Pro A for the rest of the 2018–19 season. Orlandina Basket (2019–present)

On September 11, 2019, he has signed with Orlandina Basket of the Serie A2 Basket. References

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<mask>us was an accomplished general and statesman of the Roman Republic who served as Consul thrice and dictator once during his career, triumphing once over the Samnites and achieving great political success. Family
Sulpicius was a member of the Patrician gens Sulpicia, a family which had achieved the consular dignity within the first ten years of the Republic's founding, acquiring the office of consul nine times and consular tribune thirteen times since. Sulpicius was a member of the Sulpicii Longii branch of the family, and was the son of Servius <mask>us and the grandson of Quintus <mask>, consular tribune in 390 BC, the year the Gauls sacked Rome. First two consulships
In 337 BC, <mask> was elected to his first consulship with Publius Aelius Paetus as his plebeian colleague. In this year, it came to the attention of the Senate that the Sidicini were attacking a Roman-aligned group, the Aurunci. Upon the Senate's orders, the consuls prepared for war against the Sidicini. However, once news arrived that the Aurunci were forced by the Sidicini to abandon their towns for Suessa, the Senate grew angry at the consuls for their delay in combating this enemy and ordered them to appoint a dictator.The consuls nominated <mask> Crassus as dictator. However, soon after his appointment, it was reported by the augurs that the auspices taken for his appointment were flawed, and he was forced to resign. In the remainder of the year two notable events occurred. Firstly, a Vestal virgin was put to death for her immorality, and secondly, a plebeian was elected to the position of Praetor. As he was a patrician, <mask> opposed the election of a plebeian into a position previously solely held by patricians. The senate, however, were unwilling to try to prevent a plebeian from entering the more minor position of a Praetor when they had already tried and failed to restrict the plebeians from achieving the higher honor of the consulate, and thus affirmed the election. In 323 BC, Sulpicius served a second term as consul alongside Quintus Aulius Cerretanus.In this year, the Second Samnite War continued and Rome was also attacked by the Apulians, with the senate assigning <mask> to the former campaign and Aulius to the latter. <mask> marched his army into Samnite territory and ravaged it, but did not encounter the Samnite army. Aulius met the same situation in Apulia, and thus there was no great victory that year. Third consulship

In 314 BC, <mask> was elected consul for a third and final time, serving alongside Marcus Poetelius Libo. In this year, the consuls continued the siege of the Samnite aligned city of Sora from the previous year. At first the siege seemed like it would be an extended affair. This changed when a deserter from Sora proposed a plan to the consuls to take the city by trickery.Upon having his strategy approved by the consuls, the deserter sprung his plan into action, taking several cohorts of men at night to take cover in the woods, and stationing ten men on the Soran citadel to hold a narrow and rough pass against enemy attack. He then entered the city and made a ruckus, claiming that the citadel had been taken by the enemy and urgent help was needed. This caused a great panic upon the people of Sora, many of whom began to flee the city thinking all was lost, at which point the hidden Roman soldiers swooped in through an open gate, butchering the fleeing townsfolk and taking the city. By early dawn, <mask> and Poetelius entered the now taken city, received the surrender of those in it who survived, and set up a Roman garrison in it. Next, the consuls turned to combat the Auruncian cities of Ausona, Minturnae, and Vescia, who had recently betrayed Rome to ally with the Samnites. Upon hearing of this impending attack, a dozen young noblemen from the three Auruncian cities defected to the Romans, and upon their arrival advised the consuls to move the Roman encampment closer to the enemy settlements, and to station two groups of soldiers outside each city, one group wearing armor and another group wearing civilian clothing. From there, the men wearing civilian clothing would kill the sentinels of the city with hidden knives, and the troops in armor would charge in and take the city by storm.In all three cities this plan played out perfectly, and within an hour the Auruncian rebellion was put down, with all three rebellious cities being brutally sacked in retribution. Later that year, a conspiracy was formulated in the previously Roman-aligned city of Capua to revolt against Roman domination, news of which piqued the interest of the Samnites, who intended to attack Capua while they were distracted and no longer under Roman protection. The Samnites set camp at the town of Caudium in order to strike if the situation presented itself. However, the conspiracy was discovered by Rome and the leaders of it were dealt with by a specially appointed dictator, after which the consuls moved to defeat the Samnite force that was posturing to attack a now reconciled ally of Rome. Upon meeting the Samnites, the Roman and Samnite armies were separated by the Caudine forks, meaning that neither were willing to commit to an assault, instead preferring to skirmish against the other side until that side broke. After many days of skirmishing, it was the Samnites decided to commit to an all out attack against the Romans, as they feared that if they did not, their strength would be steadily sapped away by Roman skirmishing before they could get a chance to fight a decisive battle. Upon seeing the Samnites getting into formation, the consuls prepared their own men for battle, with <mask> taking command of the right flank and Poetelius presiding over the left.The first action of the battle was undertaken by Poetelius. He commanded his infantry to advance on the Samnite infantry, who were easily repelled, but were aided by the Samnite cavalry, which provoked the Roman cavalry to charge into the fray. Combat had not yet started on the right wing, so Sulpicius instead rode to the left wing to encourage the soldiers fighting there to maintain their vigor. Soon enough, the Samnites on the left flank were put to flight and <mask> returned to his own side of the army. When he arrived, he found that the right had not fared well in his absence, as the Samnites had just charged and the Romans were beginning to rout. However, when the men on the right flank saw their commander return, their morale was rejuvenated and they turned the tide against the Samnites, routing them instead. Overall, this battle was a great Roman success, with around thirty thousand Samnites killed or captured.After this victory, <mask> and Poetelius lay siege to the Samnite city of Bovianum before their terms expired and their command was transferred to a dictator appointed by the next year's consuls. Upon returning to Rome, <mask> celebrated a Triumph for his victory over the Samnites, which he celebrated on the Kalends of Quintillus (first of July). Dictatorship

In 312 BC, as the war in Samnium seemed to come to an end, rumors started spreading of a potential invasion of Roman territory by the Etruscans, in collaboration with the Samnites. As one of the consuls was campaigning in Samnium at the time and the other was too ill to lead a campaign, so the senate ordered the ill consul to appoint a dictator. The man that the consul appointed was Sulpicius. <mask> then himself appointed <mask>ius Bubulcus Brutus as his magister equitum and conducted the levy with great vigor, as the Etruscans were a greatly feared enemy. Because the purpose of his appointment was to defend Roman territory, Sulpicius resolved not to start a campaign unless the Etruscans made the first move.However, since the Etruscans were of the same mindset, no action was undertaken before <mask>' resignation from the position of dictator. This is the final known mention of Sulpicius in recorded history. References

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<mask> (12 February 1909 – 11 January 2007) was an English philosophical writer, mystic, spiritual teacher and author of a number of books, including On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious (1961), which describes simple techniques he invented for readers to experience (not just understand) the non-duality of consciousness. Life and career
<mask> was born in Lowestoft in the county of Suffolk and raised in the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren, a Christian sect. When he was 21, he confronted the church Elders with a ten-page thesis of his objections and was apostatised. After graduating from University College, University of London thanks to a scholarship he was awarded as a result of coming top at the intermediate exams of the Royal Institute of British Architects, he practiced architecture in London and later in India. In India, during World War Two, <mask> was commissioned as a Major and served in the British Army in the Royal Engineers. Early work: The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth

In 1943, aged 34, after ten years of self-enquiry, study and writing, <mask> had decided he was made of 'layers'. What he was depended on the range of the observer.As a result of his studies, <mask> was convinced that he was human only at a certain range. Closer to, he saw himself as cellular, molecular, atomic. At very close range, therefore, he saw himself as almost nothing. It made sense to him therefore that at centre he was a mysterious 'nothingness'. In 1943, he looked back at himself and noticed that from his own point of view he was headless. He was looking not out of two eyes but a 'single eye', a boundless openness – an openness that was self-evidently aware, and was also full of the whole world. Here was direct experience of his central identity, his True Self.No longer did he have to rely on speculation. Following this he spent the next 8 years exploring the scientific, philosophical, psychological, and religious implications of his discovery, presented in his book The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth, described by C. S. Lewis (who wrote the preface) as "a work of the highest genius". This book was published by Faber & Faber in 1952. After taking time off from his profession, <mask> then returned to architecture. "Headlessness"

<mask> continued to write, but it was not until 1961 that he clearly shared the experience of "headlessness" in his most famous book, On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious. He encouraged readers to reproduce his realization in order to experience non-duality (anattā), i.e. that there is no separate self inhabiting your consciousness and “experiencing your experience”.He found that his headless insight was illustrated in a very clear way by a "self portrait" he found in Ernst Mach's book From The Analysis of Sensations (1891). Following this breakthrough, <mask> gradually began to share this way of "seeing" more widely. In the late 1960s and early 1970s <mask> developed his "experiments". <mask> described these experiments as 'a breakthrough' in terms of making easily available the experience of 'who we really are', our true nature - which is "No-thing and Everything". <mask> was emphatic that people tested out his claims for themselves - "you are the sole and final authority on you". He rejected the role of 'guru', always pointing others back to themselves. "Look for yourself".<mask> said of this meditation, "While it lasts, this is an all-or-nothing (actually, an All-and- Nothing) meditation which can't be done badly." Sam Harris, in his book Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion, interprets <mask>'s assertion that he has no head by stating that <mask>’s words "must be read in the first-person sense; the man was not claiming to have been literally decapitated. From a first-person point of view, his emphasis on headlessness is a stroke of genius that offers an unusually clear description of what it's like to glimpse the nonduality of consciousness". <mask> taught several techniques to help readers attain this experience. The first one is a pointing exercise: "Point to your feet, legs, belly, chest, then to what's above that. Go on looking at what your finger's now pointing to. Looking at what?"Other work

As well as writing many books and articles and developing experiments to demonstrate the concept of “Headlessness”, <mask> also designed his Youniverse Explorer model, which models the layers of our body/mind, from the galaxy to particles, and includes at the centre of all these layers a clear sphere, symbolising one's True Nature - one's No-face. <mask> travelled widely, sharing the concepts of “Seeing” and “Headlessness”, as described in his most popular book, “On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious”. In 1996, Richard Lang and <mask> founded the Sholland Trust, a charity created to help share <mask>'s vision of “The Headless Way”. In the 1990s and early 2000s <mask> travelled and gave workshops with his second wife, Catherine. <mask> was married twice and had two sons and a daughter. He died at Nacton near Ipswich, England. Books
The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth
Look for Yourself: The Science and Art of Self-Realization
On Having No Head:  Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
Head Off Stress
Religions of the World
To Be and Not To Be, That is the Answer: Unique Experiments for Tapping Our Infinite Resources
The Trial of the Man who Said he was God
The Little Book of Life and Death
Open to the Source: Selected Teachings of <mask>. <mask>
Face to No-Face: Rediscovering Our Original Nature
As I See It: Articles, selected by Richard Lang.The Face Game: Liberation without Dogmas, Drugs or Delay. Visible Gods: A Modern Socratic Dialogue. The Science of the 1st Person: Its Principles, Practice and Potential. Journey To The Centre Of The Youniverse. Films
On Having No Head: Seeing One's Original Nature

References

Chapter from On Having No Head quoted and reviewed in The Mind's I - Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul''. Hofstadter & Dennett, 1981 Penguin. The Man With No Head: The Life and Ideas of <mask>.Richard Lang & Victor Lunn Rockliffe. External links
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1909 births
2007 deaths
20th-century English male writers
20th-century English philosophers
21st-century English male writers
21st-century British philosophers
English Christian mystics
English male non-fiction writers
English spiritual teachers
English spiritual writers
People from Lowestoft

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