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<mask> was second-billed in Sailor of the King (also known as Single-Handed, 1953), as an admiral, but it was very much in support of Jeffrey Hunter. He was leading man to Jeanne Crain in a thriller, Dangerous Crossing (1953), which re-used sets and props from Titanic (also 1953) for which <mask> spoke the closing narration. He had a showy role as Saint Peter in The Robe (1953), the first movie in CinemaScope and the biggest hit of the year.The star was Richard Burton, who had essentially taken <mask>'s place on the Fox lot as their "resident British star". <mask> supported Power once more in King of the Khyber Rifles (1954), as a brigadier in British India, then played his first villain for Fox, an evil Khan in the "eastern", Princess of the Nile (1954), opposite Jeffrey Hunter. He reprised his role as Peter in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and was lent out for Mambo (1954). In Désirée (1954), <mask> played the future Charles XIV John of Sweden opposite Marlon Brando as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film was popular though is not as highly regarded as other Brando films from this time. Soldier of Fortune (1955), was another hit, with Rennie as the head of British police in Hong Kong supporting Clark Gable and Susan Hayward. On TV he played the attorney in an adaptation of The Letter (1955) with John Mills.He also received good reviews for his performance as an art dealer in "A Man of Taste" (1955) for Climax with Zsa Zsa Gabor. Rennie enjoyed live TV. "You have greater performances as opposed to those in a filmed series", he said. "You are able to build and sustain a role in live TV whereas you have the problem of cutting, stopping and starting in a filmed show." Based on the positive reaction to his two turns as the Apostle Peter, Fox assigned him another third-billed, top-tier role as a stalwart man of God, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, who, between 1749 and his death in 1784, founded missions in Alta California. The film was Seven Cities of Gold (1955), with Richard Egan and Anthony Quinn. His next film was The Rains of Ranchipur (1955), assigned him fifth billing after the lead romantic teaming of Lana Turner and Richard Burton.As Turner's character's cuckolded husband, Lord Esketh, Rennie maintained his typical dignity and stiff upper lip. He supported Ginger Rogers in Teenage Rebel (1956) and had a good role as the man murdered by James Mason in Island in the Sun (1957), Darryl Zanuck's popular melodrama. His contract with Fox then wound up. Post-20th Century-Fox
Rennie began his freelancing career supporting Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957) at Paramount. He returned to Britain to play the lead in a war film Battle of the V-1 (1958). He was going to co-produce and star in a war film for Eros Films about bomb disposal experts. Getaway, but it was not made.Scheduling conflicts meant he missed out on a role in The Vikings (1958), being replaced by James Donald. He had top billing in a mountaineering film for Disney, Third Man on the Mountain (1959), although he was really the support for James MacArthur. Irwin Allen gave him a leading part at Fox, casting him as adventurer Lord John Roxton in an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1960), a tale of a jungle expedition that finds prehistoric monsters in South America; the film also starred Claude Rains, Jill St. John and Richard Haydn. No longer bound by the no-television clause in his studio contract, he began his association with the medium. The Third Man and Mary Mary
<mask> became a familiar face on television, taking the role of Harry Lime in The Third Man (1959–65), an Anglo-American syndicated television series very loosely derived from the film. It ran for several years but the schedule meant Rennie had plenty of time off to work on other projects. "Every scene of every show I do for money", he said.At the start of the 1960s, <mask> made his only Broadway appearance in Mary, Mary playing Dirk Winsten, a jaded film star. After two previews, the sophisticated five-character marital comedy written by Jean Kerr and directed by Joseph Anthony opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on 8 March 1961. It ran for a very successful 1,572 performances, closing at the Morosco Theatre on 12 December 1964. <mask> stayed with the production less than five months and was replaced by <mask> in July 1961. When Warner Bros. cast the film version in early 1963, <mask>, along with leading man Barry Nelson and supporting actor Hiram Sherman (who joined the play two years after the opening in the part first played by John Cromwell) were the only Broadway cast members to carry over. Debbie Reynolds was given the title role created by Barbara Bel Geddes, and Warner's contract player Diane McBain, whom the studio saw as a potential star of the future, took over "the socialite part" essayed by Betsy von Furstenberg. Mervyn LeRoy produced and directed the film, which opened at Radio City Music Hall on 25 October 1963.; and was a THRUSH agent in an episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1967 TV series) ("The Thrush Roulette Affair"/Barnaby Partridge). Also Branded. Final films
Rennie's later films included Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966), Cyborg 2087 (1967), the all-star Hotel (1967), Death on the Run (1968), and The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968). He completed what amounted to guest roles in two films, The Power and The Devil's Brigade (both 1968), before moving to Switzerland in the latter part of that year. His final seven feature films were filmed in Britain, Italy, Spain and, in the case of Surabaya Conspiracy, the Philippines. Personal life
<mask> was married twice: first to Joan England (1912–1974) (1938–1945), then to actress Margaret (Maggie) McGrath (1919–2017) (1947–1960); their son, <mask>, is an English circuit judge in Lewes, Sussex, England.Both marriages ended in divorce. When divorcing his second wife, she fainted on the stand during cross-examination. <mask> revealed he had been separated from her since November 1953. (Her mother had been murdered in 1954.) He had a son, John Marshall (born 1944), with his longtime friend and mistress, Renée (née Gilbert), whose later married name was Taylor. Renée was the sister of the British film director Lewis Gilbert. During the war years, they lived coincidentally in flats in the White House in Albany Street near Regent's Park in London (now a hotel).The White House was a favourite location to live during the war years. It was built in the shape of a white cross and was such a good navigation mark for the Luftwaffe, that it was rumoured that there were standing orders to avoid bombing it – hence its popularity with celebrities and the wealthy. Although <mask> offered to accept paternity on discovering the news of her pregnancy, Renée refused, as she was unwilling to jeopardise his growing success as a romantic lead in major feature films. However, <mask> kept a watchful eye on John Marshall over the years, even after his marriage to Maggie McGrath, and both families remained in constant touch until <mask>'s death. In fact Renée and Maggie lived for many years in the 1970s and 1980s within 200 yards of each other in Barnes and were close friends. Both <mask> and his sister Bunny were very fond of Renée's family. Coincidentally the British Film Institute's database lists Rennie as also having a son, John M. Taylor, who is described as "a producer."John Marshall <mask> used the pseudonym "Taylor" during his long career in the industry to avoid accusations of nepotism. <mask> was also briefly engaged to Mary Gardner, the former wife of Hollywood director Otto Preminger. In 1959, Preminger was divorcing Mary and claimed Rennie was having an affair with her. In 1958, <mask> said he earned $117,000 a year which provided him with $36,000 net. Death
Under three years after leaving Hollywood, he journeyed to his mother's home in Harrogate, Yorkshire, following the death of his brother. It was there that he died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm on 10 June 1971. After his cremation, his ashes were interred in Harlow Hill Cemetery, Harrogate.Complete filmography

 Secret Agent (1936) as Army Captain (uncredited)
 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) as San Francisco Cop (uncredited)
 Conquest of the Air (1936) (uncredited)
 Gypsy (1937) (uncredited)
 Gangway (1937) as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
 The Squeaker (1937) as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
 The Divorce of Lady X (1938) as Minor Role (uncredited)
 Bank Holiday (1938) as Guardsman (uncredited)
 This Man in Paris (1949) (uncredited)
 The Briggs Family (1940) as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
 This Man Is Dangerous (1941) as Inspector
 Turned Out Nice Again (1941) as Diner (uncredited)
 Dangerous Moonlight (1941) as Kapulski
 "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) as Prison Camp Officer (uncredited)
 Tower of Terror (1941) as Anthony Hale
 Ships with Wings (1942) as Lieut. Maxwell
 The Big Blockade (1942) as Royal Air Force: George
 The Sky's the Limit (1943, Short) as George
 I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945) as Bob Fielding
 The Wicked Lady (1945) as Kit Locksby
 Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) as 1st Centurion
 The Root of All Evil (1947) as Charles Mortimer
 White Cradle Inn (1947) as Rudolph
 Morning Departure (1948, TV Movie) as Lt.-Cmdr. Stanford
 The Idol of Paris (1948) as Hertz
 Uneasy Terms (1948) as Slim Callaghan
 The Golden Madonna (1949) as Mike Christie
 Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950) as Bob Thane
 Trio (1950) as Major Templeton (segment "Sanatorium")
 The Black Rose (1950) as King Edward
 The Body Said No! (1950) as Himself
 The 13th Letter (1951) as Dr. Pearson
 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) as Klaatu
 The House in the Square, also known as I'll Never Forget You (1951) as Roger Forsyth
 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) as Narrator (uncredited)
 Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) as Dr. Robert Fortness
 Five Fingers (1952) as Colin Travers
 Les Misérables (1952) as Jean Valjean
 Pony Soldier (1952) as Ending Narrator (uncredited)
 Titanic (1953) as End Narrator (uncredited)
 The Desert Rats (1953) as Narrator (uncredited)
 Sailor of the King (1953) as Lt. Richard Saville
 Dangerous Crossing (1953) as Dr. Paul Manning
 The Robe (1953) as Apostle Peter
 King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) as Brig. Gen. J. R. Maitland
 Prince Valiant (1954) as Narrator (uncredited)
 Princess of the Nile (1954) as Rama Khan
 Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) as Peter
 Mambo (1954) as Enrico Marisoni
 Désirée (1954) as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
 Soldier of Fortune (1955) as Inspector Merryweather
 Seven Cities of Gold (1955) as Father Junipero Serra
 The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) as Lord Albert Esketh
 Teenage Rebel (1956) as Jay Fallon
 Island in the Sun (1957) as Hilary Carson
 Omar Khayyam (1957) as Hasani Sabah
 Battle of the V-1 (1958) as Stefan
 Third Man on the Mountain (1959) as Captain John Winter
 The Lost World (1960) as Lord John Roxton
 Mary, Mary (1963) as Dirk Winsten
 Mark Dolphin (1965, TV Movie)
 Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) as Brooks Durham
 Mr. Paracelaus, Who Are You? Mundy
 Batman (1966) – as The Sandman – two episodes
 The Time Tunnel (1966), episode #1 "Rendezvous With Yesterday" – as the captain of the Titanic
 The F.B.I. (1967), episode "The Conspirators" as Conrad Letterman
 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1967), episode "The THRUSH Roulette Affair" as Barnaby Partridge
 The Invaders (1967), episode "The Innocent" as Magnus
 The Invaders (1968), episode "Summit Meeting" – two part episode. References

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 The Complete <mask> – Fan site

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1971 deaths
20th Century Fox contract players
20th-century English male actors
British World War II fighter pilots
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Deaths from aortic aneurysm
English male film actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
English people of Scottish descent
Male actors from Yorkshire
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Royal Air Force pilots of World War II
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T. M<mask> (1886–1961)  was an India freedom fighter, lawyer, statesman, former minister and politician from Kerala. He was born in a Mar <mask>a Syrian Christian family and the eldest son of <mask>th at Pallickal, (near Kayamkulam). His education was at Mavelikkara and Thiruvananthapuram. After graduating from the Law College, he began practicing at Kollam. There he actively started political activities. He was the foremost leader of the (Responsible government Struggle) struggle against C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the Dewan of Travancore State and Abstention movement or Nivarthana Prakshobham. Family life
At the age of 16 he married from Mavelikkara.His bride was only 9 years old. T. M<mask> had 11 children. T.M<mask>'s education was paid for by his paternal uncle P.T. John, a very wealthy prominent lawyer of his time. The family bought a piece of land near Kammankulam near Government Boys High School, Kollam. The lake near this land has interesting connections with Kallumala Samaram.Political career
He was the founder member of the Travancore State Congress party. He was a prominent figure in struggles towards democratization of Travancore. Abstention Movement. Soon after Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer popularly known as Sir C.P. was appointed as Dewan of Travancore, he appointed non native, Tamil Brahmin to all the top posts of Government. Against this the Nairs joined together and agitated. This is known as the “Malayali Memorial Agitation.” As a result of this, Maharaja of Travancore Chithira <mask> Balarama Varma issued a proclamation on October 21, 1932 to constitute a new State Assembly.This came into effect on January 1, 1933. As per this order, the seats were divided among the community as given below:

Total population 5,090,000 and the total seats in the Assembly 70. Christians, Ezhavas and Muslims who were contributing to economy significantly and were demographically prominent were grossly underrepresented in terms of assembly seats. So under the leadership of <mask>. Varghese representatives of Christians, Ezhava and Muslim communities met the Diwan. The meeting didn't yield any results. T.M.<mask> realized that a government with no responsibility to the people was an anachronism.A meeting of the leaders of the three communities including C Kesavan was called at the L.M.S. hall, Thiruvananthapuram on January 25, 1933. They decided to stay united under T.M<mask> and abstain from the elections. This is known as Nivarthana Prakshobhanam (Abstention Movement). Joint Political Party. The Christians of Travancore met together at Thiruvananthapuram on November 21, 1932 and formed All Kerala Christian Union (Kerala Kristava Maha Sabha).A general meeting of this Union was held at Kozhencherry from May 9 to 11, 1935. On the first day T.M<mask> proposed a resolution that, “The election of the Travancore Legislative Assembly is not justifiable, the government officers have made unlawful influence in its formation, and it is against the wishes of Christian-Ezhava- Muslim people, it is requested that the government should immediately disband the present assembly and elect a new one.”

On the last day there was a meeting of All Kerala Joint Political Meeting. C. Kesavan one of the speakers said, “I am talking about C.P. (C. P. Ramaswami Iyer). We don’t require this pest. Travancore got a bad name after his arrival.This country will be gone to the dogs unless this man leaves.” (this is now known as C. Kesavan's Kozhencherry Address). This angered the Diwan Sir C.P. and C. Kesavan was arrested on June 7, 1935 and was sentenced to two years jail. Three lawyers T.M<mask>, K.T.<mask> and Barrister George Joseph appeared for C.Kesavan. All Kerala Joint Political Party (Samuktha Party) was formed and elected T.M<mask> as Chairman and K.T.<mask> as Secretary.Because of all these, the government at last conceded their demands to a certain extent by introducing communal reservation in appointments to the public service. On August 1936 a new constitution was promulgated and election for the Travancore State Assembly was held on April–May, 1937. T.M<mask> won the election as a candidate of the All Kerala Joint Political Party. In the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly he was elected as Deputy Chairman. C. Kesavan who was put in jail in 1935 was released in 1937. Welcoming Kesavan at Kollam and Alapuzha, <mask>.<mask> said, “In the name of and on behalf of the 5.1 lakhs (5,10,000) of people of Travancore, I accord with pleasure, a hearty welcome to the most-self sacrificing individual C. Kesavan." Diwan was furious. As per his suggestion a no confidence motion was moved against the Deputy speaker. In the voting that followed 42 supported the motion, 24 was against and 2 abstained. Thus T.M<mask> was removed from his post as deputy speaker.State Congress. In February 1938, T.M<mask> tabled a motion to discuss the point “Responsible Government,” (Utharavaditha Bharanam - Government responsible to the people). Sir C.P. allowed this motion to be discussed. In the Assembly, T.M<mask> declared.“There is no need of a Diwan, in between the 5.1 million people of Travancore and their Maharaja.” Pattom <mask> Pillai and K.T<mask> spoke supporting the motion. On that day after coming out of the Assembly hall, they formed the Travancore State Congress. Arrests followed. Banks and newspapers were closed. Agitation spread. In 1938, a number of leaders and newspaper editors were assaulted.There was no enquiry on this. For discussion, T.M<mask> brought a resolution in the Assembly but Sir C.P. did not accept it. Finally on July 30, 1947 Travancore decided to join Indian Union. On August 15, India attained freedom. On 19, Sir C.P.resigned. The government issued a proclamation on September 4, 1947 stating the formation of a “Responsible Government.”

Minister. In the first general election to the Travancore legislative assembly after Travancore and Cochin were unified, T.M<mask> was elected from Pathanapuram (State Assembly constituency) and became minister of education. On October 17, 1948 the ministry resigned. In 1949, T.M<mask> was elected as the Speaker of the Assembly.Again in 1952 T.M<mask> became Home Minister in A. J. John's short lived ministry. Arts
He was instrumental in helping Kunchacko set up Udaya Pictures, the first prominent Kerala based film production company. He provided legal assistance to set up the company and also became a shareholder in it. Death and memorials
He died on 31st December 1961. The body was cremated at Marthoma Church Kollam. There is a park constructed in Kollam in memory of him and is maintained by Kollam Municipal Corporation.There is also a library in his name maintained by municipality situated near Ammachiveedu. See also

 C. Kesavan
Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai

References

 Kovoor, E. M. [1965]. T. M. <mask>, Current Books, Kerala. <mask>ew, N. M. [2007]. Malankara Mar Thoma sabha charitram, (History of the Mar Thoma church), Volume 2. Pub. : E. J.Institute, Thiruvalla, Kerala. <mask>, N. M. [2008]. Malankara Mar Thoma sabha charitram, (History of the Mar Thoma church), Volume 3. Pub. : E. J. Institute, Thiruvalla, Kerala. <mask>, A. Sreedhara [1967].A survey of Kerala history, S. Viswanathan Printers & Publishers, Chennai. External links
History of Kerala legislature

1886 births
1961 deaths
Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Politicians from Kollam
People from Kollam
People of the Kingdom of Travancore
20th-century Indian lawyers
Indian independence activists from Kerala
Malayali politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly

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<mask> is a purported 19th-century Irishwoman whom U.S. housewife Virginia Tighe (April 27, 1923 – July 12, 1995) claimed to be in a past life. The case was investigated by researchers and concluded to be the result of cryptomnesia. Hypnotic regression

In 1952, Colorado businessman and amateur hypnotist Morey Bernstein put housewife Virginia Tighe of Pueblo, Colorado, in a trance that sparked off startling revelations about Tighe's alleged past life as a 19th-century Irishwoman. Bernstein used a technique called hypnotic regression, during which the subject is gradually taken back to childhood. He then attempted to take Virginia one step further, before birth, and was astonished to find he was listening to <mask>. Tighe's tale began in 1806, when Bridey was eight years old and living in a house in Cork. She was the daughter of <mask>, a barrister, and his wife Kathleen.At the age of 17, she married barrister Sean Brian McCarthy, who she claimed taught at Queen's University Belfast, to which she moved. Tighe told of a fall that caused Bridey's death and of watching her own funeral, describing her tombstone and the state of being in life after death. It was, she recalled, a feeling of neither pain nor happiness. Somehow, she was reborn in America 59 years later, although Tighe/Bridey was not clear how this event happened. Tighe herself was born Virginia Mae Reese in the Midwest in 1923, had never been to Ireland, and did not speak with even the slightest hint of an Irish accent. Book publication and response

The story of <mask> <mask> was first told in a series of articles by William J. Barker, published in the Denver Post in 1954. In early 1956, Doubleday released a book by Bernstein, The Search for <mask> <mask>.Movie rights had already been sold by the time of its publication (see below). At her insistence, Tighe was given the pseudonym "Ruth Mills Simmons". The Bridey Murphy craze
The best-selling book created a sensation; people would throw Bridey Murphy-themed "come as you were" parties and dances, and jokes abounded, such as cartoons of parents greeting newborns with "welcome back!" Popular songs of the time included "The Ballad of Bridey Murphy" by Fran Allison, "The Love of Bridey Murphy" by Billy Devroe's Devilaires, and "Do You Believe (In Reincarnation)" by Lalo Guerrero. There was a "Reincarnation cocktail". Stan Freberg recorded a satirical sketch in 1956 titled "The Quest For Bridey Hammerschlaugen", based on the LP containing excerpts of the actual first hypnosis session. Freberg hypnotizes Goldie Smith (voiced by June Foray) to regress her to different eras, with humorous interruptions by Smith.At the end, Smith hypnotizes Freberg, who becomes Davy Crockett. When Smith mocks him for not being able to profit on the recent Davy Crockett craze, Freberg says that in his next life, he "may be Walt Disney." The past-life themed 1956 film I've Lived Before is said to have been inspired by the craze. Research challenging the story
The biographical details related by Bridey were not rigorously checked before the book's publication. However, once the book had become a bestseller, almost every detail was thoroughly checked by reporters who were sent to Ireland to track down the background of the elusive woman. It was then that the first doubts about her "reincarnation" began to appear. Bridey said she was born on December 20, 1798, in Cork and that she had died in 1864.No record was found of either event. Also, no evidence could be found of a wooden house called The Meadows, in which Bridey said she had lived, just of a place of that name near Cork. Additionally, during the 19th century, most houses in Ireland were made of brick or stone. Bridey pronounced her husband's name as "See-an", although Seán is typically pronounced "Shawn", especially in Ireland. Queen's University Belfast did not exist at the time Bridey claimed her husband was working there. Brian, which is what Bridey preferred to call her husband, was also the middle name of the man to whom Virginia Tighe was married. Tighe claimed Bridey went to a St. Theresa's Church, which did indeed exist, but it was not built until 1911, long after Bridey was said to have died.Some of the details provided by Tighe proved to be more authentic. For example, her descriptions of the Antrim coastline were very accurate, as was her account of a journey from Belfast to Cork. She recounted that the young Bridey shopped for provisions with a grocer named Farr; it was discovered that such a grocer had existed, although this may simply have been a coincidence. Some researchers came to the conclusion that the best way to discover the truth was to check back not to Ireland but rather to Tighe's own childhood and her relationship with her parents. Morey Bernstein stated that Tighe/Simmons was brought up by a Norwegian uncle and his German-Scottish-Irish wife. However, he did not mention that her birth parents were both partly Irish, and that she had lived with them until the age of three. He also did not mention that an Irish immigrant named Bridie <mask> (1892–1957) lived across the street from Tighe's childhood home in Chicago, Illinois.Bridie immigrated to the U.S. in 1908. Although Tighe claimed that she did not know Mrs. Corkell's maiden name, Bridie's spinster sister <mask> was living with the Corkells in the 1930 census. Researchers noted that many of the elements Virginia Tighe described in Bridey's life corresponded to ones in her own childhood. Cryptomnesia has been frequently mentioned as an explanation for Tighe's memories. Because of correlations with Tighe's past life and discrepancies with the Ireland of the <mask> <mask> story's time, writers such as Michael Shermer consider any paranormal interpretation of the case to be "thoroughly disproven". Film adaptation
The Search for Bridey Murphy was made into a 1956 film of the same name. Produced by Paramount, the film starred Teresa Wright (as Ruth Simmons), Louis Hayward, and Nancy Gates.It was directed by Noel Langley. Later events
The New York Times, in Bernstein's obituary, characterized the eventual feelings held by supporters of the story:

Virginia Tighe disliked being in the spotlight and was skeptical about reincarnation, although in later years she stated: "Well, the older I get the more I want to believe in it." Despite these feelings, in 1966 she appeared on the TV panel game show To Tell the Truth. She died in Denver in 1995 (as The New York Times later put it, "perhaps for the second time"). Bernstein gave up hypnotism after <mask> <mask> and began working in business. Success followed, and he became a prominent local philanthropist. He died in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1999.References in popular culture
Bridey <mask>, a band consisting of Bill Cowsill, Paul Cowsill, Barry Cowsill, and Waddy Wachtel, released a single in 1974, "The Time Has Come." In Robert Wise's 1963 film The Haunting, Julie Harris' character is jokingly accused of being a reincarnation of <mask> <mask> by Russ Tamblyn's character. In the Carl Barks-produced Scrooge McDuck comic book story "Back to Long Ago!" (1957), Scrooge and Donald Duck get hypnotized to find out about their past lives, learning of their existence as pirates in 1564. Scrooge's hired hypnotist, "Prof. Mesmer J. Spellcaster, H. P., D. H.," has a row of books on his office shelf that includes Quest for Tidie Brophy, Search for Lydie Burfee, Paging Gracie Macie, and The Search for Murphy's Bridie. In the movie Peggy Sue Got Married, Peggy's grandfather mentions reading a book about a woman in Colorado who claimed to have lived 159 years ago in Ireland. In the My Favorite Martian episode "Extra!Extra! Sensory Perception" The Search for <mask>'s Bridie is mentioned when Mrs Brown is accidentally regressed. See also
 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, a 1965 Broadway musical with a past-life theme, loosely based on the 1926 play Berkeley Square
 The film version, released in 1970
Sidney Sheldon's "Tell Me Your Dreams pg 150. Notes

References

Further reading
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science by Martin Gardner (Dover Publications, 1957)
A Scientific Report on "The Search for Bridey Murphy" by Milton V. Kline et al. (Julian Press, 1956) (OCLC: 543329)

External links
Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) - Entire movie (with hard subtitles). Accessed August 30, 2019. <mask> <mask> in the Skeptic's Dictionary

Cecil Adams on the Bridey Murphy controversy
Time magazine: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Bridey
 Lalo Guerrero's son sings "Do You Believe (In Reincarnation)", with an introduction explaining its connection to the Bridey <mask> craze

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<mask>, sometimes known as Texas <mask> (1845 – September 6, 1897) was an Old West gunman and gambler, and the younger brother of the famous gunman and lawman <mask>. The younger <mask> brother never achieved the fame that his brother achieved, and in his own lifetime was mainly referred to as the unpredictable and troubled younger brother of <mask>. Factually, however, while a dangerous man, he also was a formidable opponent in a gunfight. Early life, first gunfight

Born <mask> in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, immigrating with his family and older brother to the United States as a child. His family settled in Texas, and during the American Civil War, both his brother and he volunteered for the Confederate Army. His older brother went on to fame as a gunman and later as a lawmen and chief of police for Austin, Texas. <mask> was more stable than his younger brother, having an even temperament, albeit accompanied by a deadly side if need be.Known as having a violent and quick temper, the younger <mask> often found himself in trouble, usually from violence. His first known gunfight was on March 31, 1868. That day, while attending a fist fight between a White man and an African American man, a US soldier named William Burke became upset that the townspeople favored the black man, this being partly because the army was seen by locals as an occupying force following the war. When he lashed out verbally at <mask>, the two argued, then later Burke apologized, asking to buy <mask> a drink. The two men spent two hours drinking, then went to a bordello together. They argued a few times over minor things during their time together, but for the most part, they seemed to have gotten along. After they entered the bordello, <mask> went upstairs with a prostitute, and for reasons unknown, William Burke again flared his temper against <mask>, and began walking the halls shouting threats against him.Finding the room in which <mask> had entered, Burke kicked in the door armed with a pistol, and after the two exchanged shots, Burke fell badly wounded, and died the next day. Feeling he would certainly hang for killing a soldier, <mask> fled. Notoriety as a killer
<mask> quickly ran out of money, and sent word to his older brother, a habit he would never break. Two months after the Burke killing, while in Rockport, Texas, <mask> killed another man, Remus Smith, and again fled to avoid arrest. In that instance, Smith, an 18-year-old stable hand, slapped <mask>'s horse when it tried to nose in on some feed, which enraged <mask>. When he yelled at the boy, Smith, who was unarmed, told him to take off his pistols and come on, at which point <mask> drew his gun and shot the boy twice. Remus Smith was well liked in the area, and some of the county residents hunted for <mask> for the remainder of his lifetime.For five years, he stayed on the run, often contacting his brother to help him with money. On April 18, 1873, <mask> checked into the Grand Central Hotel in Ellsworth, Kansas. His older brother Ben joined him two months later, and the two set themselves up in the saloon, Joe Brennan’s, as house gamblers. At the time, Ellsworth was an extremely busy cattle town. Sheriff Chauncey Whitney was both well liked in the county, and extremely effective as a lawman. Within a short time of their arrival in town, both <mask> brothers became good friends with Whitney, but at the same time, often had bad experiences with local police officer John "Happy Jack" Morco. Officer Morco was well known for his boasting about how many men he had killed, often heard to say he had shot 12 men dead.On June 30, 1873, Morco arrested <mask> for carrying a weapon in town limits. Though angered, <mask> paid his fine. On August 15, 1873, <mask> was drinking heavily, and had become extremely intoxicated and vocal. Sheriff Whitney had planned to leave town that day with his family, but feeling <mask> might get himself into trouble, he chose to remain in town. That day, <mask> introduced John Sterling into a high-stakes game, on the pretense that due to his introduction, <mask> would take a percentage of any winnings. When Sterling left the saloon with over $1,000, without offering <mask> his share, the latter sought him out. He found Sterling in another saloon, in the company of John Morco.When <mask> demanded his cut of the winnings, Sterling, aware that <mask> was unarmed, slapped him. John Morco then pulled his pistol and backed <mask> away. Morco and Sterling then stood outside the saloon, yelling for <mask> to come out and fight. <mask>, hearing of his brother's troubles, ran to help him. Both brothers armed themselves, and walked out into the street. Hearing of the trouble, Sheriff Whitney responded, unarmed, and confronted the <mask>s, imploring them to accompany him for a drink and talk the situation over, to which they agreed. As they walked to Brennan's, Morco and Sterling moved to intercept them.When another Texan yelled a warning to <mask>, the latter turned and fired a rifle shot at the pair, and heard his brother fire his shotgun from behind him. Turning, <mask> saw his friend Sheriff Whitney wither to the ground, shot. Believed to have been accidental, <mask> did not rush to flee. <mask>, upon seeing what had happened, stated, "My <mask>, you have shot your best friend", to which <mask> responded, "I'm sorry", followed by Whitney stating, "He did not intend to do it, it was an accident, send for my family". According to later witnesses, <mask> was not looking at Whitney, as Whitney was standing to his side, and had his shotgun cocked, with one barrel suddenly going off. In later versions of that shooting, it was said his response to his brother Ben, when the latter said, "you've shot your best friend", was, "I'd have shot him if he'd been Jesus Christ". That never happened, nor was it ever said, a fact verified by witnesses years later at his trial.It would be the main fact of <mask>'s life that over the decades since has become completely distorted from what actually happened. However, rumors such as that fueled his notoriety, in the shadow of his older brother's fame. Despite the shooting being accidental, <mask> forced <mask> on a horse and ordered him to flee town, but instead of riding fast, he simply rode slowly through, yelling for anyone who wanted to fight to come get him. Ben feared, probably wisely, that regardless of the circumstances surrounding the shooting, <mask> would be lynched. Sheriff Whitney died on August 18, 1873, resulting in a $500 reward being placed on <mask>. Morco and Officer Ed Hogue ran Neil Cain, a Texas cowboy and friend to the <mask> brothers, out of town at gun point. John "Happy Jack" Morco was fired over his having instigated the trouble, but not before he issued a warrant against <mask> for assault, resulting in officer Ed Hogue arresting Ben.A short time later, the town council dismissed the entire police force, replacing it with new personnel. Citizens vocally expressed their anger toward visiting Texas cowboys in town from cattle drives. Town Marshal Ed Crawford instigated a dispute, then beat one Texas cowboy, Cad Pierce, to death with his pistol during an arrest, after first shooting him in the side, and groups of vigilantes roamed the streets looking to run out of town any Texans they found causing trouble. Not long after the Whitney killing, Morco, during a rant of boasting during a dispute with one Texan, was shot and killed by newly appointed Ellsworth police officer J. C. Brown in front of the Lizzie Palmer Dancehall. Ed Crawford was shot and killed a short time afterward by friends of Pierce, and Ed Hogue left town. With the shooting deaths of Sheriff Whitney and Remus Smith, <mask> became known as the troubled and dangerous younger brother of <mask>, although this was not exactly the truth. With the exception of Remus Smith, which was a clear case of cold-blooded murder, his other two shootings had been one in self defense and another accidental.Life on the run

For the next several years, <mask> lived on the run from lawmen and bounty hunters. The Aransas County, Texas, Sheriffs Office regularly sent out warrants to Texas lawmen around the state, seeking <mask> for the murder of Remus Smith. In June 1874, <mask> narrowly escaped capture in Austin, Texas. Later that same year, he was captured in Mountain City, Texas, but escaped and fled to San Antonio, Texas, where he entered the Long Horse brothel with a friend. While there, he hit a prostitute across the face, fleeing when two city police officers responded, resulting in a foot pursuit in which he again escaped. He avoided lawmen for another two years, until Texas Ranger Captain John Sparks caught up to him in October, 1876, in Travis County, Texas. Sparks was leading a small Ranger unit that was actually seeking rancher Neal Cain for cattle rustling.While raiding the Cain ranch, they came into contact with <mask>. <mask> was notified of his brother's arrest, and immediately sought an attorney to represent him. <mask> also notified Aransas County, in the hopes that they would extradite him to stand trial for that murder, rather than being sent to Kansas. A number of <mask>'s allies boarded a train in Corsicana, Texas, and word of this was passed to Ranger Sparks. By this time, Ranger Sparks was feeling that an attempt would be made to free his prisoner by friends of <mask>, so while in Dallas County, Texas, he requested additional guards from the county sheriff, and received several. With this overwhelming show of force, all rescue attempts to keep <mask> out of Kansas were thwarted. Initially, the town of Ellsworth sought to have <mask> jailed in Salina, Kansas, feeling the jail there was more secure.However, with several more <mask> partisans showing up in town, the decision was made instead to house him at Leavenworth. Trial and release

<mask> hired local Kansas attorney Robert Gill to represent <mask>. He later added Captain J. D. Mohler, Phillip T. Pendelton, and A. H. Case to the legal team. Court convened on September 3, 1874, with Judge John Prescott presiding. The prosecution had over a dozen witnesses to the shooting, while the defense had only six, one of whom was from Texas, with the other five being from Kansas. As it turned out, the defense witness William Purdy, from Atchison County, Kansas, emerged as the most dependable witness presented. Purdy, standing nearby, was an eye witness to the shooting, and heard clearly everything said by all those involved.His testimony was;

"<mask> was standing still or trying to do so, as he was intoxicated. He had his eyes fixed on the party advancing on Ben and him. The shot of Ben did not stop them and they continued the same as before, and when being within about 20 feet of <mask>, his gun being down below his breast, it went off, one barrel of it only, and the shot took effect on the shoulder and side of Whitney. <mask>'s gun was cocked, he did not bring the gun up, took no aim, nor was he looking at Whitney, who stood at his left. As the gun discharged, Ben said, 'My God <mask> you have shot your best friend', <mask> replied, 'I'm sorry', Whitney said, 'He did not intend to do it, it was an accident, send for my family'. There was no indication at any time that Whitney and the <mask>'s weren't on the best of terms." Others also testified of Whitney's statement after being shot, with the only difference being that some said he stated, "send for my wife and child" rather than "for my family".The prosecution objected many times, claiming certain things were "irrelevant" or hearsay, but they did not object to Whitney's dying declaration. A rumor that <mask> stated after the shooting, "I'd have shot him if he were Jesus Christ", rather than "I'm sorry", was never mentioned, nor did it ever happen. In a trial that lasted nine days, <mask> was acquitted. Although that case was proven to have been accidental, amazingly, he was not held to be extradited to Aransas County, Texas, for the clear-cut murder of Remus Smith, but instead was released. For the next three years, his whereabouts were mostly rumors, but he is known to have arrived in Dodge City, Kansas, in May 1878. He is known to have been arrested by lawman Mart Duggan in Leadville, Colorado, in December 1879, for disturbing the peace, serving only one night in jail. Aransas County, in the meantime, continued its pursuit of him.Another shooting

On June 21, 1880, <mask> was in Ogallala, Nebraska. A saloon owner named Bill Tucker and he had developed strong resentment for one another, supposedly over the affections of a prostitute named "Big Alice". <mask>, drunk, stood in front of the saloon and fired two shots inside. The second of the shots hit Tucker in the hand, taking off one finger and mutilating others. Enraged, Tucker grabbed a shotgun and ran after the now-fleeing <mask>. Tucker fired two shots, missing, reloaded and fired two more, this time riddling <mask> in the back, from his heels to his neck. <mask> was arrested, but allowed to remain under guard at the Ogallala House Hotel to heal.Knowing his brother Ben's reputation, the local sheriff ordered a heavy guard. <mask>, hearing of his brother's arrest, felt his intervening would result in bloodshed. Instead, he asked his friend Bat Masterson to travel to Ogllala to see if he could assist. Masterson did so, first meeting with <mask>, then meeting with the ailing Tucker, who was bitter, but willing to drop charges, for a price. Unfortunately, <mask> did not have access to the amount Tucker wanted, so Bat Masterson eluded the guards and helped <mask> escape, with them taking a train south. After the escape, a Keith County, Nebraska, grand jury indicted <mask> for assault with intent to kill. Those charges were eventually dropped, and the matter forgotten.Arrest and trial for Smith murder

On October 23, 1882, Texas Ranger Captain George W. Baylor captured <mask> for the Remus Smith murder in El Paso, Texas, and turned him over to the El Paso County Sheriff, where he was remanded to the custody of Deputy Frank Manning to be returned to Rockport. Foolishly, Deputy Manning allowed <mask> a night of freedom before his return, on the pretense he would return the next morning. He did not. On May 10, 1883, Aransas County Deputy P.P. Court captured <mask> in Arkansas, and finally he was returned to stand trial for the Smith murder. However, it had been 15 years since the murder. Witnesses were sparse, and facts distorted due to poor records, with all of the lawmen who were serving at the time having long since moved on.The trial took only one day, with <mask> being acquitted. This was the one killing committed by <mask> that should have been an iron-clad case of murder, but due to the many years that had passed, the prosecution could not prove their case. The case against him for the murder of soldier William Burke had never been pressed, with the general feeling that it was self defense. For the first time since his first killing, <mask> was not wanted by the law for anything. Later life

On March 11, 1884, his older brother <mask> was killed in San Antonio, Texas, in what became referred to as the Vaudeville Theater Ambush. For a time, newspapers speculated that <mask> would seek revenge for his brother's death, but he never did. He roamed for a number of years, making his living as a gambler, and is believed to have never held any other employment, passing through Cripple Creek, Colorado, and often spending long periods in Houston and Galveston, Texas.He died of a stomach ailment in Houston, on September 6, 1897. At the time of his death, <mask> had killed four men, and wounded a fifth, with one killing being the shooting of the unarmed Remus Smith, another the accidental shooting of Sheriff Chauncey Whitney, and the other two killings and one wounding being during gunfights. The role of <mask> was played by the character actor Hal Baylor in a 1955 episode of the ABC/Desilu Western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role. Denver Pyle played <mask> in eight Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp episodes, which aired from 1955 to 1961. References

External links
<mask>, Gunman
<mask>
<mask> and <mask> in Ellsworth
Ellsworth, Kansas History
Ellsworth, the Wickedest Cattletown in Kansas
Happy Jack Morco

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<mask> (, 26 April 1904 – 10 June 2004) was a Greek economist and served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece. Life and career
Born in Athens on 26 April 1904, <mask> studied economics at the University of Athens, and later studied at the Leipzig University in Germany and the University of Paris in France. He came from a wealthy family of goldsmiths with roots in pre-revolutionary Russia. In 1928 he became Professor of Economics at Athens University and at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a post he held until 1968, when he resigned in protest at the military regime which had come to power in 1967. He was a member of the Board of Directors of UNRRA in 1946 and held senior posts in the International Monetary Fund and other international organisations in 1946 and 1981. <mask> was director of the Bank of Greece in 1944–1945, 1955–1967 (when he resigned in protest at the regime), and 1974–1981. He published many works on Greek and international economic topics.He was a Keynesian, and was active in socialist circles with his close friend, Professor Angelos Angelopoulos. He is also famous for demonstrating the contribution of Greek language to the English vocabulary by making English speeches, as he said, "using with the exception of articles and prepositions only Greek words", to foreign audiences. When the elections of November 1989 failed to give a majority to either the PASOK party of Andreas Papandreou or the New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis, <mask>, then aged 85, agreed to become Prime Minister at head of a non-party administration until fresh elections could be held. He stepped down after the election of April 1990 which gave Mitsotakis a narrow majority. He was a workaholic and an avid winter swimmer, making a point of swimming every morning throughout the year even into his nineties. His book Economic Growth and Declining Social Welfare advances the idea that in modern economic growth there is an increasing output of useless and even discomforting things, such as advertising. For that reason modern economic growth cannot be at all considered as creating conditions for further human happiness, a thesis quite in agreement with ideas by authors such as Richard Easterlin or Herman Daly.<mask> died on 10 June 2004 at the age of 100. He is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. From 31 October 2002, when former Greek President Michail Stasinopoulos died until his own death, <mask> was the world's oldest living former head of state. Speeches
Two of his speeches in English at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development are considered to be historic and notable because they contained mainly terms of Greek origin. Here are the texts:

1957
I always wished to address this Assembly in Greek, but realized that it would have been indeed "Greek" to all present in this room. I found out, however, that I could make my address in Greek which would still be English to everybody. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I shall do it now, using with the exception of articles and prepositions, only Greek words.Kyrie, I eulogize the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus and the Ecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms, methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of the Trapeza with Hellas. With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our didymous organizations in which polymorphous economic ideas and dogmas are analyzed and synthesized. Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy. This phenomenon is characteristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis, we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe. In parallel, a Panethnic unhypocritical economic synergy and harmonization in a democratic climate is basic. I apologize for my eccentric monologue.I emphasize my euharistia to you, Kyrie to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of his Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia. 1959
Kyrie, it is Zeus' anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonize the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia. It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic, but my diagnosis would be that politicians are rather cryptoplethorists. Although they emphatically stigmatize numismatic plethora, they energize it through their tactics and practices. Our policies have to be based more on economic and less on political criteria. Our gnomon has to be a metron between political, strategic and philanthropic scopes. Political magic has always been anti-economic.In an epoch characterized by monopolies, oligopolies, monopsonies, monopolistic antagonism and polymorphous inelasticities, our policies have to be more orthological. But this should not be metamorphosed into plethorophobia, which is endemic among academic economists. Numismatic symmetry should not hyper-antagonize economic acme. A greater harmonization between the practices of the economic and numismatic archons is basic. Parallel to this, we have to synchronize and harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies panethnically. These scopes are more practicable now, when the prognostics of the political and economic barometer are halcyonic. The history of our didymus organizations in this sphere has been didactic and their gnostic practices will always be a tonic to the polyonymous and idiomorphous ethnical economies.The genesis of the programmed organization will dynamize these policies. Therefore, I sympathize, although not without criticism on one or two themes, with the apostles and the hierarchy of our organs in their zeal to program orthodox economic and numismatic policies, although I have some logomachy with them. I apologize for having tyrannized you with my Hellenic phraseology. In my epilogue, I emphasize my eulogy to the philoxenous autochthons of this cosmopolitan metropolis and my encomium to you, Kyrie, and the stenographers. See also
 List of prime ministers of Greece
 English words of Greek origin

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Andrej Komatovič (; born 4 September 1982), widely known as <mask> , is a Slovenian trance producer. His release Time to Rest was included in Armin van Buuren's trance compilation A State Of Trance 2008, and Everlasting (Original Mix) was included in A State Of Trance Yearmix 2009. His work Florescence (Epic Mix) was also included in A State Of Trance Yearmix 2010. Five of his tracks were voted the track of the week (Future Favorite) on A State of Trance, and two of his other tracks won Trance Around the World's weekly web vote. Eleven of his tracks were voted amongst the greatest 1000 tracks in the history of trance music out of over 10,000 nominees in the first-ever (2010) Trance Top 1000 poll organized by Armada Music, even though he had only ever worked on 13 trance songs released by the time of the competition. Music

<mask> first discovered trance music in 1997 when he bought the album Dream Dance. Since then, his interest in trance music has grown, expanded and matured.Near the end of 2001, he started producing his own music, following his brother who had done the same the year before. Until recently, <mask> was producing with a variety of tools and experimenting with different styles, such as ambient/chill out, melodic, progressive and uplifting trance. In 2007, Perceptive Recordings had launched, and <mask>'s first track Nyctalopia was the first release on the label, with an extra Club Mix, and remixes by Onova and Will B. The release was a fantastic success. He decided to stay with Perceptive Recordings to release his music because they had a fair and amicable partnership. The popularity of Perceptive quickly grew with further singles including releases by Daniel Kandi and Adam Nickey. Komatovič's uplifting trance music style includes the application of classical compositions, a genre many have called "Orchestral Uplifting" or "Uplifting Trance with Symphonic Orchestra".His first track, Nyctalopia, included a dramatic string ensemble in the breakdown, while still applying the same laws of Trance. His tracks Neverland and The World To Come both included an emotional breakdown with the use of eastern drums, and Everlasting included a piano solo. His first E.P., Sea Tides, was released on February 23, 2009, and received hype by DJ's such as Tiësto,  Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren. It included three original tracks: Sea Tides, Neverland and Everlasting. The E.P. also included a re-work of each of the tracks. These re-works still included all the same instruments, but both breakdown and main chorus melodies were changed.Since the Sea Tides E.P., Komatovič has produced numerous remixes for various labels, including Armada and Anjunabeats, receiving hype from many DJ's including Above & Beyond, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, and others. His work has influenced the production of more orchestral trance, and more upcoming and established producers are producing their tracks with extended emotional orchestral breakdowns, including SoundLift, Arctic Moon, Nery, Aly & Fila, Ciro Visone, Aeons Of Flight, and Sara Pollino within the uplifting scene and Ralph Fritsch and Roger Shah in other trance genres. During 2010, <mask> continued to produce remixes, for Blue Soho, Subculture, Abora Recordings, AVA, and Enhanced Recordings. His fourth single Florescence was released in July 2010 as another purely solo release on Perceptive Recordings. Many of his tracks have been widely voted as amongst the best in trance music. Eleven of his tracks were each voted as one of the 1,000 greatest trance tracks of all time out of over 10,000 nominees in the inaugural (2010) Trance Top 1000 poll organized by Armada Music (the largest trance label in the world). These were Afternova - Serenity (<mask> Remix), Time To Rest (Daniel Kandi Bangin' Mix), Sea Tides (Original Mix), Neverland (Energetic Mix), Everlasting (Original Mix), Nyctalopia (Original Mix), Nery - Redawn (<mask> Remix), The World To Come (<mask> Mix), Airbase - Roots (<mask> Remix), Adam Nickey - In Motion (<mask> Remix), Robert Nickson - Circles (<mask> Blueman Remix).By the time of the competition, only 13 trance songs Komatovič had worked on had been released; this rate of 85% is amongst the highest of any producer in the history of trance music and is a testament to Komatovič's consistent high quality. His songs have also been voted highly by listeners of A State of Trance, which has about 15 million listeners a week: Five songs -- Time to Rest (Live Guitar by Eller van Buuren Mix), Nyctalopia (Onova remix), Time To Rest (Original Mix), Armin van Buuren pres. Gaia – Tuvan (<mask> remix), and Nery – Redawn (<mask> remix)—were voted the corresponding week's Future Favorite. As for Trance Around the World and its 30 million listeners, two of Andrej's other tracks -- Ferry Tayle & Static Blue - L'Acrobat (<mask>man Remix) and Adam Nickey - In Motion (<mask> Remix)—won the TATW web vote contest. On 29 December 2010, Komatovič announced via his personal blog that he would quit the trance scene, having lost his passion for trance music. He would instead focus on producing pieces of his favourite type of music: orchestral film-like music. On 12 July 2013, he announced that he would come back to composing trance music.Subsequently, he released two singles on Armada Music in collaboration with Driftmoon and DSharp. The first one (Exodus) won the Future Favorite vote on A State of Trance and reached #2 on the Beatport trance singles charts. Then, in 2015, he released an artist album on Abora Recordings of older but never-heard-before trance and chillout tracks called "<mask>man 2002-2005: The Beginning". The album was also released on CD. Two of its tracks (Imagination and Cloudland) won the Fan Favorite vote on Ori Uplift's Uplifting Only radio show. On 4 September 2018, he released Beyond the World We Know after a long hiatus from trance. Alongside the original, he released the Zen Mix, the Ethnic Mix, along with unmastered and extended mixes.DSharp - Exodus [A State of Trance/Armada Music]
Driftmoon & <mask>man Feat. Gaia - Tuvan (<mask> Remix) (2009) [Armind]
Adam Nickey - In Motion (<mask> Remix) (2009) [Anjunabeats]
Nery - Redawn (<mask> Remix) (February 2010) [Blue Soho Recordings]
Afternova - Serenity (<mask> Remix) (April 2010) [Abora Recordings]
Afternova - Serenity (<mask> Orchestral Remix) (April 2010) [Abora Recordings]
Motionchild & Will Holland feat. Tiff Lacey - Arctic Kiss (<mask> Remix) (May 2010) [Enhanced Recordings]
Motionchild & Will Holland feat. Tiff Lacey - Arctic Kiss (<mask> Instrumental Remix) (May 2010) [Enhanced Recordings]
DNS Project feat. Johanna - Timestep (<mask> Remix) (July 2010) [AVA Recordings]
DNS Project feat. Johanna - Timestep (<mask> Dub Mix) (July 2010) [AVA Recordings]
Neal Scarborough - Kanya (<mask> Remix) (October 2010) [Subculture]
SoundLift - Horizonte (<mask> Remix) (October 2010) [Blue Soho Recordings]
SoundLift - Horizonte (<mask> Intro Mix) (October 2010) [Blue Soho Recordings]

In Compilations
Andrej Komatovic - Playful Spirits of the Forest [Abora Symphonic]

References

External links
 <mask> Official Facebook Page
 <mask> at MySpace
 <mask> at Soundcloud - includes previews of <mask>'s non-trance tracks
 <mask> at Discogs

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Isma'<mask> ( Ismā‘īl Bāshā; ), known as Ismail the Magnificent (12 January 1830 – 2 March 1895), was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. Sharing the ambitious outlook of his grandfather, <mask>, he greatly modernized Egypt and Sudan during his reign, investing heavily in industrial and economic development, urbanization, and the expansion of the country's boundaries in Africa. His philosophy can be glimpsed in a statement that he made in 1879: "My country is not longer only in Africa; we are now part of Europe, too. It is therefore natural for us to abandon our former ways and to adopt a new system adapted to our social conditions". In 1867 he also secured Ottoman and international recognition for his title of Khedive (Viceroy) in preference to Wāli (Governor) which was previously used by his predecessors in the Eyalet of Egypt and Sudan (1517–1867). However, Isma'il's policies placed the Khedivate of Egypt and Sudan (1867–1914) in severe debt, leading to the sale of the country's shares in the Suez Canal Company to the British government, and his ultimate toppling from power in 1879 under British and French pressure. The city of Ismailia is named in his honor.Family
The second of the three sons of <mask>, and the grandson of Muhammad Ali, Ismail, of Albanian descent, was born in Cairo at Al Musafir Khana Palace. His mother was Circassian Hoshiyar Qadin, third wife of his father. She was reportedly a sister of Valide Sultan Pertevniyal who was a wife of Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire and mother of Abdülaziz I. Youth and education
After receiving a European education in Paris where he attended the École d'état-major, he returned home, and on the death of his elder brother became heir to his uncle, Said I, the Wāli and Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. Said, who apparently conceived his safety to lie in ridding himself as much as possible of the presence of his nephew, employed him in the next few years on missions abroad, notably to the Pope, the Emperor Napoleon III, and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In 1861 he was dispatched at the head of an army of 18,000 to quell an insurrection in Sudan, a mission which he accomplished. Khedive of Egypt
After the death of Said, Ismail was proclaimed Khedive on 19 January 1863, though the Ottoman Empire and the other Great Powers recognized him only as Wāli.Like all Egyptian and Sudanese rulers since his grandfather Muhammad Ali <mask>, he claimed the higher title of Khedive, which the Ottoman Porte had consistently refused to sanction. Finally, in 1867, Isma'il succeeded in persuading the Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz to grant a firman finally recognizing him as Khedive in exchange for an increase in the tribute, because of the Khedive's help in the Cretan Revolt between 1866 and 1869. Another firman changed the law of succession to direct descent from father to son rather than brother to brother, and a further decree in 1873 confirmed the virtual independence of the Khedivate of Egypt from the Porte. Reforms
Ismail spent heavily—some went to bribes to Constantinople to facilitate his reform projects. Much of the money went for the construction of the Suez Canal. About £46 million went to construct  of irrigation canals to help modernize agriculture. He built over  railroads,  of telegraph lines, 400 bridges, harbor works in Alexandria, and 4,500 schools.The national debt rose from £3 million to about £90 million, in a country with 5 million population and an annual treasury revenue of about £8 million. Ismail launched vast schemes of internal reform on the scale of his grandfather, remodeling the customs system and the post office, stimulating commercial progress, creating a sugar industry, building the cotton industry, building palaces, entertaining lavishly, and maintaining an opera and a theatre. Over one hundred thousand Europeans came to work in Cairo, where he facilitated building an entire new quarter of the city on its western edge modeled on Paris. Alexandria was also improved. He launched a vast railroad building project that saw Egypt and Sudan rise from having virtually none to the most railways per habitable kilometer of any nation in the world. Education reform increased the education budget more than tenfold. Traditional primary and secondary schools were expanded and specialized technical and vocational schools were created.Students were once again sent to Europe to study on educational missions, encouraging the formation of a Western-trained elite. A national library was founded in 1871. One of his most significant achievements was to establish an assembly of delegates in November 1866. Though this was supposed to be a purely advisory body, its members eventually came to have an important influence on governmental affairs. Village headmen dominated the assembly and came to exert increasing political and economic influence over the countryside and the central government. This was shown in 1876 when the assembly persuaded Ismail to reinstate the law (enacted by him in 1871 to raise money and later repealed) that allowed landownership and tax privileges to persons paying six years' land tax in advance. Ismail tried to reduce slave trading and with the advice and financial backing of Yacoub Cattaui extended Egypt's rule in Africa.In 1874 he annexed Darfur, but was prevented from expanding into Ethiopia after his army was repeatedly defeated by Emperor Yohannes IV, first at Gundat on 16 November 1875, and again at Gura in March of the following year. War with Ethiopia

Ismail dreamt of expanding his realm across the entire Nile including its diverse sources, and over the whole African coast of the Red Sea. This, together with rumours about rich raw material and fertile soil, led Ismail to expansive policies directed against Ethiopia under the Emperor Yohannes IV. In 1865 the Ottoman Sublime Porte ceded the Ottoman Province of Habesh (with Massawa and Suakin at the Red Sea as the main cities of that province) to Ismail. This province, which neighboured Ethiopia, first consisted of a coastal strip only but expanded subsequently inland into territory controlled by the Ethiopian ruler. Here Ismail occupied regions originally claimed by the Ottomans when they had established the province (eyaleti) of Habesh in the 16th century. New economically promising projects, like huge cotton plantations in the Barka delta, were started.In 1872 Bogos (with the city of Keren) was annexed by the governor of the new "Province of Eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Coast", Werner Munzinger <mask>. In October 1875 Ismail's army try to occupied the adjacent highlands of Hamasien, which were then tributary to the Ethiopian Emperor, and suffered defeat at the battle of Gundit. In March 1876 Ismail's army tried again and suffered a second dramatic defeat by Yohannes's army at Gura'. Ismail's son Hassan was captured by the Ethiopians and only released after a large ransom. This was followed by a long cold war, only finishing in 1884 with the Anglo-Egyptian-Ethiopian Hewett Treaty, when Bogos was given back to Ethiopia. The Red Sea Province created by Ismail and his governor Munzinger <mask> was taken over by the Italians shortly thereafter and became the territorial basis for the Colony of Eritrea (proclaimed in 1890). Suez Canal

Ismail's khedivate is closely connected to the building of the Suez Canal.He agreed to, and oversaw, the Egyptian portion of its construction. On his accession, at the behest of Yacoub Cattaui his minister of Finance and close advisor, he refused to ratify the concessions to the Canal company made by Said, and the question was referred in 1864 to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes which Ismail insisted upon in the original grant. Ismail then used every available means, by his own undoubted powers of fascination and by judicious expenditure, to bring his personality before the foreign sovereigns and public, and he had much success. In 1867 he visited Paris during the Exposition Universelle (1867) with Sultan Abdülaziz, and also London, where he was received by Queen Victoria and welcomed by the Lord Mayor. Whilst in Britain he also saw a British Royal Navy Fleet Review with the Ottoman Sultan. In 1869 he again paid a visit to Britain. When the Canal finally opened, Ismail held a festival of unprecedented scope, most of it financed by the Cattaui banking house, from whom he borrowed $1,000,000, inviting dignitaries from around the world.Debts
These developments – especially the costly war with Ethiopia – left Egypt in deep debt to the European powers, and they used this position to wring concessions out of Ismail. One of the most unpopular among Egyptians and Sudanese was the new system of mixed courts, by which Europeans were tried by judges from their own states, rather than by Egyptian and Sudanese courts. But at length the inevitable financial crisis came. A national debt of over £100 million sterling (as opposed to three millions when he acceded to the throne) had been incurred by the Khedive, whose fundamental idea of liquidating his borrowings was to borrow at increased interest. The bond-holders became restive, chief among them the House of Cattaui. Judgments were given against the Khedive in the international tribunals. When he could raise no more loans, he sold the Egyptian and Sudanese shares in the Suez Canal Company in 1875 with the assistance of Yacoub Cattaui to the British government for £3,976,582; this was immediately followed by the beginning of direct intervention by the Great Powers in Egypt and Sudan.In December 1875, Stephen Cave and John Stokes were sent out by the British government to inquire into the finances of Egypt, and in April 1876 their report was published, advising that in view of the waste and extravagance it was necessary for foreign Powers to interfere in order to restore credit. The result was the establishment of the Caisse de la Dette. In October, George Goschen and Joubert made a further investigation, which resulted in the establishment of Anglo-French control over finances and the government. A further commission of inquiry by Major Baring (afterwards 1st Earl of Cromer) and others in 1878 culminated in Ismail making over his estates to the nation and accepting the position of a constitutional sovereign, with Nubar as premier, Charles Rivers Wilson as finance minister, and de Blignières as minister of public works. As the historian Eugene Rogan has observed, "the irony of the situation was that Egypt had embarked on its development schemes to secure independence from Ottoman and European domination. Yet with each new concession, the government of Egypt made itself more vulnerable to European encroachment." Khedive's Somali Coast

The jurisdiction of <mask> from the 1870s until 1884 included the entire northern coast of Somalia, up to the eastern coast at Ras Hafun in contemporary Puntland.The Khedive's northern Somali Coast territory was reached as far inland as Harrar, although it was subsequently ceded to Britain in 1884 due to internal difficulties of Egypt. Relinquishment and subsequent treaties
The relinquishment of the territories by <mask> was followed by treaties with European powers:

The first Somali chieftains to sign a treaty with the British Political Resident at Aden, Frederick Mercer Hunter were Abdillah Liban and Jamah Yunus of the Habar Awal tribe on the 14th July 1884. A memorandum for British treaties was issued  16th July 1886, as follows, with the most comprehensive treaty concluded with the Garhajis and Habar Jeclo tribes containing the additional commitments of "render assistance" to vessels and forbidding diplomacy with non-British officials:

The  Somali tribes whose chiefs were signatories who  aligned with colonial powers via treaties of obligations and impositions, including Habar Awal, Habar Jeclo, Gadabuursi, Eesa, Majeerteen and Garhajis and Rahanweyn. In order to ensure Somali obedience to Europeans colonists and their treaties, European powers promoted a culture of enmeshment in Somali populace, in the youth vis-a-vis their elders and in the laymen vis-a-vis their chieftains. The treatymakers, composed of chieftains of these clans, signed the treaties. Although Warsangeli signed a treaty in 1886, according to Cordeaux, he detached from acknowledging this Warsangeli obligation. According to Roy Irons, this was because of Warsangeli support of Dervish in the mid 1900s:

Urabi Revolt and exile

This control of the country by Europeans was unacceptable to many Egyptians, who united behind a disaffected Colonel Ahmed Urabi.The Urabi Revolt consumed Egypt. Hoping the revolt could relieve him of European control, Ismail did little to oppose Urabi and gave into his demands to dissolve the government. Britain and France took the matter seriously, and insisted in May 1879 on the reinstatement of the British and French ministers. With the country largely in the hands of Urabi, Ismail could not agree, and had little interest in doing so. As a result, the British, and French governments pressured the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II to depose <mask>, and this was done on 26 June 1879. The more pliable Tewfik <mask>, Ismail's eldest son, was made his successor. <mask> left Egypt and initially went into exile to Resina, today Ercolano near Naples, until 1885 when he was eventually permitted by Sultan Abdülhamid II to retire to his palace in Emirgan on the Bosporus in Constantinople.There he remained, more or less a state prisoner, until his death. According to TIME magazine, he died while trying to guzzle two bottles of champagne in one draft. He was later buried in Cairo. Legacy

Although as the Khedive, Ismail spoke Turkish and could not speak Arabic, under his reign, Arabic use gradually increased at the expense of Turkish, which had been the language of the ruling elite in the Nile delta for hundreds of years. In the following decades Arabic would further expand and eventually replace Turkish in the army and administration, leaving Turkish only to be used in correspondence with the Ottoman Sultan in Constantinople. Moslem Egypt and Christian Abyssinia; Or, Military Service Under the Khedive, in his Provinces and Beyond their Borders, as Experienced by the American Staff. New York: Atkin & Prout (1880).Helen Chapin Metz. Egypt: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1990., Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Notes

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<mask>   (born 9 November 1975) is an English choirmaster and broadcaster, self-described as an "animateur, presenter and populariser of choral singing". He is best known for his television appearances in programmes such as The Choir, which focus on singing and introducing choral music to new participants. <mask> was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours, for services to music. Biography
<mask> was born into a family of Irish descent as the only child of James and <mask>, who had met at their local Gilbert and Sullivan society. His father, <mask>, grew up in Parkhead in Scotland in an Irish family, and was a bank manager. His English mother of Irish descent, Sian, worked in the civil service. <mask> was educated at Bournemouth School.He sang with the Symphony Chorus of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and he studied drama at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he was in the university choir and composed music for theatre productions. After graduating he gave private tuition and then applied for a postgraduate vocal studies course at the Royal Academy of Music; he passed with distinction in 2005. Until December 2009, <mask> worked for the London Symphony Orchestra at LSO St Luke's where he ran their youth choir and community choir. Whilst working at the L.S.O., <mask> was awarded the position of Edward Heath Assistant Animateur in 2001. He entered television work when approached by 20/20, a production company which wanted to make a series about singing in schools. Without knowing who could front the programme they had researched the term  "community choirmasters" and discovered <mask>'s name. The Choir was the result and won two BAFTAs and a Broadcast award.On 31 December 2009, <mask> conducted the first New Year's Eve Twitter Community Choir performance of Auld Lang Syne. He asked his followers on Twitter, and friends on Facebook, to join in with the event. A later project was The Knight Crew, a youth opera based on a book written by Nicky Singer and performed at Glyndebourne. After choosing approximately 50 cast out of over 400 applicants between the ages of 14–20 through workshops and auditions, and months of rehearsals, The Knight Crew was performed at Glyndebourne between 3 and 6 March 2010. The project was filmed for a television series, <mask> Goes to Glyndebourne and aired on the BBC on 1 July 2010. In May 2010, <mask> was awarded the Freedom of the City of London by Nick Anstee, Lord Mayor of the City of London (not to be confused with the Mayor of London) in recognition of his music education work in that city. In 2013, <mask> recruited 16 singers aged from 18–27 for his Gareth Malone Voices choir.They recorded a CD album and gave concerts at 14 locations throughout Britain in 2014. Television work
<mask>'s television appearances began in 2007 with his reality television series The Choir, broadcast on BBC Two. The series focused on teaching choral singing to teenagers with no such experience, the first programme being set in Northolt High School, a comprehensive school in the west London suburbs. Subsequent programmes continued the theme by taking choral music to challenging situations: Boys Don't Sing (2008) featured pupils at Lancaster School, Leicester, an all-boys school where there was reluctance to sing; the third series, entitled Unsung Town, featured the formation of a community choir in South Oxhey, a suburban town where singing was not a common activity. In 2010 <mask> presented a children's programme for CBBC, The Big Performance in which ten keen, but extremely shy, young singers took the opportunity to overcome their fears. They sang for a larger audience each week, taking it in turns to be the soloist, and in the final week they performed for BBC Proms in the Park. A second series was broadcast in 2011 with the final week taking the form of a performance of a choral arrangement of the song "Keep Holding On" for the BBC charity telethon Children in Need 2011.The ten singers led a live choir in the studio along with children's choirs nationwide, linked by satellite. For the BBC Two programme The Choir: Military Wives, first broadcast in November 2011, <mask> went to Chivenor Barracks in Devon, creating a choir from wives and partners of military personnel deployed to Afghanistan. The culmination of the programme was the opening performance for the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011. The three-minute piece performed by the Military Wives Choir was the song Wherever You Are, a love poem compiled from letters written between the women and their absent husbands and partners and set to music by composer Paul Mealor. A successful campaign was launched to promote sales of the CD single, with the aim of it becoming the 2011 Christmas number one in the UK Singles Chart, which was supported by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans. First day sales, which included all pre-orders, indicated that they were outselling their closest rivals, Little Mix, by a hundred singles to one, causing Ladbrokes to close betting for the Christmas number one, and Simon Cowell to admit defeat in the race. The pre-order sales caused the single to become one of the top 20 best-selling music products of all-time at Amazon.co.uk.In 2011, <mask>'s show <mask> Goes to Glyndebourne won an International Emmy Award in the Best Arts Programme category. On 16 November 2014, it was announced that <mask> and a group of celebrities he had mentored had reached the UK number 1 with their Children in Need charity single Wake Me Up, a cover of the song originally recorded by Swedish dance act Avicii. On 10 September 2015, <mask> appeared on the BBC One programme Who Do You Think You Are? In 2017, <mask> presented Pitch Battle on BBC One, which The Guardian described as a "new Saturday teatime singing contest". The review continued: "His Pitch Battle entrance – following the sort of VT explainer that Celebrity Big Brother contestants tend to receive – was excruciating. As the crowd roared, he opened his jacket and showed off his shirt, like a professional wrestler would if he was doing double duty as an usher at his cousin’s wedding." The show was axed after one series, although <mask> defended the series in a Radio Times interview, saying: "I thought it was good".In March 2020, <mask> announced an initiative titled the Great British Home Chorus, a new home choir for people internationally whilst everyone was stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also revealed he had been in talks with the BBC about making another television programme. In the first week over 100,000 people viewed the first session on YouTube. In July 2020, as a finale to the Great British Home Chorus, <mask> orchestrated a choral version of You Are My Sunshine with over 11,000 singers taking part, accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra. The song was released as a single, with all the profits being donated to NHS Charities Together. Television filmography
<mask>'s television appearances include to date:

Bibliography
<mask> has written two books on the subject of choral singing. His most recent title, Choir: <mask>, is an account of the production of his television series The Choir.Personal life
<mask> is married to Becky, an English teacher. They live in North London with their three children. Their oldest daughter, Esther, was born in 2010. Their son, Gilbert, was born in 2013. They also have a younger daughter, Dvora, who was born in 2019. References

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<mask> (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he is known for his attacking style of play. Lisowski has reached six ranking finals, but has been runner-up each time, losing three finals to Judd Trump, two to Neil Robertson, and one to Mark Selby. He has made one maximum break in professional competition. Career

Amateur years
Lisowski began playing "snooker" at age 7, using ping-pong balls on a carpet. As a young player, he was trained by Gloucester professional Nick Pearce.He made his first century break at age 11. He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black. In the 2008/2009 season he was runner-up in the sixth event of International Open Series to Xiao Guodong, and finished 23rd in the rankings. In 2009, Lisowski was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship, which would allow him to practise with professional players. At the time he was suffering from cancer, and was in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma. Overcoming his illness Lisowski competed in the PIOS for the 2009/2010 season. He won the first and eighth event of the International Open Series and finished first in the rankings and so received a place on the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.2010/2011 season

After a series of early exits from main tour events, he reached the final of Event 3 of the Players Tour Championship, winning six matches including a 4–3 win over Mark Selby in the semi-final, where he came back from 1–3 down. In the final he lost 0–4 to Tom Ford. Lisowski qualified for 2011 German Masters, 2011 Welsh Open and 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals. At the end of season he climbed to 52nd in the world ranking in his first professional season, the highest of any of the debutants. <mask> was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award at the World Snooker Annual Award Ceremony. 2011/2012 season

Lisowski had a very good season in the Players Tour Championship series of tournaments in the 2011/2012 season. He reached the quarter-finals of Event 6 and Event 9 and went one better in Event 5, where he was knocked out in the last 4 against compatriot, and eventual winner, Andrew Higginson.The results ensured he finished 24th in the Order of Merit and therefore claimed the final spot for the 2012 Finals. He beat Barry Hawkins 4–3 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in the Finals, before losing 1–4 to Neil Robertson. Lisowski also qualified for the Shanghai Masters with wins over David Grace, Mike Dunn and Marco Fu, before defeating amateur Rouzi Maimaiti in the wildcard round. He played Jamie Cope in the round and was beaten 3–5. He could only win one more match in his attempts to qualify for the remaining six ranking events and finished the season ranked world number 40. 2012/2013 season
The 2012/2013 season was a breakthrough year for <mask> as he qualified for five ranking tournaments, including the World Championship, and reached his second final as a professional. The first tournament he reached was the Australian Goldfields Open by beating Dave Harold and he lost 2–5 to Mark Davis in the first round in Bendigo.He couldn't qualify for the next two events, but then defeated Chen Zhe and Joe Perry to feature in the UK Championship for the first time. In his match against Chen, Lisowski made the first 147 in competitive play of his career. In the first round of the event in York, Lisowski lost 2–6 to Stuart Bingham. Lisowski beat Ian Burns and Jamie Burnett to qualify for the China Open and then saw off Zhou Yuelong to advance to the last 32. He played good friend Judd Trump and made a 131 break in 5–3 win, before coming back from 2–4 down to triumph 5–4 against Mark Davis and reach his first ranking event quarter-final. However, this time it was <mask> who let a 4–2 lead slip as he lost 4–5 to Shaun Murphy, with Murphy stating that snooker had seen the future with Lisowski's performances during the week. Lisowski played in nine minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events during the season and reached the final in the first one, by seeing off Trump in the quarter-finals and Mark Williams in the semis.The final against Stephen Maguire went to a deciding frame with <mask> missing a yellow off the spot, when requiring two further pots to leave his opponent needing snookers, and after a brief safety exchange Maguire potted the remaining colours to win the title. In the other PTC events his best results were three last 16 defeats which helped cement his place in the Finals by finishing 13th on the Order of Merit. There, he beat world number two Mark Selby 4–3 in the first round, before losing to Tom Ford in another deciding frame in the second round. In World Championship Qualifying, he had comfortable 10–4 wins over James Wattana and Fergal O'Brien to reach the Crucible for the first time, where he played Barry Hawkins. The experience and composure of Hawkins told as he took the match 10–3, with <mask> citing the intimate nature of playing at the Crucible, which affected his concentration, as a factor in the one-sided scoreline. He climbed five place in the rankings during the season to finish it world number 35 which is his highest position to date. 2013/2014 season

<mask> began the 2013/2014 season by qualifying for the 2013 Wuxi Classic where he whitewashed Tian Pengfei 5–0 in the first round, before being narrowly beaten 5–4 by Mark Williams in the second.At the European Tour event, the Antwerp Open, <mask> won five matches to advance to the semi-finals where he lost 4–2 to Mark Selby. He therefore entered the UK Championship in good form and looked to be progressing into the second round as he led Michael Leslie 4–0. However, Lisowski conceded six frames in a row to be beaten by the world number 94 in a performance he described as rubbish. Alan McManus beat him 5–2 in the second round of the German Masters, but <mask> then dropped just one frame in winning two matches to reach the third round of the Welsh Open. Lisowski built a 3–1 advantage over Barry Hawkins, before last year's World Championship runner-up made a century and two breaks over 50 to eliminate him 4–3. <mask> also qualified for the China Open, but lost 5–3 against Dominic Dale in the first round. 2014/2015 season
<mask> won three matches to qualify for the Australian Goldfields Open, but lost 5–0 in an hour to Shaun Murphy in the first round.He defeated Lu Chenwei 5–2 in the Wuxi Classic and was then knocked out 5–2 by Zhao Xintong. <mask> won a trio of matches for the second time this season to reach the Shanghai Masters where Ding Junhui eliminated him 5–1 in the opening round. After Lisowski beat Chris Melling 6–1 at the UK Championship he said that he was hoping to rediscover his confidence after having a quiet start to the year. He also revealed that he had turned to fellow player Robert Milkins for some guidance on his game. Lisowski raced into a 4–0 lead against practice partner Liang Wenbo in the second round and hung on to progress 6–4. Following his 6–4 loss to Murphy in the third round, Lisowski said that he was still adjusting to playing in the atmosphere of major events. He was beaten 4–3 in the first round of the Welsh Open and came from 4–2 down to defeat Alan McManus 5–4 in the China Open.Lisowski lost in the last 32 of a ranking event for the fifth time this season with a 5–0 defeat to Dechawat Poomjaeng. His ranking dropped 11 spots during the year to finish it 53rd in the world. 2015/2016 season
Lisowski started the season with a trio of qualifying wins for the second year in a row to reach the Australian Goldfields Open and, just like last year, he was whitewashed 5–0 in the first round this time by Judd Trump. After beating Ali Carter 6–5 at the International Championship, he lost 6–3 to Marco Fu in the second round. Lisowski knocked out Zak Surety and Graeme Dott at the UK Championship, but bemoaned the fact that he could not translate that form to the main arena in the third round as he lost 6–4 to David Grace. He was narrowly defeated 4–3 in the second round of the Welsh Open to Martin Gould. An impressive 5–1 victory over Michael White saw Lisowski progress to the second round of the China Open, where he lost 5–2 to Stephen Maguire.<mask> was beaten 10–7 by David Gilbert in the final World Championship qualifying round. His ranking increased by 14 spots over the course of the season to end it at 39th in the world. 2016/2017 season
<mask> progressed through to the last 16 of the Northern Ireland Open by defeating David Lilley 4–3, John Astley 4–1 and Joe Perry 4–3, but was thrashed 4–0 by Barry Hawkins. At the Gibraltar Open he beat Mark King 4–2, Anthony Hamilton 4–0 and Mark Allen 4–1 (whilst making the tournament's high break of 145) to reach his second career ranking event quarter-final which he lost 4–1 to Judd Trump. 2017/2018 season
This season could be seen as somewhat of a breakout season for Lisowski, as his world ranking rose from 54th to 26th by the end of the season. Lisowski advanced to the quarter final in the English Open in October after his wins over Rory McLeod, Li Yuan, Mark Williams, and Judd Trump, before losing 5–2 to the eventual champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. In November, Lisowski made his first career ranking event semi-final in the Shanghai Masters, which he lost 6–3 to Judd Trump.Later in the season, Lisowski advanced to another ranking event quarter final in the China Open in April, this time narrowly defeated by Kyren Wilson 6–5. Lisowksi appeared in the World Snooker Championship again since his debut in 2012/13 and secured his first ever win at the tournament by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the first round, though he was thrashed by John Higgins 13–1 in the second round. 2018/2019 season
<mask>'s stellar performance this season caught many attentions this season. In July, he secured his first ranking final appearance in the Riga Masters by beating the likes of Graeme Dott and Stephen Maguire, but lost 5–2 to Neil Roberson in the final. He also qualified The Masters for the first time, but was defeated 6-1 by Ding Junhui in the first round. Lisowski reached another ranking event final at the China Open in April, but was beaten by Neil Robertson again, this time losing 11–4. 2019/2020 season
Lisowski performed consistently throughout the 2019/2020, though he was unable to reach the same height as the season before.With wins over the likes of John Higgins, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Mark Allen, he reached his third ranking final at the Scottish Open, but lost 9–6 to Mark Selby. 2020/2021 season
<mask> reached the final of the World Grand Prix in December, his fourth ranking final appearance. He defeated Shaun Murphy, Robert Milkins, Zhao Xintong and Mark Selby to set up a meeting with Judd Trump in the final, calling his semifinal victory over Selby "the best performance of [my] career". Although Lisowski had moments of brilliance in the final, he eventually lost 7–10. In January, he reached the final of German Masters but was defeated by Trump again, losing 2–9. In the Gibraltar Open in March, he faced Trump once again in the final, and lost 0–4. Personal life
Lisowski attended Chosen Hill School.In 2008, aged 16, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He married his American girlfriend, Jamie Livingston, in Cheltenham, England, on 23 February 2015. Asked about the origins of his surname, he said that although he's often told that it's a Polish surname, his grandfather was a Ukrainian displaced person who settled in England at the end of World War II. He stated that, “One day I definitely want to look into it and find out for sure where some of my roots lie”. <mask> and Judd Trump are best friends. A keen reader, he lists The Times as his favourite newspaper and The Economist as his favourite magazine. His favourite male sports star is Tiger Woods while Serena Williams is his favourite female.Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Ranking finals: 6

Minor-ranking finals: 2

Non-ranking finals: 1

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

References

External links

<mask> at worldsnooker.com

 Global Snooker Profile

1991 births
Living people
English snooker players
Sportspeople from Cheltenham
British people of Ukrainian descent

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