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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Hull

Charles Hull

Charles Hull VC (24 July 1890 – 13 February 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War. Details Hull worked as a postman in Harrogate before he enlisted in the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's), a cavalry regiment of the British Army, where was a shoeing-smith making and fitting horseshoes. On 5 September 1915 Hull was a 25-years-old private when he rescued an officer from certain death at the hands of tribesmen at Hafiz Kor on the North West Frontier of British India, an action for which he was awarded the VC. The citation was published in the London Gazette on 3 March 1916 and read: He later achieved the rank of corporal. After the war he joined Leeds Constabulary and rose to the rank of sergeant. Hull is buried in Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds. The Medal His VC is on display in The Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. References External links Harrogate People British Legion Location of grave and VC medal (West Yorkshire) 1890 births 1953 deaths People from Harrogate British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross 21st Lancers soldiers British Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) British police officers British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

1215229

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Joseph%20Magennis

James Joseph Magennis

James Joseph Magennis (27 October 1919 – 12 February 1986) was a Belfast-born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the only native of Northern Ireland to receive the Victoria Cross for Second World War service. Magennis was part of several operations involving X-Craft midget submarines in attacks on Axis ships. In July 1945 Magennis was serving on during Operation Struggle. During an attack on the in Singapore, Magennis showed extraordinary valour and bravery by leaving the submarine for a second time in order to free some explosive charges that had got caught. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, was also awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 31 July 1945 during the operation. Early career James Magennis was born on 27 October 1919, at Majorca Street, West Belfast, Ireland. He was from a working class Roman Catholic family and attended St Finian's Primary School on the Falls Road, Belfast. On 3 June 1935 he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a boy seaman (spelling his surname Magennis). He served on several different warships between 1935 and 1942, when he joined the submarine branch. Before joining the submarine branch, Magennis served on the destroyer which was mined off Tripoli, Libya, in December 1941, whilst Magennis was on board. The ship was irreparably damaged and was scuttled the following day. In December 1942, Magennis was drafted into the Royal Navy Submarine Service and in March 1943, he volunteered for "special and Hazardous duties" – which meant midget submarines, or X-craft. He trained as a diver, and in September 1943, took part in the first major use of the X-craft during Operation Source. Two submarines, and , penetrated Kåfjord, Norway, and disabled the . For his part in the attack Magennis was mentioned in dispatches "[f]or bravery and devotion to duty" in 1943. Operation Struggle In July 1945, Magennis, as acting leading seaman, was serving as the diver on the midget submarine , under the command of Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, as part of Operation Struggle. They were tasked with sinking the 10,000 ton , the first of the . She was berthed in the Straits of Johor, Singapore, acting as an anti-aircraft battery. On 30 July, XE3 was towed to the area by the submarine . She slipped her tow at 23:00 for the journey through hazardous wrecks, minefields and listening posts to reach the Takao. After arriving at the Takao at 13:00 on 31 July, Magennis slipped out of the wet-and-dry chamber and attached limpet mines to the Takao under particularly difficult circumstances. He had to chip away at barnacles on the bottom of the cruiser for 30 minutes, before being able to attach the limpets. During this time, his breathing apparatus was leaking and he returned to the submarine after completion of his task very exhausted. On withdrawing, Fraser found that one of the limpet carriers which was being jettisoned would not release itself. Magennis immediately volunteered to free it, commenting: "I'll be all right as soon as I've got my wind, Sir." This he did, after seven minutes of nerve-racking work with a heavy spanner. On completion, Magennis returned to XE3 for the second time, allowing the four-man midget submarine to make its escape out to open sea to meet the waiting Stygian. Fraser was also awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the attack; whilst Lieutenant William J. L. Smith, who was at the controls of XE3 during the attack, received the Distinguished Service Order. Engineer third class Charles Alfred Reed, who was at the wheel, received the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. was supposed to be attacking another Japanese vessel as part of the same operation, but actually ended up also placing its explosives under the same target. XE1s commanding officer, Lieutenant John Elliott Smart, and Sub-Lieutenant Harold Edwin Harper, received the Distinguished Service Cross. Engineer fourth class Henry James Fishleigh and leading seaman Walter Henry Arthur Pomeroy received the Distinguished Service Medal. Engineer fourth class Albert Nairn, leading stoker Jack Gordan Robinson, and Able Seaman Ernest Raymond Dee were mentioned in dispatches for their part in bringing the two midget submarines from harbour to the point where the crews that took part in the attack took over. Victoria Cross The citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 9 November: Later life Magennis was the only Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War to hail from Northern Ireland. As a result, Magennis obtained something of a "celebrity status" in his home city. The citizens of Belfast raised more than £3,000 as part of a "Shilling Fund." The City Fathers of Belfast refused to give Magennis the freedom of the City though. Sources differ as to the reasoning behind this; some claim it was due to religious divisions, others claim it was due to the City Fathers not "... believing that such an honour could not be bestowed on a working-class Catholic from the inner-city slums." In 1946 Magennis married Edna Skidmore, with whom he had four sons. The money from the Shilling Fund was spent quickly by Magennis and his wife; she remarked: "We are simple people ... forced into the limelight. We lived beyond our means because it seemed the right thing to do." In 1949 he left the Navy and returned to Belfast, where, at some point, he sold his Victoria Cross . In 1955, he moved to Yorkshire, where he worked as an electrician. For the last years of his life, he suffered from chronic ill health, before dying on 11 February 1986 of lung cancer hours before his heroism was honoured by the Royal Navy Philatelic Office with a first-day cover. Memorials Magennis has had several memorials in his honour. However initial official recognition was only a photograph in the robing room of the Belfast city council chamber. The first memorial was erected in 1999 after a long campaign by his biographer George Fleming and Major S.H. Pollock CD (Canada). It, a bronze and stone statue, was officially unveiled in Belfast on 8 October 1999. The ceremony was conducted in the grounds of Belfast City Hall in the presence of Magennis's son Paul, by the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Bob Stoker. Magennis's former commanding officer, Ian Fraser, was reported as saying: "Jim gave me bother from time to time. He liked his tot of rum, but he was a lovely man and a fine diver. I have never met a braver man. It was a privilege to know him and it's wonderful to see Belfast honour him at last." A wall mural commemorating James Magennis on the 60th anniversary of VJ day was unveiled on 16 September 2005 by Peter Robinson, the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament representing East Belfast, including Tullycarnet. Magennis plaques In 1986 at a memorial service in Bradford Cathedral, the Submarine Old Comrade Association (West Riding Branch) erected a memorial plaque on an inner wall within the cathedral. The plaque made of Welsh slate was supplied by ex-submariner Tommy Topham MBE. Rear Admiral Place VC, CB, CVO, DSC unveiled the plaque. In attendance was Petty Officer Tommy "Nat" Gould, another submariner Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War. In 1998 a memorial plaque was installed by Castlereagh Borough Council on the wall of Magennis's former home at 32 Carncaver Road, Castlereagh, East Belfast. A memorial blue plaque sponsored by Belfast City Council was installed on the outer wall of the Royal Naval Association building at Great Victoria Street, Belfast by the Ulster History Circle. Ashcroft collection In 1986, there was some publicity in the newspapers that his VC would be up at auction. This attracted the interest of Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, who bought the VC for £29,000 (plus fees) amidst strong competition from dealers and private collectors. This was the first Victoria Cross bought by Lord Ashcroft, who, as of 2006, owned 142 medals. In July 2008, Lord Ashcroft announced a donation of £5 million for a permanent gallery at the Imperial War Museum, where Victoria Crosses already held by the museum will be put on display alongside his own. The Lord Ashcroft Gallery opened in 2010. In media Magennis was profiled in the 2006 television docudrama Victoria Cross Heroes, which included archive footage, dramatisations of his actions and an interview with Lord Ashcroft about his VC. References Footnotes Bibliography Further reading George Fleming - Magennis VC: The story of Northern Ireland's only WW2 winner of the Victoria Cross ( Paperback; Hardback) Belfast Telegraph 9 October 1999 The Irish Sword (Brian Clark, 1986) Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) External links HMS Ganges Association (biography, photo, VC action details) Northern Ireland Submariners Association Unveiling memorial on 8 October 1999 (Maritime Institute of Ireland) Campaign for a memorial "Loyalists replace UFF mural with tribute to Catholic VC Navy hero" Belfast Telegraph (18 September 2005) 1919 births 1986 deaths British underwater divers British World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from lung cancer Irish World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross Military personnel from Belfast Royal Navy personnel of World War II Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal Navy sailors Royal Navy submariners

1218172

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Davis%20%28VC%29

James Davis (VC)

James Davis VC (February 1835 – 2 March 1893) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. His full name was James Davis Kelly, but he dropped Kelly when he enlisted Details Davis was approximately 23 years old, and a private in the 42nd Regiment of Foot, later The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 15 April 1858 during the attack on Fort Ruhya, India for which he was awarded the VC. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London. References Harvey, David, Monuments to Courage, 1999 The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Ross, Graham, Scotland's Forgotten Valour, 1995 External links Location of grave and VC medal (Edinburgh) British recipients of the Victoria Cross Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross Black Watch soldiers Military personnel from Edinburgh 1835 births 1893 deaths British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

1218191

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Joseph%20Knight

Alfred Joseph Knight

Alfred Joseph Knight, (24 August 1888 – 4 December 1960) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the only Post Office Rifleman ever to receive this award. Early life Born at Ladywood in Birmingham on 24 August 1888, he attended St. Philip's School (more correctly St Philip's Grammar School), Edgbaston. He married Mabel Saunderson in May 1915. He joined the Post Office and worked as a Clerical Assistant in the North Midland Engineering District. World War I Knight was 29 years old, and a sergeant in the 2/8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 20 September 1917 at Alberta Section, Ypres, Belgium, when his platoon came under very heavy fire from an enemy machine-gun, Sergeant Knight rushed through our own barrage and captured it single-handed. He performed several other acts of conspicuous bravery single-handed, all under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and without regard to personal safety. All the platoon officers of the company had become casualties before the first objective was reached, and this NCO took command not only of all the men of his own platoon but of the platoons without officers and his energy in consolidating and reorganising was untiring. He later achieved the rank of second lieutenant. Later life After the war he was transferred to the Ministry of Labour and was Manager of the Employment Exchange at When he retired in 1951 he was Senior Wages Inspector in the Midlands section of the Ministry of Labour. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1951. Alfred Knight was a member of the Catholic organisation The Catenian Association holding a number of senior offices. In 2005, Birmingham City Council named a street in his honour on the Park Central development in Ladywood, where Alfred Knight grew up. In 2017, Royal Mail dedicated a postbox in honour of Knight. The postbox is located at the corner of Islington Row Middleway and Tennant Street, Birmingham, B15 1LA, on the street where Alfred lived when he worked for the GPO (although the same press release states that he was working as a clerk in Nottingham when he enlisted in the 2/8th Battalion of the Post Office Rifles.). Alfred Knight died at home at the age of 72. He is buried in Oscott Catholic Cemetery, New Oscott, Birmingham. The Medal His medal is held by the British Postal Museum & Archive. References Monuments to Courage (David Dishmet, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Warwickshire) Obituary 1888 births 1960 deaths Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at St Philip's School British Army personnel of World War I London Regiment soldiers Sherwood Foresters officers British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross People from Ladywood

1218683

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Malone%20%28VC%29

Joseph Malone (VC)

Joseph Malone VC (11 January 1833 – 28 June 1883) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. VC action He was 21 years old, and a sergeant in the 13th Light Dragoons (later 13th Hussars), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, Crimean Peninsula (Charge of the Light Brigade), Sergeant Malone, while returning on foot from the charge, in which his horse had been shot, stopped under very heavy fire and helped a troop sergeant-major (John Berryman) and other sergeant (John Farrell) to move a very severely wounded officer (who subsequently died) out of range of the guns. Further details Malone was from Eccles in Lancashire. He later transferred to the 6th Dragoons and in 1858 was commissioned as a Riding Master. In 1881, along with other riding masters, he was granted the honorary rank of Captain. After Crimea Malone found himself with the 6th Dragoons billeted in Pinetown, South Africa. The registers of the Pinetown Library show that Malone borrowed two books on 5 May 1883, but was not able to return because he became ill, and died on 28 June. He is buried in the small cemetery in what was the old St Andrews churchyard off Kings Road. An account of his funeral reads: "His body was brought from the Rugby Hotel on a gun carriage drawn by soldiers, his horse led in front of it, his boots hanging reversed from the saddle, with his sword and knapsack rolled on it, the helmet resting on the coffin. The band played the Dead March and the men moved along the road slowly and majestically to the solemn sounds; and we children were moved to tears with the pathos and marvel of it all." His Victoria Cross was acquired by Lord Ashcroft in 2017 and is displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London as part of the Lord Ashcroft VC collection. He was the grandfather of the stage actress Patricia Malone. References 1833 births 1883 deaths 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers 13th Hussars soldiers British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross People from Eccles, Greater Manchester

1219163

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20William%20Campbell

Frederick William Campbell

Frederick William Campbell (15 June 1867 – 19 June 1915) was a Canadian Army Officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Biography Campbell was born on 15 June 1867 to Ephraim B. and Esther A. Hunt Campbell of Mount Forest, Ontario. He was married, to Margaret Annie. As a lieutenant in the 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, he was awarded the VC for actions performed on 15 June 1915 (his 48th birthday) at Givenchy, France. As he was retreating, his right thigh bone was shattered. The wound turned septic, and Campbell died in hospital in Boulogne four days later. He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, (Plot II, Row A, Grave 24). His gravestone inscription reads: HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST. This inscription is from 'Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746' by William Collins. References Further reading Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915 (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999) External links Frederick William Campbell digitized service file Legion Magazine article Ontario Plaques - Captain Frederick W. Campbell, V.C. 1867-1915 Canadian Virtual Memorial / Memorial Page for Frederick W. Campbell Canadian Virtual Memorial / Photograph Collection for Frederick W. Campbell Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross 1867 births Canadian military personnel killed in World War I 1915 deaths Canadian Expeditionary Force officers The Royal Canadian Regiment officers People from Wellington County, Ontario Canadian military personnel of the Second Boer War Deaths from sepsis

1220092

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Gardner%20%28VC%29

William Gardner (VC)

William Gardner VC DCM (3 March 1821 – 24 October 1897) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was 37 years old, and a colour-sergeant in the 42nd Regiment of Foot (later The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 5 May 1858 at Bareilly, India for which he was awarded the VC: Further information He later achieved the rank of sergeant-Major. His medal was sold by one of his descendants to raise money for charity. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Strathclyde) British recipients of the Victoria Cross Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross Black Watch soldiers 1821 births 1897 deaths People from South Lanarkshire British Army personnel of the Crimean War Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

1220101

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Maxwell

Joseph Maxwell

Joseph "Joe" Maxwell, (10 February 1896 – 6 July 1967) was an Australian soldier, writer, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth armed forces. Often described as Australia's second most decorated soldier of the First World War, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 8 February 1915, and served at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. In just over twelve months he was commissioned and decorated four times for his bravery. An apprentice boilermaker before the war, Maxwell returned to Australia in 1919 and worked as a gardener. In 1932, he published Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles, a book written in collaboration with Hugh Buggy about his war experiences. Attempting to enlist for service during the Second World War, Maxwell was rejected on the grounds of his age before enlisting under an alias in Queensland; his identity was discovered, and after a short period in a training position, he sought discharge. In 1967, aged 71, he died of a heart attack. Early life Maxwell was born in the Sydney suburb of Forest Lodge, New South Wales, on 10 February 1896 to John Maxwell, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Stokes. A member of the Senior Australian Army Cadets for three years, he worked as an apprentice boilermaker at an engineering works near Newcastle upon leaving school. For two years, he served as a member of the Citizens Military Forces, and on 6 February 1915, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force enticed by the prospects of better pay. First World War Training, February 1915 to Western Front, May 1917 Having received his initial training at Liverpool Camp, Maxwell was allotted to "B" Company of the 18th Battalion as a lance corporal, and embarked for Egypt aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 May 1915. The 18th Battalion trained in Egypt from mid-June until mid-August, before proceeding to Gallipoli, where they landed at Anzac Cove on 22 August. The battalion fought its first battle on the same day, staging an attack on the Turkish-held Hill 60. The engagement lasted until 29 August, with half of the battalion becoming casualties, and Maxwell briefly assuming the duties of a stretcher bearer. Maxwell served at Gallipoli with his unit until 2 December, when he was admitted to 5th Field Ambulance and evacuated from the peninsula suffering from jaundice. Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, he remained there until 11 December, when he was posted to a convalescent camp at Ras el Tin. He rejoined the 18th Battalion on 5 January 1916, which had been evacuated from the Gallipoli Peninsula on 20 December the previous year and posted to Egypt. On 4 February, Maxwell was admitted to the Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia with venereal disease. He returned to his battalion four days before it embarked for France, and the Western Front on 18 March. Arriving in Marseilles, France, Maxwell was admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance and then transferred to the 3rd Canadian General Hospital following wounds sustained during battle. He was moved to the 1st Convalescent Depot on 2 May, and then discharged to Base Details eleven days later. He was later found guilty of breaking ranks at the 07:30 parade on the same day and being absent without leave from 08:00 until 13:00 on 24 May; for this transgression, he was reduced to the ranks. Rejoining his battalion on 1 June, he took part in the Battle of Pozières and received a promotion to sergeant in October. Suffering synovitis to his right knee, Maxwell was hospitalised for two days and posted to a training battalion in England on 28 November 1916. He stayed there for five months before embarking for France on 9 May 1917 and rejoining the 18th Battalion five days later. Maxwell was only briefly in France before being selected for officer training. Shortly after arriving in England, he attended a boisterous party with a group of soldiers. The military police raided the party and called the local police for assistance after confronting Maxwell's group. Maxwell was fined £20 and sent back to his unit for his actions. Western Front: May 1917 to August 1918 Maxwell was again selected for officer training, and on 5 July, he was posted to No. 6 Officers' Cadet Battalion. He was promoted to company sergeant major on 7 August, before rejoining the 18th Battalion on 11 September. Nine days later, he was engaged in action near Westhoek during the Third Battle of Ypres when he performed the deeds that earned him the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In the battle, the commander of a platoon was killed; Maxwell took command and led it into attack. Noticing that one of the newly captured positions was under heavy fire, Maxwell dashed to it and led the men to a safer and more tactically secure position, thus minimizing casualties. Commissioned in the field as a second lieutenant on 29 September 1917, Maxwell took part in the engagements around Poelcappelle, Belgium, the following month. He earned promotion to lieutenant on 1 January 1918 and was admitted to the 7th Australian Field Ambulance on 10 January suffering scabies. Having been discharged from the hospital, he rejoined the 18th Battalion on 17 January. On 8 March 1918, Maxwell commanded a scouting patrol that was operating to the east of Ploegsteert. Having obtained the required information, he ordered the patrol to withdraw. He and three of his men were covering the withdrawal of the main body when he noticed about thirty Germans nearby. Recalling the patrol, he led an attack against the party, which had sheltered in an old trench; the Germans quickly withdrew, leaving three dead and one wounded prisoner of war. Maxwell was awarded the Military Cross for his actions during this engagement, news of which was published in a supplement to the London Gazette on 13 May 1918. Throughout the spring of 1918, the 18th Battalion was involved in operations to repel the German offensive. Maxwell took part in these actions until he was granted leave and went back to England on 17 July. He returned to France and rejoined the 18th Battalion on 1 August, before taking part in the Battle of Amiens where he was to earn a Bar to his Military Cross. On 9 August, the battalion was preparing to attack near Rainecourt. Maxwell took command of the company after all of its other officers became casualties. Under his leadership, the company was able to attack on time, despite being subjected to heavy fire. A tank that preceded the advance immediately became the object of enemy fire and was knocked out by a 77 mm gun. Maxwell, who was in close proximity, rushed over and opened the hatch, allowing the crew to escape. After escorting the tank commander to safety, Maxwell returned to lead the company in the attack, which succeeded in reaching and consolidating their objective. The award of the bar was published in a supplement to the London Gazette on 1 February 1919. Victoria Cross, October 1918 to repatriation, August 1919 On 3 October 1918, the 5th Brigade—of which the 18th Battalion was part—became engaged in its last battle of the First World War when breaching the Hindenburg Line close to Beaurevoir and Montbrehain. While taking part in this battle, Maxwell was a member of the attacking party along the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line when he performed the acts for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Early in the advance, Maxwell's company commander was severely wounded, resulting in Maxwell assuming control. Reaching the German barbwire defences under intense machine-gun fire, the company suffered heavy casualties, including all of the officers except Maxwell. Pushing forward alone through a narrow passageway in the wire, Maxwell captured the most dangerous machine gun, killed three Germans and took another four as prisoners; thereby enabling the company to move through the wire and reach their objective. Shortly afterwards, it was noticed that the company on their left flank was held up and failing to advance. Gathering a party of men, Maxwell led the group in an attempt to attack the German force from the rear. They soon came under heavy machine gun fire, and, single-handedly, Maxwell dashed forward and attacked the foremost gun. Firing his revolver, he managed to shoot five of the crew and silence the gun. Later in the advance, Maxwell learnt from an English-speaking prisoner that a group of Germans in the adjacent post wished to surrender, but were afraid to give themselves up. Accompanied by two privates and the prisoner—who was to act as an interpreter—Maxwell approached the post. The three Australians, however, were immediately surrounded by a group of twenty German soldiers and disarmed. They seemed set to become prisoners themselves, before an artillery barrage fell on the position. Taking advantage of the resulting confusion, Maxwell pulled out a concealed revolver and shot two of the Germans before escaping with his men under heavy rifle fire; one of the privates was subsequently wounded. Organising a party of men, he immediately attacked and captured the post. The full citation for Maxwell's Victoria Cross appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette on 6 January 1919, it read: The 18th Battalion was training away from the frontline when the Armistice was declared on 11 November 1918. On 8 March 1919, Maxwell was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace. He headed for Australia on 1 May aboard HT China, disembarking at Melbourne on 8 June and proceeding to Sydney, where he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 20 August. Later life Following demobilisation, Maxwell worked as a gardener in Canberra, Moree and the Maitland district. Having described himself as a reporter, Maxwell married 19-year-old tailoress Mabel Maxwell (unrelated) in a Catholic ceremony at Bellevue Hill, Sydney on 14 February 1921. The marriage produced a daughter, Jean, before being dissolved in 1926 upon Mabel's instigation. On 11 November 1929, Maxwell attended the New South Wales Dinner for recipients of the Victoria Cross in Sydney, and 1932 saw the publication of Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles, a book written in collaboration with Hugh Buggy about his experiences in the war. At the time, Maxwell was working as a gardener with the Department of the Interior in Canberra. The book was a success, but Maxwell soon spent what money he made from it. In the late 1930s, he wrote the manuscript for a second book entitled From the Hindenburg Line to the Breadline. The book was never published and the manuscript was lost when it was lent to someone to read. In 1933, Maxwell acted as a defence witness in the trial of Alfred Jamieson, who was accused of housebreaking. Maxwell was Jamieson's former platoon commander and testified that Jamieson had been of good character but had been strongly affected by the war. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Maxwell made several attempts to enlist, but was unsuccessful due to his age, and deteriorating health. He eventually travelled to Queensland, where he enlisted under the alias of Joseph Wells on 27 June 1940. However, his identity was soon discovered and he was given a training position; dissatisfied, he took his discharge on 9 September 1940. In 1952, Maxwell joined the contingent of Victoria Cross recipients invited to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. On 6 March 1956, describing himself as a journalist from Bondi, Maxwell married widow Anne Martin, née Burton, in Sydney. Three years later, he attended the Victoria Cross centenary celebrations in London, before later re-visiting the battlefields in France. In 1964, together with his wife, Maxwell attended the opening of the VC Corner in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. He was determined that his Victoria Cross would not wind up in the collection, believing that the award would be devalued by "lumping" them together. On 6 July 1967, Maxwell collapsed and died of a heart attack in a street in his home town Matraville, New South Wales. He had been an invalid pensioner for some time. His funeral service took place with full military honours at St Mathias Anglican Church, Paddington. Having been cremated, his ashes were interred at the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium in Botany. Anne Maxwell presented her husband's medals to the Army Museum of New South Wales at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, and subsequently the medals, together with a portrait and a brass copy of his VC citation, were unveiled by the Minister of Defence, Allan Fairhall. In 2003, Maxwell's medals were presented to the Australian War Memorial on a permanent loan basis. Notes References Further reading External links 1896 births 1967 deaths Australian Army officers Australian boilermakers Australian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Australian non-fiction writers Australian recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal Australian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross People from New South Wales Recipients of the Military Cross Burials at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

1220228

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Murray%20%28Irish%20soldier%29

John Murray (Irish soldier)

John Murray (February 1837 – 7 November 1911) was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Murray was born in Birr, County Offaly, in February 1837. Victoria Cross He was approximately 27 years old, and a sergeant in the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War in New Zealand when the following deed took place on 21 June 1864 at Tauranga for which he was awarded the VC: Further information Murray died at Derrinlogh in County Offaly on 7 November 1911. The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Durham Light Infantry Museum & Durham Art Gallery in Durham, England. References External links Location of grave and VC medal (Co. Offaly, Ireland) DLI Biography Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross Durham Light Infantry soldiers British military personnel of the New Zealand Wars New Zealand Wars recipients of the Victoria Cross 1837 births 1911 deaths 19th-century Irish people Irish soldiers in the British Army People from Birr, County Offaly British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

1220327

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Owens%20%28VC%29

James Owens (VC)

James Owens VC (1827 – 20 August 1901) was born in Killaine, Bailieborough, County Cavan and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was about 27 years old, and a corporal in the 49th Regiment of Foot (later The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30 October 1854 at Sebastopol, in the Crimean Peninsula, Corporal Owens greatly distinguished himself in a personal encounter with the Russians, and gave assistance to a lieutenant of his regiment. He later achieved the rank of Sergeant. He died Romford, Essex, 20 August 1901. His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum(Salisbury, Wiltshire, England). References Listed in order of publication year The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997) Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000) Dictionary of Ulster Biography External links Location of grave and VC medal (Essex) Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross British Army personnel of the Crimean War Royal Berkshire Regiment soldiers People from County Cavan 1829 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Irish people Irish soldiers in the British Army British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Robinson%20%28VC%29

Edward Robinson (VC)

Edward Robinson (17 June 1838 – 2 October 1896) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Robinson was 19 years old, and an able seaman in the Royal Navy, serving in the Naval Brigade from HMS Shannon during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Berkshire) News Item (ceremonial unveiling and dedication of a memorial) 1838 births 1896 deaths Royal Navy sailors British recipients of the Victoria Cross Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross People from Portsea, Portsmouth People from Portsmouth

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20John%20O%27Leary

Michael John O'Leary

Major Michael John O'Leary VC (29 September 1890 – 2 August 1961) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. O'Leary achieved his award for single-handedly charging and destroying two German barricades defended by machine gun positions near the French village of Cuinchy, in a localised operation on the Western Front during the First World War. At the time of his action, O'Leary was a nine-year veteran of the British armed forces and by the time he retired from the British Army in 1921, he had reached the rank of lieutenant. He served in the army again during the Second World War, although his later service was blighted by periods of ill-health. At his final retirement from the military in 1945, O'Leary was an Army major in command of a prisoner of war camp. Between the wars, O'Leary spent many years employed as a police officer in Canada and is sometimes considered to be a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross. Following the Second World War he worked as a building contractor in London, where he died in 1961. Early life O'Leary was born in 1890, one of four children of Daniel and Margaret O'Leary, who owned a farm at Inchigeela, near Macroom in County Cork, Ireland. Daniel O'Leary was a fervent Irish nationalist and keen sportsman who participated in competitive weightlifting and football. Aged 16 and unwilling to continue to work on his parent's land, Michael O'Leary joined the Royal Navy, serving at the shore establishment HMS Vivid at Devonport for several years until rheumatism in his knees forced his departure from the service. Within a few months however, O'Leary had again tired of the farm and joined the Irish Guards regiment of the British Army. O'Leary served three years with the Irish Guards, leaving in August 1913 to join the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Operating from Regina, Constable O'Leary was soon commended for his bravery in capturing two criminals following a two-hour gunbattle, for which service he was presented with a gold ring. At the outbreak of the First World War in Europe during August 1914, O'Leary was given permission to leave the RNWMP and return to Britain in order to rejoin the army as an active reservist. On 22 October, O'Leary was mobilized and on 23 November he joined his regiment in France, then fighting with the British Expeditionary Force, entrenched in Flanders. First World War service During December 1914, O'Leary saw heavy fighting with the Irish Guards and was Mentioned in Despatches and subsequently promoted to lance corporal on 5 January 1915. Three weeks later, on 30 January, the Irish Guards were ordered to prepare for an attack on German positions near Cuinchy on the La Bassée Canal, a response to a successful German operation in the area five days before. The Germans attacked first however, and on the morning of 1 February seized a stretch of canal embankment on the western end of the 2nd Brigade line from a company of Coldstream Guards. This section, known as the Hollow, was tactically important as it defended a culvert that passed underneath a railway embankment. 4 Company of Irish Guards, originally in reserve, were tasked with joining the Coldstream Guards in retaking the position at 04:00, but the attack was met with heavy machine gun fire and most of the assault party, including all of the Irish Guards officers, were killed or wounded. To replace these officers, Second Lieutenant Innes of 1 Company was ordered forward to gather the survivors and withdraw, forming up at a barricade on the edge of the Hollow. Innes regrouped the survivors and, following a heavy bombardment from supporting artillery and with his own company providing covering fire, assisted the Coldstream Guards in a second attack at 10:15. Weighed down with entrenching equipment, the attacking Coldstream Guardsmen faltered and began to suffer heavy casualties. Innes too came under heavy fire from a German barricade to their front equipped with a machine gun. O'Leary had been serving as Innes's orderly, and had joined him in the operations earlier in the morning and again in the second attack. Charging past the rest of the assault party, O'Leary closed with the first German barricade at the top of the railway embankment and fired five shots, killing the gun's crew. Continuing forward, O'Leary confronted a second barricade, also armed with a machine gun further on and again mounted the railway embankment, to avoid the marshy ground on either side. The Germans spotted his approach, but could not bring their gun to bear on him before he opened fire, killing three soldiers and capturing two others after he ran out of ammunition. Reportedly, O'Leary had made his advance on the second barricade "intent upon killing another German to whom he had taken a dislike". Having disabled both guns and enabled the recapture of the British position, O'Leary then returned to his unit with his prisoners, apparently "as cool as if he had been for a walk in the park." For his actions, O'Leary received a battlefield promotion to sergeant on 4 February and was recommended for the Victoria Cross, which was gazetted on 16 February: No. 3556 Lance-Corporal Michael O'Leary, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards For conspicuous bravery at Cuinchy on the 1st February, 1915. When forming one of the storming party which advanced against the enemy's barricades he rushed to the front and himself killed five Germans who were holding the first barricade, after which he attacked a second barricade, about 60 yards further on, which he captured, after killing three of the enemy and making prisoners of two more. Lance-Corporal O'Leary thus practically captured the enemy's position by himself and prevented the attacking party from being fired upon. The London Gazette, 16 February 1915 Later war service Returning to Britain to receive his medal from King George V at Buckingham Palace on 22 June 1915, O'Leary was given a grand reception attended by thousands of Londoners in Hyde Park on 10 July. He was also the subject of much patriotic writing, including a poem in the Daily Mail and the short play O'Flaherty V.C. by George Bernard Shaw. Tributes came from numerous prominent figures of the day, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who said that "No writer in fiction would dare to fasten such an achievement on any of his characters, but the Irish have always had a reputation of being wonderful fighters, and Lance-Corporal Michael O’Leary is clearly one of them." and Thomas Scanlan who said: "I heard early this week of the great achievements of the Irish Guards. All Ireland is proud of O’Leary. He fully deserves the high honour that has been conferred upon him. Ireland is grateful to him." His reception was repeated in Macroom when he visited Ireland, with crowds turning out to applaud him. Daniel O'Leary was interviewed in a local newspaper regarding his son's exploit but was reportedly unimpressed, commenting: "I am surprised he didn't do more. I often laid out twenty men myself with a stick coming from Macroom Fair, and it is a bad trial of Mick that he could kill only eight, and he having a rifle and bayonet." O'Leary was further rewarded for his service, being advanced to a commissioned rank as a second lieutenant with the Connaught Rangers, and he was also presented with a Russian decoration, the Cross of St. George (third class). Despite his popularity with the crowds in London and Macroom, he was jeered by Ulster Volunteers at a recruitment drive in Ballaghaderreen during the autumn of 1915. This treatment caused such a scandal that it was raised in the Houses of Parliament in December. In 1916, O'Leary travelled to Salonika with the 5th battalion of the Connaught Rangers to serve in the Balkans campaign, remaining in theatre until the end of the war, following which he was stationed in Dover with the 2nd battalion until demobilised in 1921. During his service in the Balkans, O'Leary contracted malaria, which was to have severe negative effects on his health for the rest of his life. O'Leary was in the same regiment as the British actor Stanley Holloway and they served together in France. After the war ended, they remained close friends and Holloway often stayed in The May Fair Hotel where O'Leary worked as a concierge. Later life Leaving his wife Greta and their two children in Britain, O'Leary returned to Canada in March 1921 with the purported intention of rejoining the RNWMP, newly renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. For unknown reasons, this plan came to nothing and after some months giving lectures on his war service and working in a publishing house, O'Leary joined the Ontario Provincial Police, charged with enforcing the prohibition laws. In 1924, with his family recently arrived from England, O'Leary left the Ontario police force and became a police sergeant with the Michigan Central Railway in Bridgeburg, Ontario, receiving £33 a month. In 1925, O'Leary was the subject of several scandals, being arrested for smuggling illegal immigrants and later for irregularities in his investigations. Although he was acquitted both times, he spent a week in prison following the second arrest and lost his job with the railway. Several months later, the municipal authorities in Hamilton, Ontario loaned him £70 to pay for him and his family to return to Ireland. Although his family sailed on the SS Leticia, O'Leary remained in Ontario, working with the attorney general's office. With his health in serious decline, the British Legion arranged for O'Leary to return to Britain and work in their poppy factory. By 1932, O'Leary was living in Southborne Avenue in Colindale, had regained his health and found employment as a commissionaire at The May Fair Hotel in London, at which he was involved in charitable events for wounded servicemen. With the mobilisation of the British Army in 1939, O'Leary returned to military service as a captain in the Middlesex Regiment. O'Leary was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force but had returned to Britain before the Battle of France due to a recurrence of his malaria. No longer fit for full active service, O'Leary was transferred to the Pioneer Corps and took command of a prisoner of war camp in Southern England. In 1945, he was discharged from the military as unfit for duty on medical grounds as a major and found work as a building contractor, in which career he remained until his retirement in 1954. Two of O'Leary's sons had also served in the military during the war, with both receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions. As a Victoria Cross recipient, O'Leary joined the VE day parade in 1946, but at the 1956 Centenary VC review his place was taken by an imposter travelling in a bath chair. With his health again declining, O'Leary moved to Limesdale Gardens in Edgware shortly before his death in 1961 at the Whittington Hospital in Islington. O'Leary was buried at Mill Hill Cemetery following a funeral service at the Roman Catholic Annunciation Church in Burnt Oak which was attended by an honour guard from the Irish Guards and six of his children. His medals were later presented to the Irish Guards, and are on display at the Regimental Headquarters. He is also remembered in his birthplace, the macroom-online website listing him as a prominent citizen and states that "while many might consider he was fighting with the wrong army, in the wrong war, he was nevertheless a very brave, resourceful and capable soldieer who deserved the honours bestowed upon him." Notes References Further reading The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997) Ireland's VCs (Dept of Economic Development, 1995) Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000) External links Grave Location for holders of the Victoria Cross in North West London, www.victoriacross.org.uk, Retrieved 27 September 2008 1890 births 1961 deaths Irish Guards soldiers Connaught Rangers officers British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War II Irish World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Ontario Provincial Police officers Middlesex Regiment officers Royal Navy sailors Recipients of the Cross of St. George People from Macroom British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Smith%20Rutherford

Charles Smith Rutherford

Charles Smith Rutherford (9 February 1892 – 11 June 1989) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early years Rutherford was born on a farm in Colborne, Ontario on 9 January 1892. He joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1916 and was posted to the 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF. World War I He began his service in the ranks, and as a sergeant was awarded the Military Medal on 23 February 1918. After being commissioned, he was also awarded the Military Cross, the full citation was not published until after that of his VC, in a supplement to the London Gazette of 10 January 1919 (dated 11 January 1919): Rutherford was 26 years old serving in the 4th Battle of the Scarpe near Monchy, France, when he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On 26 August 1918, while commanding an assaulting party, he found himself a considerable distance ahead of his men and at the same moment saw a fully armed strong enemy party outside a pill-box in front of him. By masterly bluff, he managed to persuade the enemy that they were surrounded and the whole party of 45, including two officers and three machine-guns, surrendered. The lieutenant then observed that gunfire from another pill-box was holding up the assault, so with a Lewis gun section he attacked it capturing another 35 prisoners and their guns. The full citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 12 November 1918 (dated 15 November 1918): He later achieved the rank of captain. Post World War I From 1934 to 1940, Rutherford was the Sergeant at Arms of the Ontario Legislature when Mitchell Hepburn was Premier. He was the first sergeant to eject a member of the Legislature. During World War II he served with the Veterans Guard of Canada, reaching the rank of Captain. C.S. Rutherford was the last recipient of the Victoria Cross from World War I to die, on 11 June 1989 at the age of 97. He is buried at The Union Cemetery, Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The location of Rutherford's medals is not public knowledge. References External links Charles S. Rutherford's digitized service file Charles S. Rutherford biography on DHH 1892 births 1989 deaths Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Canadian recipients of the Military Medal Canadian recipients of the Military Cross Canadian Expeditionary Force officers People from Northumberland County, Ontario The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada officers Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian military personnel from Ontario

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Leitch%20%28VC%29

Peter Leitch (VC)

Peter Leitch VC (August 1820 – 6 December 1892) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Peter Leitch was brought up in Milnathort, Orwell, Kinross-shire in Scotland, becoming a carpenter and joiner. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in about 1844–45. After a number of postings, in 1854 he joined the Baltic campaign as one of 106 army sappers who accompanied the Royal Navy fleet. In the Baltic he took part in the Battle of Bomarsund where, as a corporal, he had charge of the carpenters who laid the platform of a British battery landed on Åland Island. Leitch returned to England at the close of the Baltic operations, and was soon sent to the Crimea, arriving early in 1855. Here he took part in the siege of Sebastopol, maintaining the gun platforms of the siege batteries of the British 'right attack'. VC action Leitch was a 34 year old colour-sergeant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. For his Crimea service, Leitch also received the 5th class of the French Legion of Honour. Later career After the Crimean War, Leitch served at Gibraltar before returning to England. Rising to the rank of sergeant major, he finally left the army after 28 years service in the Royal Engineers, of which 17 had been spent abroad. He was then employed in the Royal Engineers office at Dover, Kent, before retiring due to failing health. He died in London on 6 December 1892 at the age of 72, and was buried in Margravine Cemetery (also known as Hammersmith Cemetery) in West London. Although the grave memorial was lost when much of the cemetery was levelled and cleared during the 1950s, a new headstone was placed on Leitch's grave site by the Victoria Cross Trust in 2016. Leitch Row, a road in Brompton, Gillingham, Kent is named after him. The medal His Victoria Cross and other medals are displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, Kent. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) External links Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs Location of grave and VC medal (W. London) 1820 births 1892 deaths Crimean War recipients of the Victoria Cross British recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal Engineers soldiers British Army personnel of the Crimean War People from Perth and Kinross Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20James%20Jr.

Daniel James Jr.

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces. Three years later James was forced to retire prematurely due to heart issues, and just a couple weeks after doing so he died of a heart attack. James attended the famous Tuskegee Institute and instructed African American pilots during World War II. He flew combat missions during the Korean War and Vietnam War, and received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, two Legions of Merit, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Meritorious Service Medal, and fourteen Air Medals. Biography Early life and education Daniel James Jr. was born on February 11, 1920, to Daniel and Lillie Anna (Brown) James. Daniel James Sr. worked for the Pensacola city gas company, while his mother, Lillie Anna James, was a high school teacher who established a private school for her own and other Black children in Pensacola, Florida. His mother would continue to run the "Lillie A James School" until her death at the age of 82. James graduated from the Tuskegee University in 1942, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. Military career World War II James continued civilian pilot training under the government-sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program. He then enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the United States Army Air Forces on January 18, 1943, receiving his commission as a second lieutenant and pilot wings at Tuskegee Army Airfield, Alabama, on July 28, 1943. He remained at Tuskegee as a civilian instructor pilot in the Army Air Corps later that July. Throughout the remainder of the war James trained pilots for the all-Black 99th Pursuit Squadron. After completing P-40 Warhawk training and then B-25 Mitchell training, James served as a B-25 pilot with the 617th Bomb Squadron of the 477th Bomb Group at Godman Army Airfield and then at Lockbourne Army Airfield from January 1944 until the end of the war. While arrested for participating in the Freeman Field mutiny, James smuggled out press releases written by Coleman Young. James did not see combat himself until the Korean War. While serving in Lockbourne, James next served as a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the 301st Fighter Squadron from July 1947 to October 1948, and then served as on the staff of the 332nd Air Base Group at Lockbourne from November 1948 to September 1949. Korean War In September 1949, James went to the Philippines as flight leader for the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter Wing at Clark Field. In July 1950 he left for Korea, where he flew 101 combat missions in P-51 Mustang and F-80 aircraft. His combat missions were with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, and 44th Fighter Bomber Squadron. After Korea James returned to the United States, and in July 1951 went to Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, as an all-weather jet fighter pilot with the 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, later becoming operations officer. In April 1953, he became commander of the 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, and assumed command of the 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in August 1955. While stationed at Otis, he received the Massachusetts Junior Chamber of Commerce 1954 award of "Young Man of the Year" for his outstanding community relations efforts. On August 15, 1954, he appeared as a contestant on the game show What's My Line? He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College in June 1957. James next was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force as a staff officer in the Air Defense Division of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. In July 1960 he was transferred to RAF Bentwaters in England, where he served successively as assistant director of operations and then director of operations, 81st Tactical Fighter Wing; commander, 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron; and deputy commander for operations for the 81st Wing. In September 1964, James was transferred to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where he was director of operations training and later deputy commander for operations for the 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing. Vietnam War James went to Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in December 1966, as deputy commander for operations, 8th TFW. In June 1967, under Colonel Robin Olds, he was named wing vice commander when Col. Vermont Garrison completed his tour. Both in their mid-40s, they formed a legendary team nicknamed "Blackman and Robin". James flew 78 combat missions into North Vietnam, many in the Hanoi/Haiphong area, and led a flight in the "Operation Bolo" MiG sweep in which seven Communist MiG-21s were destroyed, the highest total kill of any mission during the Vietnam War. After Vietnam He was named vice commander of the 33rd TFW at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in December 1967. While stationed at Eglin, the Florida State Jaycees named James as Florida's "Outstanding American of the Year" for 1969, and he received the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award. He was transferred to Wheelus Air Base in the Libyan Arab Republic in August 1969 as Commander of the 7272nd Fighter Training Wing. Following the coup engineered by radical Libyan officers, including Mohammar Qaddafi, James had a tense standoff with the militants in the late stages of turning Wheelus over to the Libyans. James was determined not to be pushed off the base early, but Qaddafi and his followers began pushing the Americans to see how far they could go and at one point "ran a column of half-tracks through the base housing area at full speed". Following this escalation, James closed the gates of the base. Qaddafi arrived at the gate and while talking to James, moved his hand over to his pistol holster to which James replied: "I told him to move his hand away. If he had pulled that gun, his hand would have never cleared the holster." In March 1970 James was promoted to brigadier general and became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). James played a key role in rejecting the accuracy of a list of prisoners of war supplied by North Vietnam, despite widespread agreement within the U.S. government that it was in close accord with intelligence estimates. That rejection, in turn, bolstered the politically explosive myth that the communists deliberately were holding prisoners as hostages for some future leverage. He was designated principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) in April 1973. On September 1, 1974, he assumed duty as vice commander of the Military Airlift Command (MAC), headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, as a Lieutenant General. On September 1, 1975, James was promoted to the four-star rank of general (O-10), becoming the highest ranking African-American in the history of the United States military to that date. He was assigned as commander in chief of NORAD/ADCOM at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. In these dual capacities he had operational command of all United States and Canadian strategic aerospace defense forces. On December 6, 1977, he assumed duty as special assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force. James retired from the Air Force on January 31, 1978. Death James died of a heart attack on February 25, 1978, just two weeks after his 58th birthday and three weeks following his retirement from the Air Force. An earlier heart attack had forced his retirement. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, following a Funeral Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy Watkins James, their daughter, Danice Berry, and two sons, Daniel James III and Claude James. His wife Dorothy died in 2000 and is buried with him in Arlington. Personal life James met his wife Dorothy while he was at Tuskegee and they were married on the campus on November 3, 1942. They had two sons and one daughter. General James's son, Lieutenant General Daniel James III, also served in the United States Air Force as a fighter pilot and in the Texas Air National Guard. He served from 1995 to 2002 as the Adjutant General of the Texas National Guard (the first African American to hold the post), and as Director of the Air National Guard from 2002 to 2006. In the summer of 2006, he retired from the Air Force at the rank of Lieutenant General after 38 years of total commissioned service, on active duty and as an Air Guardsman. Political positions James was widely known for his speeches on Americanism and patriotism, for which he was editorialized in numerous national and international publications. When asked his views on the growing civil rights movement after having to make an emergency landing, he answered, "Look, friend, I'm really not interested in all of that, really. See I consider myself damned lucky to have been able to land my airplane at this emergency strip in one piece." Being asked about militants like H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael, who implied that blacks ought to fight at home rather than in Vietnam, also angered James, with his stating "the lawlessness, rioting, men like Stokely Carmichael acting as if they speak for the Negro people. They aren't, and set civil rights back 100 years!" James even removed his Black Panther emblem from his helmet since it had become associated with a movement he no longer identified with. Excerpts from some of the speeches have been read into the Congressional Record. The statements by James in which he repudiated the most militant point of view endeared him to concerned whites, including President Johnson, who invited him to a White House reception. Immediately after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and as riots erupted in several areas across the country, James addressed a gathering of Air Force Association officers at which he declared that in spite of events and the resistance to progress, "I'm not disgusted-I'm a citizen of the United States of America and I'm no second-class citizen either and no man here is, unless he thinks like one and reasons like one and performs like one. This is my country and I believe in her, and I will serve her, and I'll contribute to her welfare whenever and however I can. If she has any ills, I'll stand by her until in God's given time, through her wisdom and her consideration for the welfare of the entire nation, she will put them right." He was awarded the George Washington Freedom Foundation Medal in both 1967 and 1968. He received the Arnold Air Society Eugene M. Zuckert Award in 1970 for outstanding contributions to Air Force professionalism. His citation read "... fighter pilot with a magnificent record, public speaker, and eloquent spokesman for the American Dream we so rarely achieve." Honors and awards General James' military awards include the following: The civilian awards that General James received included the following: Builders of a Greater Arizona Award (1969); Phoenix Urban League Man of the Year Award, Distinguished Service Achievement Award from Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity (1970); American Legion National Commander's Public Relations Award, Veteran of Foreign Wars Commander in Chief's Gold Medal Award and Citation (1971); Capital Press Club, Washington, D.C., Salute to Black Pioneers Award (1975); and, all in 1976, the Air Force Association Jimmy Doolittle Chapter Man of the Year Award, Florida Association of Broadcasters' Gold Medal Award, American Veterans of World War II Silver Helmet Award, United Service Organization Liberty Bell Award, Blackbook Minority Business and Reference Guidance Par Excellence Award, American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, United Negro College Fund's Distinguished Service Award, Horatio Alger Award, VFW Americanism Medal, Bishop Wright Air Industry Award, and the Kitty Hawk Award (Military). He was awarded honorary doctor of laws degrees from the University of West Florida in 1971; the University of Akron in 1973; Virginia State College in 1974; Delaware State College in 1975; and St. Louis University in 1976. He was named honorary national commander of the Arnold Air Society in 1971. In 2019, he was chosen as the Class Exemplar for the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2022. In 2020, the new Pensacola Bay Bridge was renamed the General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Bridge, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing the bill designating the bridge's name on June 2, 2020. The bridge connects larger Pensacola with Gulf Breeze and the beachfront community of Pensacola Beach. See also Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Martin Delany References Further reading External links Profile on James Information on James Official biography official USAF site – AF.mil Chappie James Suite from The Airmen of Note album "Brothers in Blue" 1920 births 1978 deaths United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War American Korean War pilots American Vietnam War pilots Burials at Arlington National Cemetery North American Aerospace Defense Command People from Pensacola, Florida Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Recipients of the Air Medal Tuskegee Airmen United States Air Force generals Tuskegee University alumni African-American aviators Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II African-American Catholics

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Williams%20%28sportscaster%29

Brian Williams (sportscaster)

Brian James Williams (born July 18, 1946) is a Canadian sportscaster who is best known for his coverage of the Olympic Games. Early life Williams' father was a physician. His father's work caused the Williams family to relocate to such places as Invermere, British Columbia; New Haven, Connecticut; Edmonton, Alberta; Hamilton, Ontario (where he graduated from Westdale Secondary School); Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan (where he graduated from Aquinas College with a B.A. in history & political science in 1969). After graduating, he spent a year as a teacher at a Grand Rapids school. Broadcasting career Williams began his involvement in broadcasting when he applied for a part-time job at his college's classical station WXTO which was located in the tower of the Aquinas College's Administration Building. Williams also was the first to travel with the Aquinas College "Tommies" Basketball team announcing the "Tommies" basketball games via a one-man telephone connection. Williams' college goal was to go back to Canada and become a sports journalist. Williams was long associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's sports coverage since joining the network in 1974, after radio employment at Toronto's CFRB and CHUM. CBC Williams served as the studio host for the CBC's coverage of the CFL, Formula 1 and horse racing and was the play-by-play announcer for the network's coverage of the Toronto Blue Jays. He was the principal studio anchor for CBC's Olympic Games coverage for the 1984 Winter, 1984 Summer, 1988 Winter, 1988 Summer, 1992 Winter, 1996 Summer, 1998 Winter, 2000 Summer, 2002 Winter, 2004 Summer and 2006 Winter Olympics. Williams also covered the 2002 FIFA World Cup for CBC. Williams also worked with Peter Mansbridge during 2000 Today, CBC's coverage of the millennium. CTV and TSN On June 5, 2006, Williams announced plans to move in December 2006 to rival CTV, and its sports network TSN. However, on June 8, 2006, the CBC fired Williams, thereby causing him to join CTV/TSN effective immediately as on-site host of TSN's Canadian Football League coverage. (This position should not be confused with the "studio host" position that remains held by Rod Smith.) Williams was chosen to head the CTV broadcasting team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. On February 22, 2010, while providing coverage of the Winter Olympics, Williams did a skit with Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC Nightly News, at CTV's Olympic set. Some in the media dubbed this the new "Battle of the Brians," as NBC's Williams compared his own modest set to CTV's expensive Olympic studio. Williams anchored CTV's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He criticized the International Olympic Committee for not properly honouring the Israeli delegates who were slain during the 1972 Summer Olympics. He continues to appear, as of 2019, as a contributor to CFL on TSN, as host of TSN's coverage of the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, and as host of figure skating coverage on both networks and also contributes content to TSN Radio. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Radio Until 2019, Williams co-hosted Don Cherry's Grapeline on Sportsnet Radio, along with Don Cherry, for thirty-five years, first on CFRB radio in Toronto, and then as a syndicated show on Sportsnet. Retirement Brian Williams announced his retirement from broadcasting on 2 December 2021 after a 50 year career. Quirks His unique voice and quirks such as frequently announcing the time, sometimes in several different time zones at once, has made him one of Canada's most distinctive broadcasters. He is a frequent subject of parody on Canadian comedy shows such as Royal Canadian Air Farce. Honours In 2011, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to sports broadcasting, notably that of amateur sports, and for his community involvement". Commonwealth honours Commonwealth honours He received his Order of Canada Insignia during an Investiture at Rideau Hall from Governor General David Johnston on 25 May 2012. Scholastic Honorary degrees References External links Multimedia CBC archives - Williams hosting the opening of SkyDome in Toronto. Grapeline archives - Williams co-hosts Grapeline with Don Cherry. Websites TSN profile Speakers' Spotlight: Brian Williams CTV PR: "Going For Gold. Brian Williams To Join CTV, TSN" TSN PR (June 9): "Brian Williams Makes CTV/TSN Debut June 16 During CFL Season Opener" Canadian Communications Foundation profile 1946 births Living people Aquinas College (Michigan) alumni Canadian association football commentators Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian Football League announcers Canadian horse racing announcers Canadian radio sportscasters Canadian schoolteachers Canadian television sportscasters CBC Television people Journalists from Manitoba Journalists from Toronto Major League Baseball broadcasters National Hockey League broadcasters Officers of the Order of Canada Olympic Games broadcasters People from the Regional District of East Kootenay Sportspeople from Edmonton Sportspeople from Grand Rapids, Michigan Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Sportspeople from New Haven, Connecticut Sportspeople from Toronto Sportspeople from Winnipeg Toronto Blue Jays announcers Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Screen Award winners

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Brian Williams (disambiguation)

Brian Williams (born 1959) is an American journalist. Brian Williams may also refer to: People Sports Brian Williams (sportscaster) (born 1946), Canadian sportscaster Brian Williams (linebacker) (born 1972), former American football linebacker Brian Williams (cornerback) (born 1979), American football cornerback Brian Williams (center) (born 1966), former American football center Brian Williams (basketball) or Bison Dele (1969–2002), American basketball player Brian Williams (baseball) (born 1969), former American baseball pitcher Brian Williams (rugby union) (1962–2007), former Welsh rugby player Brian Williams (footballer, born 1955), English former footballer Brian Williams (footballer, born 1961), Trinidadian football coach and football player Brian Williams (Australian footballer) (1936–2010), Australian rules footballer Other people Brian Williams (director), Irish-born London-based designer turned creative advertising director Brian Williams (illustrator) (1956–2010), illustrator of the later Lone Wolf gamebooks Brian Williams (Missouri politician), member of the Missouri Senate Brian Williams (Ohio politician) (born 1942), former member of the US state of Ohio's House of Representatives Brian Williams (surgeon) (born 1969), American surgeon Lustmord (Brian Williams), experimental musician Brian Glyn Williams, professor of Islamic history Fictional characters Brian Williams, father of fictional character Rory Williams in the television series Doctor Who Smash Williams (Brian Williams), a fictional character in the television series Friday Night Lights See also Bryan Williams (disambiguation)

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Dominique Jean Larrey

Baron Dominique Jean Larrey (; 8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon and military doctor, who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, he is often considered the first modern military surgeon. Early life and career Larrey was born in the little village of Beaudéan, in the Pyrenees as the son of a shoemaker, who later moved to Bordeaux. He was orphaned at the age of 13, and was then raised by his uncle Alexis, who was chief surgeon in Toulouse. After an 8-year apprenticeship, he went to Paris to study under Pierre-Joseph Desault, who was chief surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Larrey then went to Brest, where he was appointed surgeon in the navy and began lecturing. In 1787 he boarded a ship deployed to the defense of Newfoundland, and was, at nearly 21 years-old at the time, the youngest medical officer in the French Royal Navy. While in America, Larrey took an interest in the local environment, writing observations on the local flora, fauna, climate and manners, which were published years later in his Mémoires de chirurgie militaire et campagnes du baron D.J. Larrey. In 1789, Larrey was back in Paris, where he worked with Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Xavier Bichat and Raphaël Bienvenu Sabatier in Les Invalides. On 14 July, during the Storming of the Bastille, he improvised an ambulance to treat the wounded. Revolutionary Wars A supporter of the ideas of the Revolution, Larrey joined the French Army of the Rhine in 1792, during the War of the First Coalition. In Mainz he met with Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring. During this time, Larrey initiated the modern method of army surgery, field hospitals and the system of army ambulance corps. After seeing the speed with which the carriages of the French flying artillery maneuvered across the battlefields, Larrey adapted them as ambulance volantes ("Flying ambulances") for rapid transport of the wounded and manned them with trained crews of drivers, corpsmen and litterbearers. At the Battle of Metz (1793) Larrey successfully demonstrated the value of field ambulances. The quartermaster-general Jacques-Pierre Orillard de Villemanzy ordered prototypes to be built, after which ambulances would be supplied to all the Republic's armies. The politicians heard of this, and ordered a national contest to find the best design, thus delaying their delivery by over two years. Larrey also increased the mobility and improved the organization of field hospitals, effectively creating a forerunner of the modern MASH units. He established a rule for the triage of war casualties, treating the wounded according to the seriousness of their injuries and urgency of need for medical care, regardless of their rank or nationality. Soldiers of enemy armies, as well as those of the French and their allies, were treated. In 1794 he was sent to Toulon, where he met for the first time with Napoleon Bonaparte. He married the painter Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux. In Spain he fell ill and was sent back to Paris, where he worked as a professor of anatomy at the Val-de-Grâce Medical School for a short time, in 1796, before being appointed surgeon-in-chief of the Revolutionary armies in Italy. Larrey departed with the Egyptian campaign in 1798. Following the victory at the Battle of Abukir, he established a medical school for army physicians in Cairo. Many of his patients at the time were affacted by ophthalmy, a disease known in Europe since the Crusades, which Larrey studied and wrote about in his memoirs. He improved the transportation of wounded soldiers through the use of dromedaries, with two chests attached to each side of their hump to carry the wounded, instead of horses of difficult movement in the desert. He was wounded during the Siege of Acre. Larrey returned to France in October 1801. Napoleonic Wars Larrey was made a Commander of the Légion d'honneur on 12 May 1807. He joined in the Battle of Aspern-Essling, where he operated on Marshall Jean Lannes and amputated one of his legs in two minutes. He became the favorite of the Emperor, who commented, "If the army ever erects a monument to express its gratitude, it should do so in honor of Larrey", he was ennobled as a Baron on the field of Wagram in 1809. In 1811, Baron Larrey co-led the surgical team that performed a pre-anesthetic mastectomy on Frances Burney in Paris. Her detailed account of this operation gives insight into early 19th century doctor-patient relationships, and early surgical methods in the home of the patient. Larrey was involved in the French invasion of Russia. When Napoleon was sent to Elba, Larrey proposed to join him, but the former Emperor refused. At Waterloo in 1815 his courage under fire was noticed by the Duke of Wellington who ordered his soldiers not to fire in his direction so as to "give the brave man time to gather up the wounded" and saluted "the courage and devotion of an age that is no longer ours". Trying to escape to the French border, Larrey was taken prisoner by the Prussians who wanted to execute him on the spot. Larrey was recognized by one of the German surgeons, who pleaded for his life. Perhaps partly because he had saved the life of Blücher's son when he was wounded near Dresden and taken prisoner by the French, he was pardoned, invited to Blücher's dinner table as a guest and sent back to France with money and proper clothes. Later career He devoted the remainder of his life to writing, but after the death of Napoleon he started a new medical career in the army as chief-surgeon. In 1826 he visited England, received well by British surgeons. In 1829 he was appointed in the Institut de France. A year later, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. In 1842 he went to Algiers for a health inspection, together with his son, but contracted pneumonia on his way back, dying in Lyon on 25 July. His body was taken to Paris and buried at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery. His remains were transferred to Les Invalides and re-interred near Napoleon's tomb in December 1992. Larrey's writings are still regarded as valuable sources of surgical and medical knowledge and have been translated into all modern languages. Between 1800 and 1840 at least 28 books or articles were published. His son Hippolyte (born 1808) was surgeon-in-ordinary to the emperor Napoleon III. Works Relation historique et chirurgicale de l’expédition de l’armée d’orient, en Egypte et en Syrie. Demonville, Paris 1803. Mémoires de chirurgie militaire, et campagnes. J. Smith, Paris 1812. (digitalized books: Volume1, Volume 2, Volume 3) Richard H. Willmott: Memoirs of military surgery. Cushing, Baltimore 1814. (volumes 1–3, digitalized book) John C. Mercer: Surgical memoirs of the campaigns of Russia, Germany, and France. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia 1832. (volume 4, digitalized Book) NATO Award The Dominique-Jean Larrey Award is the North Atlantic Alliance's highest medical honour. It is bestowed annually by NATO's senior medical body, the Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO (COMEDS), which is composed of the Surgeons General of NATO and partner nations. It is awarded in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to NATO multi-nationality and/or interoperability, or to improvements in the provision of health care in NATO missions in the areas of medical support or healthcare development. References Bibliography External links The Revolutionary Flying Ambulance of Napoleon's Surgeon In Larrey's shadow: transport of British sick and wounded in the Napoleonic wars. Larrey, D. J. Memoirs of Military Surgery and Campaigns of the French Armies, Classics of Surgery Library, 1985, reprint of Joseph Cushing, 1814 1766 births 1842 deaths People from Hautes-Pyrénées Barons Larrey French military doctors Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Recipients of Prussian royal pardons French prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Prussia Members of the French Academy of Sciences Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur 18th-century French physicians 19th-century French physicians Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe Deaths from pneumonia in France

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James Anderson

James Anderson may refer to: Arts James Anderson (American actor) (1921–1969), American actor James Anderson (author) (1936–2007), British mystery writer James Anderson (English actor) (born 1980), British actor James Anderson (filmmaker) (1902–1960), American film director James Anderson (songwriter) (1825–1899), Tyneside songwriter James Anderson (writer), American television writer James Arthur Anderson (born 1955), American writer James McConnell Anderson (1907–1998), American painter and potter Big Dad Ritch (James Richard Anderson), lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition James Robertson Anderson (1811–1895), Scottish actor Government James Anderson (British politician) (1800–1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling James Anderson (Manitoba politician) (1903–1983), Canadian politician James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968), Financial Commissioner of the Punjab James Drummond Anderson (1852–1920), member of the Indian Civil Service James H. Anderson (politician) (1878–1936), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in the 1920s James Lee Anderson (born 1948), American politician in the Wyoming Senate James Sibree Anderson (1841–1927), Scottish-born Wisconsin politician James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946), Canadian politician; Premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934 Military James Anderson (defense official), acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson Jr. (1947–1967), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient James Anderson (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1835) James Anderson (Medal of Honor) (1849–1918), American Indian Wars soldier James Hodson Anderson (1909–1996), Nebraska Attorney General James Patton Anderson (1822–1872), Confederate Army general Science James A. Anderson (cognitive scientist) (born 1940), American professor of cognitive science and brain science at Brown University James A. D. W. Anderson (born 1958), British computer scientist James Anderson (biomedical engineer), American professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University James Anderson (botanical collector) (1797–1842), Scottish botanical collector who later became the Superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens James Anderson (botanist) (1739–1809), Scottish botanist James Anderson (civil engineer) (1793–1861), Scottish civil engineer James Anderson (mechanical engineer) (1871–1945), Scottish mechanical engineer James B. Anderson (born 1935), American professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State University James D. Anderson (1930–1976), American herpetologist James G. Anderson (born 1944), American professor of atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University James H. Anderson (computer scientist), American computer scientist James M. Anderson (scientist), American scientist Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet (1792–1861), Irish inventor Sports James Allan Anderson (chess player) (1906–1991), American chess player James Anderson (American football) (born 1983), American football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons James Anderson (badminton) (born 1974), English Badminton Player James Anderson (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player Duncan Anderson (James Duncan Anderson, born 1931), cricketer for Oxford University James Anderson (cricketer) (born 1982), English international cricketer James Anderson (Queensland cricketer) (1889-1951), Australian cricketer James Anderson (footballer), Scottish footballer Jamie Anderson (golfer) (James Anderson, 1842–1905), Scottish golfer Jim Anderson (swimmer) (James Allan Anderson, born 1963), British Paralympic swimmer James Anderson (tennis) (1894–1973), Australian tennis player James Oswald Anderson (1872–1932), sportsman in Argentina Other James A. Anderson (academic administrator), chancellor of Fayetteville State University James Anderson (explorer), Hudson's Bay Company executive after whom the Anderson River (Northwest Territories) was named James Anderson (Freemason) (1679/80–1739), Church of Scotland minister, author and Freemason James Anderson (lawyer) (1662–1728), Scottish lawyer James Anderson (missionary) (fl. 1865–1870), Protestant Christian missionary James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808), Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher James Anderson (sea captain) (1824–1893), captain of SS Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable James Anderson (trade unionist) (died 1917), British trade union leader James Craig Anderson (1963–2011), American murder victim James M. Anderson (hospital executive), American hospital executive James R. Anderson (1864–1913), lawyer in South Australia See also Jim Anderson (disambiguation) Jamie Anderson (disambiguation) Jimmy Anderson (disambiguation) James Andersen (disambiguation)

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John Taylor (racing driver)

John Malcolm Taylor (23 March 1933 – 8 September 1966) was a racing driver from England. He participated in five World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, and also participated in several non-championship Formula One races. His Formula One debut was on 11 July 1964, at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch driving a one-litre, 4-cylinder, Cooper–Ford T73, where he finished fourteenth, 24 laps down, after an extended pit–stop due to a gearbox problem. Taylor did not compete in the Formula One World Championship in 1965, but continued to drive in non–championship races. He returned to Grand Prix racing in 1966 driving a two-litre Brabham–BRM for privateer David Bridges. His first race that season was the French Grand Prix at Reims where he scored his one championship point. There followed eighth places at both the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Taylor died following a crash at the 1966 German Grand Prix, when the Brabham collided with Jacky Ickx's Matra on the first lap of the race. He emerged from the wreckage badly burned, and died from his injuries four weeks later. Racing record Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Complete Formula One Non-Championship results (key) References External links 1933 births 1966 deaths English racing drivers English Formula One drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Racing drivers killed while racing Sport deaths in Germany Bob Gerard Racing Formula One drivers Sportspeople from Leicester

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Michael Robinson (footballer)

Michael John Robinson (12 July 1958 – 28 April 2020) was a professional footballer who played as a striker. He appeared in more than 300 official matches in England for Preston North End, Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers and played the last three seasons of his career in Spain with Osasuna. He represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. Robinson settled in Spain after retiring in 1989 and went on to work as a television pundit in the following decades, hosting El día después from 1991 to 2005. Playing career Robinson was born in Leicester, England. When he was young, his parents moved to Blackpool to run a boarding house, and he started his career with Preston North End in the second division. He then moved in August 1979 to Malcolm Allison's Manchester City, the fee of £750,000 being widely regarded as extravagant for a young player with no First Division experience; he was sold at a loss later that season to Brighton & Hove Albion, and rebuilt his reputation as both a strong and skilful attacking player. Robinson made an impact in the 1982–83 FA Cup final, feeding the ball to Gordon Smith for his infamous miss in the first game with Manchester United, performing outstandingly in a 2–2 draw but eventually losing in the second match at Wembley (0–4). It was enough, however, for clubs to bid for him and he was keen to leave due to Brighton's relegation. Liverpool came in for Robinson and paid Brighton £250,000 for him and he duly battled with established Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush for a place up front. In that first season his new team won three trophies – the league, the league cup (where he was a substitute in the final 0–0 draw against Everton, and did not feature in the replay) and the European Cup (being used as a replacement in the final against A.S. Roma)– and he played enough games to earn a title medal. Despite showing some ability, Robinson was often on the substitutes' bench, and so moved on to Queens Park Rangers at the end of 1984. There, he was an unlucky loser at Wembley again, in the 1986 Football League Cup Final 0–3 defeat by Oxford United; however, during the run to the decisive match, he earned himself a place in QPR fans' hearts when he scored a 40-yard goal against arch-rivals Chelsea in the quarter-final replay at Stamford Bridge. Robinson moved to Spain to play for CA Osasuna in January 1987, with ex-Liverpool team-mate Sammy Lee joining in August. He recalled that he assumed that Osasuna was the name of the club's location and proceeded to look for it in a map. Questioned about why would he choose such a destination, he remarked that "financially it was the worst offer [available]. But it was romantic". He retired in summer 1989 at the age of 31 after making 58 La Liga appearances and scoring 12 goals, two of which came in 1987–88 campaign as the Navarrese overachieved for a final fifth place. Robinson, who won 24 caps for the Republic of Ireland, making his debut on 28 October 1980 in a 2–0 loss in France for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, stayed in Spain after retiring, having settled very well in the country and learned the language to fluency, a trait that was later picked up on by Steve McManaman (with Real Madrid from 1999 to 2003), who regarded Robinson as his mentor. |} Media career After retiring, Robinson began his broadcasting career in Spain as a commentator for Radio Televisión Española, covering the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He later worked as a commentator and presenter on Cadena SER's El Larguero and then on the subscription channel Canal+, where he hosted the cult television show El día después for 14 years (1991–2005). Following the show's demise he continued working with the network, as co-commentator on their live coverage of the Sunday night match as well as on the studio show El día del fútbol, and later by presenting a monthly sports magazine series called Informe Robinson. Speaking to Simon Hughes, Robinson said "I came over on 7 January 1987. I didn't know if I was going to be here forever. But something strange happened. I enjoyed more or less everything about Spain and the way the Spanish interpreted life. I finished up realising that I had loads in common with the Spaniards. We laughed about the same things, cried about the same things." In addition, Robinson also worked as a pundit for Setanta Sports, covering Republic of Ireland away internationals and also being the president of the Iberian Superleague, a rugby union league covering the Iberian Peninsula. As a broadcaster he also covered for Canal+ rugby events, including the World Cup and the Six Nations Championship. Robinson also did voice-over work on television adverts as well as feature films, voicing the ugly sister in the dubbed Spanish versions of the Shrek films by DreamWorks Animation. Illness and death On 17 December 2018, while taking part in La Ventana, a radio programme on Cadena SER, Robinson announced that he had a malignant melanoma which had been found at an advanced stage and had metastasized. Doctors had told him it 'had no cure'. He died on 28 April 2020 of cancer at his home in Madrid, at the age of 61. Among the tributes was one from Rafael Nadal: "We woke up with the sad news of the death of one of our own. You were the one who always made us happy about sport. We are grateful to you." Honours and awards Player Liverpool Football League First Division: 1983–84 League Cup: 1983–84 European Cup: 1983–84 Other awards Premios Ondas: 2009 – Informe Robinson (Best Current affairs programme) Adopted son of Cádiz (2019) Works See also List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland References External links Statistics Television programmes El día después; at Canal Plus Informe Robinson; at Canal Plus Personal Official blog 1958 births 2020 deaths English people of Irish descent Footballers from Leicester English footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Association football forwards English Football League players Preston North End F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players La Liga players CA Osasuna players Republic of Ireland international footballers English expatriate footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in Spain Irish expatriate sportspeople in Spain FA Cup Final players English television presenters Spanish television presenters Spanish television personalities English association football commentators Spanish association football commentators

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Henry Jackson (colonial administrator)

Sir Henry Moore Jackson, (bapt. 13 August 1849 – 29 August 1908) was a British army officer and colonial governor. Biography Jackson was born in Barbados to Walrond Jackson, who became the Anglican Bishop of Antigua, and Mary Shepherd. He received his education in England at Clifton College and the Royal Military Academy. After his education, Jackson went into the military, serving for the Royal Artillery from 1870 to 1885, reaching the rank of captain. In 1880 while still in the Royal Artillery he was also appointed commandant of the Sierra Leone police. It was after his military service that he became involved in the rule of British colonies. Starting with his appointment as commissioner for Turks and Caicos Islands from 1885 to 1890 and later Colonial Secretary of the Bahama Islands from 1890 to 1893. His next appointment came in 1894 when he was appointed as Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar from 1894 to 1901. Here his education in science proved useful in implementing a plan to construct a new harbour. In August 1901 he was appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands, but his tenure there was short as in June the following year he was appointed Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, combined with the position of Consul-General for the Western Pacific Islands. He arrived in Fiji to take up the position in September 1902, and is credited as having promoted the idea of British rule to the natives of Fiji. The last position he held was Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, which he held until his death on 29 August 1908. Jackson received several honours, including: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1899, promoted to Knight Grand Cross in 1908, and member of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1904. Family In 1881, Jackson married Emily Shea, daughter of Sir Edward Dalton Shea. He was the father of Basil Jackson, chairman of BP. References |- 1849 births 1908 deaths People educated at Clifton College Governors of Fiji Royal Artillery officers Governors of Trinidad and Tobago Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Commissioners of the Turks and Caicos Islands British colonial police officers Grenadian people of British descent Grenadian emigrants to England High Commissioners for the Western Pacific Colonial Secretaries of the Bahamas Colonial Secretaries of Gibraltar

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Douglas Hartree

Douglas Rayner Hartree (27 March 1897 – 12 February 1958) was an English mathematician and physicist most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to the Hartree–Fock equations of atomic physics and the construction of a differential analyser using Meccano. Early life Douglas Hartree was born in Cambridge, England. His father, William, was a lecturer in engineering at Cambridge University and his mother, Eva Rayner, was president of the National Council of Women of Great Britain and first woman to be mayor of the city of Cambridge. One of his great-grandfathers was Samuel Smiles; another was the marine engineer William Hartree, partner of John Penn. Douglas Hartree was the oldest of three sons that survived infancy. A brother and sister died in infancy when he was still a child, but his two brothers would later also die. Hartree's 7-year-old brother John Edwin died when Hartree was 17, and Hartree's 22-year-old brother Colin William died from meningitis in February 1920 when Hartree was 23. Hartree attended St John's College, Cambridge but the first World War interrupted his studies. He (and his father and brother) joined a group working on anti-aircraft ballistics under A. V. Hill, where he gained considerable skill and an abiding interest in practical calculation and numerical methods for differential equations, executing most of his own work with pencil and paper. After the end of World War I, Hartree returned to Cambridge graduating in 1922 with a Second Class degree in natural sciences. Atomic structure calculations In 1921, a visit by Niels Bohr to Cambridge inspired Hartree to apply his numerical skills to Bohr's theory of the atom, for which he obtained his PhD in 1926 – his advisor was Ernest Rutherford. With the publication of Schrödinger's equation in the same year, Hartree was able to apply his knowledge of differential equations and numerical analysis to the new quantum theory. He derived the Hartree equations for the distribution of electrons in an atom and proposed the self-consistent field method for their solution. The wavefunctions from this theory did not satisfy the Pauli exclusion principle for which Slater showed that determinantal functions are required. V. Fock published the "equations with exchange" now known as Hartree–Fock equations. These are considerably more demanding computationally even with the efficient methods Hartree proposed for the calculation of exchange contributions. Today, the Hartree-Fock equations are of great importance to the field of computational chemistry, and are applied and solved numerically within most of the density functional theory programs used for electronic structure calculations of molecules and condensed phase systems. Manchester years In 1929, Hartree was appointed to the Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester. In 1933, he visited Vannevar Bush at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and learned first hand about his differential analyser. Immediately on his return to Manchester, he set about building his own analyser from Meccano. Seeing the potential for further exploiting his numerical methods using the machine, he persuaded Sir Robert McDougall to fund a more robust machine, which was built in collaboration with Metropolitan-Vickers. The first application of the machine, reflecting Hartree's enthusiasm for railways, was calculating timetables for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. He spent the rest of the decade applying the differential analyser to find solutions of differential equations arising in physics. These included control theory and laminar boundary layer theory in fluid dynamics making significant contributions to each of the fields. The differential analyser was not suitable for the solution of equations with exchange. When Fock's publication pre-empted Hartree's work on equations with exchange, Hartree turned his research to radio-wave propagation that led to the Appleton–Hartree equation. In 1935, his father, William Hartree, offered to do calculations for him. Results with exchange soon followed. Douglas recognised the importance of configuration interaction that he referred to as "superposition of configurations". The first multiconfiguration Hartree–Fock results were published by father, son, and Bertha Swirles (later Lady Jeffreys) in 1939. At Hartree's suggestion, Bertha Swirles proceeded to derive equations with exchange for atoms using the Dirac equation in 1935. With Hartree's advice, the first relativistic calculations (without exchange) were reported in 1940 by A. O. Williams, a student of R. B. Lindsay. Second World War During the Second World War Hartree supervised two computing groups. The first group, for the Ministry of Supply, has been described by Jack Howlett as a "job shop" for the solution of differential equations. At the outbreak of World War II, the differential analyser at the University of Manchester was the only full-size (eight integrator) differential analyser in the country. Arrangements were made to have the machine available for work in support of the national war effort. In time, the group consisted of four members (front to back: Jack Howlett, Nicholas R. Eyres, J. G. L. Michel; centre, Douglas Hartree; right Phyllis Lockett Nicolson). Problems were submitted to the group without information about the source but included the automatic tracking of targets, radio propagation, underwater explosions, heat flow in steel, and the diffusion equation later found to be for isotope separation. The second group was the magnetron research group of Phyllis Lockett Nicolson, David Copely, and Oscar Buneman. The work was done for the Committee for the Co-ordination of the Valve Development assisting the development of radar. A differential analyser could have been used if more integrators had been available, so Hartree set up his group as three "CPUs" to work on mechanical desk calculators in parallel. For a method of solution, he selected what is now a classical particle simulation. Hartree never published any of his magnetron research findings in journals though he wrote numerous highly technical secret reports during the war. In April 1944 a committee which included Hartree recommended that a mathematical section be set up within the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In October this recommendation was put into effect with its first two objectives being the investigation of the possible adaptation of automatic telephone equipment to scientific equipment and the development of electronic computing devices suitable for rapid computing. One suspects that some members already knew of the Colossus computer. John R. Womersley (Turing's bête noire) was the first Director. In February 1945 he went on a two-month tour of computing installations in the USA, including visiting ENIAC (still not complete). He became acquainted with drafts of von Neumann's famous June 1945 EDVAC report. About two months later Hartree also went over to see ENIAC, not then publicly known. Later life and work In February 1946, Max Newman (who had been involved in the Colossus computer) submitted an application to the Royal Society for funds to start the task of building a general-purpose computer at the University of Manchester. The Royal Society referred the request to Hartree and C.G. Darwin, Director of the NPL, to advise them. Hartree recommended the grant but Darwin opposed it on the grounds that Turing's ACE at NPL would be sufficient to serve the needs of the country. But Hartree's view won the day and the Manchester developments in computing were started. Hartree did further work in control systems and was involved in the early application of digital computers, advising the US military on the use of ENIAC for calculating ballistics tables. In the summer of 1946 Hartree made his second trip to ENIAC as an evaluation of its applicability to a broad range of science, when he became the first civilian to program it. For this he selected a problem involving the flow of a compressible fluid over a surface, such as air over the surface of a wing travelling faster than the speed of sound. At the end of 1945 or very early in 1946 Hartree briefed Maurice Wilkes of the University of Cambridge on the comparative developments in computing in the USA which he had seen. Wilkes, then received an invitation from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering (the builders of ENIAC) to attend a course on electronic computers. Before leaving for this, Hartree was able to brief him more fully on ENIAC. It was on the boat home that Wilkes planned the original design of EDSAC, which was to become operational in May 1949. Hartree worked closely with Wilkes in developing use of the machine for a wide range of problems and, most importantly, showed users from a number of areas in the university how they could use it in their research work. Hartree returned to Cambridge to take up the post of Plummer professor of mathematical physics in 1946. In October he gave an inaugural lecture entitled "Calculating Machines: Recent and Prospective Developments and their impact on Mathematical Physics". This described ENIAC and the work that Hartree had done on it. Even in 1946, two years before stored programming electronic computing became a reality, Hartree saw the need for the use of sub-routines. His inaugural lecture ended with a look at what computers might do. He said: "..there are, I understand many problems of economic, medical and sociological interest and importance awaiting study which at present cannot be undertaken because of the formidable load of computing involved." On 7 November 1946 The Daily Telegraph, having interviewed Hartree, quoted him as saying: "The implications of the machine are so vast that we cannot conceive how they will affect our civilisation. Here you have something which is making one field of human activity 1,000 times faster. In the field of transportation, the equivalent to ACE would be the ability to travel from London to Cambridge ... in five seconds as a regular thing. It is almost unimaginable." Hartree's fourth and final major contribution to British computing started in early 1947 when the catering firm of J. Lyons & Co. in London heard of the ENIAC and sent a small team in the summer of that year to study what was happening in the USA, because they felt that these new computers might be of assistance in the huge amount of administrative and accounting work which the firm had to do. The team met with Col. Herman Goldstine at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton who wrote to Hartree telling him of their search. As soon as he received this letter, Hartree wrote and invited representatives of Lyons to come to Cambridge for a meeting with him and Wilkes. This led to the development of a commercial version of EDSAC developed by Lyons, called LEO, the first computer used for commercial business applications. After Hartree's death, the headquarters of LEO Computers was renamed Hartree House. This illustrates the extent to which Lyons felt that Hartree had contributed to their new venture. Hartree's last famous contribution to computing was an estimate in 1950 of the potential demand for computers, which was much lower than turned out to be the case: "We have a computer here in Cambridge, one in Manchester and one at the [NPL]. I suppose there ought to be one in Scotland, but that's about all." Such underestimates of the number of computers that would be required were common at the time. Hartree's last PhD student at Cambridge, Charlotte Froese Fischer, became known for the development and implementation of the multi-configuration Hartree–Fock (MCHF) approach to atomic structure calculations and for her theoretical prediction concerning the existence of the negative calcium ion. Personal life Outside of his professional life, Douglas Hartree was passion​ate about music, having an extensive knowledge of orchestral and chamber music. He played piano and was conductor of an amateur orchestra. This passion for music was perhaps what brought him together with his wife, Elaine Charlton, who was an accomplished pianist. Their marriage resulted in two sons, Oliver and John Richard, and one daughter, Margaret. He died of heart failure in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, on 12 February 1958. Honours and awards Fellow of the Royal Society, (1932) The Hartree unit of energy is named after him. The Hartree Centre is named after him. Books (also (1950) Cambridge University Press) References Further reading The Manchester differential analyser Fellows of the Royal Society 1897 births 1958 deaths People from Cambridge History of computing in the United Kingdom English physicists English mathematicians 20th-century mathematicians Numerical analysts Mathematical physicists Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Academics of the University of Cambridge Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge People educated at Bedales School Computational chemists Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

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Mario Martinez

Mario Martinez may refer to: Arts and Entertainment Mario Martinez (painter) (born 1953), contemporary abstract painter Mario Iván Martínez (born 1962), Mexican actor Sportspeople Association football Mario Martínez (footballer, born 1985), Spanish football midfielder Mario Martínez (footballer, born 1989), Honduran football attacking midfielder Other sports Mario Martinez (weightlifter) (1957–2018), American Olympic weightlifter Mario Martinez (tennis) (born 1961), Bolivian tennis player Mario Martínez (boxer) (born 1965), former Mexican boxer Other Mario Aburto Martínez (born 1970), Mexican assassin

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James Brown (ecologist)

James Hemphill Brown (born 1942) is an American biologist and academic. He is an ecologist, and a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico. His work has focused on 3 distinct aspects of ecology: 1) the population and community ecology of rodents and harvester ants in the Chihuahuan Desert, 2) large-scale questions relating to the distribution of body size, abundance and geographic range of animals, leading to the development of the field of macroecology, a term that was coined in a paper Brown co-authored with Brian Maurer of Michigan State University. and 3) the Metabolic Theory of Ecology. In 2005 he was awarded the Robert H. MacArthur Award by the Ecological Society of America for his work, including his work toward a metabolic theory of ecology. Between 1969 and 2011 he was awarded over $18.4 million in grants for his research. Education and honors Education Brown received a bachelors with honors in 1963 before obtaining his PhD in 1967: Bachelor of Arts, Zoology, 1963, Cornell University Ph.D., Zoology, 1967, University of Michigan Honors Honors James Brown has received include: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1988 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995 Eugene P. Odum Award for Education (Ecological Society of America), 2001 Marsh Ward for Career Achievement, (British Ecological Society), 2002 Robert H. MacArthur Award (Ecological Society of America), 2005 Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005 Portal In 1977 Brown, in collaboration with Diane Davidson and James Reichman, started a research project in the Chihuahuan Desert near Portal, Arizona to study competition between rodents and ants and their influence on the annual plant community. Books See also Metabolic theory of ecology References External links "New York Times" article about Dr. Brown's work on biological scaling Home Page Cornell University alumni University of Michigan alumni Living people American ecologists 1942 births Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Ecological Society of America University of New Mexico faculty

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Robert Hess (cocktail expert)

Robert B. Hess is a cocktail expert, a co-founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, and a technology evangelist for Microsoft. Hess is the author of The Essential Bartender's Guide: How to Make Truly Great Cocktails published by Mud Puddle Books in 2008. He is also the host of "The Cocktail Spirit," an online video series published by the Small Screen Network. In late 2008, Hess, along with several other well-known cocktail personalities, founded The Chanticleer Society, a "Worldwide Organization of Cocktail Enthusiasts." Hess also writes a column entitled "Classic Cocktails" for the bi-monthly fine beverage publication, Mutineer Magazine. Job history Hess has been an employee of Microsoft since 1988 and is the group manager of Windows Evangelism which is part of Microsoft's developer team. He also hosted the .NET Show which was put out by the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). He originally worked on the OS/2 project, a partnership between Microsoft and IBM, where he was the System Marketer which performed roughly the same duty as today's technology evangelists. Museum of the American Cocktail Hess is acknowledged to be an expert on cocktails. In 2005, he co-founded the Museum of the American Cocktail in Las Vegas. References External links The .NET Show weblog - maintained by Robert Hess DrinkBoy - a site created by Robert Hess Interview with Robert Hess - via Microsoft's Channel9 The Cocktail Spirit - hosted by Robert Hess The Chanticleer Society - A Worldwide Organization of Cocktail Enthusiasts Havana Club – El Ron de Cuba - Robert Hess: The Man Who Taught The World to Mix Drinks, One Video at a Time Microsoft evangelists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male bloggers American bloggers Place of birth missing (living people)

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Henry Jones

Henry Jones may refer to: Arts Henry Jones (poet) (1721–1770), poet and dramatist, born Drogheda, Louth Henry Jones (photographer) (1826–1911), commercial photographer in Victoria and South Australia Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929), English playwright Henry Festing Jones (1851–1928), author Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859–1929), Irish painter Henry Stuart Jones (1867–1939), British academic, professor ancient history Henry Jones (actor) (1912–1999), American stage, film and television actor Henry Z Jones, Jr. (born 1940), genealogist and actor Business and charity Henry Jones (B'nai Brith), founder of B'nai Brith in 1843 Henry Jones (baker) (1812–1891), creator of self-raising flour Henry Jones (entrepreneur) (1862–1926), Australian entrepreneur Henry Uliomereyon Jones, better known as Dr. Henry Jones, convicted of a fraudulent Ponzi scheme through Tri Energy Military Sir Henry Jones of Oxfordshire (died 1673), English army officer Henry Mitchell Jones (1831–1916), Irish soldier Politics and law Henry Jones (lawyer) (died 1592), Welsh lawyer and clergyman Henry Jones (Upper Canada politician) (1790–1860), politician in Upper Canada Henry Frank Jones (1920–1964), Canadian politician Sir Henry Haydn Jones (1863–1950), Welsh Liberal Party politician, MP 1910–1945 Henry Jones (MP) (died 1792), British Member of Parliament for Devizes, 1780–1784 Henry Cox Jones (1821–1913), prominent Alabama politician Sir Henry Jones (MP for Carmarthenshire) (?1532–1586), Welsh MP for Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire and Old Sarum Science and social science Henry Bence Jones (1813–1873), English physician and chemist Sir Henry Jones (philosopher) (1852–1922), Welsh philosopher and academic Sports and games Henry Jones (second baseman) (1857–1955), 19th-century baseball second baseman Henry Jones (pitcher), 19th-century baseball pitcher Henry Jones (cricketer) (born 1989), English cricketer Henry Jones (writer) (1831–1899), authority on card games and tennis; wrote under the pseudonym Cavendish Henry Jones (American football) (born 1967), American National Football League (NFL) defensive back Others Henry Jones (bishop) (c. 1605–1681), Church of Ireland bishop of Clogher and then of Meath Henry Cadman Jones (1818–1902), English law reporter Henry Church Jones (1870–1941), Church in Wales priest Characters Henry Jones, Jr., better known as Indiana Jones Henry Jones, Sr., the father of Indiana Jones Henry Jones, III, better known as Mutt Williams, Indiana Jones' son Companies Henry Jones IXL, a manufacturer of jams, conserves and sauces in Australia See also Harry Jones (disambiguation) Jones, Henry

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Michael Clarke

Michael or Mike Clarke may refer to: J. Michael Clarke, British acoustic and electroacoustic musician Michael Clarke (skier) (born 1970), Australia's first world champion in a winter sport Michael Clarke (academic), British academic who specialises in defence studies Michael Clarke (Australian politician) (1915–2002), member of the Victorian Legislative Council Michael Clarke (Barbadian cricketer) (1913–1982) Michael Clarke (Canadian politician), a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate Michael Clarke (cricketer) (born 1981), former captain of the Australian national cricket team Michael Clarke (musician) (1946–1993), American musician Michael Clarke (ornithologist), Australian ornithologist Michael Clarke (priest) (1935–1978), Anglican provost Michael Clarke Duncan (1957–2012), American actor Mike Clarke (ice hockey, born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player Michael Clarke (jockey), Australian jockey Mick Clarke, British guitarist, member of Killing Floor See also Michael Clark (disambiguation)

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Michael Clarke (musician)

Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick; June 3, 1946 – December 19, 1993) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1967. Biography Early years Clarke was born in Spokane, Washington. His father was a pipefitter and his mother was an amateur musician. Clarke ran away from home when he was 17 years old and hitchhiked to California to become a musician. In legend, Clarke was said to have been discovered by Byrds' founder David Crosby while playing bongos on a beach. In fact he was discovered by singer-songwriter Ivan Ulz, in North Beach, San Francisco, and was introduced to other group members by Ulz. The Byrds Clarke was not an accomplished musician prior to joining the Byrds but he did have previous experience of drumming in his younger years before joining the group. He had played the drums before but, after joining the Byrds, not having a drum set, practiced on a makeshift kit of cardboard boxes and a tambourine, but he did have real drum sticks. According to lead guitarist Roger McGuinn's web site, Clarke was hired by McGuinn and Gene Clark (no relation) for his resemblance to Rolling Stones' guitarist Brian Jones. Clarke's strength as a drummer is considered to be illustrated by his jazz-oriented playing on the Byrds' "Eight Miles High", on the Fifth Dimension album. Unlike the other members of the Byrds, Clarke was not a prolific songwriter. His compositional contributions with the band encompass co-writing credits for the songs "Captain Soul", an instrumental from the Fifth Dimension album (based on Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life, Woman"), and "Artificial Energy" from The Notorious Byrd Brothers. He was also given an arrangement co-credit for two traditional songs that appeared on Fifth Dimension: "Wild Mountain Thyme" and "John Riley" (although the latter is credited to Bob Gibson and songwriter/arranger Ricky Neff on the album itself). In August 1967, during the recording sessions for The Notorious Byrd Brothers album, Clarke walked out on the Byrds and was temporarily replaced by session drummers Jim Gordon and Hal Blaine. Clarke had recently become dissatisfied with his role in the band and didn't particularly like the new material that the songwriting members were providing. However, Clarke continued to honor his live concert commitments, appearing at a handful of shows during late August and early September 1967. Clarke returned from his self-imposed exile in time to contribute drums to the song "Artificial Energy" in early December 1967, but was subsequently fired from the band by McGuinn and bass player Chris Hillman once The Notorious Byrd Brothers album was completed. Hiatus from music, Dillard and Clark and Flying Burrito Brothers After a short stint in Hawaii working in the hotel business and pursuing his interest in painting, Clarke played briefly with Gene Clark in Dillard and Clark, before following Hillman and Gram Parsons to country-rock pioneers The Flying Burrito Brothers, after their first album had been recorded. Clarke served with the Burritos between early 1969 and 1972, appearing with the band at the infamous Altamont Free Concert in California, headlined by The Rolling Stones, in December 1969. During the 1974-1980 period, Clarke was a member of Firefall, followed by a period as the drummer for Jerry Jeff Walker, ending in 1982. Byrds lawsuit controversy and Hall of Fame induction Between 1983 and 1985, Clarke joined former Byrds' singer Gene Clark in The Firebyrds, a touring band which had been put together to promote Gene Clark's 1984 solo album Firebyrd. In 1985, following the breakup of The Firebyrds, Clarke and Clark again joined forces for a series of controversial shows billed as a "20th Anniversary Tribute to The Byrds". Among the other musicians involved in this project were John York, another ex-Byrd from the late 1960s line-up of the group, ex-Burritos and Firefall singer Rick Roberts, ex-member of The Beach Boys early 1970s line-up Blondie Chaplin, and Rick Danko, formerly of The Band. Many nightclubs simply shortened the billing to "The Byrds," and the pair soon found themselves involved in acrimonious court battles with Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, and Chris Hillman over use of the group's name. The Byrds set aside their differences long enough to appear together at their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in January 1991, where the original lineup played three songs together: "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better". Gene Clark died less than five months later from a bleeding ulcer due to alcoholism on May 24, 1991. From 1987 until his death in 1993, Clarke toured as The Byrds featuring Michael Clarke. Skip Battin and John York, who had played with Roger McGuinn in later versions of the Byrds, also played at various points in The Byrds featuring Michael Clarke. Following the failure of McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman to obtain an injunction against Clarke, it was generally accepted that Clarke's continuing usage of the name was tantamount to ownership, particularly when not used by any other group member and where other group members, particularly Roger McGuinn, had repeatedly denied any interest in performing again under the Byrds name. Roger McGuinn later acknowledged that ownership of the Byrds name had likely passed to Michael Clarke's estate upon Clarke's death, but David Crosby secured the rights to the band's name in 2002. Declining health and death By the late 1980s, Clarke's health had declined from a lifetime of hard drinking, resulting in a number of hospital stays. He died of liver failure at the age of 47 at his Treasure Island, Florida, condominium on December 19, 1993. Billy Moore, who had organized a New Year's Eve concert at a resort where Clarke and his band were scheduled to perform, stated that at the time of his death, Clarke had recently learned that he had become terminally ill due to his liver problems. During his final days, Clarke had expressed a wish to appear on television in the hope of alerting children to the dangers of alcoholism. Following his wishes, Clarke's girlfriend Susan Paul started a foundation in Clarke's name, called the Campaign for Alcohol-Free Kids. In 1994, a year after his death, Clarke's paintings were published in Dick Gautier and Jim McMullan's book, Musicians As Artists. Discography The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) The Byrds: Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) The Byrds: Fifth Dimension (1966) Gene Clark: Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers (1967) The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday (1967) The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) The Byrds: Never Before (1987) The Byrds: Byrds (1973) (Reunion of the five original members) Flying Burrito Bros: Burrito Deluxe (1970) Flying Burrito Bros: The Flying Burrito Bros (1971) Flying Burrito Bros: Last of the Red Hot Burritos (1972) Flying Burrito Bros: Close Up the Honky Tonks (1974) Gram Parsons: Sleepless Nights (1976) Roger McGuinn: Roger McGuinn (1973) (one track) Firefall: Firefall (1976) Firefall: Luna Sea (1977) Firefall: Elan (1978) Firefall: Undertow (1980) Chris Hillman: Clear Sailin''' (1977) (one track) Barry McGuire: Barry McGuire and the Doctor (1971) Gene Clark: Early L.A. Sessions (1972) Gene Clark: Roadmaster (1973) Terry Melcher: Terry Melcher (1974) Jerry Jeff Walker: Cow Jazz (1980) Michael Clarke's Byrds: The Legacy Album (1991) (cassette only album) (one track "The Flame") Country Funk: Zuma'' (recorded 1971, released 2011) References External links Letter from Michael to Kids 1946 births 1993 deaths Musicians from Spokane, Washington American rock drummers The Byrds members The Flying Burrito Brothers members Alcohol-related deaths in Florida Firefall members American folk rock musicians American country drummers Musicians from Los Angeles People from Treasure Island, Florida 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians

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Carlos Arias Navarro

Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquis of Arias-Navarro (11 December 1908 – 27 November 1989) was one of the best known Spanish politicians during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. While Arias Navarro was a moderate leader in the last phase of Francoism and the beginning of the transition to democracy, he was in fact a hard-line politician who had been involved in the White Terror, signing thousands of death warrants at the time of the dismantling of the Spanish Republic. Early life Arias Navarro was born in Madrid on 11 December 1908. He served in the Ministry of Justice since 1929 as attorney in Málaga and Madrid. Francoist Spain Arias was close to the right-wing sectors and joined the Francoist side during the Spanish Civil War. He was public prosecutor in the trials set up by the Francoists in Málaga after the conquest of the city. There, he earned the nickname the "Butcher of Málaga" (Carnicero de Málaga) for his role in the imposition of the death penalty to true or perceived sympathizers of the Republicans, In one of the harshest repressions following the Francoist victory, an estimated total of 17,000 people summarily executed. He married María de la Luz del Valle y Menéndez, without issue. After serving in various positions, including Mayor of Madrid from 1965 to June 1973, Arias became Minister of Government (Minister of the Interior) in June 1973. After the assassination of Prime Minister (Presidente del Gobierno) Luis Carrero Blanco he was appointed his successor on 31 December 1973, a position he continued to hold after the death of Franco. Arias Navarro had the support of the Franco family, most notably Carmen Polo, and retained the post during the transition to democracy. However, the garroting of the Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich in March 1974 had already shown his aversion to political liberalization, while other events, including the executions in September 1974, the organization of the Green March in November 1975 by King Hassan II of Morocco, and the illness and death of Franco (which Arias announced on television), displayed his weaknesses and further eroded his authority. Franco's successor as head of state, King Juan Carlos I, continued his appointment, so that it was his government (which included Manuel Fraga Iribarne and José María de Areilza) that instituted the first reforms, however unwillingly. He tried to continue Franco's late policies, opposing any change. After a lengthy power struggle, Juan Carlos forced his resignation on 1 July 1976. The next day, the King granted him the hereditary title of marqués de Arias Navarro (English: Marquis of Arias Navarro), together with the dignity Grande de España (English: Grandee of Spain). Since he had no heirs, his title became extinct after he died. Arias was succeeded by Adolfo Suárez, named general secretary of the Francoist official party Movimiento Nacional in December 1975. In June 1977, during the first free general elections held since 1936, Arias joined the Alianza Popular, a right-wing party created by Manuel Fraga. He then led the Búnker group of hard-liners opposed to any reforms, along with the leader of the Francoist party Fuerza Nueva, Blas Piñar. Arias, however, never again occupied a relevant position in the later Spanish government. Both left and extreme right attacked him, calling him by the nickname "The Old ". Later years In his first democratic election the party joined Popular Alliance (AP), led by Manuel Fraga, being senate candidate Madrid, but was not elected. He died on 27 November 1989 when he was 80 years of age from an infarction, and was buried at Mingorrubio Cemetery in El Pardo. His wife died in 1997. Spain and Portugal According to the Spanish daily El País, files released by the US National Archives and Records Administration show that, following the left-wing Carnation Revolution coup in Portugal on 25 April 1974, Arias met with the United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert S. Ingersoll in March 1975 and offered to invade Portugal in order to stop the spread of communism. The report Ingersoll forwarded to the then-Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, on 18 March, stated that "appropriate steps" were being taken to ensure that "the events in Portugal did not cross the border into Spain." Ingersoll went on to add that Spain wanted Washington to support Spain in the event of war, precisely at a time when the US was renegotiating the status of its military bases, and Arias wanted Washington to support Spain's future membership of NATO. References External links Prime Ministers of Spain Mayors of Madrid 1908 births 1989 deaths Grandees of Spain FET y de las JONS politicians Government ministers during the Francoist dictatorship

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Paul Smith (music industry executive)

Paul Smith is probably best known as the founder and manager of Blast First, the British alternative record label that released artists such as Sonic Youth, the Butthole Surfers, Big Black and Dinosaur Jr. in the UK. He continued to manage the artists and work in the music industry when Blast First was bought by Mute Records. Now he runs the very small label "Blast First Petite" on which he develops and sometime releases stuff that was refused by Mute's Blast First, including Rivulets and HTRK. He now has an exclusive contract with Pan Sonic. In 2002 he produced a multimedia performance event at the Barbican to mark the release of Iain Sinclair's book London Orbital. The event featured a diverse range of artists from the literary and music worlds including J.G. Ballard and Bill Drummond. Paul Smith also produced the final British tour of Ken Kesey, taking him on a bus tour around festivals in summer 1997. He is also known for King Mob, a record label of spoken word performances by famous counter-culture authors from the beat generation to Iain Sinclair and Stewart Home. External links Profiling the label that launched Sonic Youth (OneMusic, BBC, 2004) Blast First Petite Year of birth missing (living people) Living people

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Smith%20%28boxer%29

James Smith (boxer)

''James "Bonecrusher" Smith''' (born April 3, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1999, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1986 to 1987. Early life Smith was born in Magnolia, North Carolina. After graduating from high school, he attended James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, North Carolina. He earned an associate's degree in Business Administration in 1973. Two years later, he earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Amateur career After serving in the US military and working as a prison guard, Smith competed as an amateur compiling a record of 35–4, before turning professional in November 1981, at the late age of 28. Professional career He lost his first fight against James "Broad-Axe" Broad, a world class amateur and qualifier for the 1980 Olympics who was 2–0 as a pro. The fight was broadcast on ESPN. Unfortunately Smith had short notice and was not in great shape, looking out of depth against the skilled Broad. Smith was dropped in 4 rounds with body shots, and counted out. The following year Smith upset future cruiserweight world champion and southpaw Ricky Parkey, then 2–0 as a pro, by winning a 6-round points decision. After scoring two knockouts, Smith followed up the Parkey win with another upset. An 8-round points decision over Chris McDonald, who was 8–0–1 as a pro and had been a top amateur. He went on to score nine straight knockouts, before traveling to the UK in 1984. There he was to fight a world title eliminator against the hard hitting undefeated British prospect Frank Bruno, who was 21–0 (21 KO). Once again Bonecrusher would throw a spanner in the works. Having been outboxed by Bruno for the first nine rounds, he unleashed a salvo of power punches to KO Bruno in the tenth and final round. In November 1984, he fought Larry Holmes for the IBF heavyweight championship. Holmes had a record of 45–0 and had won eighteen straight world title fights. After rocking Holmes, Smith was stopped on advice of the doctor in the 12th round, due to a bad cut. He again was behind on points. Smith came back in 1985, fighting on Don King undercards. He lost a 10-round decision to 19–0 amateur star and future world champ Tony Tubbs in an eliminator, won a 10-round decision over 18–1 Cuban contender José Ribalta, but then he dropped a wide 12-round decision to ex-world champ Tim Witherspoon in a bid for Witherspoon's NABF belt. 1986 started no better as he dropped Marvis Frazier, also breaking Frazier's jaw, but still lost the 10-round decision. At this time Bonecrusher began consulting a psychiatrist. In his next fight he demolished ex-world champ Mike Weaver in one round. He followed it up with two 10-round decisions over Jesse Ferguson (14–2) and David Bey (15–2), arguably his most important decision wins. In December 1986, while preparing for a fight with Mitch "Blood" Green, Don King informed him at short notice that Tony Tubbs had dropped out of his upcoming challenge to WBA champ Tim Witherspoon, and now Smith would be getting a rematch with his former conqueror, his second world title fight. Smith came out fast. He dropped the usually durable Witherspoon three times in the opening round, scoring a first-round knockout and winning the WBA title in an upset. With his surprising victory over Witherspoon, Smith took his place in the heavyweight unification series, an ongoing competition being conducted by HBO and King to try to crown an undisputed world heavyweight champion for the first time since the retirement of Muhammad Ali. The victory garnered Smith another high-profile fight, where he was to defend his belt against newly crowned WBC champion Mike Tyson in a unification contest. Taking place on March 7, 1987, the bout saw Tyson beat Smith to the punch in nearly every round while Smith resorted to holding to keep himself in the fight. The lopsided decision saw Smith lose eleven rounds on two scorecards and all twelve on another, and the professional consequences were worse as Tyson's management refused to allow Smith to fight on any Tyson undercards afterwards. Final years He returned to the ring for a few months. He took on Brazilian contender Adilson "Maguila" Rodrigues in São Paulo. He gave a good fight, but he was not good enough that night. He lost by split decision. In 1989, now aged 36, he took on the young power-punching Jamaican-Canadian Donovan (Razor) Ruddock. Smith's own punch power was still evident as he decked Ruddock hard in the 2nd round, but seemed to punch himself out trying to finish Ruddock, who was a crafty survivor. The next few rounds saw Smith tire, as Ruddock's youth and power overwhelmed him, knocking him clean out in the 7th round for the full 10 count. Ruddock would go on to become a star and feature in several high-profile fights. Smith's career appeared to be over. He announced his retirement after the loss and said he would now pursue politics. Smith was back in the ring only two months later, KOing journeyman Calvin Jones and followed up with three more knockouts before being matched with former victim Mike Weaver in a battle of hard hitting ex-champs. This time Smith was resigned to having to win a dull 12 round points decision over Weaver, although he did score a knockdown in a brief moment of excitement. He also earned the WBA Americas belt, and a world ranking. After a year layoff he was back, now aged 38, and scored six knockouts, including a notable 8-round knockout of the cement-skulled journeyman Everett (Bigfoot) Martin (who had just taken George Foreman the distance), and a first-round knockout of equally hard hitting ex-contender Jeff Sims. However he lost his world ranking and all his momentum in November 1991 when he dropped a shocking 10-round decision to club fighter Levi Billups who had a patchy 15–5 record. Smith looked under-prepared as he was banged around and generally outhustled by Billups. He rallied to knock down the underdog in the 9th, however it was too little too late. Still active in 1992, now aged 39 and with a 33–9–1 record, Smith regained some credibility with a 10-round decision over Mark Wills. His old agitator Don King gave him another opportunity on one of his undercards and matched him with warhorse Greg Page, in a battle of two ex-champs. In the opening round Bonecrusher tried to rush Page as he had done Witherspoon, however he was decked himself for his efforts, and was outpunched by Page over the 10 round distance. In 1993 Smith lost to undefeated southpaw and #1 contender Michael Moorer. The paying audience jeered the two passive fighters through to the 10 round finish, where Smith lost a lopsided decision. Smith competed in the One-Night Heavyweight Tournament in Bay St Louis (not included in the official record, counted as show), where a group of heavies of varying quality would fight a series of 3 round fights with the winner being awarded one million dollars. He beat Lester Jackson and Marshall Tillman, before losing in the semi-final to Romanian prospect Daniel Dăncuţă. Smith's old buddy Tony (TNT) Tubbs eventually won. In 1994 he was matched with power punching Tyson-lookalike Lionel Butler, who was highly ranked and on a red hot string of knockouts. Smith collapsed in 3 rounds, having offered little resistance. Later that year he traveled to Europe to drop a points decision to German Axel Schulz, and in Denmark he was stopped in 5 rounds due to a cut from a headbutt, courtesy of Brian Nielsen. Smith was overweight for both of these fights, and his days as a contender were definitely over. He fought on and off for a few more years. In 1998 he traveled to Australia to battle Joe Bugner for the WBF Heavyweight Championship, but had to retire after one round when his shoulder popped out. The same injury ended a fight in 1999 with former world champion Larry Holmes. After this loss Smith retired at the age of 46 and with a record of 44–17–1 (32 KOs). In 1995, Smith helped establish the North Carolina Boxing Commission. He served as its first chairman. Life after boxing Smith became an ordained minister in 1996 and dedicated his life to helping young people stay clear of crime and drugs. Three years later, he retired from boxing. In 2004 Smith started the non-profit Champion For Kids Inc. to provide scholarships to high school students. Smith began working as a recruiter and the Director of Intramural Athletics for Sandhills Community College in June 2005. He now works for the Working Families Party in New York City. He now lives in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Deeply committed to helping impoverished fighters, Smith was a guest at the Ring 10 Veterans Boxing Foundation 2nd Annual Fundraiser in 2012 where he expressed his support of initiatives to better provide for those in need. Smith is currently working with organizers to establish the Legends of Boxing Hall of fame in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Professional boxing record References External links 1953 births Living people Heavyweight boxers World heavyweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions Shaw University alumni People from Duplin County, North Carolina Boxers from North Carolina American male boxers

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William Collins Whitney

William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and a prominent descendant of the John Whitney family. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland from 1885 through 1889. A conservative reformer, he was considered a Bourbon Democrat. Early life William Whitney was born at Conway, Massachusetts, of Puritan stock. The family were descended from John Whitney of London, who settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. William Whitney's father was Brigadier General James Scollay Whitney; his mother, Laurinda Collins, was a descendant of Plymouth governor William Bradford. Laurinda's paternal grandfather, Joseph Collins (1747-1826) was a great-grandson of Alice Bradford Adams (1659-1745) through her daughter, Alice Adams Collins (1682-1734). The older Alice was a daughter of William Bradford the Younger. William Whitney had a well known older brother, industrialist Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923), president of the Metropolitan Steamship Company, founder of the West End Street Railway Company of Boston, and later founder of the Dominion Coal Company and Dominion Iron and Steel Company in Sydney, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island. His sister Laurinda Collins "Lily" Whitney married Charles T. Barney, who became the president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. Another sister, Susan Collins Whitney, married attorney Henry F. Dimock. Educated at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, Whitney was graduated from Yale University in 1863, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,<ref>The University Magazine, vol. 5 no. 5, November 1891</ref> and then studied law at Harvard. He left in 1864 to study law with Abraham R. Lawrence in New York City, and in 1865 was admitted to the bar.Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. XX, p. 165. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Political career Whitney was active in organizing the Young Men's Democratic Club in 1871. He was an aggressive opponent of the Tweed Ring, and was actively allied with the anti-Tammany County Democracy of 1871–1890. In 1872, he was made inspector of schools, but the same year met defeat in the election for district attorney. From 1875 to 1882 he was Corporation counsel of New York City, and as such brought about a codification of the laws relating to the city, and successfully contested a large part of certain claims, largely fraudulent, against the city, amounting to about $20 million, and a heritage from the Boss Tweed regime. In 1882, he resigned to attend to personal interests. In 1883, through the Broadway Railroad Company, Whitney became involved in a struggle with Jacob Sharp and Thomas Fortune Ryan for the Broadway street-railway franchise. Sharp initially won the franchise by means of bribery, but in December 1884 Ryan formed an alliance with Whitney and Peter A.B. Widener. By arousing public opinion, instituting court action, and prompting legislative investigation, they defeated Sharp. The Ryan syndicate finally received the franchise in 1886. During President Cleveland's first administration (1885–1889), Whitney was United States Secretary of the Navy, and did much to develop the United States Navy. The contracts issued under the previous administration were investigated impartially by a committee appointed by Whitney and comprising Commander Evans, Commodore Belknap and Herman Winter, chief engineer of the Metropolitan Steamship Company. Whitney promoted the adoption by industry of the technology needed for the construction of steel steamships and modern naval guns and the domestic manufacture of plate armor. He also reorganized the finances and logistics of the Navy Department and helped make the Naval War College a success. When Whitney left office in 1889, steel vessels completed or under construction included the armored cruiser (later battleship) ; monitors Puritan, Amphitrite, Monadnock, Terror and Miantonomoh; protected cruisers Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Newark, Charleston, , Philadelphia, and San Francisco; dynamite-gun cruiser ; dispatch vessel Dolphin; gunboats , , and ; and torpedo boat Cushing. These constituted the nucleus of the "New Navy"Robert Gardiner (ed. dir.), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, pp. 139-140, 145-146, 150-152, 159, 163-164. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. During Whitney's four years in the cabinet, his home in Washington, D.C., was a social center of great attraction. In 1888, Yale conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. Whitney joined Charles T. Barney, Henry F. Dimock, W.E.D. Stokes, Francis W. Jenks, and others in forming the New York Loan and Improvement Company in 1890. This concern developed the Washington Heights section of New York City. Barney was president of the company when he died in 1907, three years after Whitney. In opposition to Tammany, Whitney was instrumental in bringing about the third nomination of Cleveland in 1892, and took an influential part in the ensuing presidential campaign. Whitney joined his brother Henry in organizing the Dominion Coal Company Ltd. in 1893, and the Dominion Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in 1899, to exploit the mineral resources of the Sydney district of Cape Breton Island. Other early investors included Henry F. Dimock, Almeric H. Paget and Charles T. Barney. In the next general election, in 1896, disapproving of the "free-silver" agitation, Whitney refused to support his party's candidate, William Jennings Bryan. Thoroughbred horse racing William Whitney was also a major investor in thoroughbred horse racing, hiring the best trainers, buying the best horses, and engaging the services of the best jockey of the day. He established Westbury Stable with a string of thoroughbred race horses, competing against the successful stable of business associate James R. Keene. At his vast summer estate near Old Westbury on Long Island, Whitney built an stable with 84 box stalls and an adjoining mile-long training track. Around the start of the 20th century, in the United States his horses were trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee John W. Rogers and in England by John Huggins. Whitney maintained a city residence in New York; a Venetian palace and 5,000 acres in Wheatley Hills, near Jamaica, New York; a Sheepshead Bay house, with a private track covering 300 acres; a mansion with 700 acres at Lenox, Massachusetts; October Mountain summer cottage, 10,000-acre estate including 800-acre fenced-in game reserve, in Washington, Massachusetts; Stony Ford Farm, New York, used as an auxiliary to his Kentucky Stock Farm; an Adirondack game preserve of 16,000 acres; a lodge at Blue Mountain Lake with a fine golf course, a Blue Grass farm of 3,000 acres in Kentucky. Whitney also spent time in the equestrian community of Aiken, South Carolina, revamping a local cottage into a 69-room winter residence that included 15 bathrooms, a full-size ballroom, a squash court and a stable to house 30 horses. He had his own personalPullman_(car_or_coach) named Wanderer which made the Aiken trip tolerable. His involvement in Aiken along with that of Thomas Hitchcock, the Vanderbilt family, the Astor family and other equestrian minded business associates helped establish the premier Aiken Winter Colony. Aiken remains a haven where horses are brought in from the north to train and enjoy a more temperate winter. He was the breeder of twenty-six American stakes winners, including the great filly Artful from his stallion Hamburg. On June 5, 1901, Whitney won England's Derby with Volodyovski, leased by him from Lady Valerie Meux.Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. XX, p. 166. On October 24, 1903, the New York Times'' reported that W. C. Whitney had entered into a ten-year lease deal with A. J. Alexander for one thousand acres (4 km2) of the Wood Stud farm property at Spring Station, Kentucky. In 1901 Whitney led a group of investors who bought the Saratoga Race Course, which had been in decline. Whitney made major improvements to the track and is widely credited with revitalizing racing at Saratoga. Personal life On October 13, 1869, he married Flora Payne, daughter of Senator Henry B. Payne of Ohio and sister of Whitney's Yale classmate, Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne, later treasurer of the Standard Oil Company. The Whitneys lived in the now lost Stevens Mansion at 2 West 57th Street where they commissioned Stanford White to renovate the interiors. They had five children: Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), who married Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916), who married Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949) William Payne Whitney (1876–1927), who married Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) Oliver Whitney (1878–1883), who died aged 5 Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), who first married Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918) and later married Leonard Knight Elmhirst (1893–1974) Flora Payne Whitney died on February 5, 1893, at age fifty-two. Two years later, William Whitney remarried to Sibyl Randolph (née May), widow of a Mr. Randolph. He gave his home at 2 West 57th street to son Harry and his new bride Gertrude, and acquired for his new wife a residence at 871 Fifth Avenue at 68th Street in New York City, and commissioned McKim, Mead & White to do a $3.5 million renovation of the house. In 1898, she suffered a horse riding accident at their estate, Joye Cottage, in the Aiken Winter Colony in Aiken, South Carolina, in what is now known as Hitchcock Woods and died at age forty-one on May 6, 1899. Whitney was a member of Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred" as well as the Patriarch Society until its dissolution in April 1897. On January 5, 1901, at his residence, 871 Fifth Avenue, Whitney gave a debutante ball for his niece, Helen Barney. He remained active in street-railway affairs until the reorganization of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in 1902. At that time he retired from all personal identification with the company. William Collins Whitney died on February 2, 1904, and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. At the time of his death he was one of the largest landowners in the eastern United States, worth approximately $23 million (1/993rd of US GNP). Honors In his honor: The USS Whitney (AD-4) was named after him when launched on October 12, 1923 at the Boston Navy Yard The William C. Whitney Wilderness Area of the Adirondack Park in Upstate New York is also named in his honor. References External links William Collins Whitney biography on the Whitney Research Group website. Whitney at the Naval Department 1841 births 1904 deaths American businesspeople American people of English descent American racehorse owners and breeders Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Cleveland administration cabinet members 19th-century American politicians Harvard Law School alumni New York (state) lawyers Owners of Epsom Derby winners People from Conway, Massachusetts United States Secretaries of the Navy William Collins Yale University alumni Massachusetts Democrats People from Old Westbury, New York People included in New York Society's Four Hundred

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James Brown (Louisiana politician)

James Brown (September 11, 1766April 7, 1835) was a Virginia-born American lawyer, planter and politician who served as a Secretary of State for the new state of Kentucky, and later as U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and Minister to France (1823-1829) before his retirement and death in Philadelphia. Early and family life Born near Staunton, Virginia, to John Brown and his wife, young James Brown had brothers John and Samuel Brown and sisters Mary and Elizabeth who either survived him or had children who survived him, unlike his brother Preston. His brother John Brown became the U.S. Senator from Kentucky and active in its gaining statehood. Well-connected among the southern elite, they were also cousins of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Preston. James Brown attended Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, and the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. James Brown read law, was admitted to the Virginia bar, and commenced practice in Frankfort, Kentucky, then still part of Virginia. He married Ann "Nancy" Hart, one of seven children of Revolutionary War veteran and successful businessman Col. Thomas Hart, who moved from North Carolina to Maryland and finally Lexington, Kentucky. Her sister Lucretia married Henry Clay, who became U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Her brother Nathaniel G. S. Hart died in the War of 1812. They did not have any children who survived them. James Brown was the uncle of James Brown Clay, Henry Clay, Jr., John Morrison Clay, the great uncle of B. Gratz Brown, and the cousin-in-law of Thomas Hart Benton. Career James Brown commanded a company of Virginia sharpshooters in an expedition against the Indians in 1789. He served as secretary to Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky, in 1792. On June 5, 1792, Shelby nominated Brown as Secretary of State; he was confirmed by the state senate and served until October 13, 1796. Soon after the United States made the Louisiana Purchase, Brown moved to New Orleans, where he was appointed in 1804 as secretary of the Territory of Orleans. He served from October 1 to December 11 of that year, when he was appointed as U.S. Attorney-General for the Territory. Brown became one of the wealthiest planters and slave owners on the German Coast. His extensive plantation produced sugar through the use of slave labor. In January 1811, some slaves from James Brown's plantations (some of them jointly owned by his nephew James Humphreys) joined in the 1811 German Coast uprising. One was the African-born warrior Kook, who became one of the insurrection's leaders. It was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history, but was soon suppressed. The insurgents killed only two white men, but between the one battle, subsequent summary executions by militia members, and executions after tribunals of slaveowners, ninety-five black men died. Some of the men were from Saint-Domingue, brought to Spanish Louisiana several years earlier by white French refugees, as well as by refugee gens de couleur (free people of colour), who fled the violence and expropriations of the Haitian Revolution. Others were slaves imported directly from Africa. Brown was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate on December 1, 1812, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jean Noël Destréhan, whose slaves were also involved in the quashed uprising. Brown served in the U.S. Senate from February 5, 1813, until March 3, 1817. The Louisiana legislature refused to reelect him, but in 1819 he was elected again to the U.S. Senate as a Democratic-Republican aligned with Southern Jeffersonians. During the Missouri Crisis, he favored the unrestricted expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi River. He served from March 4, 1819, until December 10, 1823, when he resigned. During his tenure, Brown was the chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Sixteenth Congress). With the consent of the Senate, the President appointed Brown U.S. Minister to France, and he served 1823–1829. Returning to the U.S., he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He agreed to support a Quaker appeal for funds to aid an American free black settlement in Ontario, Canada, known as the Wilberforce Colony. It had been started by free blacks from Cincinnati, Ohio, who emigrated to Canada in reaction to discriminatory laws and especially a highly destructive riot against them in 1829. Brown was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814 and the American Philosophical Society in 1827. Death and legacy Brown survived his wife Nancy, as well as a Philadelphia cholera outbreak in 1831, but died in Philadelphia in 1835. After a service at its St. Stephen's Church, he was buried in the vault of nearby Christ Church, Philadelphia. Brown is remembered as one of the drafters of the first Louisiana Civil Code of 1808, a word undertaken together with Louis Moreau-Lislet and Edward Livingston. Citations Further reading External links 1766 births 1835 deaths United States senators from Louisiana Ambassadors of the United States to France 19th-century American diplomats 18th-century American politicians 19th-century American politicians Kentucky lawyers Louisiana lawyers Washington and Lee University alumni College of William & Mary alumni Politicians from Staunton, Virginia Louisiana Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party United States senators Secretaries of State of Kentucky Members of the American Antiquarian Society Members of the American Philosophical Society American slave owners American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Burials in Pennsylvania

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John Bartholomew Gough

John Bartholomew Gough (August 22, 1817 – February 18, 1886) was a United States temperance orator. Biography He was born at Sandgate, Kent, England, and was educated by his mother, a schoolmistress. At the age of twelve, after his father died, he was sent to the United States to seek his fortune. He arrived in New York City in August 1829, and went to live for two years with family friends on a farm in Oneida County, New York in the western part of the state. He then entered a book-bindery in New York City to learn the trade. There in 1833 his mother and sister joined him, but after her death in 1835 he fell in with dissolute companions, and became a confirmed drunkard. He lost his position, and for several years supported himself as a ballad singer and story-teller in the cheap theatres and concert-halls of New York and other eastern cities. He had always had a passion for the stage, and made one or two efforts to become an actor, but owing to his habits gained little favor. He married in 1839, and became a bookbinder on his own account. The effort to do his work without giving up his nightly dissipations so affected him that he was on the verge of delirium tremens. He lost his wife and child, and was reduced to the utmost misery. Even this means of livelihood was being closed to him, when in Worcester, Massachusetts, in October 1842, a little kindness shown him by a Quaker induced him to attend a temperance meeting, and to sign a temperance pledge. After several lapses and a terrific struggle, he determined to devote his life to lecturing on behalf of temperance reform. He set forth, carpet-bag in hand, to tramp through the New England states, glad to obtain even seventy-five cents for a temperance lecture, and soon became famous for his eloquence. An intense earnestness derived from experience, and his power of imitation and expression, enabled him to work on the sensibilities of his audiences. He was accustomed to mingle the pathetic and humorous in such a way as to attract thousands to hear him who had no purpose but to be interested and amused. In the first year of his travels, he spoke 386 times, and thenceforward for seventeen years he dealt only with temperance. During that period he addressed over 5,000 audiences. He visited England in 1853, by invitation of the London Temperance League, was entertained by George Cruikshank, the veteran artist and total abstainer, and his first address, delivered at Exeter Hall, produced a great sensation. He intended to stay but six months, but was kept busy for two years. In 1854 he had undertaken to speak at Oxford, and the students had determined to prevent him. He was greeted with hisses, cat calls, and yells. But Gough had a disciplined temper and the courage of his convictions, and an appeal to the Briton's proverbial love of fair play ended in his obtaining a hearing. On a subsequent visit, in 1878, he was received with distinguished attention by the Oxonians. He returned to the United States in 1855, and took up his old work with unabated success. In 1857 he made another journey to England, and lectured for three years. In his temperance efforts, Gough always kept aloof from politics or any organized effort to accomplish results through legislation, relying entirely on moral influences and on the total abstinence pledge. After confining his addresses to the subject of temperance for 17 years, he began to take up other subjects, literary and social, though from first to last his chief successes were obtained on the temperance platform. After his popularity had led him to vary his subject and to lecture before lyceums, he made a moderate fortune by his eloquence. His subjects were such as to give full scope to his powers of imitation, and to furnish opportunity to stir the feelings. "Eloquence and Orators" and "Peculiar People" were topics of this kind, in which diverting imitations played a prominent part. But he rarely failed to introduce some reference to the evils of intemperance. His oratory was not acquired, but natural. He had no elocutionary training, his reading was singularly restricted, and all his resources were from within. Yet he never failed to hold the attention of his audiences. He continued his work until the end of his life. For several years, he made his home at Boylston, Massachusetts. He died at his work, being stricken with apoplexy on the lecture platform in the 1st Presbyterian Church of Frankford, Philadelphia, where he died two days later. He is buried at Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts. Honors Gough Street in San Francisco, California was named for him. Works Autobiography (London, 1846; 3d ed., 1853) Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough (1870)Orations (1854)Temperance Addresses (New York, 1870)Temperance Lectures (1879)Sunlight and Shadow, or Gleanings from My Life Work (1880) Some of his publications have been translated into French, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Tamil. One of his stories (The Pilot), based upon an anonymously published story The Helmsman of Lake Erie, caused Horatio Alger to write the ballad John Maynard. Gough or Alger, perhaps both, were the source for Theodor Fontane's ballad John Maynard'' which remains to this day popular in German speaking countries. Notes References External links 1817 births 1886 deaths American temperance activists English emigrants to the United States People from Boylston, Massachusetts Burials at Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts) People from Sandgate, Kent

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Allen

Eric Allen

Eric Andre Allen (born November 22, 1965) is an American football coach and former cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, and Oakland Raiders from 1988 to 2001. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Allen retired from football after the 2001 season and is currently an NFL analyst for Pac-12 Networks. In his NFL career, he recorded 54 interceptions for 827 yards and eight touchdowns, while also recovering seven fumbles. His 54 interceptions ties him for 21st in NFL history. He now lives in San Diego, California with his wife Lynn Allen, with whom he has four children. In 2019, he served as the defensive backs coach for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). Early years Allen played high school football at Point Loma High School under legendary coach Bennie Edens. College career Allen played college football at Arizona State University. Professional career Allen was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft. Allen played seven seasons for the Eagles, three seasons for the New Orleans Saints, and four seasons for the Oakland Raiders. While with the Eagles he was a very popular player with the "Gang Green" Defense, playing with NFL greats Reggie White, Seth Joyner, Jerome Brown, Clyde Simmons, Andre Waters, Mike Pitts, and Wes Hopkins. He is the only NFL player to run back three or more interceptions for scores in two separate seasons. One of Allen's most memorable plays occurred October 3, 1993, in a game against the New York Jets. Having lost their starting quarterback (Randall Cunningham) to a fractured fibula early in the contest, the Eagles found themselves trailing the Jets by two points late in the 4th quarter as the Jets drove downfield for what would likely be the game's final points. Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason attempted to throw for a first down inside the Eagles 10-yard line as Allen stepped in front of the intended receiver at the 6-yard line. The ensuing 94-yard touchdown return was declared "Greatest Interception Return in NFL History" by Steve Sabol of NFL Films. After several successful and injury-free seasons at Philadelphia and New Orleans, Allen blew out his knee during the 1998 season on November 15 while playing for the Oakland Raiders against the Seattle Seahawks and missed the rest of that season. But he came back strong in 2000 and had a season to remember, with six interceptions, including a team-record three for touchdowns. His teammates honored him with the first annual Eric Turner award for the Raiders' most outstanding defensive player. The award was created in the memory of the Oakland free safety who died of abdominal cancer in May 2000. Through the 2001 season, Allen played in 214 of a possible 217 games. In 2009, Allen also was inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honoring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface. Television career Allen joined ESPN in August 2002 as an NFL studio analyst. Allen primarily appears on ESPN's "Sportscenter" as an NFL analyst. Allen has had appearances as a college football analyst on the Pac-12 Networks football shows, as well as for the station's flagship show "Sports Report" as a football analyst. Coaching career On December 19, 2018, Allen was named defensive backs coach for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football. References External links 1965 births Living people American football cornerbacks Arizona State Sun Devils football players Philadelphia Eagles players New Orleans Saints players Oakland Raiders players National Football League announcers National Conference Pro Bowl players Point Loma High School alumni Sportspeople from San Diego Players of American football from San Diego San Diego Fleet coaches

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Jackson%20%28radio%20commentator%29

Michael Jackson (radio commentator)

Michael Robin Jackson MBE (16 April 1934 – 15 January 2022) was a British-American talk radio host and occasional actor. He was based in the Los Angeles area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered arts, politics, and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area in the era before "shock jocks". His show originally aired on L.A. radio station KABC and briefly aired on KGIL. Early life Jackson was born in London, England on 16 April 1934, and experienced The Blitz as a child. After the war, during which his father served in the RAF as a navigator trainer, his family moved to South Africa where he became a radio disc jockey. The Jacksons were appalled by the apartheid then dominant in South Africa, and they moved to the United States in 1958. Jackson had always wanted to be on the radio in Los Angeles, but first, he worked in cities like San Francisco, where he did a Top-40 show for station KYA. He made an appearance on the U.S. television program What's My Line? on 7 August 1960. Listeners reportedly loved his British accent, but he didn't especially enjoy being a rock DJ. In fact, he hated rock music and ended up getting fired. When he was hired in the early '60s at KEWB to do an overnight shift, he gradually phased out playing records, and began chatting with callers. He got the reputation of being a problem-solver, and comedian Mort Sahl, a big fan of his, jokingly called him "the all-night psychiatrist". The police regularly monitored his show, with his permission, so they could trace the calls of the occasional listener who expressed suicidal thoughts and make sure the person was okay. Time magazine praised him for his ability to maintain a calm demeanour no matter what the subject turned out to be. Career The Time article and other favourable publicity earned him some offers, and Jackson was finally hired in Los Angeles, where he briefly did the 7 p.m.-to-midnight shift at KHJ. Radio and TV critic Don Page of the Los Angeles Times took notice of him almost immediately, saying he was a "good talker and a patient listener," with an "elegant and flexible" command of the language. But when his ratings weren't what KHJ hoped, he was fired. Fortunately, the CBS affiliate KNX picked him up, but he found their format very confining. Finally, in 1966, heritage talk station KABC hired him, and it was a perfect fit. The station was having great success with their talk radio format, and they gave Jackson the 9 a.m.-to-1 p.m. (later 9 a.m. to noon) spot. Jackson remained with them for the next three decades, with critics continuing to compliment him for being "cultivated and enlightened". At that time, KABC broadcast the Joe Pyne show, and in the mid-1970s, when Jackson beat him in the ratings, he told a reporter that this proved "you do not have to be rude to be successful." He was on Michael Jackson on Los Angeles TV Station KCET Channel 28 from 20 March 1978 to 4 May 1979. Jackson liked to book his own guests, and he became well known for talking to interesting news makers from all around the world, ranging from Richard Nixon's former counsel Charles Colson to economist Milton Friedman to Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan. He also talked to celebrities, psychologists and comedians, but he seemed to enjoy talking about current events. On the other hand, he was sometimes criticised for being too nice with his guests and not asking enough tough questions. Later years Jackson continued to be successful into the 1980s, but radio was changing. Although regarded by many as a liberal, he was not alone in that point of view: KABC had several liberal hosts, as well as several who were conservative. Rush Limbaugh was Jackson's competitor, on the air at crosstown KFI, and Limbaugh had little difficulty defeating the veteran KABC talk show host. KABC's management ultimately felt Jackson's style no longer fitted with the modern "in your face" talk shows, the vast majority of which were conservative. On 3 July 1997, Jackson did his last daily talk show for KABC, to the dismay of his fans and a number of critics. Said one, "Jackson has served as one of the radio dial's last passionate voices of liberal politics…." The timing was especially bad given that Jackson had just won an award as "Radio Talk Show Host of the Year" from the Los Angeles Times. He was moved to weekends and ultimately let go in November 1998, after more than 32 years with KABC. Return Jackson would return to radio, finding employment at KRLA (1110 AM), where he secured good ratings, but was still not able to beat Limbaugh. KRLA was pleased, however, because he increased the size of their audience. They had recently changed their format from oldies to all-talk, and station management felt that because he was so well known in Los Angeles, Jackson would be able to attract new listeners. Jackson found himself out of work again when KRLA was sold in October 2000. In addition to changing hands, KRLA would also change its programming, becoming a sports station. He was then hired at KLAC, only to be placed out of work again in 2002 when the station changed its format back to music. In 2003, Jackson was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame; he was still a talented announcer, but at that point, he had no station to work for. The Englishman did some freelance work, producing interviews for all-news radio station KNX and doing some work as a news analyst. But he chose not to renew his contract, citing a lack of a regular time-slot as well as frustration when his long and thorough interviews were edited down into two-minute snippets. Next Jackson joined the new KGIL 1260 AM; it had been playing classical music, but now the owner, Saul Levine, wanted to change formats, and Jackson was one of the talk-show hosts he hired. His first show for KGIL was on 29 October 2007, and he remained there for almost a year. His show was two hours in length, and his interviews of political guests with frequent call-ins were highly respected. Still courteous, still non-combative, Jackson was then 73 and as he told Steve Carney of the Los Angeles Times, he hoped that this time, he could settle in and work until whenever he chose to retire. That was not to be, as he was let go without explanation on Friday, 12 September 2008 upon his return from vacation two days earlier. He was not allowed to say a final farewell to his long-time listeners. The station reportedly decided to switch to syndicated programming. In fall of 2009 Jackson returned to KABC as the co-host of an investment-oriented show called "The Financial Insider with Michael Jackson" airing Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. As of February 2010 the program was still on the air. Jackson filled in for regular host Patt Morrison on her KPCC (National Public Radio affiliate at Pasadena, California) show on 18–19 July 2011. Personal life and death In 1965, Jackson married Alana Ladd, daughter of actor Alan Ladd and his agent, Sue Carol. Alana died in 2014. The couple had three children, Alan Jackson, Alisa Lipton, and Devon Jackson, and five grandchildren. Jackson died at his home in Los Angeles following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, on 15 January 2022, at the age of 87. Awards Jackson was repeatedly voted Outstanding Radio Personality of the Year. His peers recognised his entertaining and probing style with four Golden Mike Awards for excellence in radio broadcasting. In 1997-98, he was voted Number One Radio Talk Show Host of the Year. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2003. He was a Member of the Order of the British Empire and of France's Ordre national du Mérite. He held an honorary Doctorate of Laws from California Western School of Law. His star is proudly included on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. When the pop singer of the same name died on 25 June 2009, the singer's star on the Walk of Fame was blocked off due to the premiere of the film Brüno at nearby Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Fans of the singer started a makeshift memorial at the (identical) star belonging to the radio personality instead. Jackson posted on his website: "I am willingly loan[ing] it to him and, if it would bring him back, he can have it. He was a real star. Sinatra, Presley, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson." Filmography References James Brown. "Talk of the Town". Los Angeles Times, 4 December 1979, p. H1. Steve Carney. "Jackson Seeks to Reclaim his Place." Los Angeles Times, 29 October 2007, p. E2. Cynthia Littleton. "Jackson's ratings good at KRLA-AM." Daily Variety, 18 May 1999, p. 3 Ray Richmond. "Jackson Exits KABC Slot." Daily Variety, 3 July 1997 Thursday p. 1 Myron Roberts. "Yackity Yackity Yack About Talk Shows", Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1967, p. C7. Hilly Rose. But That's Not What I Called About, Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1978. William Trombley. "LA Turns On to Talk Shows", Los Angeles Times, 25 August 1975, p. A3. Notes External links Michael Jackson leaves KGIL, September 18, 2008 Michael Jackson Radio Hall of Fame 1934 births 2022 deaths British emigrants to the United States English journalists English radio personalities American alternative journalists American talk radio hosts Deaths from Parkinson's disease Radio personalities from Los Angeles Ladd family (show business) People from London Neurological disease deaths in California

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Robert James Waller

Robert James Waller (August 1, 1939 – March 10, 2017) was an American author best known for The Bridges of Madison County, an enormously successful book in 1993. He was also a photographer and musician. Life Robert James Waller Jr. was born in Charles City, Iowa, and grew up in Rockford, Iowa. Waller received his BA ('62) and MA ('64) from University of Northern Iowa (then known as Iowa State Teachers College). He received his PhD in business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington in 1968. Later that year he returned to UNI and began teaching management and economics, and in 1977 became a full professor. He became dean of the College of Business in 1980 and retired from that position in 1986. It was announced in 2000 that he made a "seven figure" donation to Indiana University. Several of his books have been on the New York Times bestseller list including 1992's The Bridges of Madison County which was the top best-seller in 1993. Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, have been made into motion pictures. Personal life In 1997, his marriage of 35 years to Georgia ended in divorce. An article in People Magazine noted, "The parallels between Waller's life and his art—his Bridges heroine, farmwife Francesca, sacrifices her chance for happiness with a globe-hopping photographer in order to stay home and shield her loved ones from small-town scandal—haven't been lost on the locals". Death Waller died on March 10, 2017, at his home in Fredericksburg, Texas. He was 77 and had been battling multiple myeloma. Works Novels The Bridges of Madison County (1992; original UK title Love in Black and White) Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend (1993); Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (1995) Border Music (1995) A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County (2002) High Plains Tango (2005) The Long Night of Winchell Dear (2007) Collections Just Beyond the Firelight (1988), Iowa State University Press; 1st edition (1988), / Non-fiction One Good Road is Enough (1990) Iowa: Perspectives on Today and Tomorrow (1991) Old Songs in a New Café (1994) Images (1994) The Summer Nights Never End...Until They Do: Life, Liberty, and the Lure of the Short-Run (2012) Music The Ballads of Madison County: a Collection of Songs; Audio CD (July 23, 1993); Atlantic Records 82511. References 1939 births 2017 deaths University of Northern Iowa alumni Kelley School of Business alumni 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American romantic fiction novelists Novelists from Iowa Atlantic Records artists People from Floyd County, Iowa University of Northern Iowa faculty Deaths from cancer in Texas Deaths from multiple myeloma 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers

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Jim Rogers

James Beeland Rogers Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore. Rogers is the chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management. He was also the creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI). Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of the Austrian School of economics. Early life Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in Demopolis, Alabama. Education In 1964, Rogers graduated with a bachelor's degree cum laude in history from Yale University. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick. In 1966, Rogers then acquired a second BA degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, as a member of Balliol College. In April 2019, he received an honorary Ph.D. from Pusan National University for his books containing positive messages on Korean reunification. Business career In 1964, Rogers joined Dominick & Dominick LLC on Wall Street, where he first learned about stocks and bonds. From 1966 to 1968, Rogers was in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. In 1970, Rogers joined investment bank Arnhold and S. Bleichroder, where he worked with George Soros. In 1973, Soros and Rogers both left and founded the Quantum Fund. From 1973 to 1980, the portfolio gained 4,200% while the S&P advanced about 47%. The Quantum Fund was one of the first truly global funds. In 1980, Rogers decided to "retire" and traveled on a motorcycle around the world. He has since been a guest professor of finance at the Columbia Business School. In 1985, he said the Vienna Exchange had high potential of being a bull market. In 1989 and 1990, Rogers was the moderator of WCBS' The Dreyfus Roundtable and FNN's The Profit Motive with Jim Rogers. From 1990 to 1992, he traveled through China again and around the world on motorcycle, covering over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) across six continents. His journey was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. He tells of his adventures and worldwide investments in the bestseller Investment Biker. In 1998, Rogers founded the Rogers International Commodity Index. In 2007, the index and its three sub-indices were linked to exchange-traded notes under the banner ELEMENTS. The notes track the total return of the indices as an accessible way to invest in the index. Rogers is an outspoken advocate of agriculture investments. Between January 1, 1999, and January 5, 2002, Rogers went on another Guinness-recognized journey through 116 countries, covering 245,000 kilometers with his wife Paige Parker in a custom-made Mercedes. The trip began in Iceland, which was about to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Leif Eriksson's first trip to America. On January 5, 2002, the couple returned to their New York home on Riverside Drive. He wrote the bestseller Adventure Capitalist following this around-the-world adventure. 2002 to present On his return in 2002, Rogers became a regular guest on Fox News' Cavuto on Business and other financial TV shows. In 2005, Rogers wrote Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market, in which Rogers quotes a Financial Analysts Journal academic paper co-authored by Yale School of Management professor, Geert Rouwenhorst, entitled Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures. In December 2007, Rogers sold his mansion in New York City for about $16 million and moved to Singapore. Rogers said he moved because now is a groundbreaking time for investment potential in Asian markets. His daughters speak fluent Mandarin to prepare them for the future. He said, "If you were smart in 1807, you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907, you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007, you move to Asia." In a CNBC interview with Maria Bartiromo broadcast on May 5, 2008, Rogers said people in China are extremely motivated and driven, and that he wants to be in that type of environment so his daughters are motivated and driven. He added that this is how America and Europe used to be. He chose not to move to Chinese cities like Hong Kong or Shanghai due to high pollution potentially causing health problems for his family. However, he remains skeptical of India's future, saying in 2001, "India as we know it will not survive another 30 or 40 years". In 2008, Rogers endorsed Ron Paul, a Republican congressman, for president of the United States. Personal life Rogers has been married three times. In 1966, he married his first wife, Lois Biener; they divorced in 1969. In 1974, he married Jennifer Skolnik; they divorced in 1977. He married Paige Parker in 2000; they have two daughters. In September 2012 Rogers was appointed by VTB Capital as an advisor to the agricultural division of its global private equity unit. Rogers noted: "Russia and the CIS region have all the ingredients needed to become the world's agriculture powerhouse. It seems that everything may now be coming together under VTB Capital to make this happen, so I am keen to participate, if the fund gets off the ground." In February 2013 Rogers joined the board of advisors of the Coalition to Reduce Spending. In September 2015, he left the Indian market saying "one can't just invest on hope". Financial advice In 2002, Rogers said that Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's "reaction to the stock-market bubble has caused two more bubbles to grow: a real-estate bubble and a consumer-debt bubble." In 2006, Rogers said he was shorting US financials, home builders and Fannie Mae. On November 4, 2010, speaking at Balliol College, Oxford, Rogers urged students to scrap career plans for Wall Street or the City, London's financial district, and to study agriculture and mining instead. "The power is shifting again from the financial centers to the producers of real goods. The place to be is in commodities, raw materials, natural resources." In May 2012 he remarked during an interview with Forbes magazine that "there's going to be a huge shift in American society, American culture, in the places where one is going to get rich. The stock brokers are going to be driving taxis. The smart ones will learn to drive tractors so they can work for the smart farmers. The farmers are going to be driving Lamborghinis. I'm telling you. You should start Forbes Farming." Rogers has been periodically bearish on the US stock market since the 1980s, notably 1987, 1998, 1999 & 2008. In February 2018, he reportedly predicted that the next bear market would be "the worst in our lifetime." Bibliography 1994: Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers. – 2003: Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. – 2004: Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market. – 2007: A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market. – 2009: A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons For Life And Investing. – 2013: Street Smarts: Adventures on the Road and in the Markets – 2019: Number One Bestsellers in Japan: The Future of Japan 2019: Number One Bestsellers in Japan: A Warning to Japan References Further reading External links The Millennium Adventure, Official Jim Rogers website Jim Rogers blog 1942 births Living people Alabama Republicans Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford American business writers American commodities traders American economics writers American expatriates in Singapore American financial analysts American financial commentators American financial company founders American financiers American finance and investment writers American hedge fund managers American investors American libertarians American male non-fiction writers American money managers American stock traders Economists from Alabama Austrian School economists Businesspeople from Alabama Columbia Business School faculty George Soros Oxford University Boat Club rowers People from Demopolis, Alabama Stock and commodity market managers Writers from Alabama Yale University alumni United States Army soldiers 21st-century American economists American emigrants to Singapore

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Richard III (1955 film)

Richard III is a 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. Featuring many noted Shakespearean actors, including a quartet of actors who were later knighted, the film depicts Richard plotting and conspiring to grasp the throne from his brother King Edward IV, played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. In the process, many are killed and betrayed, with Richard's evil leading to his own downfall. The prologue of the film states that history without its legends would be "a dry matter indeed", implicitly admitting to the artistic licence that Shakespeare applied to the events of the time. Of the three Shakespearean films directed by Olivier, Richard III received the least critical praise at the time, although it was still acclaimed. It was the only one not to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, though Olivier's performance was nominated. The film gained popularity in the US through a 1966 re-release, which broke box office records in many US cities. Many critics now consider Olivier's Richard III his best Shakespearean screen adaptation. The British Film Institute has pointed out that, given the enormous TV audience it received when shown in the United States on NBC, Sunday afternoon, March 11, 1956, the film "may have done more to popularise Shakespeare than any other single work". Plot King Edward IV of England (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has been placed on the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Sir Laurence Olivier). After Edward's coronation in the Great Hall, with his brothers George and Richard watching, he leaves with his wife and sons. Richard contemplates the throne, before advancing towards the audience and then addressing them, delivering a speech that outlines his physical deformities, including a hunched back and a withered arm. He goes on to describe his jealousy over his brother's rise to power in contrast to his lowly position. He dedicates himself to task and plans to frame his brother, George, Duke of Clarence (Sir John Gielgud), for conspiring to kill the King, and to have George sent to the Tower of London, by claiming George will murder Edward's heirs. He then tells his brother he will help him get out. Having confused and deceived the King, Richard proceeds with his plans after getting a warrant, and enlists two ruffians (Michael Gough and Michael Ripper) to carry out his dirty work: George is murdered, drowned in a butt of wine. Though Edward had sent a pardon to Richard, Richard stopped it passing. Richard goes on to woo and seduce the Lady Anne (Claire Bloom), and though she hates him for killing her husband and father, she cannot resist and ends up marrying him. Richard then orchestrates disorder in the court, fueling rivalries, and setting the court against the Queen consort, Elizabeth (Mary Kerridge). The King, weakened by exhaustion, appoints his brother, Richard, as Lord Protector, and dies soon after hearing of the death of George. Edward's son, soon to become Edward V (Paul Huson), is met by Richard whilst en route to London. Richard has the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Hastings (Alec Clunes) arrested and executed, and forces the young King, along with his younger brother the Duke of York (Andy Shine), to have a protracted stay at the Tower of London. With all obstacles now removed, Richard enlists the help of his cousin the Duke of Buckingham (Sir Ralph Richardson) to alter his public image, and to become popular with the people. In doing so, Richard becomes the people's first choice to become the new King. Buckingham had aided Richard on terms of being given the title of Earl of Hereford and its income, but balks at the idea of murdering the two princes. Richard then asks a minor knight, Sir James Tyrrel (Patrick Troughton), eager for advancement, to have young Edward and the Duke of York killed in the Tower of London. Buckingham, having requested his earldom at Richard's coronation, fears for his life when Richard (angry at Buckingham for not killing the princes) shouts "I am not in the giving vein today!" Buckingham then joins the opposition against Richard's rule. Richard, now fearful because of his dwindling popularity, raises an army to defend his throne and the House of York against the House of Lancaster, led by Henry Tudor (Stanley Baker), the Earl of Richmond and later Henry VII of England, at Bosworth Field (1485). Before the battle, however, Buckingham is captured and executed. On the eve of the battle, Richard is haunted by the ghosts of all those he has killed in his bloody ascent to the throne, and he wakes up screaming. Richard composes himself, striding out to plan the battle for his generals, and gives a motivational speech to his troops. The two forces engage in battle, with the Lancastarians having the upper hand. Lord Stanley (Laurence Naismith), whose loyalties had been questionable for some time, betrays Richard, and allies himself with Henry. Richard sees this and charges into the thick of battle, side by side with his loyal companion Sir William Catesby (Norman Wooland) to kill Richmond and end the battle quickly. Eventually Richard spots Richmond and they briefly engage in a duel before being interrupted by Stanley's men. Richard and Catesby are able to escape the oncoming forces, but, in doing so, Richard is knocked off his horse, loses his cherished crown, and becomes separated from Catesby, who is off seeking rescue. Searching desperately for Richmond, whom he has lost sight of, Richard cries out: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Catesby finds the king and offers him withdrawal, but Richard refuses to flee. Catesby is then killed by Richmond's men without Richard noticing. Richard then spots Lord Stanley, and engages him in single combat. Before a victor can emerge, the Lancastarian troops charge Richard, and fatally wound him. The wounded murderous king convulses in spasms, offering his sword to the sky, and eventually dies of his wounds. Stanley orders Richard's body to be taken away and then finds Richard's crown in a thorn bush. He then proceeds to offer it to Henry, leaving the crown of England in safe hands once again. Cast Olivier cast only British actors. Since the film was financed by Alexander Korda and produced by his London Films, obtaining the required actors was not difficult, as many actors were contractually obliged to London Films. As with most films with ensemble casts, all the players were billed on the same tier. However, Olivier played the title character and occupies the majority of screen time. When casting the supporting roles, Olivier chose to fortify the already impressive cast with seasoned veterans, such as Laurence Naismith, and with promising newcomers, such as Claire Bloom and Stanley Baker. For the murderers, Olivier originally wanted John Mills and Richard Attenborough. However, Mills thought the idea might be regarded as "stunt casting", and Attenborough had to pull out because of a scheduling conflict. The film's marketers in the US picked up on the fact that the cast included four knights (Olivier, Richardson, Gielgud and Hardwicke) and used this as a selling point. The four members of the cast who had already achieved British knighthood were all listed as "Sir...." in the film credits. The House of York Sir Laurence Olivier as Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III), the malformed brother of the King, who is jealous of his brother's new power, and plans to take it for himself. Olivier had created his interpretation of the Crookback King in 1944, and this film transferred that portrayal to the screen. This portrayal earned Olivier his fifth Oscar nomination, and is generally considered to be one of his greatest performances; some consider it his best performance in a Shakespeare play. Sir Cedric Hardwicke as King Edward IV of England, the newly crowned King of England, who, with the aid of his brother, Richard, has secured his position by wresting it from Henry VI of the House of Lancaster. This marked his only appearance in a film version of a Shakespeare play. He was 62 at the time of the film, whereas Edward died at the age of 40. Sir John Gielgud as George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Richard and of the new King. Gielgud's standing as the great stage Shakespearean of the decades immediately preceding Olivier's career was a cause of a certain enmity on the part of Olivier, and it was known that he disapproved of Gielgud's "singing" the verse (i.e. reciting it in an affected style that resembles singing). Gielgud's casting in this film can be seen as a combination of Olivier's quest for an all-star cast, and the fact that Olivier had rejected Gielgud's request to play the Chorus in Olivier's 1944 adaptation of Henry V. Sir Ralph Richardson as the Duke of Buckingham, a corrupt official, who sees potential for advancement in Richard's plans and eventually turns against him when Richard ignores his wishes. Richardson was a lifelong friend of Olivier's. At first, Olivier wanted Orson Welles as Buckingham, but felt an obligation towards his longtime friend. (Olivier later regretted this choice, as he felt that Welles would have added an element of conspiracy to the film.) Paul Huson as Edward, Prince of Wales (later, for a brief while, King Edward V), the eldest son of the King, who holds many strong beliefs, and wishes one day to become a Warrior King. Andy Shine as the Duke of York, the younger son of Prince Edward. Helen Haye as the Duchess of York, the mother of the King. Haye worked regularly for Alexander Korda. Her character's role is severely cut in the film from the play. Pamela Brown as Mistress Shore, the King's mistress. Her character is only mentioned in Shakespeare's play, never seen. Alec Clunes as The Lord Hastings (Lord Chamberlain), a companion and friend of Richard who is accused of conspiracy by Richard and is abruptly executed. Laurence Naismith as The Lord Stanley. Stanley has a certain dislike for Richard and is not totally willing in his co-operation with him. Stanley eventually betrays Richard at Bosworth and engages him in a one-on-one duel. Norman Wooland as Sir William Catesby, Esmond Knight as Sir Richard Ratcliffe, John Laurie as Lord Francis Lovell, Patrick Troughton as Sir James Tyrrell, and John Phillips as John, Duke of Norfolk, all loyal companions of Richard. The House of Lancaster Mary Kerridge as Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Edward. Kerridge did not make many screen appearances, though she did sometimes work for Alexander Korda. Her role has also been reduced from Shakespeare's original. Clive Morton as The Lord Rivers, brother of the Queen Consort. Morton was a British actor who mainly played supporting roles on screen. Dan Cunningham as The Lord Grey, youngest son of the Queen Consort and stepson of the King. Cunningham's role in Richard III was one of his few screen appearances. Douglas Wilmer as the Marquess of Dorset, eldest son of the Queen Consort and stepson of the King. Claire Bloom as The Lady Anne, a widow and an orphan thanks to the acts of Richard, though she cannot resist his charms and eventually becomes his wife. Stanley Baker, appropriately cast as the young Welshman, Henry, Earl of Richmond (later Henry VII, first of the House of Tudor). Henry, who is Richard's enemy, and Lord Stanley's stepson, claims his right to the throne, and briefly duels Richard at Bosworth. Production Background Of Olivier's three Shakespeare films, Richard III had the longest gestation period: Olivier had created and been developing his vision of the character Richard since his portrayal for the Old Vic Theatre in 1944. After he had made Shakespeare films popular with Henry V and Hamlet, the choice of Richard III for his next adaptation was simple, as his Richard had been widely praised on stage. For the stage production, Olivier had modelled some of the crookback king's look on a well-known theatrical producer at the time, Jed Harris, whom Olivier called "the most loathsome man I'd ever met". Years later Olivier discovered that Walt Disney had also used Harris as his basis for the Big Bad Wolf in the film The Three Little Pigs. Alexander Korda, who had given Olivier his initial roles on film, provided financial support for the film. Screenplay Most of the dialogue is taken straight from the play, but Olivier also drew on the 18th century adaptations by Colley Cibber and David Garrick, including Cibber's line, "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham!". Like Cibber and Garrick, Olivier's film opens with material from the last scenes of Henry VI, Part 3, to introduce more clearly the situation at the beginning of the story. A key change in the story involved the seduction of Anne. It is split into two scenes instead of one, and an element of perversity is added—whereas in the original play she is following a coffin with the corpse of her father-in-law, in this film the coffin contains the corpse of her husband. John Cottrell has been quoted as saying this makes "the young widow's seduction even more daring and revolting than it is in the original, and [gives] Anne's capitulation" in the second part after a passionate kiss "a new and neurotic twist". This is accomplished by cutting lines, changing lines, and changing the sequence of some lines. Olivier makes other small and subtle additions in the stage direction. When Richard's nephew makes a joke about his uncle's hunchback ("you should bear me on your shoulder"), Richard spins round and gives the boy a malevolent glare making the boy stagger back. This bit of stage direction is original to Olivier. Olivier also silently mimes some actions spoken of in his soliloquies such as when he whispers insinuations about Clarence into the ear of King Edward. In general the lengthy play is heavily cut. In an interview with Roger Manvell, Olivier discussed how unwieldy and complex the play is: The character of Queen Margaret is cut entirely, the role of the Duchess of York (Helen Haye) is significantly reduced, the role of Edward IV's wife Elizabeth is also reduced, and the execution of Clarence and other scenes are abridged. These cuts were made to maintain the pace of the film and to cut down the running time, as a full performance of the play can run upwards of four hours. Richard is made more directly responsible for the death of Edward IV than in the play, as Edward has his fatal attack only moments after Richard informs the assembled nobles that Clarence is dead. Filming Gerry O'Hara was Olivier's assistant director, on hand to help since Olivier was acting in most of the scenes. Olivier was very precise in getting many of the visual details of the period correct. Actor Douglas Wilmer (Dorset) recounts that when he casually told Olivier that one piece of heraldry on the set was incorrect, that Olivier started pumping as much information out of him as possible as if he was "drilling for oil". Olivier made the unusual decision to deliver his soliloquies by directly addressing the film audience, something not often done before in film. Near the beginning of the film Richard's herald drops his coronet, a mistake that Olivier decided to keep in, as part of the motif of accidental loss of the crown continued in the final battle. Most of the film was shot at Shepperton Studios, but the climactic Battle of Bosworth Field abruptly opens up the setting, as it was shot outdoors, in the Spanish countryside. During one sequence therein, Olivier suffered an arrow wound to the shin when his horse jerked forwards. Fortunately, it was on the leg Richard was supposed to limp on, allowing the scene to continue. Wilmer also notes: During filming, Olivier's portrait was painted by Salvador Dalí. The painting remained one of Olivier's favourites until he had to sell it to pay for his children's school fees. Cinematography The cinematography for the film was by Otto Heller, who had worked on many European films before coming to the UK in the early 1940s. The film uses the Technicolor process, which Olivier had earlier rejected for his Hamlet after a row with the company. The use of Technicolor resulted in bright, vibrant colours. Korda had suggested that Olivier also use the new extreme widescreen format, CinemaScope, but Olivier thought it was nothing more than a gimmick designed to distract the audience from the true quality of the film, and chose the less extreme VistaVision format instead. To this day, Richard III remains the only Shakespeare film made in VistaVision. Music The score was composed by Sir William Walton, who worked on all of the films Olivier directed except The Prince and the Showgirl. He composed a score described in Chandos's record catalogue as "rousing" and "filled with pomp and circumstance, to add to the feel of pageantry". The music was conducted by Muir Mathieson, who collaborated on all of the films Olivier directed, except for Three Sisters. The film's music was also used for a set of readings of speeches from the play on audio CD featuring John Gielgud. The Chandos catalogue notes that Walton used the main theme throughout the film, especially towards the closing scenes. Release and reception Richard III opened at the Leicester Square Theatre on December 13, 1955, with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attending the premiere. Alexander Korda had sold the rights to the film to NBC in the US for $500,000 (about $ in today's dollars) and the film was released in North America on Sunday, 11 March 1956. The release was unique, in that the film had its US premiere on the same day both on television and in cinemas, the first instance of this ever being done. It was not shown during prime time, but rather in the afternoon, so prime time ratings for that day were not affected by any pre-emptions for a special programme. It is quite likely that it was the first 3-hour telecast of a film or a Shakespeare play ever to be shown in the US. The film, although slightly cut for television, was generally well received by critics, with Olivier's performance earning particular notice, but as a result of its simultaneous release through television and cinemas in the US, it was a box office failure, and many critics felt at the time that it was not as well-made as Olivier's previous films. However, the airing on US television received excellent ratings, estimated at between 25 and 40 million. In addition, when the film was reissued in 1966, it broke box office records in many US cities. Its critical reputation has since grown considerably, and many critics now consider it Olivier's best and most influential screen adaptation of Shakespeare. The film's failure at the US box office effectively ended Olivier's career as a director of Shakespearean films. His proposed film of Macbeth, which had been intended to go into production during 1957, in the end finally failed to gain financing. Awards In contrast to Olivier's previous work, Richard III was only nominated for a single Academy Award: Academy Award for Best Actor. It was Olivier's fifth nomination in the category, though the award was won by Yul Brynner for his performance in The King and I. Richard III was the second film to have won both Best Film awards at the BAFTAs. It dominated that year's awards ceremony, winning, in addition to the two Best Film awards, the award for Best British Actor. It was also the first winner of the newly created Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film, which had been split from the Best Foreign Film Award. Other awards won by the film include the Silver Bear Award at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival and the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Production. The Jussi Award was given to Olivier for Best Foreign Actor. Olivier's performance as Richard III was ranked 39th in Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Performances of All Time" Reputation On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 84% based on 19 reviews with an average rating of 7.00/10. However, the reviewer for the AllMovie website criticises Olivier's direction for being far more restricted in its style in comparison to the bold filming of Henry V, or the moody photography of Hamlet, and Olivier the actor for dominating the production too much (although the character of Richard certainly dominates Shakespeare's original play). There were some complaints about geographical inaccuracies in the film (the Battle of Bosworth Field was filmed in a region of Spain that does not resemble any locations in England). In response, Olivier wrote in The New York Times: "Americans who know London may be surprised to find Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London to be practically adjacent. I hope they'll agree with me that if they weren't like that, they should have been." The British Film Institute suggests Olivier's Richard III may have done more to popularise Shakespeare than any other piece of work. According to them, the 25–40 million viewers during its airing on US television, "would have outnumbered the sum of the play's theatrical audiences over the 358 years since its first performance." Home media The film has been released on VHS numerous times, but these releases are made from cropped low quality sources. Carlton Entertainment released the first DVD in 2000 presented in a widescreen ratio. This release was presented in 1.78:1 but is non-anamorphic and zoomed in the most compared to the later releases. In 2002, Wienerworld released a special edition DVD with a new 1.66:1 widescreen transfer, a trailer, and star bios. In 2004, Criterion digitally restored the film in its original 1.66:1 widescreen format and re-constructed it to match the release script. Unlike the previous releases before it that were made from different and inferior source elements, Criterion performed their own restoration and digital transfer. It was released in a 2-disc special edition, including an essay by film and music historian Bruce Eder, an interview with Olivier, and other numerous special features. The DVD is subtitled in English, with a Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono audio track. The DVD also contains a commentary by Russell Lees and John Wilders. The second disc of the DVD features a 1966 BBC interview with Olivier by Kenneth Tynan entitled Great Acting: Laurence Olivier. It also contains a gallery of posters, production stills and two trailers. The film was given a Blu-ray release in the UK by Network, and later in 2012 by The Criterion Collection for DVD and Blu-ray in the United States. Both releases featured a restoration from the original film elements by the Film Foundation in conjunction with ITV Global, owners of the London Films/Rank library. See also Shakespeare on screen: Other performances and adaptations of Richard III Chronology of stage, film and television performances given by Laurence Olivier References External links Richard III an essay by Bruce Eder at The Criterion Collection DVD Movie Central Review MSN Movies Page Screenonline Page 1955 films 1950s historical drama films British films British historical drama films British epic films English-language films London Films films Films directed by Laurence Olivier Films based on Richard III (play) Films scored by William Walton Best Film BAFTA Award winners Best British Film BAFTA Award winners Films produced by Alexander Korda Films set in the 1480s

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Mark Coleman

Mark Daniel Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. Coleman was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first UFC Heavyweight Champion, and the Pride Fighting Championships 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix champion. At UFC 82 Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Coleman is credited with proving the ability of wrestlers to dominate in the developing sport of mixed martial arts, and with being one of the first in American MMA to use the strategy that he coined ground-and-pound successfully, earning him the moniker, "The Godfather of Ground & Pound". In the sport of wrestling, Coleman was a World Championship runner-up and Pan American Games Gold medalist in 1991, won three Pan American Championships, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was an NCAA Division I National Champion for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Background Coleman was born in Fremont, Ohio, U.S. in 1964. He began freestyle wrestling as a teenager and in 1981 was the first state champion wrestler for Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School (Fremont, Ohio). He then finished second in his sophomore year before claiming his second state championship in 1983. He continued to wrestle for Miami University, in Ohio, where he was a two-time Mid-American Conference wrestling champion and earned his first All-American honors in 1986. In his senior year, he transferred to The Ohio State University and won an NCAA championship in 1988. Out of college, he started as an assistant coach at his alma mater. Additionally, he was awarded a spot on the US Wrestling team, placing second (100 kg) at the 1991 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and placing seventh overall in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He participated 1996 Olympic Trials, but self-claimed lack of focus on wrestling hindered his performance, resulting in a loss in the semifinals. Mixed martial arts career Facing the twilight of his amateur wrestling career, Coleman transitioned to the then-new sport of mixed martial arts after accidentally turning on a TV channel where the UFC 1 was ongoing. Ultimate Fighting Championship Coleman won his first two tournaments in dominating fashion, including a win over UFC 8 champion Don Frye at UFC 10 in 1996, and becoming the first UFC Heavyweight Champion after submitting UFC Superfight Champion Dan Severn via neck crank submission at UFC 12. Coleman made his first UFC Heavyweight Championship title defense at UFC 14, facing kickboxer (and heavy underdog) Maurice Smith. In the pre-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Coleman stated "I'm going to ground him and pound the goddamn shit out of him" thus coining the name ground-and-pound. In what turned out to be a long battle, Coleman lost a decision after 21:00 (regulation plus two overtimes). This was considered to be one of the largest upsets in UFC history at that time, largely because of the way Coleman had dominated his opponents in his previous fights. Coleman took nearly a year off after having to get ACL surgery and returned at UFC 17. Coleman was originally scheduled to face Randy Couture in a title match for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, but Couture was injured during training and was forced to pull out of the fight. Coleman instead faced a relatively unknown (at that time) last-minute replacement fighter, up and coming Lion's Den product Pete Williams. In what turned out to be another long and strenuous battle, Coleman appeared to be completely exhausted after 10 minutes; he was fatigued to the point of resting his hands on his knees during the fight. Williams took advantage of Coleman's fatigue and landed a heavy kick to the face, knocking 'The Hammer' out for the first time in his career. After his loss to Pete Williams, Coleman went to train with former UFC champion Ken Shamrock and his Lion's Den training camp for his upcoming bout with feared Brazilian striker Pedro Rizzo at UFC 18. The fight with Rizzo was part of the "Road to the Heavyweight Title", which was a four-man tournament between Coleman, Rizzo, Bas Rutten and Tsuyoshi Kosaka that would crown the next UFC Heavyweight Champion. After 15:00 the fight went to the judges, and they awarded a split decision win to Rizzo. The decision was controversial, with many and Coleman himself believing he did enough to win. In a recent interview, Coleman said he still feels the effects of the controversial decision loss to Rizzo. Pride Fighting Championships From 1999 through 2006, The Hammer continued his career with Japanese promotion, Pride Fighting Championships while also making appearances with the professional wrestling promotion HUSTLE. At Pride 5, Coleman fought Nobuhiko Takada, who would become HUSTLE's owner and booker. Though thought to be the much better fighter, Coleman was caught by a heel hook from Takada and submitted. The validity of this fight has been questioned, with many believing the fight was fixed. In response to questions about the fight's legitimacy, Coleman said, "It was what it was. I needed to support my family. They guaranteed me another fight after that and I needed that security. It was what it was. I'm going to leave it at that." Coleman won the Pride 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix tournament defeating Masaaki Satake, Akira Shoji, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Igor Vovchanchyn. The final was scheduled to be fought with a 20-minute time limit but according to Coleman, the day before the fight the rules were changed to no time limit. The change forced him to modify his game plan to attempt a quick finish as he did not believe he could put Vovchanchyn away with his ground and pound in a long match. The Hammer's training and 2000 tournament victory are depicted in the documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr. After a quick TKO victory over Allan Goes at Pride 13 - Collision Course, Coleman faced possibly his toughest challenge ever in Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride 16. "Minotauro" was able to catch the Hammer in a triangle/armbar at 6:10 of the first round, breaking Coleman's six-fight winning streak. Coleman would take nearly two years off following the fight with Nogueira, spending time with his wife and children, and focusing on developing his martial arts training facility and stable of fighters at Team Hammer House. Training such notable fighters as Kevin Randleman, Wes Sims and Phil Baroni, Team Hammer House quickly gained a reputation of turning out world-class fighters. Mark Coleman returned to MMA competition at Pride 26 to face Don Frye in a rematch of their meeting at UFC 10; this proved to be a much tougher battle. Coming back from a career-threatening neck injury, Coleman ultimately won a unanimous decision victory after 20 minutes. Following the fight, Coleman apologised to the fans for the lack of action during the fight, in which he had spent the majority of the time taking down and maintaining positional dominance of Frye with his superior wrestling ability. Between training fighters and spending time with his family, the Hammer was now fighting roughly once a year. He returned to competition to take place in the Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, as the returning Grand Prix champion in the Open Weight Division. His first-round match at Pride Total Elimination 2004 was against Pride heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. In what turned out to be a short bout, Coleman was submitted by armbar at 2:11 of the first round, eliminating him from the tournament. Coleman returned to the Pride ring in February 2005, this time facing Mirko Cro Cop at Pride 29: Fists of Fire. Suffering the second knockout of his career, the Hammer fell to strikes by Cro Cop in the first round. In November 2005, Mark Coleman appeared in Bushido Europe-Rotterdam Rumble, Europe's first Bushido event, and choked out Milco Voorn at 0:56 of the first round. The Hammer returned to action at Pride 31 with a victory over Chute Boxe team member Maurício "Shogun" Rua after the fight was stopped when Shogun suffered a dislocated elbow during a Coleman takedown. With Team Hammer House member Phil Baroni in his corner, Coleman began the match by taking Shogun to the ground. At 0:49 of the first round, Rua got up and as he took the first step Coleman grabbed his feet. Rua fell and broke his arm. Coleman then started peppering Rua with strikes before the referee stopped the fight. Backstage in his post-fight interview, Coleman stated that the whole melee happened in the heat of the moment and that he did not blame the Chute Boxe team for coming in and backing their fighter. He then added that similar to Chute Boxe, Hammer House is also like a family, and thanked Baroni for coming in and watching his back. An outraged Chute Boxe refused to accept Coleman's backstage apology. The Chute Boxe team was assigned a yellow card for instigating this infraction. Coleman's contract was fought out at this point, and he subsequently re-signed with the organization. On October 21, 2006, Mark Coleman again faced Pride heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at Pride's first American show, Pride 32: The Real Deal, and lost via submission (armbar) at 1:17 of round two. Mark Coleman appeared with teammate, Kevin Randleman, on the US pay-per-view broadcast of the final Pride event, Pride 34: Kamikaze, stating that he intended to keep fighting. Return to UFC (2008–2010) At UFC 82, Mark Coleman was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, making him the 5th inductee. Coleman announced that he was not retiring and would return to the octagon to fight Brock Lesnar on August 9 in Minneapolis at UFC 87. However, Coleman injured his knee while training, and was forced to pull out of the event. Heath Herring replaced Coleman for the fight. At UFC 109, Coleman faced fellow UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, after originally being scheduled to meet at UFC 17 in 1998 twelve years prior, in which an injury forced Couture to drop out of the fight. Coleman went on record, multiple times during the build-up for the fight, in which he claimed this was his dream bout. After being outboxed on the feet, Coleman was taken down and defeated shortly after by (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:09 in round 2. The bout marked the first time two UFC Hall of Fame inductees had fought. Following Coleman's loss to Couture in the main event of UFC 109, his sixth loss in his last 10 fights, he was released by the promotion. Retirement from MMA After going over three years without competing Coleman announced via Facebook that he has officially retired from MMA competition at 48 years of age. Professional wrestling career New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling (2000-2002) In December 2000, Coleman had his first professional wrestling match when he was invited to the event Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000, teaming up with Mark Kerr to defeat Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata. He would also appear for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, defeating Nagata in a singles match. In 2002, Coleman would appear in All Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle-1 project, teaming up with Kevin Randleman to face Hiroshi Hase and Satoshi Kojima in a losing effort, and later Jan the Giant Convict and Singh the Giant Convict in a victory, with Coleman himself pinning Singh with a hurricanrana. Hustle (2004-2007) In 2004, Coleman started wrestling for Hustle and its partner promotion Pro Wrestling Zero-One. He debuted in the first as part of Generalissimo Takada's villainous faction Monster Army, going against babyface Toshiaki Kawada in a singles match which Mark lost by TKO. Coleman continued teaming up with other Monster Army wrestlers, including Dan Bobish, Commander An Jo and Giant Silva, but he was kicked out of the stable after failing to defeat top face Naoya Ogawa, thus becoming a babyface himself. Coleman then went free and ended up joining Wataru Sakata's team after losing a bout to him. Coleman and Sakata were successful as a tag team, but it was dissolved after Coleman left the promotion in 2005. Two years later, Coleman returned to Hustle under the masked persona "Coleman", teaming up with the superhero-like team of Randleman, Kintaman and Kurodaman. Their biggest victory was when Coleman and Randleman faced the trio of Giant Vabo, Kohei Sato and Tajiri and won the match despite the numeric disadvantage. Mark's last match in Hustle was in July 2007, leaving the promotion again afterwards. From 2008 to 2010, Coleman was a usual member of Inoki Genome Federation, wrestling names like Naoya Ogawa, Tadao Yasuda and Shinichi Suzukawa. Personal life Coleman has two daughters, Mackenzie and Morgan, from his previous marriage. Coleman has a third daughter, Skylar, with his current partner Tina. He appeared in the documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr alongside fellow fighter and former friend Mark Kerr. In June 2006, it was announced that Coleman was one of the new coaches in the International Fight League, but unable to assemble a team, he was replaced by Ken Shamrock. In 2020, Coleman revealed that he was one of the victims of Dr. Richard Strauss regarding the Ohio State University abuse scandal. In late 2020, Coleman reported that he suffered a heart attack due to a complete artery blockage, and underwent a surgery to have a stent installed. In an interview with Ariel Helwani in September 2021, Coleman revealed that Wes Sims persuaded him to participate rehab due to a drinking problem. In the interview Coleman stated that multiple personal life issues contributed to the situation and also that he's been sober since the rehab. Championships and accomplishments Mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC Hall of Fame (pioneer wing, 2008) UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 Time, first) UFC 10 Tournament Champion UFC 11 Tournament Champion Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Maurício Rua UFC Viewer's Choice Award PRIDE Fighting Championships Pride 2000 Grand Prix Openweight Tournament Winner Fastest win in PRIDE Fighting Championships History (0:02) One of only two fighters to win Tournaments in both Pride FC and UFC Wrestling Observer Newsletter Fight of the Year (1997) vs. Maurice Smith on July 27 Amateur wrestling 1986 NCAA Division I Championships: (190 lbs 4th Place) 1988 NCAA Big Ten Championships: (190 lbs 1st Place) 1988 NCAA Division I Championships: (190 lbs 1st Place) 1990 Pan American Championships Freestyle Wrestling: (90 kg 1st Place) 1991 Pan American Championships Freestyle Wrestling: (100 kg 1st Place) 1991 Pan American Games Freestyle Wrestling: (100 kg 1st Place) 1991 U.S.A. National Freestyle Wrestling Championships: (100 kg 1st Place) 1991 FILA World Freestyle Wrestling Championships: (100 kg 2nd Place) 1992 Pan American Championships Freestyle Wrestling: (100 kg 1st place) 1992 Summer Olympics Freestyle Wrestling: (100 kg 7th Place) Mixed martial arts record |- | Loss | align=center| 16–10 | Randy Couture | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC 109 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:09 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 16–9 | Stephan Bonnar | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 100 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–9 | Maurício Rua | TKO (punches) | UFC 93 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 4:36 | Dublin, Ireland | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–8 | Fedor Emelianenko | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE 32: The Real Deal | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:15 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 15–7 | Maurício Rua | TKO (broken arm) | Pride 31 - Dreamers | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:49 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 14–7 | Milco Voorn | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Bushido Europe: Rotterdam Rumble | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:56 | Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands | |- | Loss | align=center| 13–7 | Mirko Cro Cop | KO (punches) | PRIDE 29 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:40 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 13–6 | Fedor Emelianenko | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:11 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 13–5 | Don Frye | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE 26 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 12–5 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Submission (triangle armbar) | PRIDE 16 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 6:10 | Osaka, Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 12–4 | Allan Goes | TKO (knees) | PRIDE 13: Collision Course | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:19 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 11–4 | Igor Vovchanchyn | TKO (submission to knees) | rowspan=3| PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals | rowspan=3| | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:09 | rowspan=3| Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10–4 | Kazuyuki Fujita | TKO (corner stoppage) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:02 | |- | Win | align=center| 9–4 | Akira Shoji | Decision (unanimous) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 15:00 | |- | Win | align=center| 8–4 | Masaaki Satake | Submission (neck crank) | PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:14 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 7–4 | Ricardo Morais | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE 8 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–4 | Nobuhiko Takada | Submission (heel hook) | PRIDE 5 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:44 | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–3 | Pedro Rizzo | Decision (split) | UFC 18 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 15:00 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–2 | Pete Williams | KO (head kick) | UFC 17 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 12:38 | Mobile, Alabama, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 6–1 | Maurice Smith | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 14 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 21:00 | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 6–0 | Dan Severn | Submission (scarf-hold headlock) | UFC 12 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:57 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 5–0 | Brian Johnston | TKO (submission to punches) | rowspan=2| UFC 11 | rowspan=2| | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:20 | rowspan=2| Augusta, Georgia, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 4–0 | Julian Sanchez | Submission (choke) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:45 | | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Don Frye | TKO (punches) | rowspan=3| UFC 10 | rowspan=3| | align=center| 1 | align=center| 11:34 | rowspan=3| Birmingham, Alabama, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Gary Goodridge | TKO (exhaustion) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 7:00 | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Moti Horenstein | TKO (submission to punches) | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:43 | References External links UFC.com Hall of Fame Profile Mark Coleman at wrestlinghalloffame.org IMDB entry for Smashing Machine 1964 births American male professional wrestlers American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists from Ohio Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing collegiate wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing freestyle wrestling Living people Professional wrestlers from Ohio Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Ultimate Fighting Championship champions People from Fremont, Ohio Miami University alumni Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Columbus, Ohio Miami RedHawks wrestlers Ohio State Buckeyes wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games Olympic wrestlers of the United States Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games

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John Shepherd-Barron

John Adrian Shepherd-Barron OBE (23 June 1925 – 15 May 2010) was an Indian born British inventor, who led the team that installed the first cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine or ATM. Early life John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born on 23 June 1925 at Dr.H.Gordon Roberts Hospital, Shillong, Meghalaya in India, to British parents. His Scottish father, Wilfred Shepherd-Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners in North Bengal, which was then part of the British Empire, then later Chief Engineer of the Port of London Authority, before becoming president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player and Wimbledon ladies doubles champion. Shepherd-Barron was educated at Stowe School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge (from where he dropped out before successfully finishing the first year in Economics). During World War II, he was commissioned into the Airborne Forces, serving with the 159th Parachute Light Regiment. Career Shepherd-Barron joined De La Rue in the 1950s as a management trainee and grew to become Managing Director of De La Rue Instruments (with a mandate to run down the company). He conceived the idea for a self-service machine dispensing cash whilst lying in the bath. He was considering the problem of bank opening hours, having turned up at a bank after closing time one day and found himself unable to withdraw money. Shepherd-Barron has stated that he was inspired by chocolate vending machines: "It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world or the UK. I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash." He pitched the idea to the head of Barclays Bank over a pink gin. The first De La Rue Automatic Cash System (DACS) machine, called Barclaycash, was installed outside the Enfield branch of Barclays Bank in north London in June 1967. The first person to withdraw cash was actor Reg Varney, a celebrity resident of Enfield known for his part in a number of popular television series. An early deployment of this device outside of the UK took place in Zurich on November, 1967. It was called The DACS machines used cheque-like tokens (which were guillotined to the size of a normal cheque inside the machine) which had been impregnated with a radioactive compound of carbon-14. The radioactive signal was detected by the machine and matched against the personal identification number (PIN) entered on a keypad. The short-range beta emission from carbon-14 could be easily detected, and he determined that the radiation hazard was acceptable as "you would have to eat 136,000 such cheques for it to have any effect on you". Initially, a PIN length of six digits was proposed; Shepherd-Barron tested this system on his wife, Caroline, but found that the longest string of numbers that she could remember was four. As a result, four-digit PINs were chosen and as ATMs expanded across the globe, this became the world standard. Withdrawals from the first Barclaycash machines were limited to a maximum of £10, "quite enough for a wild weekend" according to Shepherd-Barron. Shepherd-Barron received the O.B.E. in the 2005 New Year's Honours list for services to banking as "inventor of the automatic cash dispenser". Various rival cash dispenser systems quickly began to emerge. Another Scottish inventor, James Goodfellow, who was working at Smiths Industries, was commissioned by Chubb Locks to work on a new cash machine. Together with Anthony Davies, he developed a new system whereby the user's PIN could be stored on a reusable bank card, rather than on single-use cheques. The system was patented as GB1197183 and US3905461 and was cited by subsequent patents as "prior art device". Goodfellow's PIN system resembled modern ATMs more than Shepherd-Barron's machine. However, Shepherd-Barron's machine was the first to be installed, if only for a few days. Personal life His son, Nicholas Shepherd-Barron FRS, is professor of algebraic geometry at the King's College London. John died on 15 May 2010 after a brief illness at the age of 84 in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland. References External links With photos of the Barclaycash tokens and machines 1925 births 2010 deaths Scottish inventors British inventors Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Stowe School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War II People from Shillong British people in colonial India

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Robert Brownrigg

General Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet, GCB (8 February 1758 – 27 April 1833) was an Irish-born British statesman and soldier. He brought the last part of Sri Lanka under British rule. Early career Brownrigg was commissioned as an ensign in 1775. After service with the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, he was appointed Military Secretary to the Duke of York in 1795, and accompanied him to The Helder in Holland in 1799. In 1803 he was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Forces. In 1805 he was made Colonel of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment. Walcheren campaign July 1809, he joined the expedition to the Schelt. Brownrigg served as chief-of-staff to the commander Lord Chatham during the aborted operation to seize Antwerp that stalled on Walcheren island. On Chatham's instructions he drew up a memorandum assessing the situation for a council of war at which it was decided to abandon the attempt against Antwerp. Governor of Ceylon He left his post as Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1811, and then, in 1813, he was appointed Governor of Ceylon. In 1815, he acquired the Kingdom of Kandy through an agreement with the help of defecting ministers of the Kandyan King, in the central region of the island, and annexed it to the British crown. The treaty was historically known as "Kandyan Convention". In recognition of his achievement, Brownrigg was created a baronet in 1816. Brownrigg fought the Great Rebellion of 1817–18 and managed to defeat that, aided by reinforcements from India. He attained the rank of full General in 1819 and left Ceylon the following year. The gilded bronze ancient Statue of Tara was reputedly found on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. It was acquired by Brownrigg, who later donated it to the British Museum when he was living near Monmouth in 1830. This account however is rejected by the authorities in Sri Lanka who believe that Brownrigg took the statue from the last King of Kandy when the British annexed Kandy. Brownrigg died near Monmouth in 1833. Family In 1789, Brownrigg married Elizabeth Catharine Lewis and together they went on to have six sons and a daughter. Then in 1810 he married Sophia Bissett. Legacy In 2011, President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka initiated, at the country's Parliament, a formal revocation of Robert Brownrigg's Gazette Notification - under which participants of the Great Rebellion of 1817–18 had been condemned as "traitors" and their properties confiscated. Brownrigg's Gazette Notification was declared null and void, and all those he branded as "traitors" were declared to be National Heroes of Sri Lanka. A National Declaration was awarded on their behalf to their descendants on Republic Day of Sri Lanka, 22 May. References Sources Reiter, Jacqueline. The Late Lord: The Life of John Pitt–2nd Earl of Chatham. Casemate Publishers, 2017. |- |- |- 1758 births 1833 deaths Royal Norfolk Regiment officers British Army generals British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Governors of British Ceylon People of the Kingdom of Kandy General Officers Commanding, Ceylon 19th-century British military personnel Irish soldiers in the British Army People from County Wicklow

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Richard III, Duke of Normandy

Richard III (997/1001 – 6 August 1027) was the duke of Normandy who reigned from August 1026 to his death. His brief reign opened with a revolt by his brother. Life Richard III was the eldest son of Richard II of Normandy. Around 1026, Richard was sent by his father in command of a large army to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald, later Count of Burgundy, by attacking bishop and count Hugh of Chalon, who had captured and imprisoned Reginald in Chalon-sur-Saône. When Richard II died in August 1026, his eldest son, Richard III became Duke of Normandy. Shortly after his reign began his brother Robert, discontented with his province of Hiemois on the border of Normandy, revolted against his brother. He laid siege to the town of Falaise, but was soon brought to heel by Richard who captured him, then released him on his oath of fealty. No sooner had Richard disbanded his army and returned to Rouen, when he died suddenly (some say suspiciously). The duchy passed to his younger brother Robert I. Marriage In January 1027 he was married to Adela, of a noble lineage. She is usually identified with Adela, a younger daughter of King Robert II of France, who married to Baldwin V, Count of Flanders after Richard's 6 August 1027 death. Issue Richard's marriage to Adela was childless. By an unknown woman, he had two children: Alice, who married Ranulph, Viscount of Bayeux Nicholas, monk at Fecamp, Abbot of Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen (died 26 Feb 1092) References 1027 deaths 11th-century Dukes of Normandy Norman warriors Dukes of Normandy House of Normandy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Knight%20%28slave%29

Joseph Knight (slave)

Joseph Knight (fl. 1769–1778) was a man born in Guinea (the general name of West Africa) and there seized into slavery. It appears that the captain of the ship which brought him to Jamaica there sold him to John Wedderburn of Ballindean, Scotland. Wedderburn had Knight serve in his household, and took him along when he returned to Scotland in 1769. On Knight leaving his service, Wedderburn had him arrested and brought before the local justices of the peace. Inspired by Somersett's Case (1772), in which the courts had held that slavery did not exist under English common law, Knight resisted his claim. Knight won his claim after two appeals, in a case that established the principle that Scots law would not uphold the institution of slavery (except in the case of enslaved colliers and salters who had to wait until the end of the century for emancipation). Early life Joseph Knight was born in Guinea, according to the pleadings submitted on his behalf in the Court of Session; it is not known to which people, or what his original name was. He was transported to Jamaica as a child, where he was sold as a slave to John Wedderburn of Ballendean. Wedderburn employed him as a domestic servant. In 1769 Wedderburn returned to Scotland, taking Knight with him. Three years later a 1772 decision in England known as Somersett's Case cast doubt on the legality of slavery under the common law of England. Knight v. Wedderburn While in Scotland, Knight was baptised and married Ann Thompson, a servant of the Wedderburn family, with whom he had at least one child. He sought, and was refused permission by Wedderburn, to live with his wife in family. On Wedderburn refusing, Knight then left his service. Wedderburn appears to have been indignant, feeling that he had bestowed considerable gifts on Knight by educating him and taking care of him, and had him arrested. In 1774 Knight brought a claim before the justices of the peace court in Perth, a case that would be known as Knight v Wedderburn. Appeal to the sheriff When the justices of the peace found in favour of Wedderburn, Knight appealed to the Sheriff of Perth, John Swinton. He found that "the state of slavery is not recognised by the laws of this kingdom, and is inconsistent with the principles thereof: That the regulations in Jamaica, concerning slaves, do not extend to this kingdom." The defence of Knight in the Court of Session was mounted in general terms as a denunciation of slavery: Appeal to the Court of Session In 1777 Wedderburn appealed to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland's supreme civil court, arguing that Knight still owed him perpetual service and might be taken and sent back to Jamaica by force. The case came before the whole court of twelve judges (as was usual at that time) including Lord Kames, a prominent legal and social historian. Knight's principal counsel were Allan Maconochie (later himself a judge as Lord Meadowbank), John Maclaurin (later himself a judge as Lord Dreghorn), and Andrew Crosbie. Henry Dundas, then Lord Advocate, also acted as one of Knight's counsel, in his private capacity as an advocate. They may have been assisted in their preparation for the case by James Boswell. "I cannot too highly praise the speech which Mr. Henry Dundas generously contributed to the cause of the sooty stranger", Boswell recalled, "I do declare that upon this memorable question he impressed me." Their argument was that "no man is by nature the property of another" and that, albeit under Jamaican law slavery was recognised, that could not extend to Scotland. Conversely, Wedderburn's counsel argued that commercial interests, which underpinned Scotland's prosperity, should prevail. The Court of Session, by eight votes to four, sustained the sheriff's decision, which had held "That the state of slavery is not recognised by the laws of this kingdom, and is inconsistent with the principles thereof: and found that the regulations in Jamaica, concerning slaves, do not extend to this kingdom; and repelled the defender's claim to perpetual service". It thus rejected Wedderburn's appeal. Lord Kames stated that "we sit here to enforce right not to enforce wrong". Lord Auchinleck, Bowell's father, said "Although, in the plantations, they have laid hold of the poor blacks, and made slaves of them, yet I do not think that that is agreeable to humanity, not to say to the Christian religion. Is a man a slave because he is black? No. He is our brother; and he is a man, although not our colour; he is in a land of liberty, with his wife and his child: let him remain there." The Court thus held that the dominion assumed over this Negro, under the law of Jamaica, being unjust, could not be supported in this country to any extent: That, therefore, the defender had no right to the Negro's service for any space of time, nor to send him out of the country against his consent: That the Negro was likewise protected under the act 1701, c.6. from being sent out of the country against his consent. In effect, slavery was not recognised by Scots law. Fugitive slaves (or 'perpetual servants') could be protected by the courts, if they wished to leave domestic service or were resisting attempts to return them to slavery in the colonies. Later life Knight was recognised as a free man. His wife had been in Wedderburn's service as a servant, but had been sacked by him following their marriage. At this point Knight and his family disappear from the record; nothing further is known of their lives or deaths. In popular culture Joseph Knight is a 2003 novel based on the freedman and his trial, written by James Robertson and published by Fourth Estate Ltd. The Trial of Joseph Knight, a radio play written by May Sumbwanyambe, was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 12 July 2018, starring Nana Amoo-Gottfried as Knight and Ron Donachie as Wedderburn. See also List of slaves Dunlop Street References External links "Slavery, freedom or perpetual servitude? - the Joseph Knight case", National Archives of Scotland website feature Knight v Wedderburn, 1778 M 14,545 The opinions of the judges in the Court of Session, as recorded by Lord Hailes 18th century in Scotland Scottish slaves 18th-century Scottish people Year of death unknown Court of Session cases 1777 in British law Jamaican slaves Year of birth unknown 18th-century slaves

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Stanley

Charles Stanley

Charles Frazier Stanley (born September 25, 1932) is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after serving as senior pastor for 51 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through television. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986. Early life and education Stanley was born in Dry Fork, Virginia. His father, also named Charles, died nine months later. Stanley grew up in rural Dry Fork on the outskirts of Danville. At the age of 12, he became a born-again Christian, and at age 14 he began his life's work in Christian ministry. Stanley obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He has also received a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Luther Rice Seminary in Florida (now located in Lithonia, Georgia). Ministry Stanley joined the staff of First Baptist Church of Atlanta in 1969 and became senior pastor in 1971. In 1972, Stanley launched a half-hour religious television program called The Chapel Hour. In 1977, Stanley founded In Touch Ministries with the mission to lead people worldwide into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and to strengthen the local church. The Christian Broadcasting Network began televising In Touch in 1978. The show has since been translated in 50 languages. In the United States, In Touch is broadcast on approximately 500 radio stations, 300 television stations, and several satellite networks, including The Inspiration Network (INSP) and Trinity Broadcasting Network. Stanley's sermons, along with other audio and video programming, are available on the In Touch website. The ministry also publishes In Touch magazine. In Touch uses tools like radio, television, magazines and digital media to advance the Gospel as quickly as possible. Stanley took the ministry name In Touch from a Living Bible he owned. Stanley's writings and broadcasts address issues such as finances, parenting, personal crises, emotional matters, relationships and Protestant Christianity. According to the In Touch website, "Dr. Stanley fervently believes the Bible to be the inerrant Word of God, a belief strongly reflected in his teaching." In 1985, Charles Stanley was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2005, Stanley invited Lisa Ryan to co-host a question-and-answer segment called "Bring It Home," which aired after his on-air sermon, a segment intended to help the audience better grasp the content of the sermon through questions the average listener might ask. Ryan's participation ended in late 2006, the segment continuing with Stanley alone. In early 2007, Stanley began using the final segment of the In Touch TV and radio programs to teach on his "30 Life Principles". In 2017, Stanley named Anthony George to succeed him as senior pastor of First Baptist Church at some point in the future. On September 13, 2020, Stanley announced his retirement as senior pastor and transition to pastor emeritus. However, Stanley has made it very clear he does not believe in retirement, so he will be continuing to work at In Touch Ministries. Influences and theology With regard to theology, Stanley is an evangelical, and in terms of eschatology (end times) views, has been described as a dispensationalist. Over the course of his ministry, Stanley developed "30 Life Principles", that have guided his life and helped him grow in his knowledge, service, and love of God, principles that he shares these often, including in books, Bibles and study guides. He credits his grandfather, George Washington Stanley, with inspiring one of his most referenced principles: “Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.” In his book Courageous Faith: My Story from a Life of Obedience, Stanley said, “Granddad told me, ‘Charles, if God tells you to run your head through a brick wall, you head for the wall, and when you get there, God will make a hole for it.’” Stanley also addressed his influences and philosophy when he wrote, in 2009, that he "began to apply the principles of [Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich] to my endeavors as a pastor, and I discovered they worked! ... For years, I read [it] every year to remind myself that the truth of God is not just for one career field. It is for all manner of work and ministry." Personal life Charles Stanley has a daughter named Becky, whom Stanley has occasionally mentioned in his sermons. Stanley's son, Andy, is the pastor of North Point Community Church in nearby Alpharetta, Georgia. In addition to his work in Christian ministry, Stanley is an avid photographer. Much of his photographic work is featured in the In Touch magazine, as well as in other materials printed by the ministry, such as the In Touch wall and desk calendars. Stanley's wife of more than 40 years, Anna J. Stanley, filed for divorce on June 22, 1993, following their separation in spring of 1992. The two of them agreed that Anna would amend the lawsuit to seek a legal separation instead ("separate maintenance"), while seeking reconciliation. She again filed for divorce on March 20, 1995. Even though this was not the end of the marriage, the Moody Radio Network station in Atlanta (then-WAFS) took Stanley's daily broadcast off the air during that time, as managers concluded that there was no sign of reconciliation. The Stanleys were legally separated at the time that divorce papers were filed for the last time on February 16, 2000. A judge signed the final divorce decree on May 11, 2000. Their divorce caused a minor controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention. The matter was complicated by reports that Stanley had said he would resign as pastor if he became divorced. At the time of their separation, he stated that he did not believe that it would result in divorce; however, when it did, the members of his church overwhelmingly voted to keep him on as pastor. According to First Baptist Atlanta's bylaws, Stanley will be able to keep his post as long as he does not remarry. Anna J. Stanley died on November 10, 2014. Bibliography 1980: Making The Bible Clear with Fred L. Lowery 1982: Handle With Prayer 1985: How to Listen to God 1985: Confronting Casual Christianity 1986: How to Keep Your Kids on Your Team 1989: How to Handle Adversity 1990: Eternal Security: Can You Be Sure? 1991: The Gift of Forgiveness 1992: The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life 1995: The Love of God 1995: The Source of My Strength 1999: A Touch of His Power: Meditations on God's Awesome Power 2000: Success God's Way 2000: Into His Presence: An In Touch Devotional 2001: The Gift of Love 2001: Our Unmet Needs 2002: Walking Wisely 2002: Winning the War Within 2003: Finding Peace 2003: God is in Control 2004: When the Enemy Strikes 2005: Charles Stanley's Life Principles Bible 2005: Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit 2005: Living the Extraordinary Life : 9 Principles to Discover It 2006: Discover Your Destiny 2006: Pathways to His Presence: A Daily Devotional 2007: Landmines in the Path of the Believer: Avoiding the Hidden Dangers 2008: In Step with God 2008: Stuck in Reverse 2008: The Power of God's Love: A 31 Day Devotional to Encounter the Father's Greatest Gift 2008: When Your Children Hurt 2010: How to Reach Your Full Potential for God 2011: Turning the Tide: Real Hope Real Change 2012: Prayer: The Ultimate Conversation 2013: Man of God: Leading Your Family by Allowing God to Lead You 2013: Emotions: Confront the Lies. Conquer with Truth. 2013: Walking with God: Thoughts on His Indwelling Spirit, Volume 2 2014: Walking with God: Knowing God Through Prayer, Volume 3 2015: Waiting on God: Strength for Today and Hope for Tomorrow 2015: Christmas: The Gift for Every Heart 2016: Courageous Faith: My Story from a Life of Obedience 2017: Finding God’s Blessings in Brokenness: How Pain Reveals His Deepest Love 2017: Standing Strong: How to Storm-Proof Your Life with God’s Timeless Truths Television Awards and honors 1988: National Religious Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame 1989: Named Clergyman of the Year by Religious Heritage of America 1989: NRB named In Touch with Television Producer of the Year 1999: In Touch named Radio Program of the Year 2017: Thomas Nelson Publishing recognizes Stanley for selling more than 3.5 million copies of his books See also Southern Baptist Convention Southern Baptist Convention Presidents List of Southern Baptist Convention affiliated people Notes External links In Touch Ministries – Charles Stanley's Biography Beliefnet – Interview with Charles Stanley First Baptist Atlanta The 30 "Life Principles" developed by Charles F. Stanley to help people live life at its best. 1932 births Living people 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century Baptist ministers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century Baptist ministers American Christian religious leaders American Christian writers American evangelicals American radio personalities American television evangelists Baptist writers Baptists from Georgia (U.S. state) Luther Rice University alumni People from Atlanta People from Danville, Virginia People from Pittsylvania County, Virginia Southern Baptist Convention presidents Southern Baptist ministers Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni University of Richmond alumni 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Baptists from Virginia 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American clergy 21st-century American clergy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taylor%20Wood

John Taylor Wood

John Taylor Wood (August 13, 1830 – July 19, 1904) was an officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy. He resigned from the U.S. Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became a "leading Confederate naval hero" as a captain in the Confederate Navy. He was a lieutenant serving aboard when it engaged in 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in Civil War and U.S. Naval history. He was caught in 1865 in Georgia with Confederate President Jefferson Davis' party, but escaped and made his way to Cuba. From there, he got to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he settled and became a merchant. His wife and children joined him there, and more children were born in Canada, which is where he lived out the remainder of his life. Early life John Taylor Wood was the son and first child of Robert Crooke Wood from Rhode Island, an army surgeon, and Ann Mackall Taylor, eldest daughter of Zachary Taylor, (who would become a major general in the United States Army, a hero of the Mexican–American War, and who would serve as 12th president of the United States, 1849–1850). Robert Crooke Wood and Zachary Taylor served together in the U.S. Army. Along with being the grandson of a U.S. president, John Taylor Wood was also the nephew of future Confederate president Jefferson Davis, whose first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor (1814–1835), was the second daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Mackall Smith. Wood was born on August 13, 1830, at Fort Snelling then in the Northwest Territory near present-day St. Paul, Minnesota. Wood was delivered by his father and is claimed to have been the first white child born in Minnesota. From 1832 until 1837, the Wood family lived at Fort Crawford located at the junction of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers. Young Wood grew up in the frontier at the time of the Black Hawk War. Marriage and family Wood married Lola Mackubin in 1856, after getting his first assignments in the Navy. He and his wife had eleven children. Zachary Taylor Wood (1860–1915), the oldest son, became Acting Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory from 1902 to 1903. Charles Carroll Wood (b. 1876 – d. 1899), the youngest son, graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada 1896 (student #352). He served as a lieutenant for Canada in the Boer War and died in battle in 1899. He is memorialized on the Royal Military College Memorial Arch and the South African War Memorial (Halifax). Military career Wood became a U.S. Navy midshipman on April 7, 1847. He joined the crew of the frigate which sailed to Brazil. Soon after he transferred to and sailed for the west coast of Mexico in 1847. Soon after arriving off the Mexican port of Mazzatan later that year Wood joined a thousand-sailor force that landed to capture the port city where he first experienced combat while commanding a gun crew. At the end of the Mexican War in 1848, Wood returned to Ohio and saw service in the newly acquired California territory during the gold rush. After serving at sea on Ohio for three years, Wood's ship returned to Boston where he was given a three-month leave of absence. During his time aboard Ohio, Zachary Taylor had become president. Wood served for a time aboard Ohio alongside William Hall and later supported Hall's US Navy pension claim. Suppression of African slave trade Wood served at sea during the last part of the Mexican–American War, performing shore duty as a Naval Academy officer. During the last part of the war he sailed off the coast of Africa suppressing the African slave trade and in the Mediterranean. He served aboard patrolling in the Gulf of Guinea when it captured a Spanish slave ship. His first command of a ship occurred when he was ordered to bring the captured Africans to Liberia and set them free. He was responsible for his ship, his crew, and three hundred and fifty prisoners. The voyage lasted three weeks and was pitted against stormy seas but Wood succeeded in reaching Monrovia with his ship and passengers intact. The authorities in Liberia denied Wood the right to land his human cargo in the capital and he was forced on another one hundred and fifty mile voyage to Grand Bassa. Once again Wood was confronted by governmental authorities and was told he could not land his cargo of captured and would be slaves. However, this time he did not comply, asserted his authority, and landed his human cargo. Wood returned to Porpoise and at age 21 had gained confidence as a commander from the experience. Other service Wood graduated second in his class from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1852. He then went on to serve on on voyage about the Mediterranean which last two years. Cumberland was a ship that he would later fight against as a Confederate officer in the American Civil War. After returning to Annapolis, Maryland in September 1855, he received promotion to lieutenant. Wood returned to Maryland and met Lola Mackubin, daughter of a prominent Maryland politician. They were married on November 26, 1856. Their daughter, Anne, was born on September 18, 1857. In 1858 he served as a gunnery officer for eighteen months aboard . During this time, he suffered the loss of his infant daughter in 1859. Civil War Lieutenant Wood taught gunnery tactics at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, at the beginning of the Civil War. Due to his southern sympathies, he resigned his commission on April 2, 1861, and took up farming nearby. He later went to Virginia and in October 1861, received a commission as a Confederate Navy first lieutenant, where he was appointed as officer in the Confederate States Navy by October and assigned to in November. Following service with shore batteries on the Potomac River, he became an officer in the newly converted ironclad CSS Virginia serving under Commander Buchanan. He was wounded in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Wood commanded the stern pivot gun during the battle and fired the shot that seriously wounded Lieutenant John Lorimer Worden, captain of Monitor. In May 1862, after Virginia was destroyed, Wood assisted with the defense of Drewry's Bluff, on the James River. During the next two years, Wood led several successful raids against Federal ships and also served as naval aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Promoted to commander in May 1863, he simultaneously held the rank of colonel in the cavalry. These dual ranks, with his reputation for extraordinary daring and his family connections to Confederate leaders, allowed him to play an important liaison role between the South's army, navy and civil government. In August 1864, Wood commanded , a Confederate commerce raider and blockade runner against U.S. shipping off the Atlantic coast, capturing an astonishing 33 Union ships during a ten-day period off the coast of New England. He received the rank of captain in February 1865. A few months later, as the Confederacy was disintegrating, he accompanied President Davis in his attempt to evade capture and leave the country. Though briefly taken prisoner, Wood escaped to Cuba. He subsequently went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became a businessman. His wife and family joined him there, and they lived the rest of their lives in Nova Scotia. Wood died there on July 19, 1904. His obituary appeared in the New York Times the next day. He is buried in Halifax's Camp Hill Cemetery. Legacy Tallahassee Avenue, Tallahassee Elementary School, and Taylorwood Lane in Eastern Passage are named for Wood and his ship. * See also Bibliography of American Civil War naval history Military history of Nova Scotia Canada in the American Civil War References Bibliography , Book (par view) , Book (par view) , Book (<small>par view</small)>) , Book (no view) , Book (par view) Url Other sources Further reading , Book U.S. Naval Historical Center External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Photographs of John Taylor Wood's tombstone, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1830 births 1904 deaths American emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia Canadian people of the American Civil War Confederate States Navy captains American people of English descent Confederate States Army officers Military history of Nova Scotia Northern-born Confederates People from Fort Snelling, Minnesota United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy officers Zachary Taylor family

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Willis

Ralph Willis

Ralph Willis AO (born 14 April 1938) is a former Australian politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating Government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and briefly in 1991. He also served as Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Transport and Communications and Minister for Finance. He represented the Victorian seat of Gellibrand in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998. Early life Willis was born in Melbourne to Stan and Doris Willis and educated at Footscray Central School, University High School and Melbourne University, gaining a Bachelor of Commerce. He subsequently worked as a research officer and industrial advocate for the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) during the time that Bob Hawke was ACTU President. He and his wife Carol Willis (née Dawson) have three children, Sandra, Fiona and Evan. Political career In 1972, the year that the Whitlam Government was elected, Willis was elected to the House of Representatives for the safe Labor seat of Gellibrand in Melbourne's western suburbs. After Labor's defeat at the 1975 election, Willis was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet, serving initially as Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, and from 1980 as Shadow Treasurer. In January 1983, however, he was replaced as Shadow Treasurer by Opposition Leader Bill Hayden, who gave the position to Paul Keating in an unsuccessful attempt to shore up his own position as party leader. Hawke Government As a former ACTU official, Willis was regarded as a protégé of Bob Hawke, and some expected Hawke to make him Treasurer upon his election as Prime Minister in March 1983. However Hawke decided to appoint Paul Keating to the role instead, making Willis the Minister for Employment Relations and giving him a major role in establishing and overseeing the Prices and Incomes Accord, one of the central policy reforms of the Hawke Government. Willis retained this role following the 1984 and 1987 elections, before being appointed Minister for Transport and Communications in 1988. After the 1990 election, Willis became Minister for Finance. Following Keating's resignation as Treasurer in June 1991 in an unsuccessful attempt to challenge Hawke for the leadership, there was media speculation that Willis would be given the role, but he was passed over a second time when Hawke ultimately decided to appoint John Kerin. However, Kerin's period as Treasurer was troubled, and after Hawke was forced to sack Kerin for making a public gaffe in December 1991, Willis was finally appointed to the role of Treasurer in his place. Keating Government Willis's initial time as Treasurer was brief as Paul Keating launched a second and this time successful challenege to Hawke, just three weeks later. Keating had long promised to appoint his close political ally John Dawkins as Treasurer, and so Keating moved Willis back to the role of Finance Minister in order to accommodate this. Willis retained the role after Labor unexpectedly won a fifth consecutive election in 1993, and was expected to remain in the role until the sudden resignation of Dawkins in December 1993, who had grown frustrated with the role. Willis was duly appointed as Treasurer for a second time by Keating, and was responsible for helping to roll-out the Government's major 'One Nation' economic package on which it had won the 1993 election, including a round of middle-income tax cuts and the establishment of a national infrastructure commission. Willis remained as Treasurer until the 1996 election, which Labor heavily lost; in the weeks before the election, Willis chose to unilaterally release a letter purportedly written by Liberal Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, which suggested that a Coalition Government led by John Howard would cut grants to the states. However, media examination quickly revealed the letter to be a forgery, allegedly foisted on Willis by Melbourne University Liberal Club students. This successful ruse had a significantly adverse impact upon the last week of Labor's campaign. After the 1996 election, Willis chose to move to the backbench and announced his retirement from Parliament prior to the 1998 election. Willis was one of only two people to be a member of the Cabinet continuously during the Hawke-Keating Government between 1983 and 1996, the other being and Gareth Evans. At the time of his retirement from Parliament, Willis was the only MP from the time of the Whitlam Government still serving. Following his retirement from politics, Willis has served on several boards of companies and charities. Honours Willis was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for long service to the Commonwealth Parliament. On 13 June 2011, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly in the areas of economic development and industrial relations, to the superannuation industry, and to the community. On 2 June 2009, Willis was conferred with the degree of doctor of the university Honoris Causa from Victoria University for services to Australia and in particular the Western Suburbs of Melbourne. Sources References 1938 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Cabinet of Australia Treasurers of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Gellibrand Members of the Australian House of Representatives Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal People educated at University High School, Melbourne Keating Government 20th-century Australian politicians Government ministers of Australia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Roberts%20%28historian%29

Andrew Roberts (historian)

Andrew Roberts (born 13 January 1963) is an English historian and journalist. He is a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, a Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New-York Historical Society. He has been a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London since 2013. Roberts' public commentary has appeared in several periodicals such as The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator. He is well known internationally for his 2009 non-fiction work The Storm of War, which covers historical factors of the Second World War such as Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the organisation of Nazi Germany. The book has been lauded by several publications, notably The Economist, and it additionally received the British Army Military Book of the Year Award for 2010. Much of Roberts' work, including his 2018 biography of Winston Churchill, has been widely praised. The Sunday Times called the Churchill biography "[u]ndoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written." Elsewhere, his work has sometimes been criticised; The Economist described one book as "a giant political pamphlet larded with its author's prejudices, with sneers at those who do not share them and with errors." Early life and education Roberts was born in Hammersmith, west London, the son of Kathleen () and business executive Simon Roberts. Simon Roberts, from Cobham, Surrey, inherited the Job's Dairy milk business and also owned the United Kingdom contingent of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. A prolific reader as a child, he soon gained a passion for history, particularly for dramatic works relating to "battles, wars, assassinations and death". Roberts attended Cranleigh School in Surrey. He studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and he went on to chair the Cambridge University Conservative Association. He earned a first class honours B.A. degree in modern history and a Ph.D. Roberts began his career in corporate finance as an investment banker and private company director with the London merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., where he worked from 1985 to 1988. He published his first historical book in 1991. Personal life Roberts is divorced from his first wife, Camilla Henderson, with whom he had two children. Roberts is married to businesswoman Susan Gilchrist, CEO of the corporate communications firm Brunswick Group LLP and chairman of the South Bank Centre, and they live in London. Roberts has worked with think tank organisations such as the Centre for Policy Studies and the Centre for Social Cohesion. He has additionally maintained personal friendships with several British political and social figures such as David Cameron, Michael Gove, and Oliver Letwin. In February 2016, he was appointed president of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. Historical and socio-political viewpoints Commentary on history Roberts' analysis of the Second World War convinced him that the Nazi German government had significant advantages in military organisation and economic power early in the war. He has argued that, if someone other than Adolf Hitler had control of the nation's military strategy, the country would likely have forgone a costly direct invasion of Soviet territory, which occurred through Operation Barbarossa, and instead would have swept through Mediterranean Sea territories before trying to seal off British-controlled Middle East areas. Roberts believes that the likely morale-building victories against the comparatively weak forces to the southeast could have allowed Hitler to essentially win the war. According to Roberts, the other key strategic mistake was the German declaration of war against the United States (1941), which happened only four days after the Pearl Harbor attacks and which the Nazi regime was not obliged to do. Roberts argues that after the declaration, Germany could not keep the US war-making economic machine at bay. Roberts believes that the mistakes, delusions, and exaggerated self-confidence complexes that the fascist dictatorship fostered proved its undoing. Roberts has stated that he views Joseph Stalin's control of the Soviet forces as having been disastrous to the allied efforts against the Axis powers. He commented that Stalin's obsessive tactics of killing his own men for ideological reasons cost him thousands upon thousands of troops. In the Battle of Stalingrad alone, Soviet forces killed the equivalent of two full divisions of their own personnel. In terms of more recent history, Roberts whole-heartedly embraced Thatcherism. He has remained a staunch backer of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her socio-political legacy. In Roberts' opinion, Thatcher's insight to push the UK into a path in which it kept out of the euro, while still having strong ties to European economies has been validated by the Eurozone crisis in the aftermath of the Great Recession. After the British prime minister Tony Blair of the Labour Party resigned, Roberts assessed him as an "exemplary war leader" with his "vigorous prosecution of the War against Terror", which would leave him regarded as a "highly successful prime minister". In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Roberts backed a Leave vote. Support for the Iraq War and military intervention Roberts supports a strong American military and has generally argued in favour of close relations between the Anglosphere nations. As an advocate for the general principle of democratic pluralism, he has argued that "[s]neered at for being 'simplistic' in his reaction to 9/11, Bush's visceral responses to the attacks of a fascistic, totalitarian death cult will be seen as having been substantially the right ones" in the long run. In many writings, he has come out in support of neo-conservative influenced socio-political viewpoints. During the buildup to the Iraq War, Roberts supported the proposed invasion, arguing that anything less would be tantamount to appeasement, comparing Tony Blair to Winston Churchill in his "astonishing leadership". He additionally argued that acting against Saddam Hussein was in line with the "Pax Americana realpolitik that has kept the great powers at peace since the Second World War, despite the collapse of communism". In 2003, Roberts wrote: "For Churchill, apotheosis came in 1940; for Tony Blair, it will come when Iraq is successfully invaded and hundreds of weapons of mass destruction are unearthed from where they have been hidden by Saddam's henchmen." When such weapons were not found, Roberts still defended the invasion for larger strategic reasons, while arguing that his past views were based on credible assessments from intelligence services as well as other sources. Authorship and television appearances Early works The first of Roberts' books was the biography of Neville Chamberlain's and Winston Churchill's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, entitled The Holy Fox, and published in 1991. Roberts provided a historical revisionism account of Wood, a one-time Viceroy of India and the foreign secretary in Chamberlain's government. Halifax has been charged with appeasement, along with Chamberlain, but Roberts argues that Halifax began to move his government away from that policy vis-à-vis Nazi Germany following the 1938 Munich Crisis. This work was followed in 1994 by Eminent Churchillians, a collection of essays about friends and enemies of Churchill. A large part of the book is an attack on Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and other prominent members of the elite. The title is an obvious allusion to the famous and similarly combative book of biographies Eminent Victorians. In 1995, Roberts published The Aachen Memorandum, a thriller novel based on Britain and its relationship with a fictionalised European Union. In 1996, Roberts offered his "personal view" of the Suez crisis in an Open Media production for BBC TV. The Radio Times described the programme: "Forty years after Eden's decision to deploy troops against the Egyptians, Andrew Roberts argues that the former prime minister should be congratulated, not chastised, for fighting to protect British assets." In 1999, Roberts published Salisbury: Victorian Titan, a biography of the Victorian era politician and then Prime Minister Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. Historian Michael Korda praised the work as "a masterpiece about one of the greatest and most able Tory political figures of the Victorian age". The book additionally won the Wolfson History Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction. In September 2001, Napoleon and Wellington, an investigation into the relationship between the two generals, was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, and was the subject of the lead review in all but one of Britain's national newspapers. January 2003 saw the publication of Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership. In the book, which addresses the leadership techniques of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, he delivered a rebuttal to many of the assertions made by Clive Ponting and Christopher Hitchens concerning Churchill. An accompanying television series based around Roberts' Hitler and Churchill ran on BBC2, with its first episode being broadcast on 7 March 2013. Roberts remarked that he felt grateful for the BBC's support of his work and their unwillingness to cut corners when it came to exploring history in detail, quipping as well about the group's wardrobe policy, "Courtesy of this programme, I now have two Armani suits upstairs." Also in 2003, Roberts became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2004, he edited What Might Have Been, a collection of twelve "What If?" essays written by historians and journalists, including Robert Cowley, Antonia Fraser, Norman Stone, Amanda Foreman, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, and Anne Somerset. In 2005, Roberts published Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble, which was published in America as Waterloo: The Battle for Modern Europe. His A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900, a sequel to the four volume work of Churchill's biography, was published in September 2006, and won the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Book Award. Masters and Commanders describes how four figures shaped the strategy of the West during the Second World War. It was published in November 2008 and won the International Churchill Society Book Award and was shortlisted for two other military history book prizes. The Art of War is a two-volume chronological survey of the greatest military commanders in history. It was compiled by a team of historians, including Robin Lane Fox, Tom Holland, John Julius Norwich, Jonathan Sumption, and Felipe Fernández-Armesto, working under the general editorship of Roberts. Overview of the Second World War The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War came out in August 2009. A detailed look at the history of events behind the Second World War and various key elements within it such as the nature of Nazi Germany's rule, the book received large popular success. and reached number two in The Sunday Times bestseller list. The book additionally earned the British Army Military Book of the Year award for 2010. In terms of critical response, The Storm of War has also received a wide variety of praise in publications such as The Daily Beast, where historian Michael Korda lauded it as written "superbly well" and stated that Roberts' "scholarship is superb", and The Wall Street Journal, where historian Jonathan W. Jordan said that Roberts "splendidly weaves a human tragedy into a story". Support also came from figures such as American political commentator Peter Robinson and fellow English historian Paul Johnson. In the book, the author aims to paint a concise yet highly detailed picture of the conflict in which he argues that dictators Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler both took terrible actions due to their repressive ideologies, throwing thousands and thousands of lives away in the process, yet the eventual defeat of the Axis powers constituted a moral triumph of democratic pluralism over authoritarianism that led the way to a better future. Biography of Napoleon In 2014, Roberts wrote Napoleon the Great (the American edition is titled Napoleon: A Life), which was awarded the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best biography. In this biography, Roberts seeks to evoke Napoleon's tremendous energy, both physical and intellectual, and the attractiveness of his personality, even to his enemies. The book argues against many long-held historical opinions, including the myth of a great romance with Joséphine de Beauharnais. She took a lover immediately after their marriage, as Roberts shows, and Napoleon in fact had three times as many mistresses as he acknowledged. Roberts goes through fifty-three of Napoleon's sixty battlefields, and he additionally evaluates a gigantic new French edition of Napoleon's letters, aiming to create a complete re-evaluation of the man. Like The Storm of War, Roberts's life of Napoleon received critical praise from a wide range of publications. In October 2014, journalist Jeremy Jennings wrote for Standpoint that "Napoleon could have had few biographers more dedicated to their subject." Jennings additionally labelled the book a "richly detailed and sure-footed reappraisal of the man, his achievements—and failures—and the extraordinary times in which he lived". The book earned the Prix du Jury des Grands Prix de la Fondation Napoléon for 2014, an award given by the historical organisation Fondation Napoléon. Praise additionally came from fellow historian Jay Winik: "With his customary flair and keen historical eye, Andrew Roberts has delivered the goods again. This could well be the best single volume biography of Napoleon in English for the last four decades. A tour de force that belongs on every history-lover's bookshelf!" Author of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell has described the book as "[s]imply dynamite. ... [Napoleon was] a mass of contradictions and Roberts's book encompasses all the evidence to give a brilliant portrait of the man. The book, as it needs to be, is massive, yet the pace is brisk and it's never overwhelmed by the scholarly research, which was plainly immense ... Roberts suggests looking at Europe for the Emperor's monument, but this magnificent biography is not a bad place to start." In announcing in 2013 that it would present a three-part television series based on Roberts's analysis of Napoleon's life and legacy, BBC Two declared in its press release that "Roberts sets out to shed new light on the emperor... an extraordinary, gifted military commander and a mesmeric leader whose private life was littered with disappointments and betrayals." The series has had mixed reviews. The Daily Telegraph declared it "unconvincing", saying that "there was no getting away from Roberts's regular lapses into hero-worship", and "Roberts's remarks on the refreshing qualities of dictatorship made me wonder if he had taken leave of his senses". Churchill biography In 2018, Roberts produced a biography of Churchill entitled Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Dovetailing with Roberts' previous work on the Second World War and its related major figures, the book received praise from a number of publications. For the Financial Times, Toni Barber wrote: "Anecdotes sparkle like gems throughout Roberts’s book, an exhaustive but fluent text that draws on a wider range of sources than the typical Churchill biography." In The Observer, Andrew Rawnsley included the book among the 'Books of the Year' and said that "Roberts triumphed over my scepticism with his riveting account of the extraordinary life of the most remarkable individual to have lived at No 10." In The Jewish Chronicle, Stephen Pollard lauded the book as "the most superb one-volume biography I have ever read – of anyone." Pollard added that "Roberts manages something I thought impossible. He has given us a new, ground-breaking portrait of the man whom many consider to be the greatest ever Englishman. This is a simply wonderful book. A living, poetic, stirring yet thought-provoking portrait of a giant, it will be regarded as a classic for generations to come." For The New York Times, Richard Aldous commented: "All told, it must surely be the best single-volume biography of Churchill yet written." The National Book Review said that the book was "widely praised as the best single-volume biography of Winston Churchill ever written", and added that Roberts "draws on previously unavailable journals and notes for the robust, engrossing, and nuanced history of the great British leader." Journalism and lecturing Roberts has created short works on a variety of subjects, his published columns appearing in popular periodicals such as The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, amongst others. Since 1990, Roberts has addressed hundreds of institutional and academic audiences in many countries, including a lecture to former US president George W. Bush at the White House. A monarchist, Roberts described Prince Philip upon his death as "undoubtedly ... one of the reasons that the overwhelming majority of Britons today feel blessed that their country is a monarchy". He has appeared on US television during royal funerals and weddings. He first came to prominence in the United States due to acting as an expert on the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997, and he was later in a similar role during the CNN broadcast of the death of the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and on the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. In 2003, he presented The Secrets of Leadership, a four-part history series on BBC 2 about the secrets of leadership which looked at the different leadership styles of Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Roberts is a Director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in New York City, a founder member of José Maria Aznar's Friends of Israel Initiative, and chaired the Hessell-Tiltman Award for Non-Fiction in 2010. Roberts is a judge on the Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography Prize. He chaired the Conservative Party's Advisory Panel on the Teaching of History in Schools in 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has also been elected a Fellow of the Napoleonic Institute and an Honorary Member of the International Churchill Society. He is a Trustee of the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust and of the Roberts Foundation. During the autumn of 2013, Roberts served as the inaugural Merrill Family visiting professor in history at Cornell University. He taught a course entitled "Great European Leaders of the 19th and 20th Centuries and their Influence on History." He has additionally spoke in many other American universities such as the University of Montana. Disputes and criticism Although Roberts's 2006 work A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 won critical acclaim from some sections of the media, The Economist drew attention to some historical, geographical, and typographical errors, as well presenting a generally scathing review of the book. The newspaper referred to the work as "a giant political pamphlet larded with its author's prejudices". More generally, Reba Soffer described him in 2009 as "devoted ... to public, polemical conservatism as well as to historical revisionism". One claim made by Roberts in A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 was that Harvard historian Caroline Elkins had committed "blood libels" in her Pulitzer prize-winning book Imperial Reckoning. Elkins was subsequently vindicated when files released by the National Archives showed that abuses were described as "distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia" by the solicitor general of the time. The Foreign Secretary William Hague subsequently announced compensation for the first round of victims with statements that the British government "recognises that Kenyans were subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment" and "sincerely regrets that these abuses took place" during the Kenya Emergency. Journalist Johann Hari has stated that Roberts' writings defended acts such as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the Second Boer War concentration camps for Afrikaners during the Second Boer War, and mass internment in Northern Ireland (Operation Demetrius). Hari also wrote that Roberts made a speech at the expatriate South African Springbok Club, which flies the apartheid-era flag of South Africa and calls for "the re-establishment of civilised rule throughout the African continent". Roberts said that he did not realise the Springbok Club was racist when he took on the speaking engagement. See also List of Wolfson History Prize winners Publications Books authored by Roberts The Holy Fox: A Biography of Lord Halifax, London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991 . Eminent Churchillians, London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994 ; Simon & Schuster, 1994, The Aachen Memorandum, London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995 . Salisbury: Victorian Titan, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999, The House of Windsor, Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2000, . Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003, What Might Have Been, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004, A History of the English Speaking Peoples since 1900, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West (2008), Allen Lane, (UK edition); Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941–1945 (2009), Harper, (US edition). online The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval World, Quercus, 2008, The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Modern World Since 1600, Quercus, 2009, The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War online UK edition: Elegy: The First Day on the Somme (2015). Head of Zeus. Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018) Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History, Allen Lane, 2019, George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch, Allen Lane, 2021, (U.S. edition: The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III, Viking. 2021, ). BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, 4–8 October 2021, read by Ben Miller. Contributions to other works Virtual History (1997) One Essay What If? (1999) One Essay The Kings and Queens of England (2000) One Chapter The Railway King: A Biography of George Hudson (2001) Introduction Historian’s Holiday (2001) Introduction What If? Volume 2 (2001) One Essay Protestant Island (2001) Introduction Spirit of England (2001) Introduction The Secret History of P.W.E. (2002) Introduction Rich Dust (2002) Introduction A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (2002) Introduction Spirit of England (2002) Preface Historian's Holiday (2002) Preface What Ifs of American History? (2003) One Essay The Multicultural Experiment (2003) One Chapter British Military Greats (2004) One Chapter Lives for Sale (2004) One Chapter Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB (2005) Foreword Liberty and Livelihood (2005) One Chapter The Eagle’s Last Triumph (2006) Introduction The Eagle's Last Triumph : Napoleon's Victory at Ligny, June 1815 (2006) Foreword Postcards from the Russian Revolution (2008) Introduction Postcards of Political Icons (2008) Introduction Postcards from Checkpoint Charlie (2008) Introduction A Week at Waterloo (2008) Introduction The Future of National Identity (2008) One Chapter Postcards from the Trenches (2008) Introduction Postcards from Utopia: The Art of Political Propaganda (2009) Introduction Postcards of Lost Royals (2009) Introduction Napoleon Bonaparte by Georges Lefevre (2010) Introduction Letters from Vicky: The Letters of Queen Victoria to Vicky, Empress of Germany 1858–1901 (2011) Introduction and Selection A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011) Introduction References External links Official website Web page at Capel & Land BBC Article by Roberts about Hitler and Churchill Andrew Roberts is the social historian (Evening Standard) 1963 births 20th-century biographers 20th-century English historians 21st-century biographers 21st-century British historians 21st-century British writers Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge British monarchists Conservatism in the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) people English Anglicans English biographers English financial businesspeople English male journalists Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Historians of the Napoleonic Wars Living people Male biographers Members of the Freedom Association People educated at Cranleigh School Right-wing politics in the United Kingdom The American Spectator people

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James Collinson

James Collinson (9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. Life He was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and was the son of a bookseller. He entered the Royal Academy Schools, and was a fellow-student of Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Collinson was a devout Christian who was attracted to the devotional and high church aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism. A convert to Catholicism, Collinson reverted to high Anglicanism in order to marry Christina Rossetti, but his conscience forced his return to Catholicism and the ending of the engagement. When Millais' painting Christ in the House of his Parents was accused of blasphemy, Collinson resigned from the Brotherhood in the belief that it was bringing the Christian religion into disrepute. During his period as a Pre-Raphaelite, Collinson contributed a long devotional poem to The Germ and produced a number of religious works, most importantly The Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1850). After his resignation Collinson trained for the priesthood at a Jesuit college, but did not complete his studies. In 1858, he married Eliza Wheeler, one of the sisters-in-law of the painter John Rogers Herbert, an early influence on the Pre-Raphaelites. Returning to his artistic career he painted a number of secular genre paintings, the best-known of which are To Let and For Sale, both of which lightheartedly depict pretty women in situations that suggest moral temptation. He was secretary of the Society of British Artists from 1861 to 1870. In the latter part of his life he lived in Brittany, where he painted The Holy Family (1878). He died in April 1881. Gallery See also List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings - including the work of James Collinson. References Attribution External links 1825 births 1881 deaths Academics of the Royal College of Art 19th-century English painters English male painters Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism English Roman Catholics Pre-Raphaelite painters People from Mansfield Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools Catholic painters

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George Smith Duncan

George Smith Duncan (11 July 1852 – 4 September 1930) was a tramway and mining engineer best known for his work on cable trams, and for his work in the gold mining industry. Duncan was born on 11 July 1852 in the city of Dunedin New Zealand, the third son of George and Elspet Duncan, recent Scottish immigrants. He was educated at Clifton College near Bristol in England, and at both the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the University of Otago in New Zealand. He was subsequently appointed engineer for the District of Otago. On 1 September 1876, with John Reid and James W. Duncan, the partnership, 'Reid and Duncans', Surveyors, Civil Engineers, Land Agents, and Share and Money Brokers was formed, with offices at Moray Place, Dunedin. Between 1879 and 1883, Duncan was responsible for the development of the Dunedin cable tramway system. He was then appointed consulting engineer (and subsequently engineer) for the development of the Melbourne cable tramway system in Australia, a post he held until 1892, being largely responsible for the development of over 44 miles of cable tram route. Shortly after leaving his post in Melbourne, Duncan travelled to both America and Europe. Whilst in London he was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers for his efforts on the Melbourne cable tramway system. However what he saw on his travels lead him to question the future of cable tramways, and on his return to Australia he advised Brisbane against adopting such a system in favour of electric traction. From 1894, Duncan became involved in the gold mining industry of Victoria, introducing the cyanide process for extracting gold from ore and mine tailings, and founding the firm of Duncan, Noyes & Co. He later became involved in experiments to extract gold from seawater, and achieved this in 1912 from the waters of Port Phillip. He continued to experiment until shortly before his death, but failed in his aim of making the process economically viable. He died at "Sunnyside", Black Rock, Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1930. References External links Web page on George Smith Duncan (from the website of the Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot) Sources Web page http://www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/duncan.htm, as retrieved 12:00 GMT, 28 September 2011. People educated at Clifton College 1852 births 1930 deaths People from Dunedin New Zealand people of Scottish descent Engineers from Melbourne Alumni of the University of Edinburgh University of Otago alumni 19th-century New Zealand engineers 20th-century New Zealand engineers

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John Williams (water scientist)

John Williams is an Australian scientist whose life work has been in the study of hydrology and the use of water in the landscape and farming, including land salinity. Biography Williams grew up near Tumbarumba on a farm in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. He attended school in Queanbeyan near Canberra, before graduating from the University of Sydney with a degree in agricultural science and a doctorate in soil science and hydrology. Williams is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and advocated for a rational debate on Australia's water resources. He was Chief of the Division of Land and Water, CSIRO (Australia's premier government research organisation), in Canberra, when he retired in 2004. He served earlier at the CSIRO laboratories at Townsville in Queensland where, among other things, he studied the Great Artesian Basin and the transport of water from the Great Dividing Range into the outback of Queensland and New South Wales. He also served as Adjunct Professor in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management at Charles Sturt University, and Chief Scientist and Chair of the NSW Department of Natural Resources’ Science and Information Board. Williams was also Commissioner of the New South Wales Natural Resources Commission between 2005 and 2011. Williams is an Emeritus Professor and research associate at the Australian National University; and a commentator on environmental matters. In a feature article in a July 2009 edition of The Canberra Times Williams reportedly stated that there should be a sixty percent cut in water use across the Murray-Darling Basin, and the Snowy Mountains Scheme that diverts water to the Riverina should not be exempt from water savings. In 2012, Williams was interviewed for commentary on the Murray-Darling Commission report. During his career, Williams has been honoured with the 2005 Farrer Memorial Medal for achievement and excellence in agricultural science and appointed in November 2011 as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). In February 2018, Williams was a co-author of an article in The Conversation and co-signatory of the Murray Darling Declaration along with other concerned scientists. See also Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists Water security in Australia References External links Natural Resources Commission, NSW CSIRO Land and Water Australian scientists Uniting Church in Australia people Australian climatologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hydrologists Charles Sturt University faculty Australian National University faculty Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

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CCGS Terry Fox

CCGS Terry Fox is a Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. She was originally built by Burrard-Yarrows Corporation in Canada in 1983 as part of an Arctic drilling system developed by BeauDril, the drilling subsidiary of Gulf Canada Resources. After the offshore oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea ended in the early 1990s, she was first leased and then sold to the Canadian Coast Guard. Terry Foxs sister ship, Kalvik, is today owned by the Russian Murmansk Shipping Company as Vladimir Ignatyuk. Development and construction In the mid-1970s, Gulf Canada Resources began developing an Arctic drilling system consisting of two mobile drilling units: a Mobile Arctic Caisson (MAC) that could be submerged and filled with gravel to form an artificial drilling island in waters up to in depth and a floating Conical Drilling Unit (CDU) designed for drilling in water depths between while afloat. The intention of this development was to overcome the relatively short operating window of drillships during the ice-free season (100 to 110 days a year) and the water depth limitations of artificial dredged islands in the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea. The drilling units, each capable of completing one exploration well per year, would be supported by four Arctic Class 4 vessels: two large icebreakers providing 24-hour ice management and standby services on the drilling site and two smaller icebreaking vessels responsible for anchor handling and supply runs between the drilling rigs and coastal bases. By 1982, both drilling units and all four icebreaking vessels were under construction in Canada and Japan for BeauDril, Gulf Canada's drilling subsidiary, and the company had committed itself to a billion-dollar exploration program between 1983 and 1988. The icebreaker design was provided by the Montreal-based engineering company German & Milne. During the development phase, the hull form was extensively tested at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) ice tank with particular emphasis of preventing broken ice floes from flowing under the hull and into the propellers. The result was a production-friendly fully-developable hull form with a semi-spoon bow and large ice plough. The construction of the two icebreakers was awarded to Burrard-Yarrows Corporation in December 1979 and the work was split between the company's Victoria and Vancouver divisions. In order to expedite the delivery of the vessels, Gulf Canada had already purchased the engines, gearboxes, shaft lines and propellers before signing the C$79 million shipbuilding contract for two hulls. The keel of newbuilding number 107 was laid at the Burrard-Yarrows Vancouver shipyard on 15 June 1982 and the vessel was launched on 23 April 1983 as Terry Fox. While the other BeauDril icebreakers and drilling units were given names drawn from the Northern Territories native languages, Terry Fox was named after Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox (1958–1981), a Canadian athlete, humanitarian and cancer research activist known for his 1980 Marathon for Hope, an attempted cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research, after losing his right leg to osteosarcoma. The icebreaker was completed on 16 September 1983, slightly behind the original schedule which called for delivery in April when Gulf Canada's exploratory drilling program was set to begin. Terry Foxs sister ship, Kalvik, had been delivered by Victoria shipyard in July of the same year. At the time, Beaudril's two icebreakers were the most powerful privately owned icebreaking vessels in the world. Design General characteristics Terry Fox is long overall and between perpendiculars. She has a beam of and draws of water when fully laden. While the crew's common spaces such as mess rooms and lounges are arranged on the main deck, the accommodation is arranged in the box-shaped deckhouse. In the Canadian Coast Guard service, Terry Fox has a complement of 10 officers and 14 crew, and 10 additional berths. The towing gear consists of an 80-ton winch holding of wire and a separate 200-ton double-drum anchor-handling winch. Unlike her sister ship, Terry Fox has not been retrofitted with a helideck. However, her cargo-handling capability has been increased with a 40-tonne cargo crane and a cargo hold in place of the original bulk cargo tanks. Power and propulsion Terry Fox has a diesel-mechanical propulsion system consisting of four main engines driving two shafts through twin input-single output gearboxes. The prime movers are eight-cylinder Stork-Werkspoor 8TM410 medium-speed diesel engines producing at 600rpm in continuous service. Each pair of main engines is coupled to a Lohmann & Stolterfoht Navilus GVE 1500 A single-stage reduction gearbox via flexible couplings designed to automatically disengage if the propellers are blocked by ice. However, each propeller shaft is also fitted with a heavy flywheel in diameter and in thickness to increase rotational inertia and absorb shocks from propeller-ice interaction. Unlike the other Canadian offshore icebreakers built in the 1980s, Terry Fox does not have a propeller nozzles to shroud her propellers. Her LIPS Canada nickel aluminium bronze controllable pitch propellers are designed to transmit of power per shaft to the water and produce a combined static bollard pull of about . For onboard electricity production, the ship has two Caterpillar 3512 series ship service diesel generators and a single Caterpillar 3406 DITA emergency diesel generator. In addition, both reduction gearboxes are fitted with clutched power take-offs for 1,250kVa shaft alternators that supply power to the stern thruster and air bubbling system compressors. In line with her original Canadian Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations (CASPPR) Arctic Class 4 rating, Terry Fox is designed to break at least first-year level ice with a continuous speed of . During icebreaking operations, the ice friction is reduced by lubricating the hull-ice interface with a low-pressure air bubbling system developed by Wärtsilä. In open water, the system can also act as a bow thruster and used for maneuvering together with the ship's single centerline rudder and a transverse stern thruster. When operating in ice-free waters, the ship was designed transit at an economical speed of about with just two main engines, but her maximum speed is quoted as . Career Terry Fox (1983–1991) Between 1983 and 1990, BeauDril's mobile drilling units drilled a total of nineteen exploratory wells in the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea with the support of Terry Fox and other icebreaking vessels: nine with the Mobile Arctic Caisson Molikpaq and ten with the Conical Drilling Unit Kulluk. Twelve wells alone were drilled in the Amauligak prospect, the most significant oil and gas field discovered in the region, but the high expectations for the Beaufort Sea were not met: the area was characterized by a large number of small, widely scattered resources. Molikpaq was mothballed after completing the last well in 1990. On 1 November 1991, Terry Fox was leased to the Canadian Coast Guard for two years to replace the decommissioned during the extensive modernization of . During the leasing period, the icebreaker was found to meet Canadian Coast Guard's needs satisfactorily, and the vessel was purchased from Gulf Canada Resources on 1 November 1993. Around the same time, the majority of BeauDril's fleet was purchased by Canadian Marine Drilling (Canmar), the drilling subsidiary of Dome Petroleum (later Amoco Canada) that had been Gulf Canada's main competitor in the Beaufort Sea for more than a decade. CCGS Terry Fox (1991–present) Under the Canadian Coast Guard, CCGS Terry Fox is classified as a heavy icebreaker. She is homeported in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and operates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the winter ice season and in Canada's eastern Arctic during the summer shipping season, assisting in escorting the annual Arctic summer sealift to coastal communities. In 2014, Terry Fox and Louis S. St-Laurent travelled to the Canadian Arctic to map the undersea continental shelf. In August, they became the first Canadian government ships to reach the North Pole in 20 years. Terry Fox ran aground in April 2018 near Bide Arm but managed to return to port under her own power. While Terry Fox has been scheduled for decommissioning in 2020, the repeated delays of the proposed polar icebreaker may postpone this. , the Canadian Coast Guard has no other newbuilding plans approved as a potential replacement for the 1983-built heavy icebreaker. See also History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) References Icebreakers of the Canadian Coast Guard Ships built in British Columbia 1983 ships Terry Fox

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William Collins (Lord Provost)

Sir William Collins (1817–1895) was a Scottish publisher, prominent in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880. He was the first fully abstaining Lord Provost of Glasgow and gained the nickname Water Willie. Life He was born in Glasgow on 12 October 1817. In 1841 the family firm William Collins, Sons began specialising in printing bibles. The family then lived at 113 Montrose Street. At the Disruption of 1843 he left the established Church of Scotland and joined the Free Church of Scotland. He joined his father, William Collins, printing company in 1848 and helped expand the business into publishing. In 1868, his two sons became partners in the business and it was renamed William Collins, Sons & Co. Sir William Collins was also politically active, campaigning for the temperance cause throughout his life. He was elected to the Town Council as a Liberal in 1868, became a magistrate in 1873, and was Lord Provost from 1877 to 1880. He helped to form the Glasgow Liberal Association in 1878 and became involved in the Glasgow School Board (1888–1894). In 1877 he was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in place of Sir James Bain. In recognition of his public service as Lord Provost, in 1880 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. He was succeeded in turn as Lord Provost by John Ure. At this time Collins was living at 3 Park Terrace East, a large townhouse overlooking Kelvingrove Park. In 1881 supporters of the temperance movement erected a fountain in his name, in Glasgow Green. "Erected by temperance reformers in recognition of valuable services rendered to the temperance cause by Sir William Collins, Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow 1877-1880. 29 October 1881." He died on 20 February 1895. He is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis. The grave lies on the eastern edge of the north section of the upper plateau. Family He was married to Annabella Glen (1822–1862). His second wife, Helen Jamieson died in 1893. His eldest son William (1845–1906) was also in the company. References 1817 births 1895 deaths Lord Provosts of Glasgow Scottish book publishers (people) Scottish Liberal Party politicians Scottish temperance activists 19th-century British politicians 19th-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish printers Scottish knights Glasgow Green

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Charles Smith

Charles or Charlie Smith may refer to: Academics C. Alphonso Smith (1864–1924), American professor, college dean, philologist, and folklorist Charles Emrys Smith (fl. 1990s–2010s), British economist, educator at Swansea Metropolitan University Charles Roach Smith (1806–1890), founding member of the British Archaeological Association Charles Saumarez Smith (born 1954), British art historian Charles Smith (topographer) (1715–1763), Irish topographer and writer Charles Sprague Smith (1853–1910), founder and director of the People's Institute Charles Piper Smith (1877–1955), American botanist Charles Smith (mathematician) (1844–1916), British academic Charles Forster Smith, American classical philologist Arts and entertainment Bubba Smith (Charles Aaron Smith, 1945–2011), American actor and football player Charles A. Smith (architect) (1866–1948), American architect Charles Alexander Smith (1864–1915), Canadian painter from Ontario Charles Martin Smith (born 1953), American actor and director Charles Patrick Smith (1877–1963), Australian journalist Charles Smith (actor) (1920–1988), American actor Charles Smith (artist) (1749–1824), Scottish artist Charles Smith (singer) (1786–1856), English tenor and bass, organist and composer Charles Smith (songwriter), American record producer and songwriter Charlie Smith, character in Class Charlie Smith (musician) (born 1979), American jazz musician Charlie Smith (drummer) (1927–1966), American jazz drummer Charlie Smith (footballer) (1915–1984), Welsh footballer Charlie Smith (American poet) (born 1947), American poet and novelist Charlie Smith (Romani poet) (1956–2005), British poet Charles Smith (playwright), American playwright and educator Charles Edward Smith (jazz) (1904–1970), American jazz author and critic Dr. Charles Smith (born 1940), artist and activist Military Charles Aitchison Smith (1871–1940), Indian Army officer and administrator Charles Bean Smith, later Sir Charles Euan-Smith (1842–1910), British soldier and diplomat Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935), Australian aviator in WWI and afterwards Charles Bradford Smith (1916–2004), American army officer and Silver Star recipient Charles Ferguson Smith (1807–1862), Union General of the American Civil War Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859), British artist, soldier and spy Charles Henry Smith (Navy Medal of Honor) (1826–1898), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Charles Henry Smith (Army Medal of Honor) (1827–1902), American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient Charles Douglass Smith, British army officer and colonial administrator Politics Australia Charles Smith (Victorian politician) (1833–1903), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1883–1892 Charles Smith (Western Australian politician) (born 1970), member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2017 Canada Charles A. Smith (Canadian politician) (1845–?), Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia Charles L. Smith (Canadian politician) (1853–?), Canadian politician in New Brunswick Charles Napier Smith (1866–1919), Canadian politician in Ontario Charles Rhodes Smith (1896–1993), Canadian politician in Manitoba United Kingdom C. A. Smith (1895–?), British socialist and anti-communist activist Charles Culling Smith (1775–1853), British politician and courtier Charles Harding Smith (1931–1997), loyalist leader in Northern Ireland Charles Smith (MP) (1756–1814), British politician, Member of Parliament United States Charles Aurelius Smith (1861–1916), governor of South Carolina Charles Bennett Smith (1870–1939), U.S. Representative from New York Charles Brooks Smith (1844–1899), U.S. Representative from West Virginia Charles C. Smith (Virginia politician), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, 1924–1926 Charles C. Smith (Pennsylvania politician) (1908–1970), American representative from Pennsylvania Charles Emory Smith (1842–1908), American journalist and politician Charles F. Smith (politician) (1912–1962), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Charles F. Smith Jr. (1918–2001), American politician in Wisconsin senate Charles Henry Smith (1826–1903), American politician in Georgia senate and writer under the nom de plume Bill Arp Charles H. Smith (Wisconsin politician) (1863–1915), Wisconsin state legislator Charles K. Smith (1799–1866), American politician, lawyer, and first secretary of Minnesota Territory Charles L. Smith (Seattle politician) (1892–1982), mayor of Seattle, Washington Charles Lynwood Smith Jr. (born 1943), U.S. federal judge Charles Manley Smith (1868–1937), governor of Vermont, 1935–37 Charles P. Smith (1926–2014), Wisconsin State Treasurer Charles P. Smith (judge), United States Tax Court judge Charles Plympton Smith (born 1954), American banker and former member of the Vermont House of Representatives Chuck Smith (Florida politician) (Charles R. Smith, born 1928), American politician Charles Sydney Smith (mayor) (1828–1907), jeweler and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island Charlie Smith (Colorado politician), American politician in Colorado Charles Z. Smith (1927–2016), retired Washington State Supreme Court Justice Charles Wallace Smith (1864–1939), former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Charlie Smith (Louisiana lobbyist) (1942–2012), American lobbyist Other Charles Abercrombie Smith (1834–1919), scientist, politician and civil servant of the Cape Colony Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (Charles Robert Smith, 1887–1959), British colonial administrator and Governor of North Borneo Science and technology Charles H. Smith (historian) (born 1950), American historian of science Charles Smith (pathologist), Canadian forensic pathologist reprimanded for his evidence in shaken baby cases since 1992 Charles Michie Smith (1854–1922), Scottish astronomer Sports American football Charles H. Smith (American football) (active 1883–1894), American football center Charles Smith (American football) (1924–2013), American football player Charlie Smith (tackle) (1889–1961), American football tackle Charlie Smith (running back) (born 1946), American football running back Charlie Smith (wide receiver) (born 1950), American football wide receiver Bubba Smith (Charles Aaron Smith, 1945–2011), American actor and football player Baseball Charles R. Smith (coach) (died 1969), American baseball and basketball coach Charley Smith (1937–1994), American MLB third baseman Charlie Smith (pitcher) (1880–1929), American MLB pitcher Charlie Smith (infielder) (1840–1897), American MLB infielder Chino Smith (Charles Smith, 1903–1932), Negro league baseball player Pop Smith (Charles Marv Smith, 1856–1927), Canadian MLB infielder, 1880–1891 Red Smith (pitcher) (Charles Smith), American Negro league baseball player Basketball Charles Smith (basketball, born 1965), University of Pittsburgh and New York Knicks Charles Smith (basketball, born 1967), Georgetown University and Boston Celtics Charles Smith (basketball, born August 1975), University of New Mexico and Portland Trail Blazers Charles Smith (basketball, born October 1975), American-English basketball player Cricket Sir C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948), English actor and cricketer Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1879) (1879–1949), English cricketer Charlie Smith (South African cricketer) (1872–1947), South African cricketer Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1861) (1861–1925), English cricketer Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1920), New Zealand cricketer and administrator Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1930), English cricketer Charles Smith (South African cricketer) (1905–1967), South African cricketer Charlie Smith (English cricketer) (1859–1942), English cricketer Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1838) (1838–1909), English cricketer Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1955), English cricketer Other sports Charles Smith (sailor) (1889–1969), American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics Charles Sydney Smith (1876–1951), British three times Olympic water polo champion Charles Eastlake Smith (1850–1917), British football player Charles Smith (polo) (active 1972–1981), American polo player Charles Smith (rugby) (1909–1976), New Zealand rugby football player Charles C. Smith (boxer) (1860–1924), African American boxer Charles Smith (Australian footballer) (1901–1968), Australian footballer Charles Smith (English footballer), English footballer Charles Smith Jr., rugby league footballer of the 1910s Charlie Smith (golfer) (1931–2011), American golfer Other people Charles Smith (cowboy) ("Hairlip" Charlie Smith; 1844–1907), frontiersman and lawman in the Old West, member of Wyatt Earp's posse Charles Lee Smith (1887–1964), American atheist activist Charlie Smith (centenarian) (1874–1979), claimed to be the oldest person in the United States Charles Pressley Smith (1862–1935), Anglican priest Charles John Smith (1803–1838), English engraver Charles Rattray Smith (1859–1941), schoolteacher in Britain and New South Wales, Australia Charles Smith (developer) (1901–1995), American real estate developer and philanthropist in the Washington DC area Charles Smith (priest), English Anglican priest Charles Spencer Smith (1852–1923), American bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church Charles Edward Smith (Baptist) (1835–1929), American author and Baptist ecclesiologist and apologist Charles R. Smith, head of the Menasha Wooden Ware Co., who named Ladysmith, Wisconsin after his wife Charles "Chip" Smith, an alias of German murderer Christian Gerhartsreiter Charles Howard Smith (1888–1942), British diplomat Charles Howard Smith (trade unionist) (1875–1965), British trade union leader Charles Loraine Smith (1751–1835), sportsman, artist and politician J. Charles Smith III, American prosecutor in Frederick County, Maryland Other uses Charles E. Smith Co. Chuck Smith (disambiguation) Charles Smyth (disambiguation)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Anderson%20%28mechanical%20engineer%29

James Anderson (mechanical engineer)

James Edward Anderson, CBE (3 April 1871 – 15 January 1945) was a mechanical engineer of the Midland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and had a great influence on the latter's adoption of the former's conservative locomotive policies. Career Born in 1871, Anderson served an apprenticeship with the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR). He worked for Sharp Stewart and Company, Dübs and Company and the Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR), before becoming Assistant Chief Draughtsmant of Robert Stephenson Ltd of Darlington. Midland railway In April 1903, Anderson moved to the Midland Railway (MR) at Derby as a draughtsman. He replaced J.W. Smith when Smith left for Great Central Railway, and was also given responsibility for the Locomotive Works in the absence of Henry Fowler. During Anderson's time at Derby, he helped design the 990 Class 4-4-0. Superheating was introduced on the Class 4F 0-6-0 and to the rebuilt Class 2P 4-4-0. A large 2-8-0 for the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway and the Lickey Banker 0-10-0 for the Lickey Incline. These departed from the Midland's small engine policy. Anderson was acting chief mechanical engineer between 1915 and 1919 when Fowler was away on war work. Anderson himself was appointed a CBE in March 1920 for his own war work. LMS railway When the Midland was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923, Anderson was appointed Chief Motive Power Superintendent of the new Group. As such, he and Fowler were able to influence the LMS to follow Midland practice in locomotive affairs rather than that of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), or indeed that of any other constituent. Generally, this included the use of standard small axle bearings and short travel valves that resulted in hot axle boxes and inefficiency respectively, and which ran counter to steam locomotive developments being pursued by the other three "Big Four" railway companies in the 1920s. Anderson retired in 1932. A year later, William Stanier arrived from the Great Western Railway with a particular remit (from the President of the LMS, Sir Josiah Stamp) to reform the Motive Power department of the LMS. Retirement Anderson retired in 1932 to Ayr. He died in 1945. References Midland Railway people 1871 births 1945 deaths Scottish railway mechanical engineers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Scottish mechanical engineers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Campbell%20%28business%20executive%29

William Campbell (business executive)

William Vincent Campbell Jr. (August 31, 1940 – April 18, 2016) was an American businessman and chairman of the board of trustees of Columbia University and chairman of the board of Intuit. He was VP of Marketing and board director for Apple Inc. and CEO for Claris, Intuit, and GO Corporation. Campbell coached, among others, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, and Sundar Pichai at Google, Steve Jobs at Apple, Jeff Bezos at Amazon, Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo at Twitter, and Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook. Early life and career Son of a local school official, Campbell was born and raised in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. He attended Columbia University, where he played football under coach Buff Donelli from 1959 to 1961. In his senior year, he was named to the All-Ivy Team. He graduated in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He was a founder of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club, one of the leading amateur rugby clubs in America. In 1964, he obtained a master's degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He was head coach of Columbia's football team, the Columbia Lions from 1974 to 1979. Prior to this he was an assistant at Boston College for six years. He met his first wife, the former Roberta Spagnola, while she was the assistant dean in charge of Columbia's undergraduate dormitories. He joined J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency, and then Kodak, where he rose to run Kodak's European film business. He was hired by John Sculley, became Apple's VP of Marketing, and then ran Apple's Claris software division. When Sculley refused to spin Claris off into an independent company, Campbell and much of the Claris leadership left. Since 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Campbell had served as a corporate director on Apple's board of directors. Campbell became CEO of GO Corporation, a startup pioneering a tablet computer operating system. After successfully selling GO Eo to AT&T Corporation in 1993, Campbell was CEO of Intuit from 1994 to 1998. Campbell announced that he would be retiring as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Intuit starting January 2016. Campbell was an adviser to a number of technology companies, and was elected chairman of the board of trustees at Columbia in 2005. Death and legacy Campbell died of cancer on April 18, 2016 at the age of 75. He was survived by his wife, Eileen Bocci Campbell, his two children, and his three step children. On April 21, 2016 Apple announced that they would be delaying their earnings release until Tuesday April 26, 2016 for a memorial that Apple had held. In his honor, the National Football Foundation has issued the William V. Campbell Trophy since 1990 to the college football player with the best combination of academic, athletic, and community service achievements. Intuit presents the Bill Campbell Coach's Award to a select number of employees who excel in mentorship and growth, while promoting diversity and sense of community. Head coaching record References External links 1940 births 2016 deaths American chairpersons of corporations Apple Inc. employees American nonprofit executives American technology chief executives Boston College Eagles football coaches Chairpersons of non-governmental organizations Columbia Lions football coaches Columbia Lions football players Directors of Apple Inc. Intuit people Teachers College, Columbia University alumni People from Homestead, Pennsylvania Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Montgomery%20%28pioneer%29

John Montgomery (pioneer)

Lieutenant Colonel John Montgomery (c. 1750–1794) was an American soldier, settler and explorer. He is credited with founding the city of Clarksville, Tennessee. Montgomery County, Tennessee is named after him. Life In 1771, Montgomery first entered the area of the Cumberland River. Much was learned in the expedition, but Native Americans forced the explorers back to Virginia. In 1775, Montgomery was one of the signers of the Fincastle Resolutions, the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the American Colonies. During the American Revolutionary War, Montgomery served initially as a captain and finally as a lieutenant colonel under the command of Brigadier General George Rogers Clark during his Illinois campaign. Under Clark's orders, Montgomery led an expedition against several Indian tribes to prevent the British from organizing them to attack Kentucky. For the remainder of war, he ran supplies between New Orleans and Clark's army in the north. Montgomery explored the area of the county that bears his name in 1775 while on a hunting expedition with Kasper Mansker. In 1784, Montgomery purchased the land at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers from North Carolina for 100 British pounds. He then founded Clarksville. In 1789 he and surveyor Martin Armstrong persuaded lawmakers to establish Clarksville as a tobacco inspection point. Montgomery became the first sheriff of the district. In 1780 he signed the Cumberland Compact and in 1793 commanded territorial troops in the Nickajack Expedition against the Creek tribe. Montgomery was killed near Eddy Creek, Kentucky on November 27, 1794, by an Indian ambush while hunting. His statue stands near Clarksville's Public Square. Family His family was of Scottish descent and settled in the Colony of Virginia during the 17th century. References Further reading Goodpasture, Albert V. (1919) Colonel John Montgomery, Tennessee Historical Magazine V(3):145-150. Republished online by Bill Thayer, 2013. Williams, Eleanor. Montgomery County, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture External links John Montgomery Statue, Waymarking.com The Illinois Regiment, Abstract to the George Rogers Clark Papers, Microfilm Roll #9, The Illinois Regiment Genealogy of John Montgomery by Diana Gale Matthiesen, et al. 1750 births 1794 deaths Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution Signers of the Fincastle Resolutions People of pre-statehood Tennessee

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Campbell%20Gault

William Campbell Gault

William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was an American writer. He wrote under his own name, and as Roney Scott and Will Duke, among other pseudonyms. He is probably best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly the young-readers' novels he began publishing in the early 1960s, and for his crime fiction. He contributed to a wide range of pulp magazines, particularly to the sports pulps, where he was considered one of the best writers in the field. Damon Knight, noted science fiction critic and one-time editor of Popular Publications, wrote the following about Gault's sports fiction: I liked the characterization in those stories; I liked the description; I liked the fist fights; I liked the love interest. I like everything about them, except what they were all about. Gault won the 1953 Edgar Award for Best First Novel for his crime fiction novel, Don't Cry for Me (1952). He won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original in 1983 for The Cana Diversion and was awarded The Eye in 1984 for Lifetime Achievement, both by The Private Eye Writers of America. In 1991, he was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award. Sports fiction Backfield Challenge The Big Stick Bruce Benedict, Halfback The Checkered Flag Cut-rate Quarterback Dim Thunder Dirt Track Summer Drag Strip Gallant Colt Gasoline Cowboy The Karters The Last Lap Little Big Foot The Lonely Mound The Long Green Mr. Fullback Mr. Quarterback The Oval Playground Quarterback Gamble Road-Race Rookie Rough Road To Glory Showboat in the Backcourt Speedway Challenge Stubborn Sam The Sunday Cycles Sunday's Dust Super Bowl Bound Thin Ice Through The Line Thunder Road Trouble at Second Two-Wheeled Thunder The Underground Skipper Wheels of Fortune Wild Willie, Wide Receiver Crime fiction Gault's most famous detective protagonist is Brock Callahan, L.A. football star who quit because of a bad knee and set up shop in Beverly Hills as a private investigator; several re-issued in paperback by Charter Books, circa 1988. He also wrote a series of paperback originals in the 1950s and 1960s featuring private detective Joe Puma, whose career was spent on the seamier side of life. Brock Callahan titles: Murder In The Raw (1955) original title "Ring Around Rosa" Day of The Ram (1956) The Convertible Hearse (1957) Come Die With Me (1959) Vein of Violence (1961) County Kill (1962) Dead Hero (1963) The Bad Samaritan (1982) The Cana Diversion (1982) Death In Donegal Bay (1984) The Dead Seed (1985) The Chicano War (1986) Cat and Mouse (1988) Deaf Pigeon (1992) Joe Puma titles: Shakedown (1953 as by Roney Scott) End of a Call Girl (1958 aka Don't Call Tonight) Night Lady (1958) Sweet Wild Wench (1959) The Wayward Widow (1959) Million Dollar Tramp (1960) The Hundred Dollar Girl (1961) Non-series Paperback Original Mysteries: Don't Cry For Me (1952) The Bloody Bokhara (1952; aka The Bloodstained Bokhara) The Canvas Coffin (1953) Blood on the Boards (1953) Run, Killer, Run (1954) Square in the Middle (1956) Fair Prey (1956; as Will Duke) Phantom (1957) Death Out of Focus (1959) The Sweet Blonde Trap (1959) Short story collection Marksman (Crippen & Landru, 2003) References External links 1910 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American novelists American children's writers American male novelists American mystery writers American sports novelists Edgar Award winners Shamus Award winners 20th-century American male writers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Miller%20%28Canadian%20politician%29

Larry Miller (Canadian politician)

Larry Miller (born 21 July 1956) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound from 2004 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. Early life and career Miller was born in Wiarton, Ontario on 21 July 1956. Before entering federal politics, Miller was a councillor in Keppel Township, Ontario from 1991 to 1993. He progressed to Deputy Reeve in 1994, and in 1996 became the Reeve of Keppel Township. He was briefly a councillor in Grey County between 2000 and 2001, and between 2000 and 2004 he was mayor of Georgian Bluffs. He also owns a beef-farming operation. Federal politics Miller won the Conservative Party nomination for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in 2004, and defeated three-term Liberal MP Ovid Jackson by almost 5,000 votes in that year's federal election. With many historic Georgian Bay lighthouses in his riding, Miller sponsored the bill that became the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act in the Commons in January 2008. In the 2015 election, Miller was reelected by almost 5,000 votes. Miller did not seek re-election in the 2019 federal election and retired from politics. Bill C-19 controversy On 7 February 2012, during a Parliamentary Debate about Bill C-19, Miller stirred controversy after comparing the long-gun registry to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime quoting former Liberal Minister Allan Rock: "I came to Ottawa last year with the firm belief that the only people in Canada who should have firearms are police officers and the military." Miller added afterwards: "Sound familiar? Adolf Hitler. 1939". Later on, he quoted former Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs who'd said "the registering of hunting rifles is the first step in the social re-engineering of Canadians" which Miller added "that is what Adolf Hitler tried to do in the 1930s". Miller later retracted his statements. Citizenship ceremony controversy On 16 March 2015, while appearing on a call-in show on CFOS Radio, Miller commented on the issue of Zunera Ishaq wishing to wear a niqab at her citizenship ceremony. Miller said, "if you don't like that or don't want to do that, stay the hell where you came from, is the way, and I think most Canadians feel the same... I'm so sick and tired of, of people wanting to come here because they know it's a good country and then they want to change things before they even really officially become a Canadian, so , I have no sympathy for her..." The following day, Miller issued a statement apologizing for part of his comments, but maintained his opinion that one should uncover their face when taking the citizenship oath. Personal life Miller is married with three children and three grandchildren. Electoral record Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. References External links Personal Website Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Mayors of places in Ontario 1956 births Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Lopez

Martin Lopez

Martín López (born 20 May 1978 in Stockholm) is a Swedish-Uruguayan drummer, currently a member and co-founder of progressive metal supergroup Soen, but is best known as the ex-drummer of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth and melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. López was born in Sweden to Uruguayan parents, later moving to Uruguay, then back to Sweden. Career López joined Opeth in 1997, after leaving Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth on whose album Once Sent From the Golden Hall he played. With Opeth, he recorded the albums My Arms, Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries. Due to health reasons, López left Opeth permanently on 12 May 2006, to be replaced by Martin Axenrot. Lopez had not been actively involved with the band since the recording of Ghost Reveries wrapped in the summer of 2005. Lopez then shifted concentration to his old band, Fifth to Infinity. On 28 May 2010, it was announced that Martin Lopez, bassist Steve DiGiorgio, singer Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis had joined forces in the band Soen. Their debut album, Cognitive, was released on 15 February 2012. Equipment Martín endorsed Premier drums on the first albums with Opeth; he then switched over to Tama. His Premier kit was a Signia Marquis series; his Tama kit is a Starclassic series. He also endorses Sabian cymbals. In 2014 Martín switched to a Noble & Cooley drum endorsement. In 2021 he switched to Zildjian Cymbals, mainly focusing on the K Dark Series. In 2021 he started using Axis Percussion pedals. Discography with Amon Amarth Once Sent from the Golden Hall (1998) with Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) Still Life (1999) Blackwater Park (2001) Deliverance (2002) Damnation (2003) Lamentations (2003) Ghost Reveries (2005) with Anuryzm Worm's Eye View (2011) with Soen Cognitive (2012) Tellurian (2014) Lykaia (2017) Lotus (2019) Imperial (2021) References External links BLABBERMOUTH.NET BLABBERMOUTH.NET Blackeberg Records The SOEN MySpace page The Anuryzm Myspace page Opeth members Swedish drummers Swedish heavy metal drummers Swedish people of Spanish descent Swedish people of Uruguayan descent Musicians from Stockholm 1978 births Living people Death metal musicians 21st-century drummers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Murray%20%28publishing%20house%29

John Murray (publishing house)

John Murray is a British publisher, known for the authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin. Since 2004, it has been owned by conglomerate Lagardère under the Hachette UK brand. Business publisher Nicholas Brealey became an imprint of John Murray in 2015. History The business was founded in London in 1768 by John Murray (1737–1793), an Edinburgh-born Royal Marines officer, who built up a list of authors including Isaac D'Israeli and published the English Review. John Murray the elder was one of the founding sponsors of the London evening newspaper The Star in 1788. He was succeeded by his son John Murray II, who made the publishing house important and influential. He was a friend of many leading writers of the day and launched the Quarterly Review in 1809. He was the publisher of Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, George Crabbe, Mary Somerville and many others. His home and office at 50 Albemarle Street in Mayfair was the centre of a literary circle, fostered by Murray's tradition of "Four o'clock friends", afternoon tea with his writers. Murray's most notable author was Lord Byron, who became a close friend and correspondent of his. Murray published many of his major works, paying him over £20,000 in rights. On 10 March 1812 Murray published Byron's second book, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, which sold out in five days, leading to Byron's observation "I awoke one morning and found myself famous". On 17 May 1824 Murray participated in one of the most notorious acts in the annals of literature. Byron had given him the manuscript of his personal memoirs to publish later on. Together with five of Byron's friends and executors, he decided to destroy Byron's manuscripts because he thought the scandalous details would damage Byron's reputation. With only Thomas Moore objecting, the two volumes of memoirs were dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at Murray's office. It remains unknown what they contained. John Murray III (1808–1892) continued the business and published Charles Eastlake's first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours (1840), David Livingstone's Missionary Travels (1857), and Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). Murray III contracted with Herman Melville to publish Melville's first two books, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847) in England; both books were presented as nonfiction travel narratives in Murray's Home and Colonial Library series, alongside such works as the 1845 second edition of Darwin's Journal of Researches from his travels on . John Murray III also started the Murray Handbooks in 1836, a series of travel guides from which modern-day guides are directly descended. The rights to these guides were sold around 1900 and subsequently acquired in 1915 by the Blue Guides. His successor Sir John Murray IV (1851–1928) was publisher to Queen Victoria. Among other works, he published Murray's Magazine from 1887 until 1891. From 1904 he published the Wisdom of the East book series. Competitor Smith, Elder & Co. was acquired in 1917. His son Sir John Murray V (1884–1967), grandson John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray; 1909–1993) and great-grandson John Murray VII (John Richmond Grey Murray; 1941–) continued the business until it was taken over. In 2002, John Murray was acquired by Hodder Headline, which was itself acquired in 2004 by the French conglomerate Lagardère Group. Since then, it has been an imprint under Lagardère brand Hachette UK. In 2015, business publisher Nicholas Brealey became an imprint of John Murray. John Murray archive The John Murray Archive was offered for sale to the nation by John Murray VII for £31 million and the National Library of Scotland has acquired it, including the manuscript of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. On 26 January 2005, it was announced that the National Library was to be given £17.7m by the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the £31.2m price offered by John Murray on condition the Library digitise the materials and make them available. The Scottish Government agreed to contribute £8.3m, with the Library setting a £6.5m fundraising target for the remainder. John Murray timeline 1768 – John MacMurray, a former lieutenant of the Marines, buys a bookselling business at 32 Fleet Street. He changes his name to Murray and uses his naval contacts to build up a thriving business 1806 – The first bestseller, A New System of Domestic Cookery, by A Lady (Maria Rundell), was published, with a second edition two years later. 1809 – The influential periodical the Quarterly Review founded 1811 – Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron published 1812 – John Murray moved to 50 Albemarle Street, its home for the next 191 years 1815 – Jane Austen decides she would like to move to Murray with Emma, published in 1815 1816 – Coleridge moved to John Murray for Christabel and Other Poems, which included 'Kubla Khan' 1830 - First part of the three volume Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell published 1836 – The first guide books, Murray's Handbooks, published by John Murray III 1849 – A groundbreaking observational study on the Sikh people is published. This comprehensive account arguably foreshadowed the British Empire's first large-scale attempt at using the scientific method to civilise populations; this methodological approach later became known as Eugenics. 1857 – David Livingstone's Missionary Travels, published – one of the many great 19th-century publications of exploration from John Murray 1859 – On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published 1859 – The first self-help book, Samuel Smiles's Self Help, published 1863 – Henry Walter Bates's The Naturalist on the River Amazons published 1865 – Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 by David and Charles Livingstone published 1871 – Edward Whymper Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, The first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 1891 – Edward Whymper Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, Two volumes recording ascents in the Ecuadorian Andes of Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Cayambe_(volcano), and other Andean Peaks 1912 – June, Published Behind The Night Light by Nancy Price, which was reprinted in June, 1912, September,1912, January, 1913. 1921 – An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Ernest Weekley published 1934 – Dr. Julius Kugy Alpine Pilgrimage (1st edition (English) 1934), Klugy's literary masterpiece on the Julian Alps of Slovenia as translated by H. E. G. Tyndale (Henry Edmund Guise Tyndale) 1938 - Daniele Varè's biography The Laughing Diplomat is published 1958 – John Betjeman's Collected Poems published and has sold over 2 million copies to date 1967 – Last issue of the Quarterly Review published 1969 – The first TV tie-in, Kenneth Clark's Civilisation, published 1975 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and Dust wins the Man Booker Prize 1977 – The "greatest travel book of the twentieth century", A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor published 2002 – John Murray leaves family hands after seven generations 2002 – Peacemakers by Margaret MacMillan wins the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and the Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2003 – The first new acquisition since the company became part of Hodder Headline (now Hachette), A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, becomes a perennial and controversial bestseller 2004 – Rebirth of the John Murray fiction list with Neil Jordan's Shade 2005 – Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala wins John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2007 – Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones becomes a global bestseller, wins the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and is shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 – Amitav Ghosh launches his epic Ibis trilogy with Sea of Poppies, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 – Down River by John Hart wins Edgar Award for Best Novel 2008 – The Secret Life of Words by Henry Hitchings wins the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2009 – The Last Child by John Hart wins CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger/ITV Thriller of the Year Award, and the Edgar Award for Best Novel 2009 – Martyr by Rory Clements, special mention in CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award 2009 – Up in the Air by Walter Kirn turned into a film starring George Clooney 2010 – Revenger by Rory Clements wins CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award 2010 – Film Sarah's Key, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, released, based on Tatiana de Rosnay's novel of the same name 2010 – Wait For Me! by Deborah Devonshire shortlisted for the British Book Awards Biography of the Year 2011 – Mistaken by Neil Jordan wins Irish Book of the Year Award 2012 – Icelight by Aly Monroe wins CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award 2012 – Lloyd Jones's Mister Pip adapted into a film starring Hugh Laurie 2012 – Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, the Waterstone's Book of the Year Award and the National Book Awards Biography of the Year 2020 – The Stonemason (book): A History of Building Britain by Andrew Ziminski. Film adaptations of John Murray titles Up in the Air (2009) – based on the novel by Walter Kirn, starring George Clooney and Anna Kendrick Sarah's Key (2010) – based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay, starring Kristin Scott Thomas Mister Pip (2012) – based on the novel by Lloyd Jones, starring Hugh Laurie References Further reading External links Official website National Library of Scotland - John Murray archive (accessed 20 October 2016) Works by John Murray at Hathi Trust Darwin Project, a project to publish all of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, including his correspondence with Murray. Archives in Scotland Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom 1768 establishments in England Companies based in the City of Westminster Publishing companies established in the 1760s British companies established in 1768

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Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas or Dick Thomas may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Dick Thomas (singer) (1915–2003), American singing cowboy and actor Richard Thomas (actor) (born 1951), American actor Richard Thomas (author) (born 1967), American author Richard Thomas (dancer) (1925–2013), American dancer Richard Thomas (musician) (born 1964), British musician, writer, and comedy actor Richard Thomas, drummer on The Jesus and Mary Chain album Automatic Richard K. Thomas (born 1953), live theatre sound and composition advocate Government and politics Richard Thomas (solicitor) (born 1949), British lawyer and former Information Commissioner Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1832), US Congressman from Pennsylvania Richard Thomas (Royal Navy officer) (1932–1998), Admiral and Black Rod in the House of Lords Richard Thomas, mayor of Mount Vernon, NY (2016–2019) Richard C. Thomas (1937–1991), politician and government official in Vermont Richard V. Thomas (1932–2010), justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court Religion Richard Thomas (bishop) (1881–1958), Anglican bishop and Archdeacon in Australia Richard Thomas (priest) (1753–1780), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian Richard Rice Thomas (died 1942), Archdeacon of St Davids Sports Dick Thomas (rugby league), Welsh rugby league footballer Dick Thomas (rugby union) (1883–1916), Welsh rugby union footballer Richard Thomas (cricketer, born 1792) (1792–1881), English cricketer Richard Thomas (cricketer, born 1867) (1867–1918), English cricketer Richard Thomas (shooter) (1941–2016), American shooter, instrumental in establishing International Defensive Pistol Association Richie Thomas (Richard James Thomas, born 1942), Welsh cricketer Ritchie Thomas (Richard John Harold Thomas, 1915–1988), Australian rules footballer Other people Richard Thomas (civil engineer) (1779–1858), English civil engineer Richard Thomas (herpetologist) (born 1938), American herpetologist Richard Thomas (mathematician), professor of mathematics at Imperial College London Richard Thomas (tin plate manufacturer) (1837–1916), British manufacturer and founder of Richard Thomas & Co Ltd. Richard Thomas (Zarvona) (1833–1875), Confederate colonel and privateer known as "the French lady" during the American Civil War Richard Darton Thomas (1777–1857), Royal Navy officer Richard G. Thomas (1930–2006), American pilot Richard Grenfell Thomas (1901–1974), Australian mineralogist Richard F. Thomas (born 1950), professor of classics at Harvard University Richard Walter Thomas (born 1936), professor known for his work on black issues and race relations See also Richard Beaumont-Thomas (1860–1917), managing director of Richard Thomas & Co Ltd. Ricky Thomas (born 1965), American football player

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Marshall%20Butler

John Marshall Butler

John Marshall Butler (July 21, 1897March 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Harvey and Eunice West (née Riddle) Butler, he received his early education at public schools in his native city. He worked as a paperboy and later an employee at a mattress factory. During World War I, he served as a private in 110th Field Artillery (29th Division) of the US Army from 1917 to 1918. After his military service, he returned to Baltimore and attended Johns Hopkins University (1919-1921) before joining his father's real estate business. He studied nights at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he received his law degree in 1926. After his admission to the bar, he joined the Baltimore law firm of Venable, Baetjer & Howard, where he worked until 1950. He served as a member of City Service Commission of Baltimore from 1947 to 1949. Political career In 1950, Butler was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate from Maryland. In the Republican primary, he lost the popular vote to D. John Markey by a margin of 51%-49%, but won the nomination after receiving a larger unit vote count at the state convention. In the general election, he faced four-term Democratic incumbent Millard Tydings. Butler received strong support from Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, whose accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department had been rejected by the Tydings Committee. During the campaign, McCarthy's staff distributed a pamphlet that featured a falsified photograph showing Tydings with Communist leader Earl Browder. Butler eventually defeated Tydings by a margin of 53%-46%. Following the election results, Tydings petitioned the Senate to disqualify Butler due to McCarthy's campaign tactics. The Senate subsequently convened a special subcommittee, which declared that Butler's campaign used "despicable methods" against Tydings and fined one of his aides $5,000, but refused to expel Butler. Butler admitted to paying the printer of the pamphlet and described the falsified photograph as "a product of enthusiastic but ill-advised friends." During his tenure in the Senate, Butler established himself as a staunch conservative. He sponsored the Communist Control Act of 1954, which outlawed the Communist Party and authorized the prosecution of Communist-infiltrated organizations. When the federal courts blocked some prosecutions, Butler submitted a constitutional amendment in 1955 to limit the court's jurisdiction and an omnibus bill in 1958 for the same purpose. He was one of the twenty-two Senators who voted against the censure of Senator McCarthy in 1954. He supported returning offshore oil lands to the states, and voted in favor of the non-interventionist Bricker Amendment. In 1956, Butler was re-elected to a second term after defeating Democrat George P. Mahoney by a margin of 53%-47%. Former Senator Tydings had originally won the Democratic nomination, but later dropped out of the race due to poor health. Butler decided not to seek re-election to a third term in 1962. Butler did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960, but did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 1959 he was the lone Republican senator to vote against Hawaiian statehood. Later life After retiring from the Senate, Butler returned to Baltimore. At 80, he died from a heart attack in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as he and his wife were returning from a vacation on St. Simons Island in Georgia. He is buried at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville. References External links 1897 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War I American United Methodists Johns Hopkins University alumni Lawyers from Baltimore Maryland Republicans Military personnel from Baltimore Politicians from Baltimore Republican Party United States senators United States Army soldiers United States senators from Maryland University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni 20th-century Methodists American anti-communists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Graham

Bruce Graham

Bruce John Graham (December 1, 1925 – March 6, 2010) was a Peruvian-American architect. Graham built buildings all over the world and was deeply involved with evolving the Burnham Plan of Chicago. Among his most notable buildings are the Inland Steel Building, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), and the John Hancock Center. He was also responsible for planning the Broadgate and Canary Wharf developments in London. Architectural historian Franz Schulze called him "the Burnham of his generation." He was a 1993 Pew Fellow. Life Born on December 1, 1925 in La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Graham was the son of a Canadian-born father who was an international banker, and a Peruvian mother. His first language was Spanish. He attended Colegio San Jose de Rio Piedras in Puerto Rico, and graduated in 1944. He studied at the University of Dayton, Ohio, and Structural Engineering at the Case School of Applied Sciences in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1948 with a degree in Architecture. When he first came to Chicago, he worked for Holabird and Root and joined the Chicago office Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the largest architectural firm in the United States in 1951. Career During his 40-year tenure at SOM, Bruce Graham designed notable buildings all over the world from his home in Chicago, to Guatemala, Hong Kong, London, Cairo, and many other cities. He designed the Willis Tower, tallest building in the world for nearly 36 years, the 100 story tall John Hancock Center, One Shell Plaza etc. He was extremely involved with the University of Pennsylvania, especially the School of Fine Arts. He believed that teachers of architecture should be currently involved in its practice. He was committed to the study of architectural theory and started the SOM Foundation. He also taught an architectural studio at Harvard. Graham was a great collector of art. He befriended Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, Chryssa and Chillida, among others. He invited these artists to create public works of art for the city of Chicago. He believed that to create great work an architect should be informed by philosophy, history, music and literature. Design philosophy Graham had studied structural engineering at Case Western and brought that knowledge and respect of the structure of an edifice to all his buildings. The Hancock building in particular, uses structural design for esthetic expression. Graham later expressed this in Hotel Arts in Barcelona and many other buildings including his buildings in London at Broadgate. Bruce Graham firmly believed that architecture like dance and music were a combination of structure and beauty. He believed that these forms of art represented the highest achievements of culture. Like other forms of Art, Graham believed that architecture was a result and a reflection of the morals of the culture in which it was built. England projects Graham left a major influence on London, where he was responsible for designing the master plans for the massive Broadgate and Canary Wharf developments. He also designed nine buildings in London. Graham said, "We design our buildings for the inhabitants and for those who see them from the street. We try to design buildings that are a part of London, not in an imitation of period styles but an invention." Major works 1958 - Inland Steel Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA 1970 - John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA 1973 - Sears Tower (renamed Willis Tower), Wacker Drive, Chicago, USA 1973 - First Wisconsin Plaza, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 1982 - Broadgate, London, England 1988 - Canary Wharf, London, England 1992 - Hotel Arts, Barcelona, Spain Death Graham died March 6, 2010 at the age of 84 in Hobe Sound, Florida. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his son, George. Graham was buried at Graceland Cemetery next to Fazlur Rahman Khan. On October 14, 2010, Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward, dedicated the streets to the south and east sides of the John Hancock Center – one of Graham’s most iconic achievements – as Honorary Bruce J. Graham Way. It runs along Chestnut Street between Mies van der Rohe Street and Michigan Avenue and along Mies van der Rohe Street – named after famed architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - between Chestnut and Delaware Streets. See also BMA Tower in Kansas City, Missouri Srinivasa 'Hal' Iyengar References External links Architect of Willis Tower and John Hancock Center dies Memorial Tribute to Fazlur Rahman Khan by Bruce Graham in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) 1925 births 2010 deaths 20th-century American architects 20th-century Canadian architects American people of Canadian descent American people of Peruvian descent Colombian architects Colombian emigrants to the United States Colombian people of Canadian descent Colombian people of Peruvian descent University of Dayton alumni Case Western Reserve University alumni University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni Harvard University faculty People from Bogotá People from Hobe Sound, Florida Peruvian architects Pew Fellows in the Arts Skyscraper architects

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John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)

John Hamilton (3 February 1512 – 6 April 1571), Scottish prelate and politician, was an illegitimate son of The 1st Earl of Arran (in the Peerage of Scotland). Brother of the Regent At a very early age Hamilton became a monk and Abbot of Paisley. After studying in Paris he returned to Scotland, where he soon rose to a position of power and influence under his half-brother, The 2nd Earl of Arran, who was serving as Regent. He was made Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland in 1543 and bishop of Dunkeld two years later; in 1546 he followed Cardinal Beaton as Archbishop of St Andrews, and about the same time he became treasurer of the kingdom. In 1553 the Italian physician Gerolamo Cardano cured him of a disease that had left him speechless and was thought incurable. The diplomat Thomas Randolph recorded the "merry tales" rumoured about his methods still current in Edinburgh nine years later. Cardano himself wrote that the Archbishop had been short of breath for ten years, and after the cure was effected by his assistant, he was paid 1,400 gold crowns. While the Archbishop was unwell, his brother was persuaded to give up the Regency of Scotland to Mary of Guise. He made vigorous efforts to stay the growth of Protestantism, but with one or two exceptions persecution was not the policy of Archbishop Hamilton, and in the interests of the Roman Catholic religion a catechism called Hamilton's Catechism (published with an introduction by TG Law in 1884) was drawn up and printed, possibly at his instigation. Having incurred the displeasure of the Protestants, now the dominant party in Scotland, the Archbishop was imprisoned in 1563. After his release he was an active partisan of Mary, Queen of Scots; he baptised her son, the future King James VI, and pronounced the divorce of the queen from Bothwell. He was present at the Battle of Langside. Assassination of Regent Moray John Hamilton, with his brother James, acquired a house on the south side of Linlithgow High Street in 1550. In 1570 from this house, his nephew or close kinsman, James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, assassinated James Stuart, Earl of Moray, the Regent of Scotland. During the aftermath, John Hamilton later took refuge in Dumbarton Castle. The castle fell to a surprise night attack, led by Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill, and Archbishop Hamilton was captured. Concerned lest the English should seek to have the Archbishop spared, the leaders of the King's party had Hamilton speedily tried and convicted of art and part in the murder of the Regent Moray and King Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. At 6 pm on 6 April 1571, three days after his capture, he was hanged beside the Mercat Cross of Stirling. Children Archbishop Hamilton had six children by his mistress, Grizzel Sempill, the daughter of Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill. Two of his children were legitimated on 22 January 1547 and 24 September 1548 respectively. Notes and references Rainer Haas, Allerlei Protestanten – Christus-Zeugen aus der Tudor-Zeit, darin: 5. John Hamilton – war der spätere Erzbischof von St.Andrews 1527 als Student in Marburg an der Lahn?, Nordhausen, 2010 External links Horoscope of John Hamilton, by Gerolamo Cardano, In Cl. Ptolemaei de Astrorum Indiciis , Basel (1554) Archbishops of St Andrews 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland University of Paris alumni Executed politicians Executed Roman Catholic priests Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland Executed Scottish people Chancellors of the University of St Andrews 1512 births 1571 deaths 16th-century executions by Scotland Treasurers of Scotland People executed by the Kingdom of Scotland by hanging John Bishops of Dunkeld (Pre-Reformation) Scottish bishops 1560–1638

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua%20Johnson%20%28painter%29

Joshua Johnson (painter)

Joshua Johnson () was an American painter from the Baltimore area of African and European ancestry. Johnson is known for his naïve paintings of prominent Maryland residents. Life It was not until 1939 that the identity of the painter of elite 19th-century Baltimoreans was discovered by art historian and genealogist J. Hall Pleasants, who believed that thirteen portraits were painted by one Joshua Johnson. Pleasants attempted to put the puzzle of Johnson's life together; however, questions on Johnson's race, life dates and even his last name (Johnson or Johnston) remained up until the mid-1990s, when the Maryland Historical Society released newly found manuscripts regarding Johnson's life. Documents dated from July 25, 1782, state that Johnson was the "son of a white man and a black slave woman owned by a William Wheeler, Sr." His father, George Johnson (also spelled Johnston in some documents) purchased Joshua, age 19, from William Wheeler, a small Baltimore-based farmer, confirmed by a bill of sale dating from October 6, 1764. Wheeler sold Johnson the young man for £25, half the average price of a male slave field hand at the time. The documents state little of Joshua's mother, not even her name, and she may have been owned by Wheeler, whose own records stated that he owned two female slaves, one of whom had two children. A manumission was also released, in which George Johnson acknowledged Joshua as his son, also stating that he would agree to free Joshua under the conditions that he either completed an apprenticeship with Baltimore blacksmith William Forepaugh or turned 21, whichever came first. The manumission was signed and confirmed by justice of the peace Colonel John Moale who would, during 1798–1800, commission Joshua to paint a portrait of his wife and granddaughter, Mrs. John Moale and Her Granddaughter, Ellin North Moale (illustrated at left). Freedom Johnson received his freedom in 1782 and began advertising, identifying himself as a portrait painter and limner as of 1796. He moved frequently, residing often where other artists, specifically chair-makers, lived, which suggests that he may have provided extra income for himself by painting chairs. His frequent moving also may suggest that he tended to work for clients near whom he lived. No records mention educational or creative training and it still has not been proven that he had any type of relationship with artists such as the Peale family, Ralph Earl, or Ralph Earl Jr. Catholic Church records show that in 1785 he married his first wife, Sarah, with whom he had four children – two sons and two daughters, the latter of whom both died young. By 1803 he was married to a woman named Clara. According to the Baltimore city directory of 1817–1818 he was listed in the section "Free Householders of Colour"; in 1825 he had moved to Frederick County, Maryland, and two years later moved to Anne Arundel County, again, following the paths of those whose portraits he painted. Little is known of his life after this final move, and his death. Artistic career and style Style Recent research has brought to light that Johnson was not associated with the Peale family; however, his work is still associated with names such as Charles Peale Polk, whose naive painting and less sophisticated work (compared to his other family members) is similar to Johnson's. In his advertisement in the Baltimore Intelligencer of December 19, 1798, Johnson called his portraiture the work of "a self-taught genius, deriving from nature and industry his knowledge of the Art." His work, however, is more similar to lesser known limners who worked during the same time in the mid-Atlantic region such as: John Drinker, Frederick Kemmelmeyer, Jacob Frymire and Caleb Boyle. In fact, Johnson may have been more than familiar with the work of these artists than previously thought; in 1818 he was commissioned by patron Rebecca Myring Everette to copy Boyle's 1807 portrait of her husband, Thomas Everett. Johnson's work has also been compared to Ralph Earl, who, like Johnson, also utilized brass upholstery tacks, swagged curtains and open window vistas in his paintings. However, a stronger comparison lies between Johnson and Earl's son, Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl. Both were noted for painting multi-figure family group portraits, which were rare during this period of American art. Both are considered prominent self-taught "folk" artists, but it can only be theorized whether the two ever came into contact within similar circles. The Westwood Children In his painting The Westwood Children (now in the National Gallery of Art), Johnson depicts the male children of Margaret and John Westwood, who was a successful Baltimore stagecoach manufacturer. The painting is stylized and depicts the three children holding flowers in their hands, accompanied by the family dog which holds a bird in its mouth. The children have chilled expressionless stares, although the youngest child seems to be on the verge of smiling. References External links The Westwood Children. The National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2004-05-15 Selections of nineteenth-century Afro-American Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Joshua Johnson (no. 5) Charles Herman Stricker Willmans, c. 1804, Baltimore Museum of Art Johnson, Joshua - "Artist Info" National Gallery of Art 1763 births 1832 deaths Artists from Baltimore Painters from Maryland 18th-century American painters American male painters 19th-century American painters American portrait painters 18th-century American slaves African-American painters

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Williams%20%28equestrian%29

John Williams (equestrian)

John Williams (born April 4, 1965) is an American equestrian, who competed as part of the US Eventing team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. Williams was born in Mendon, New York, and attended the Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Craftsman, where he graduated after studying furniture design and woodworking. Williams spent time after college in Middleburg, Virginia, and now resides in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with his wife, Ellen. Williams has trained with many great eventers, including Jack Le Goff, James C. Wofford, and David and Karen O'Connor. Williams is also a recognized AHSA "R" Combined Training course designer, and designed the 2005 American Eventing Championship courses (novice to advanced). Career highlights 2004 Olympic Games, bronze medal, individually 28th place (Carrick) 2002 Team gold at the World Equestrian Games, individually 4th, Jerez, Spain 2nd Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI**** (Carrick) 6th MBNA Foxhall Cup CCI*** (Sloopy) 2001 4th Morven Park Spring Horse Trials 12th Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event CCI**** (Carrick) 1999 Selected to compete in Olympic Test Event, Sydney, Australia 1998 5th Radnor CCI** 1997 Long-listed, European Championships 1996 2nd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI** 1995 1st Mid-Atlantic Horse Trials Series 3rd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI**, PA 3rd/ 1994 3rd National Intermediate Championships, Radnor CCI** Winner National DeBroke Championships Long-listed, World Championships 1993 4th Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, CCI*** 1992 Long-listed, Olympic Games 1991 Pan American Games Three-Day Event Championship, Chatsworth, GA 1988 1st Intermediate CCI National Championship at Radnor External links About.com page United States Olympic Committee web page Photo & more stats. 1965 births People from Mendon, New York Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people American male equestrians American event riders Rochester Institute of Technology alumni Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian People from Southern Pines, North Carolina

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20John%20LaChiusa

Michael John LaChiusa

Michael John LaChiusa (born July 24, 1962) is an American musical theatre and opera composer, lyricist, and librettist. He is best known for musically esoteric shows such as Hello Again, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, and See What I Wanna See. He was nominated for four Tony Awards in 2000 for his score and book for both Marie Christine and The Wild Party and received another nomination in 1996 for his work on the libretto for Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Biography LaChiusa grew up in Chautauqua, New York, the eldest of three boys in an Italian Catholic family. His parents had a "[v]ery mentally abusive" relationship; Michael was not close to his father, but was encouraged by his mother to pursue his interest in music. He taught himself to play piano at the age of seven and had little formal music training. LaChiusa was influenced early on by the music of "modern American composers" such as John Corigliano, John Adams, and Philip Glass, as well as the musical theatre composers George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim. LaChiusa graduated high school early and enrolled in a television journalism program, but he dropped out after a semester. In 1980, LaChiusa moved to New York City, where he took jobs as a music director and accompanist while trying to find songwriting work. In the mid-1980s, he joined the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, where he was strongly influenced by a series of mentors and where he segued from writing "camp" songs to more serious work. In 1993, The Public Theater's producer George C. Wolfe presented LaChiusa's First Lady Suite. A year later, Lincoln Center produced his musical Hello Again Off Broadway. A series of interconnected stories about love based on Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde, Hello Again was nominated for ten Drama Desk Awards, including three (Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Music, and Outstanding Lyrics) for LaChiusa. In 1995, LaChiusa wrote additional book material for the Broadway musical Chronicle of a Death Foretold (an adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's 1981 novella of the same name.) For the book, written with Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis, LaChiusa received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical. During the 1999–2000 season, two of LaChiusa's large-scale musicals premiered on Broadway: Marie Christine and The Wild Party. Marie Christine, a retelling of the Medea myth set in 19th-century Louisiana, starred Audra McDonald and attracted controversy due to its grim subject matter and demanding score—The New York Times reported that "even the formidable and classically trained McDonald could sing it only six times a week, rather than the standard eight." Marie Christine closed after 42 performances; LaChiusa later said that the show "in my mind should have been performed for three performances.... Only three. It's huge, and it's intensely difficult". The Wild Party was based on the 1928 poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March and starred Toni Collette, Mandy Patinkin, and Eartha Kitt. The Wild Party struggled commercially; after receiving seven Tony nominations but failing to win a single one, producers closed the show. For both Marie Christine and The Wild Party, LaChiusa received Tony nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. In 2003, Little Fish, an uncharacteristically cheerful one-act musical for LaChiusa, based on two short stories by Deborah Eisenberg, premiered Off-Broadway. The show's failure sent LaChiusa into a funk; he recalled, "I went, 'My God, they don't want the hard stuff and more challenging material here in this city from me. They don't want something nice and fun, either. What am I supposed to do?'" In August 2005, LaChiusa published an article in Opera News that disparaged several successful, upbeat Broadway musicals of the 2000s, among them The Producers and Hairspray, which LaChiusa dubbed a "faux-musical". He continued, "Instead of choreography, there is dancing. Instead of crafted songwriting, there is tune-positioning. Faux-musicals are mechanical; they have to be. For expectations to be met, there can be no room for risk, derring-do or innovation." The article caused a great deal of controversy and provoked shocked responses from several of LaChiusa's colleagues, who saw it as an attack. In October 2005, LaChiusa's musical See What I Wanna See, based on the stories "In a Grove," "The Dragon," and "Kesa and Morito" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater and closed on December 4, 2005. LaChiusa was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics. In September 2008, he was quoted in Opera News Online as working on an adaptation of Bizet's opera Carmen with Tony winner Audra McDonald in mind. In April 2009, the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, premiered Giant, a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1952 novel of the same name with music and lyrics by LaChiusa and book by Sybille Pearson, who wrote the book for the 1983 musical Baby. Queen of the Mist is a musical adaption of the story of Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Commissioned by Off-Broadway theatre company the Transport Group Queen of the Mist received a developmental lab in fall 2010, and opened in November 2011 at The Gym at Judson. With direction by Jack Cummings III and choreography by Scott Rink, the musical stars Mary Testa and Julia Murney. LaChiusa's work, Nine Fathers of Ariel, is "a dance musical which centers on a mother's effort to provide her son with good fathering in the face of a war-obsessed world". It had a 29-hour private industry reading on April 5, 2014. It was a co-collaboration with Ellen Fitzhugh, with Graciela Daniele directing and musical direction by Mary Mitchell Campbell. The cast included Tonya Pinkins, Marc Kudisch, Malcolm Gets, Telly Leung, Bryce Ryness, Darius de Haas, Stanley Bahorek, Sydney James Harcourt, Ashley Robinson, Casey Robinson, and Hayley Feinstein. LaChiusa's musical First Daughter Suite premiered Off-Broadway at the Public Theater on October 6, 2015 (previews), and was directed by Kirsten Sanderson. He stated about the work: "While he didn't want to fully imitate First Lady Suite, LaChiusa felt that the new piece could be an extension of the earlier piece. It would not, however, be a sequel." The musical looks at the women in the lives of Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. The women are: Patricia Nixon, played by Barbara Walsh and daughters Tricia played by Betsy Morgan and Julie played by Cassie Levy; Rosalynn Carter, played by Rachel Bay Jones and Amy Carter played by Carly Tamer; Betty Ford played by Alison Fraser and Susan Ford played by Betsy Morgan; Patti Davis played by Cassie Levy and mother Nancy Reagan, played by Alison Fraser; and Barbara Bush played by Mary Testa and daughter-in-law Laura played by Rachel Bay Jones. The world premiere of LaChiusa's musical Rain (book by Sybille Pearson, based on the short story "Rain" by Somerset Maugham), runs March 24-May 1, 2016 at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. It is directed by Barry Edelstein, and stars Eden Espinosa as Sadie Thompson. LaChiusa won a 2008 Emmy Award for his work on the TV series "WonderPets." Teaching LaChiusa is an adjunct professor at the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Performing LaChiusa also performs at various cabaret and concert venues, including: La La Chiusa at Joe's Pub (October 16, 2000 – November 5, 2000); The Girly Show, as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series (May 17, 2004) and at Cinespace, Hollywood (August 15, 2005); Platform Series at Lincoln Center Theater (March 29, 2006); Little Fish in Concert at Joe's Pub (July 10, 2006); Concert that featured music from Bernarda Alba and other LaChiusa scores as well as a Little Fish CD Release party ; Alice Ripley and Lea DeLaria, appeared at Joe's Pub (September 8, 2008); Personal life In 2004, LaChiusa told The Washington Post that he was a "gay man, happily single". Work Broadway productions Chronicle of a Death Foretold (additional book and lyrics with Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis; music by Bob Telson) (1995) Marie Christine (1999) The Wild Party (book with George C. Wolfe) (2000) Off-Broadway productions First Lady Suite (1993) Hello Again (1994) The Petrified Prince (book by Edward Gallardo) (1994) Little Fish (2003) See What I Wanna See (2005) Bernarda Alba (2006) Queen of the Mist (2011) Giant (2012) First Daughter Suite (2015) Other theatre Bittersweet, book, music and lyrics by Jerry Young; Boston, MA. Musical Director Michael Lachiusa. (1979) Buzzsaw Berkeley, book by Doug Wright, music and lyrics by LaChiusa; WPA Theater, New York City (1989) Broken Sleep book by Donald Margulies, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 3 plays with music (1997) The Nutcracker, new musical theatre version (translated into Japanese) of The Nutcracker, book by Amon Miyamoto, music and lyrics by LaChiusa; premiere in Tokyo (2001) The Highest Yellow, music and lyrics by LaChiusa, book by John Strand; musical commissioned and premiered by Signature Theatre Arlington, Virginia (2004) Hotel C'est L'Amour, musical with music and lyrics by LaChiusa and conceived by Daniel Henning; premiere at The Blank Theatre Company, Los Angeles, California (2006) Inner Voices: Solo Musicals, three musicals in one act: Act 1 is Tres Ninas, lyrics and music by Ellen Fitzhugh and LaChiusa; Zipper Theater, New York City (2008) Giant, music and lyrics by LaChiusa, book by Sybille Pearson, Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia (2009) Los Otros, book and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, music by LaChiusa, directed by Graciela Daniele, commissioned by Center Theatre Group; Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California (2012) Rain, book by Sybille Pearson, music and lyrics by LaChiusa, directed by Barry Edelstein, The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California (2016) The Gardens of Anuncia, book, music, and lyrics by LaChiusa, directed by Graciela Daniele, The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California (2021) Opera, song cycles and other music Four Short Operas: Break, Agnes, Eulogy For Mr. Hamm, Lucky Nurse, book, music and lyrics by LaChiusa, Playwrights Horizons (14 performances) (1991) Desert of Roses, libretto by LaChiusa, music by Robert Moran, an opera commissioned and premiered by Houston Grand Opera (1992) From the Towers of the Moon, libretto by LaChiusa, music by Robert Moran, an opera commissioned and premiered by Minnesota Opera (1992) Tania, libretto by LaChiusa, music by Anthony Davis, Plays and Players Theater, New York City, and recorded (1992) Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations), commissioned and performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago, book, music and lyrics by LaChiusa (2001) The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle, "The Christian Thing to Do", contribution to song cycle commissioned for Audra McDonald, performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City (2004) The Cello Project, chamber work for cello, part of a song cycle for Peter Sachon, cellist, premiered at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, New York City (2005) pre.view, choreography by Taye Diggs and Andrew Palermo, music by LaChiusa, Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York City (2006) Send (who are you? i love you) music and libretto by LaChiusa, co-conceived by LaChiusa and Lonny Price for Audra McDonald, performed by McDonald with Houston Grand Opera (2006) Television Wonder Pets: LaChiusa wrote music for 15 episodes of this animated series (2006–07) Broadway: The Golden Age: LaChiusa was one of many Broadway insiders interviewed for this documentary (2003) Awards and nominations References Further reading External links Michael John LaChiusa papers, 1970s-2015, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Internet Off-Broadway Database listing Michael John LaChiusa - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org Composers and their stage works (Michael John LaChiusa) American musical theatre composers American musical theatre lyricists Broadway composers and lyricists LGBT musicians from the United States LGBT composers 1962 births Living people People from Chautauqua, New York Musicians from New York (state) Writers from New York (state) LGBT people from New York (state) 20th-century American composers 20th-century American writers 21st-century American composers 21st-century American writers American opera librettists American writers of Italian descent 20th-century American male writers

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Charles Robert Harrison

Charles Robert Harrison (July 3, 1868 – February 7, 1946) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Nipissing in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921. He was a Conservative member of Robert Borden's Unionist caucus. Harrison, who was born in Frodingham, Lincolnshire, England, was a train conductor before entering politics. He served only a single term, and was defeated by Edmond Lapierre in the 1921 election. He subsequently served a term in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the provincial electoral district of Nipissing from 1930 to 1934 as a member of the Conservatives. External links 1868 births 1946 deaths Unionist Party (Canada) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs People from Nipissing District

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose%20Rivera

Jose Rivera

Jose Rivera may refer to: José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936), Spanish politician José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), Colombian politician and writer José Rivera (playwright) (born 1955), American playwright José Antonio Rivera (born 1973), Puerto Rican-American boxer Jose Rivera (politician) (born 1936), American politician José Rivera (ski jumper) (born 1962), Spanish Olympic ski jumper José Rivera (volleyball) (born 1977), Puerto Rican volleyball player José de Rivera (1904–1985), sculptor José Luis Rivera Guerra (born 1973), Puerto Rican politician José Rivera Díaz, former mayor of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico José Manuel Rivera (born 1986), Mexican football striker José Rivera (arsonist), arsonist, related to the Dupont Plaza Hotel arson fire Jose Luis Rivera (born 1960), Puerto Rican professional wrestler

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Charles II, Elector Palatine

Charles II (; 10 April 1651, in Heidelberg – 26 May 1685, in Heidelberg) was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Rule His short reign was not glamorous. He appointed his incompetent former tutor Paul Hachenberg as chief minister, leaving his half-siblings, the "Raugraves", out of favour. He brought back his mother from Kassel and paid her immense debts. Charles was of a weak and timid nature, marked by familial childhood experiences. He showed a superficial enthusiasm for military life. Charles was a strict Calvinist. In 1671, his aunt, Electress Sophia of Hanover, arranged his marriage to Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark. Their marriage was childless. Upon his death, the Electoral Palatinate passed to the Catholic Neuburg branch of the family. The rival claims to the Palatinate of his sister, Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, Louis XIV of France's sister-in-law, was the pretext for the French invasion of the Palatinate in 1688, which began the Nine Years War. Ancestry References 1651 births 1685 deaths Nobility from Heidelberg House of Palatinate-Simmern Prince-electors of the Palatinate

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Henry%20Ismay

Thomas Henry Ismay

Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was the founder of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line. His son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the White Star Line and in 1912 sailed on the maiden voyage of the ocean liner . Early years Thomas Ismay was born on 7 January 1837, in a small cottage in the town of Maryport, Cumberland. Some time after Thomas's birth, his father Joseph Ismay started a timber business, shipbrokers and shipbuilder. He bought shares in five vessels coming in and out of Maryport. When Thomas was six, the Ismays moved to a much larger house in Grasslot, Maryport. The entire family moved to the dwelling because of the three sisters Thomas's mother had. The home's name was "The Ropery", the name deriving from the ropes being used at the shipyard laid out in front of the home. This house was near his grandfather's shipyard. This was the first place where he was employed. He spent much of his time around the harbour. He learned here about the sea and navigation along with his most notable habit, of chewing tobacco, giving him the nickname "Baccy Ismay". When Thomas was 12 he was sent to High School in Brampton, Cumberland. This school was one of the best in all of Northern England. On 31 July 1855 his twin sister Charlotte died, aged 18. South American voyage To gain some experience with ships, he arranged a trip to Chile on the S.V. Charles Jackson. She departed Liverpool on 4 January 1856, three days before Ismay's 19th birthday. They arrived on 8 April in Valparaiso, Chile, and stayed there until 30 May. During his stay he indulged in the local culture, visiting theatres, climbing mountains and dancing with the natives. He also noted that "Chilean women are said to be the best formed in the world." After his two-month stay, he took the steamer Bogota to Caldera, Chile, and after arriving there transferred to the SS Conrad. However, it being early morning, it was dark and when he jumped to the ship he missed and fell into the dock. Luckily, he remained conscious and grabbed hold of some wood attached to the pier. After coughing up seawater, he made a great deal of splashing to get help as nobody had noticed him fall. He was eventually heard and rescued by rope; however, he lost his hat, broke his watch and ruined his notebook, cigar case and other things in his bag. At the end of the ten-day voyage, he took a train to Copiapo to meet up again with the Charles Jackson. The weather was horrible at the start, the ship lost some of her sails and split the topmast, and Ismay was badly hurt after a window smashed in and cut his toe. He arrived home in autumn 1856. Shipping career At the age of 16, Ismay left school and started an apprentice with shipbrokers Imrie and Tomlinson of Liverpool. Upon completion of the apprenticeship, he wanted to gain some experience on the high seas. Once he got back to England he started a business. He partnered with Philip Nelson who was also a man from Maryport and a friend of his father. However, the partnership did not last long; Nelson was a retired sea captain and believed in old, trustworthy wooden ships while Ismay believed the future was in iron ships. In 1867 Ismay acquired the flag of the White Star Line. Ismay had always held an interest in the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company and wanted to see how it was run, so he and Gustav Wolff, founder of Harland & Wolff, decided to take a trip to India on board an ANSC steamer. This was partly to see how their rival was managed and partly a family holiday. On 26 October 1887, they left Dawpool and travelled by train across Europe, seeing the sights of France, Switzerland and Italy along the way. Once they got to Italy they joined the , bound for Alexandria. In Egypt the pair visited the Pyramids and cruised on the Nile. Around 1870, Ismay drafted a new set of rules and regulations for his brand new trend-setting steamers, , and the . In 1873, SS Atlantic struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It was the greatest disaster for the White Star Line before the loss of the Titanic in 1912. From 1863 till 1899, Ismay was president of White Star Line and had several ships under his authority. Most of these ships, until 1870, were chartered; even after 1870 most of White Star Line's vessels were chartered from more notable/wealthy shipping lines, so that the company could not be held completely responsible if someone died on board. White Star Line vessels Ulcoats, Cecelia, Golden Sunset, Gladiator, Duke of Edinburgh, Duleep Singh, Bucton Castle, Globe, Nereus, Borrowdale, Weathersfield, British Prince, Dallam Towers, Remington, Hecuba, Pride Of The Thames, Houghton Towers, Warwickshire, Victoria Tower, Hawarden Castle, Vancouver, Castlehead, Vandieman, Comandre, Seatoller, Casma, Compadre, Bayard, British Admiral, Montrose, Ismay, Estrella, Pembroke Castle, Hausquina, Rajah, SS British Navy, Cairnsmore, Santon, Kirkwood, Delhi, Merwanjee Framjee, Ravenscrag, Cape Clear, Grace Gibson, Hannibal, Cardigan Castle, Santiago, Jason, (Oceanic was White Star Line's first true vessel because she was actually ordered by Thomas Ismay) Personal life On 7 April 1859, Ismay married Margaret, the daughter of Luke Bruce. In 1867, he acquired the flag and branding of the White Star Line. The family lived at Beach Lawn, Crosby. During these years he undertook several grand projects including, in July 1882, the building of a private residence in Thurstaston on the Wirral Peninsula, designed by the renowned architect Richard Norman Shaw. Built of a local red sandstone, the property was completed in December 1884. It was named Dawpool and, when Ismay's widow died in 1907, both of his sons declined to take up residence. When the Ismays tried selling the house, the agent said the land would be worth more if the home was blown up and it was eventually sold to a Mr. Rutter who loaned it to the government as a hospital during World War I. In 1926 it was sold to Sir Henry Roberts who had it demolished a year later. Death Shortly after the launching of the Oceanic on 14 January 1899, Ismay began to complain of pains in his chest. He had been very active throughout his life and was seldom sick, so his doctor took his pains very seriously. His condition slowly deteriorated and construction on Oceanics sister ships was delayed. In March of that year, Ismay's health began to improve, and he and Margaret went to Windermere where he became sick again. His wife summoned a doctor and a dose of morphine was given to Ismay. After six days he was feeling better and he returned to Dawpool in Thurstaston. Within six weeks he had more violent pain. The doctor diagnosed it as a gallstone. By 26 April Ismay felt good enough to work, but in August he collapsed and was confined to bed. On 31 August an operation was performed to alleviate his condition. The operation was unsuccessful and a second became necessary on 4 September. The next morning he insisted that his daughters go on a voyage on the Oceanic whilst he talked to his wife. He asked his wife to arrange for the local church to pray for him. On 14 September Ismay suffered a heart attack. His condition continued to worsen and on 23 November 1899 he died at the age of 62. His wife never fully recovered and died seven years later. He and his wife are commemorated with a large chest tomb at St Bartholomew's Church, Thurstaston, inscribed: "Great thoughts, great feelings came to him like instincts unawares" and "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Ismay had been one of the patrons of the church, built in 1883-86 by J. L. Pearson. References https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/ismayfamily/thismay.htm&date=2009-10-26+00:35:40 The Ismay Family. White Star Line. Thomas Henry Ismay. The man and his background. Gardiner, Robin, History of the White Star Line, Ian Allan Publishing 2002. Oldham, Wilton J. The Ismay Line: The White Star Line, and the Ismay family story, The Journal of Commerce, Liverpool, 1961 "Ismay, Thomas Henry." Dictionary of National Biography (1901). Reproduced at Encyclopedia Titanica. "Thomas Henry Ismay Dead." The New York Times, 24 November 1899. Reproduced at Encyclopedia Titanica. 1837 births 1899 deaths People from Maryport British businesspeople in shipping White Star Line Businesspeople from Liverpool 19th-century English businesspeople

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Vincent Hallinan

Vincent Hallinan (December 16, 1896 – October 2, 1992) was an American lawyer and candidate for President of the United States in the 1952 election on the Progressive Party ticket. Early life and education Hallinan was born into a large immigrant Irish Catholic family in San Francisco. The son of Elizabeth (Sheehan) and Patrick Hallinan, he was raised in the city and in Petaluma, California. His father was said to be a member of the Irish National Invincibles, a revolutionary organization that, among other activities, was reputed to have assassinated the Chief Secretary for Ireland and his secretary in 1881 (the infamous Phoenix Park Murders). Allegedly, the elder Hallinan had fled to the U.S. after the murders. The elder Hallinan became a streetcar conductor in San Francisco, and was one of the leaders of the Great Front Strike of 1899–1900. Trained by Jesuits in high school, Hallinan passed the California Bar Examination at the age of 22, after studies at Saint Ignatius College and Law School, (now the University of San Francisco). He passed the bar exam on the first attempt and before he had graduated from law school. Career Hallinan's early successes in court included personal injury actions against the powerful Market Street Railway Company which ran most of the trolley lines on the streets of San Francisco and was a subsidiary of northern California rail interests. The rail company also owned the system whereby jurors' lists were kept and consulted by an appointed jury commissioner, in Hallinan's time an official of the railway, and he fought against this system for years before state law made the voter rolls the sole source of jurors. Hallinan's years as a lawyer led to his selection in 1949, with partner James Martin McInnis, to defend Harry Bridges of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on perjury charges arising from accusations that he had once been a Communist but had denied it. Hallinan received a contempt of court citation during the high-profile trial, and afterward spent six months in McNeil Island federal prison in Washington state. He was subsequently disbarred by the State Bar of California but appealed his disbarment after his release from jail. Hallinan ran for President of the United States in the 1952 election, as the candidate for Henry Wallace's Progressive Party and was the third highest polling candidate in the election receiving more than 140,000 votes. His running mate, Charlotta A. Bass, was the first African American chosen by a party as a vice-presidential candidate. In 1953, Hallinan and his wife, Vivian (Moore), were indicted on 14 counts of tax evasion. After a three-week trial, on November 14, 1953, Hallinan was convicted on five counts of tax evasion, for evading $36,739 in federal income taxes after he reported only 20% of his income from 1947 to 1950. On December 8, 1953, he was sentenced to 18 months and a fine of $50,000 plus costs. His wife was acquitted. Hallinan visited U-2 pilot Gary Powers in Moscow soon after Powers’ conviction in the Soviet Union for espionage. He encouraged Powers to "study the Communist form of government, stating it was a "remarkable system...realizing the American system had grave flaws", and if he were to study it Powers "would learn a great deal." In his 1963 autobiography, Hallinan claimed that he was prosecuted by the IRS for his political views, and that the government did not differentiate between tax avoidance (legal) and tax evasion. Also in his autobiography he argued for prison reform and in favor of treating drug addiction as a medical condition and providing clean maintenance drugs to addicts, and legalizing prostitution; and against laws forbidding private consensual sex, contraception and abortion, and against imperialism and American foreign policy. Personal life Hallinan was the father of six sons, including writer Conn M. Hallinan, San Francisco attorney Patrick Hallinan, and politician Terence Hallinan. He had several grandchildren. Despite his Jesuit education, Vincent Hallinan was a militant atheist. References Sources Further reading External links Records of the Progressive Party. Archive maintained by University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department. 1940—1969. Accessed May 29, 2006. "Shoes on the Stand" (a partial account of Harry Bridges's trial). Time, New York, December 12, 1949. Photos of Vincent Hallinan (1953) and Vivian Hallinan (1962). San Francisco Sheriff's Department: Notable Jailbirds of San Francisco Photo Gallery. Accessed May 29, 2006. Crowd with C.B. Beanie Baldwin greeting Vincent Hallinan on his release from McNeil Island prison, 1952. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collection Division. Accessed May 29, 2006. Obituary of Vivian Hallinan from the San Francisco Examiner March 17, 1999. Read into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. March 25, 1999. Accessed May 29, 2006. . Excerpted from the eulogy of Vincent Hallinan by his son, Conn M. Hallinan. Accessed May 29, 2006. 1896 births 1992 deaths 20th-century American politicians American atheists American people convicted of tax crimes American people of Irish descent Candidates in the 1952 United States presidential election Disbarred American lawyers Lawyers from San Francisco Progressive Party (United States, 1948) politicians

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Payne%20%28singer%29

John Payne (singer)

John Payne (born 29 September 1958 in Luton, England) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and bassist of Asia from 1991 to 2006, then from June 2007, with Asia featuring John Payne. He also is now in Dukes of the Orient but continues to tour with The Rock Pack and also Asia Featuring John Payne. John Payne became the frontman of Asia in 1991 at the invitation of founder member Geoff Downes, replacing vocalist/bassist John Wetton. During Payne's tenure, Asia released eight studio albums, several live albums and toured internationally. He is a founding and current member of modern progressive rock band GPS. He is also a guitarist, photographer, composer, recording engineer and record producer. Until recently, Payne was co-creator and part of the Las Vegas production Raiding the Rock Vault at the Las Vegas Hotel. Biography His first band were called Moonstone. They toured the UK in the late seventies, opening for well-known groups such as Argent. In 1986, he recorded a silver selling record with the band CCCP in Scandinavia. CCCP was a group that featured John on lead vocals with Johnny Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter sharing vocal duties. He provided backing vocals on several solo albums by Roger Daltrey, including Under a Raging Moon (1985) and Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987). Back in England, he and keyboardist Andy Nye (from the Michael Schenker Group) formed The Passion, enlisting the services of drummer Clive Burr (Iron Maiden), bassist Mel Gabbitas and the ex-Mike Oldfield guitarist Ant Glynne. Payne was considered for a position in ELO Part II on guitar and vocals. For a year prior to joining Asia in 1991, he was chosen to replace Jeff Lynne as the lead vocalist in ELO, later to be named ELO Part II, but left because of protracted negotiations over the name. Asia After the departure of John Wetton, Geoff Downes invited Payne to join the band as lead singer, bassist, co-writer and co-producer. Payne and Geoff Downes continued together as Asia for 15 years, with several line-ups around them, until they stuck with Guthrie Govan (guitar) and Chris Slade (drums) in 1999. This line-up persisted through 2005, when Slade departed to be replaced by Jay Schellen. Asia featuring John Payne In 2009, Govan was replaced by Mitch Perry and North American touring has continued through 2010. Work began on a studio album, originally called Architect of Time, but this would eventually be released under the new band name of Dukes of the Orient. A live album Extended Versions by Asia featuring John Payne, was released in fall 2007, drawn from a December 2005 live show in Sweden with Downes, Schellen, Payne and Govan. An EP entitled Military Man was released with re-recordings of Payne-era Asia tracks: "Military Man" and "Long Way from Home", plus an Erik Norlander solo composition, "Neurosaur". Tracks were performed by Govan, Payne, Norlander and Schellen. In 2014, a CD entitled Recollections was released, a cover album of UK progressive rock songs. As well as producer, vocalist and bassist, Payne played most of the keyboards and some guitars. He was joined by Moni Scaria, Jeff Kollman and Jay Schellen. The video for the first single "Eye in the Sky" was shot in Vegas and includes an appearance from Alan Parsons. Dukes of the Orient Around 2017, Payne and Norlander reunited to form the group Dukes of the Orient as a new band name for the material that had been 10 years in the making as an Asia Featuring John Payne project. Their self-titled debut was released in February 2018 via Frontier Records, featuring Scaria and Kollman on guitars from Asia Featuring John Payne, plus former members Bouillet, Govan (guitar) and Schellen (drums). The album features the former single, "Seasons Will Change," originally released by Asia Featuring John Payne in 2012. Following the death of singer John Wetton and for clarity with the Downes-led Asia, Payne and Norlander decided these recordings should be as a new band. Their second album, Freakshow, was released on 7 August 2020. TV, film and stage In 2007, Payne played the part of Parson Nathaniel in the touring production of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. In 2016, Payne began composition of original work for Steve Gustafson.  This work is in support to Gustafson's creation, via his Experience Based Learning zipline business, of an independent Reality TV show surrounding the zip line adventure tourism market entitled Zip Away! The Rock Pack In January 2014, Payne created the touring show "The Rock Pack". In this show Payne interviews iconic rock singers from major classic rock bands and performs their hits with them. It included vocalists past and present from such bands as Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Journey, Santana, Toto, Kansas and The Tubes. Discography Asia Studio albums Aqua (1992) Aria (1994) Arena (1996) Archiva 1 (1996) Archiva 2 (1996) Rare (1999) Aura (2000) Silent Nation (2004) Live albums Live at the Town & Country Live Acoustic Live in Philadelphia Live in Osaka Live in Köln America: Live in the USA Live DVD "America: Live in the USA" (2003) Asia featuring John Payne Live albums Extended Versions, also released as Scandinavia (2007) Studio albums Military Man (EP) (2009) Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog (2014) Dukes of the Orient Dukes of the Orient (2018) Freakshow (2020) Roger Daltrey Under a Raging Moon (1985) Can't Wait to See the Movie (1987) Martyrs & Madmen (1997) Just a Boy Gold Intelligent Music Project III Touching The Divine (2015) Intelligent Music Project IV Sorcery Inside (2019) Intelligent Music Project V Life Motion (2020) Intelligent Music Project VI The Creation (2021) John Payne "Fly Away" b/w "Coming Home" 45 RPM single, Arrival Records (1984) "Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got" (1984) "Ride the Storm" (American Way film soundtrack, film also titled Riders of the Storm in some countries), released as a single b/w "Take the Money" (1987) Different Worlds cd compilation of solo work and work with ASIA and GPS, Voiceprint (2007) "Decoding the Lost Symbol" part of the Architects of Time project, CD EP (2009) GPS Window to The Soul (2006) Two Seasons: Live in Japan, Volume 1 Live release (2012) Two Seasons: Live in Japan, Volume 2 Live release (2012) The Passion (with Andy Nye) The Passion Voiceprint (2007) Geoff Downes NDO Vox Humana (1993) World Service (1999) CCCP Let's spend the Night Together (1986, reissued on cd 2007) Lunatica Edge of Infinity (2006) Farewell My Love (2009) Lisa LaRue Transformation 2012 (2009) World Class (2009) Fast and Blue (2011) Other Collaborations "That's When The Crying Starts" with the band Stringer, Arrival records (1982) "The Secret Affair" with the band Jupiter Red (1983) "Baby Won't Phone" with the band Quadrascope (1983) Bite The Bullet with the band Bite the Bullet (1989) "Dark Horse" with the band That'll Be The Day (2002) "Killer on the Loose" with Billy Sherwood, part of the A Tribute to Thin Lizzy project (2008) "Beyond the Horizon" with the super-group project Roswell Six from Kevin J. Anderson and ProgRock_Records (2009) "Firewolfe" – Debut album (2011). Mixing and mastering. "The Mystic Technocracy" and "Loving the Alien" (a David Bowie cover), part of The Mystic Technocracy – Season 1: The Age of Ignorance album by Docker's Guild (2012) "Lucky No. 7" – album by Ted Wulfers (2012). Backing Vocals on "Jade In My Pocket" and "Stars." References External links Official Asia featuring John Payne website Dukes of the Orient official web page Roswell Six official web page English bass guitarists English male guitarists Male bass guitarists English male singers English rock singers Asia (band) members English expatriates in the United States Living people 1958 births People from Luton

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Smith

Jason Smith

Jason Smith may refer to: Sports Jason Smith (American football) (born 1986), American football player Jason Smith (Australian rules footballer) (born 1972), former Australian rules footballer Jason Smith (basketball, born 1974) (born 1974), Australian basketball player Jason Smith (basketball, born 1986), American basketball player Jason Smith (baseball) (born 1977), baseball player Jason Smith (boxer) (born 1973), Canadian boxer Jason Smith (cricketer) (born 1994), South African cricketer Jason Smith (curler) (born 1983), American curler Jason Smith (English footballer) (born 1974), English footballer Jason Smith (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey defenceman Jason Smith (rugby league) (born 1972), Australian rugby league footballer Jason Smith (snowboarder) (born 1982), Olympic athlete Jason Smith (soccer), American soccer coach and former player Jason Smith (snooker player) (born 1964), English snooker player Entertainers Jason Smith (actor) (born 1984), Australian actor and singer Jason Smith (chef), American chef Jason Smith (visual effects), American visual effects artist Jason Matthew Smith (born 1972), American film and television actor Jason Samuels Smith (born 1980), American tap dance performer, choreographer, and director Jason Smith (born 1970), American sports radio host of AllNight with Jason Smith Other Jason Smith (politician) (born 1980), member of the United States House of Representatives for Missouri Jason "Singer" Smith, American rock climber See also AllNight with Jason Smith, a former syndicated sports talk radio show on ESPN Radio Jay Smith (disambiguation) Jason Smyth (born 1987), Irish sprinter Jason Weir-Smith (born 1975), former tennis player from South Africa

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Michael Beck

John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980). Early life Beck was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the third of nine children. He attended Memphis University School and then Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi on a football scholarship. While in college, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. After graduating with a degree in economics, he was one of 30 (out of 2,500) applicants chosen for London's Central School of Speech and Drama. Beck's stage credits, beginning with college, include Camelot (he was King Arthur), Of Mice and Men (he was George Milton), Romeo and Juliet (he was Tybalt), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Career Beck is known predominantly for his roles as Swan in the action film The Warriors (1979), Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980), Lieutenant Commander Dallas in Megaforce (1982), and Koda in Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983). Both the Xanadu and Megaforce roles garnered him Razzie nominations, for Worst Actor and Worst Supporting Actor, respectively. Beck has appeared in other movies such as Warlords of the 21st Century (1982), Wes Craven's Chiller (1985), Gone to Texas (1986) as James Bowie, and Forest Warrior (1996). Beck appeared as Hans Helms in the 1978 TV miniseries Holocaust, and starred with Michael Paré in the CBS police drama Houston Knights (1987–1988). He appeared in television shows such as JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night, as the Mars-born terrorist-turned-cyborg assassin Abel Horn in Babylon 5 (episode "Spider in the Web"), and as Mr. Jones in the spin-off series Crusade. Beck has narrated numerous audiobooks of John Grisham's novels. He also narrated Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz, A Darkness More Than Light by Michael Connelly, State of the Union by David Callahan, and the unabridged version of Bill Clinton's My Life. He also reprised his role as Swan in 2005, lending his voice to the popular video game adaptation of The Warriors. Personal life Beck married songwriter Carolyn "Cari" Louise Brendel in September 1980. They have two children, a son, Jesse (b. 1983), and a daughter, Ashley (b. 1986). He is a Christian. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links 1949 births Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from Memphis, Tennessee Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors

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Peter Levi

Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL (16 May 1931, in Ruislip – 1 February 2000, in Frampton-on-Severn) was a British poet, archaeologist, Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic. He was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford (1984–1989). Early life and education Levi was born in Ruislip, Middlesex. The family of his father (Herbert Simon Levi) came from Istanbul and that of his mother (Edith Mary Tigar) was English. His mother was a devout Roman Catholic and his Jewish father converted to that religion; their three children all entered religious orders. He was educated in private Catholic establishments starting at Prior Park near Bath, run by the Christian Brothers. When he was 14, Oscar Wilde had become his literary idol. Wilde had said that the Greek text of the Gospels was the most beautiful book in the world, so a school with more Greek was demanded and he changed schools to Beaumont College, a Jesuit school in Old Windsor, Berkshire. While at Beaumont, at the age of 17 he joined the Society of Jesus as a novice. He was to remain a Jesuit until he resigned the priesthood 29 years later in 1977. Levi trained for the priesthood at Heythrop College and read Classics at Campion Hall. During his teenage years he suffered from polio and as an undergraduate was knocked down by a car – the after-effects of these were to affect him throughout his life. While at Heythrop, then a country house near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, he was not the most ruly of seminarians. This and possible doubts about his vocation led to his ordination being delayed for a year: "We used to translate psalm [119] Beati immaculati in via at Heythrop as Blessed are those who are not spotted on the way out. I was spotted too often...." This delay had the side effect of enabling his first visit to Greece in 1963. He travelled through Afghanistan with Bruce Chatwin in 1970, looking for traces of Greek culture. After the priesthood He left the priesthood in 1977. He subsequently married Deirdre Craig (granddaughter of Lord Craigavon), widow of Cyril Connolly. He spent a year as archaeological correspondent for The Times before returning to academic life. In 1984, he was elected Oxford Professor of Poetry, an appointment requiring only a minimal number of public lectures. In 1988, he claimed to have found a previously unknown poem by William Shakespeare in a manuscript at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. However, the claim has not been accepted by most scholars. Works Most of this data retrieved from British Library catalogue July 2006. Poetry 1960: The Gravel Ponds. London: Andre Deutsch. 1962: Water, Rock and Sand. London: Andre Deutsch. 1965: The Shearwaters. Clive Allison (Harlequin Poets). In Longer Contemporary Poems (ed. David Wright, 1966). Penguin Books. 1966: Fresh Water, Sea Water. London: Black Raven Press. 1968: Ruined Abbeys. Northwood: Anvil Press. 1968: Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon. Northwood: Anvil Press. 1970: Ο τόνος της φωνής του Σεφέρη (Mr Seferis' Tone of Voice). 1971: Death is a Pulpit. London: Anvil Press. . 1971: Life is a Platform. London: Anvil Press. . 1973: in Penguin Modern Poets vol 22. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1976: Collected Poems, 1955–1975. London: Anvil Press. . 1977: The Noise Made by Poems. London: Anvil Press. 1978: Five ages. London: Anvil Press. 1979: Comfort at Fifty for my brother. Pamphlet. 1980?: Music of dark tones. (With an engraving by Simon Brett.) Marlborough: Paulinus Press. 1981: Private Ground. London: Anvil Press. . 1983: The Echoing Green: Three Elegies. London: Anvil Press. . 1985: Shakespeare's Birthday. London: Anvil Press. 1989: Shadow and Bone: Poems 1981–1988. London: Anvil Press. . 1994: The Rags of Time. London: Anvil Press. . 1997: Reed Music. London: Anvil Press. . 2001: Viriditas. London: Anvil Press. . Autobiography and travel 1980: The Hill of Kronos. Collins. . 1984: The Light Garden of the Angel King: Journeys in Afghanistan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1996: A Bottle in the Shade: a Journey in the Western Peloponnese. London: Sinclair-Stevenson. . Greece and the ancient world Levi, Peter (1980). Atlas of the Greek world. Oxford: Phaidon. . Levi, Peter and Porter, Eliot (1981). The Greek World. London: Aurum. Levi, Peter (1985). A History of Greek Literature. Harmondsworth: Viking (Penguin). . Brewster, Harry (1997). The River Gods of Greece: Myths and Mountain Waters in the Hellenic World. London: I.B. Tauris. . (Preface by Peter Levi). Biography and literature Levi, Peter (1961). Beaumont, 1861–1961. London: Andre Deutsch. Pope, Alexander. Ed. Peter Levi (1974). Pope. Selected by Peter Levi. Harmondsworth: Penguin. . Levi, Peter (1983). The Flutes of Autumn. (Autobiography). London: Harvill. . Boswell, James, and Johnson, Samuel. Ed. Peter Levi (1984). A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Harmondsworth: Penguin. . Levi, Peter (1988). The life and times of William Shakespeare. London: Macmillan. . Levi, Peter (1988). A Private Commission: new verses by Shakespeare. London: Macmillan. . Levi, Peter (1989). Goodbye to the Art of Poetry. London: Anvil Press. . Levi, Peter (1990). Boris Pasternak. London: Hutchinson. . Levi, Peter (1993). Tennyson. Macmillan. . Levi, Peter (1995). Edward Lear: a biography. London: Macmillan. . Levi, Peter (1996). Eden Renewed: the public and private life of John Milton. London: Macmillan. . Levi, Peter (1997). Horace: a life. London: Duckworth (2001). . Levi, Peter (1998). Virgil: his life and times. London: Duckworth. Translations Yevtushenko, Yevgeny. Trans. Peter Levi and Robin Milner-Gulland (1966). Poems: chosen by the author.London: Collins and Harvill. Pausanias. Trans. Peter Levi (1971). Guide to Greece (2 vols: Central and Southern Greece). Harmondsworth: Penguin. The Bible. Trans. Peter Levi (1976). The Psalms. Harmondsworth: Penguin. . Pavlopoulos, George. Trans. Peter Levi (1977). The cellar. London: Anvil Press. . Papadiamantis, Alexandros. Trans. Peter Levi (1983). The murderess. London: Writers and Readers. Unknown. Trans. Anne Pennington and Peter Levi (1984). Marko the Prince: Serbo-Croat heroic songs. London: Duckworth. . The Bible. Trans. Peter Levi (1985). The Holy Gospel of John. Worthing: Churchman. . de Courcel, Martine. Trans. Peter Levi (1988). Tolstoy: the ultimate reconciliation. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. . The Bible. Trans. Peter Levi (1992). The Revelation of John. London: Kyle Cathie. . Papadiamantis, Alexandros. Trans. Peter Levi (1995). The murderess. London: Loizou. . Religious The Bible. Compiled. Peter Levi (1974). The English Bible, 1534–1859. London: Constable. . Levi, Peter ed. (1984). The Penguin Book of English Christian Verse. Harmondsworth: Penguin. ISBN Link0140422927. Levi, Peter (1987). The Frontiers of Paradise: a study of monks and monasteries. London: Collins Harvill. . Bernard, Bruce and Lloyd, Christopher (1987). The Queen Of Heaven – A Selection of Paintings of the Virgin Mary. London: Macdonald Orbis. (Introduction by Peter Levi). Articles and lectures Levi, Peter (1975). John Clare and Thomas Hardy. University of London: The Athlone Press. Levi, Peter (1975). In Memory of David Jones: a sermon. In The Tablet. O'Connell, Eileen. Trans. Eilos Dillon (1984). The Lamentation of the Dead with "The Lament For Arthur O'Leary". . Levi, Peter (1990). Hopkins a'i Dduw, (Hopkins and his God). North Wales Arts Association. ISSN 0260-6720. Levi, Peter (1991). The Art of Poetry: The Oxford Lectures, 1984–1989. New Haven: Yale University Press. . Novels Levi, Peter (1979). The Head in the Soup. London: Constable. . Levi, Peter (1985). Grave Witness. London: Quartet. . Levi, Peter (1986). Knit One, Drop Oone. London: Quartet. . Levi, Peter (1988). To the Goat. Hutchinson. . Connolly, Cyril (1903–1974), concluded by Peter Levi (1990). Shade Those Laurels. London: Bellew. . References External links Jannika Hurwitt, "Peter Levi, The Art of Poetry No. 24" (interview), The Paris Review, Issue 76, Fall 1979. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Peter Levi Peter Levi Papers at John J. Burns Library, Boston College 1931 births 2000 deaths 20th-century English Jesuits Academics of the University of Oxford Alumni of Campion Hall, Oxford Alumni of Heythrop College English biographers English Catholic poets English people of Turkish-Jewish descent Former Jesuits Laicized Roman Catholic priests People educated at Prior Park College Oxford Professors of Poetry 20th-century English poets 20th-century biographers People from Ruislip English male poets Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 20th-century English male writers Male biographers

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Michael Craig-Martin

Sir Michael Craig-Martin (born 28 August 1941) is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual artwork, An Oak Tree. He is Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths. His memoir and advice for the aspiring artist, On Being An Artist, was published by London-based publisher Art / Books in April 2015. Early life and career Michael Craig-Martin was born in Dublin, but spent most of his childhood in Washington, D.C. For eight years he attended a Roman Catholic school which was run by nuns, followed by the English Benedictine Priory School (now St. Anselm's Abbey School), where pupils were encouraged to look at religious imagery in illuminated glass panels and stained-glass windows. He gained an interest in art through one of the priests, who was an artist, and was also strongly impressed by a display in the Phillips Collection of work by Mark Rothko. Craig-Martin studied in Lycée Français in Bogotá, Colombia, where his father had employment for a while. Drawing classes in the Lycée by an artist, Antonio Roda, gave him a wider perspective on art. His parents had no inclinations towards art, although they did have on display in their home Picasso's Greedy Child. Back in Washington, he attended drawing classes given there by artists, then in 1959 attended Fordham University in New York for English Literature and History, while also starting to paint. In mid-1961 Craig-Martin studied art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and in the autumn he began a painting course at Yale University, where the teaching was strongly influenced by the multi-disciplinary experimentation and minimalist theories on colour and form of Josef Albers, a former head of department. Craig-Martin later said, "Everything I know about colour comes from that course". Tutors on the course included artists Alex Katz and Al Held. Work Craig-Martin has lived and worked in London since 1966. From his early box-like constructions of the late 1960s he moved increasingly to the use of ordinary household objects. In the late 1970s he began to make line drawings of ordinary objects, creating over the years an ever-expanding vocabulary of images which form the foundation of his work to this day. During the 1990s the focus of his work shifted decisively to painting, with the same range of boldly outlined motifs and vivid color schemes applied both to works on canvas, and to increasingly complex installations of wall paintings. An Oak Tree In 1973, he exhibited the seminal piece An Oak Tree. The work consists of a glass of water standing on a shelf attached to the gallery wall next to which is a text using an argument to explain why it is in fact an oak tree. Nevertheless, on one occasion when it was barred by Australian Customs officials from entering the country as vegetation, he was forced to explain it was really a glass of water. The work was bought by the National Gallery of Australia in 1977, and the Tate gallery has an artist's copy. Young British Artists In the 1980s Craig-Martin was a tutor at Goldsmiths College, Department of Art, and was a significant influence on the emerging YBA generation, including Damien Hirst. He was also helpful in promoting the Freeze show to established art-world figures. In 1995 he curated Drawing the Line: a comprehensive touring exhibition on the history of line drawing for the Southbank Centre, London. Craig-Martin and his influence were described in an article in the Observer regarding the mentors of British art, entitled Schools of Thought. Craig-Martin has been a trustee of the Tate Gallery and is a trustee of the National Art Collections Fund. Later work Since 2011, Craig-Martin has been working on powder-coated steel forms that describe everyday objects and appear like line drawings in the air. The first series was shown in the gardens of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, in 2014, where the sculptures were sunk into the soil of the grounds. Exhibitions Craig-Martin had his first one-man exhibition at the Rowan Gallery in London in 1969. Since then he has shown regularly both in the UK and abroad. He represented Britain at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 1998. His solo museum exhibitions include “Always Now,” Kunstverein Hannover (1998); IVAM, Valencia (2000); “Living,” Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Portugal (2001); “Signs of Life,” Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2006); and “Less Is Still More,” Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany (2013). He made his American debut in the "Projects" series at the Museum of Modern Art. A retrospective of Craig-Martin's work took place at the Whitechapel Gallery in London in 1989. In 2006, the Irish Museum of Modern Art presented "Michael Craig-Martin: Works 1964–2006" which included works from over 40 years of Craig-Martin's career. The exhibition showed around 50 paintings, sculptures, wall drawings, neon works and text pieces by the artist, covering everything from his sculptures to digital works. One of his works called On the Table (1970) involved four metal buckets suspended on a table, exemplifying the influence of Minimalism and Conceptualism on Craig-Martin. An Oak Tree (1973), consisting of "an ordinary glass of water on an equally plain shelf, accompanied by a text in which Craig-Martin asserts the supremacy of the artist's intention over the object itself ... is now widely regarded as a turning point in the development of conceptual art". In 2015, Craig-Martin's exhibition "Transience" at the Serpentine Galleries brought together works from 1981 to 2015, including representations of once familiar yet obsolete technology; laptops, games consoles, black-and-white televisions and incandescent lightbulbs that highlighted the increasing transience of technological innovation. Collections Craig-Martin's work is represented in public collections worldwide, including: Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Arts Council of Great Britain, United Kingdom British Council, United Kingdom Government Art Collection, United Kingdom Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Tate, London, United Kingdom Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, USA Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA Personal life Craig-Martin met Jann Hashey while at Yale University, and married her in 1963. The couple had a daughter, Jessica Craig-Martin, now a photographer. The marriage ended. Craig-Martin is one-eighth Chinese, as his great-grandmother was a native of Wuhan, China. Craig-Martin was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2001 Birthday Honours. Craig-Martin was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to art. See also What Do Artists Do All Day? References Footnotes Sources External links 1941 births Living people Royal Academicians Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London Irish contemporary artists Irish people of Chinese descent Artists from Dublin (city) Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Yale University alumni Fordham University alumni Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor

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Charles III, Prince of Monaco

Charles III (Charles Honoré Grimaldi; 8 December 1818 – 10 September 1889) was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris, the only son of Florestan, Prince of Monaco, and Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Marriage and reign While he was Hereditary Prince, Charles was married on 28 September 1846 in Brussels to Countess Antoinette de Mérode-Westerloo. He succeeded his father Prince Florestan in 1856. During his reign, the towns of Menton and Roquebrune, constituting some 80 percent of Monegasque territory, were formally ceded to France, paving the way for formal French recognition of Monaco's independence. Rebellions in these towns, aided by the Kingdom of Sardinia, had exhausted Monaco's military resources for decades. The Principality was in dire need of cash flow, so Prince Charles and his mother, Princess Caroline, had the idea of erecting a casino. The Monte Carlo Casino was designed, according to the Prince's liking, in the German style and placed at the site of Les Spélugues. Monte Carlo (in English, Mount Charles) itself takes its name from Charles, after all its founder. Charles established a society (business) to run the Casino; this society is today the Société des bains de mer de Monaco. Under Charles III, the Principality of Monaco increased its diplomatic activities; for example, in 1864, Charles III concluded a Treaty of Friendship with the Bey of Tunis, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, which also regulated trade and maritime issues. Honours Monte Carlo is named after Charles III. It stands for the "Mount Charles" in Italian. The Order of Saint-Charles was instituted on 15 March 1858, during the reign of Prince Charles III. He received the following decorations and awards: Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 27 March 1863 (Sweden-Norway) Grand Cross of the Dannebrog, in Diamonds, 16 February 1865 (Denmark) Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 17 April 1865 (Grand Duchy of Hesse) Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 17 February 1867 (Spain) Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 7 July 1869 (Kingdom of Prussia) Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1869 (Grand Duchy of Baden) Officer of the Legion d'Honneur, for his service in the French Navy in the Franco-Prussian War (French Empire) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil), 30 August 1874 (Belgium) Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1882 (Austria-Hungary) Knight of the Supreme Order of Christ (Holy See) Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword (Kingdom of Portugal) Death In his middle years his sight greatly weakened, and by the last decade of his life he had become almost totally blind. In fact, Dr. Thomas Henry Pickering wrote in 1882: "So far back as 1860, Prince Charles lost his eyesight...." He died at Château de Marchais on 10 September 1889. He was succeeded by his son Albert I of Monaco. Coin On 1 June 2016, fifteen thousand 2 euro coins were issued by Monaco; commemorating the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Monte Carlo by Charles III In literature Charles III is referenced, as Prince Charles Honoré, in a fictional entitled, The Fall of Prince Florestan of Monaco, by the British politician Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke. This work was one of satire and parody on a number of political characters of the day. It centered around a Cambridge-educated, half-Württemberg nephew of Charles III who comes to the throne by way of Charles III and the next two heirs being wiped out of existence. The upstart "Florestan II", a radical republican, boldly attempts to democratize Monaco. He fails and then is forced to leave the country. Ancestry References |- 1818 births 1889 deaths 19th-century Princes of Monaco House of Grimaldi Hereditary Princes of Monaco Princes of Monaco Burials at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate Monegasque princes Marquesses of Baux Grand Masters of the Order of Saint-Charles Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint-Charles Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Monegasque people of Italian descent People of Ligurian descent Dukes of Valentinois

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Alejandro Salazar

Alejandro Salazar (born February 18, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player. He played during the 2000s in the United States and Australia. Biography Born in Eugene, Oregon, Salazar's father is marathon runner Alberto Salazar. Playing career Salazar played college soccer at the University of Portland from 2002 to 2004, where he was named WCC Freshman of the Year as a freshman, and was the Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore. He left Portland after his junior year to join the newly formed Australian A-league, having registered 64 goals and 42 assists as a Pilot. Salazar didn't have much gaming time for Sydney FC and was released after the 10th round of the season. Salazar is still remembered in Sydney as a player who was hyped up by the media but did not make an impact at club. His only pre-season appearance in a Sydney FC shirt in Australia being in the second half of a friendly game in 2005. Salazar made his debut coming on as a substitute replacing Steve Corica on the 66th minute in the Semi Final against Adelaide United assisting Mark Rudan's winning goal. Salazar featured in Sydney's campaign to qualify for the Oceania Club Championship, scoring 2 goals in 4 matches. He did get into a small rift with then coach Pierre Littbarski, which soured their relationship. In 2007 Lokomotiv Cove, the unofficial football team of Sydney FC supporters, named their lowest grade team "Team Salazar" in his honour. References 1984 births Living people American people of Cuban descent American soccer players Portland Pilots men's soccer players Colorado Rapids U-23 players Sydney FC players University of Portland alumni Expatriate soccer players in Australia Soccer players from Oregon USL League Two players Association football midfielders

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Amanda Jones (inventor)

Amanda Theodosia Jones (October 19, 1835 – March 31, 1914) was an American author and inventor, most noted for inventing a vacuum method of canning called the Jones Process. Jones was descended from Puritan, Huguenot, Quaker and Methodist ancestors. Her forefathers were among the patriots of the American Revolution. She wrote a number of war poems during the Civil War. These were published, with others, in book form. Ill health for a number of years made it impossible for her to keep up her literary work. Some of her poems appeared in Scribner's Magazine while others were published in the Century, Our Continent, and other journals. She published a volume of verse entitled A Prairie Idyl and Other Poems. She made her home in Chicago, Illinois. Early life and education Jones was born in East Bloomfield, New York, on October 19, 1835, the fourth child of Henry and Mary Alma (Mott) Jones. She attended district schools in East Bloomfield and Black Rock, New York; she completed normal school training at the East Aurora Academy in New York and began teaching at the age of fifteen. Influence of spiritualism Influenced by the writings of Thomas Dick and the spiritualism movement, Jones became a convert to spiritualism in 1854 and believed herself to be a medium. In 1869, believing that the spirits wanted her there, she moved to Chicago, where she wrote for a number of periodicals, including Western Rural, Universe, Interior, and Bright Sides. Patents and inventions – 1872–1880 In 1872, Jones developed a vacuum canning process for preserving food, with the help of Professor Leroy C. Cooley of Albany, who was the brother-in-law of her sister Emily. The following year she obtained five patents relating to her process, of which two listed her as sole inventor. Again following the advice of the spirits she communicated with, she developed another invention, an oil burner, which she patented in 1880. However, her attempts to establish businesses based on her inventions were unsuccessful, and she returned to writing, publishing A Prairie Idyll in 1882. There is one reference (Stanley, Autumn – See Bibliography) that maintains she has a patent for a Ready-Opener Tin Can, but that is the only, unsupported, reference to this patent. Founding of Women's Canning and Preserving Company – 1890 A strong supporter of women's rights and suffrage, she founded the Women's Canning and Preserving Company in Chicago in 1890, which employed only women. In an address to her employees, Jones said that "This is a woman's industry. No man will vote our stock, transact our business, keep our books, pronounce on women's wages, supervise our factories. Give men whatever work is suitable, but keep the governing power. This is a business training school for working women – you with all the rest. Here is a mission; let it be fulfilled." When this venture failed in 1893, she left Chicago for Junction City, Kansas, where two of her sisters lived. Later life Jones continued to work with both of her inventions, obtaining patents on the canning process in 1903, 1905, and 1906, and additional patents relating to the oil burner in 1904, 1912, and 1914. She continued to publish occasional literary works, including the Rubaiyat of Solomon and Other Poems in 1905. Following the Spanish–American War the U.S. Navy began investigating the transition from coal fired ships to oil. In 1904 they released a 489-page report which detailed extensively a comparison between coal and oil. Jones was asked to write a technical review of the report for Engineer: With which is Incorporated Steam Engineering. According to her obituary she was paid liberally for her contribution of four articles in 1904 and 1905. Those articles are online at the HathiTrust: THE LIQUID FUEL PROBLEM Part I (Vol 41 – 1904 – pages 821–822) (A Review of the Completed "Report of the U.S. Navy Liquid Fuel Board,issued Sept., 1904). THE LIQUID FUEL PROBLEM – II (Vol 41 – 1904 – pages 855–856) THE LIQUID FUEL PROBLEM – III (Vol 42 – 1905 – page 90) THE LIQUID FUEL PROBLEM – IV (Vol.42 – 1905 pages 108–109) In 1910, she published her autobiography, A Psychic Autobiography, which focused on her interest in spiritualism. Late in her life, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, to pursue business interests, where she died of influenza in 1914. She was listed in Who's Who in America for 1912–13 and in Woman's Who's Who in America for 1914–15. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio in her brother William's plot. Works She quit teaching in 1854 after her first poem was published by the Ladies' Repository of Cincinnati. In 1861, she published Ulah, and Other Poems; a second book of verse, Poems, was published in 1867. Her health had been fragile since contracting tuberculosis in 1859; after the publication of Poems, she spent a year recuperating at the home of her widowed mother in Wisconsin. Books Jones published six books in her lifetime. All are available online at the Internet Archive. Ulah: And Other Poems. Jones, Amanda T. Buffalo: H.H. Otis. 1861 Poems. By Amanda T. Jones, Published/Created: New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1867. A Prairie Idyl, and Other Poems. Published/Created: Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & company, 1882. Rubáiyát of Solomon, and Other Poems. By Amanda T. Jones; Introduction by J. N. Larned. Published/Created: New York, Alden brothers, 1905. Poems, 1854–1906, by Amanda T. Jones. Published/Created: New York, Alden Brothers, 1906. A Psychic Autobiography / by Amanda T. Jones; with introduction by James H. Hyslop. Published/Created: New York: Greaves Publishing Co., c1910. Ladies Repository of Cincinnati Publications Between 1855 and 1864 Jones published frequently in the Ladies Repository. These poems, along with one she published in Overland Monthly and Out West magazine in 1894, are available at the University of Michigan's Making of America Journals digital library. "The Death of the Old Year" Volume: 15, Issue: 12, Dec 1855, pp. 736 "The Music of the Soul" Volume: 15, Issue: 11, Nov 1855, pp. 678 "There is a God" Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Apr 1855, pp. 242 "Visions" Volume: 15, Issue: 10, Oct 1855, pp. 616 "Dream-Land" Volume: 16, Issue: 8, Aug 1856, pp. 458 "Glen Elgin" Volume: 16, Issue: 7, July 1856, pp. 424 "My Spirit Lute" Volume: 16, Issue: 9, Sept 1856, pp. 544 "The Child – The Maiden – The Mother" Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Mar 1856, pp. 155 "The Kind of the North" Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Apr 1856, pp. 217 "Life's Warfare" Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Jan 1857, pp. 3 "Our Playmates Grave" Volume: 17, Issue: 8, Aug 1857, pp. 453 "Prayer and Praise" Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Feb 1857, pp. 71 "The Silver Chalice" Volume: 17, Issue: 11, Nov 1857, pp. 684 "Trial and Delivery – The Messenger" Volume: 17, Issue: 6, June 1857, pp. 340 "Who Knoweth the Heart" Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Apr 1857, pp. 199 "Hide and Seek" Volume: 18, Issue: 11, Nov 1858, pp. 652 "Locust Leaves" Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Jan 1858, pp. 32 "Peace" Volume: 18, Issue: 5, May 1858, pp. 260 "Spring Winds" Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Apr 1858, pp. 208 "The Flower-Language of the Heart" Volume: 18, Issue: 7, July 1858, pp. 410 "The Price of Blood" Volume: 18, Issue: 8, Aug 1858, pp. 476 "The World" Volume: 18, Issue: 11, Nov 1858, pp. 663 "Happy Days" Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Mar 1859, pp. 133 "Heaven" Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Feb 1859, pp. 96 "The Reign of Truth" Volume: 19, Issue: 5, May 1859, pp. 262 "The Tide of Life" Volume: 19, Issue: 6, June 1859, pp. 352 "The Willow Tree" Volume: 19, Issue: 11, Nov 1859, pp. 667 "Charity" Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Jan 1862, pp. 34 "Day and Night" Volume: 22, Issue: 8, Aug 1862, pp. 498 "Les Souvenirs" Volume: 22, Issue: 12, Dec 1862, pp. 739 "The South Wind" Volume: 22, Issue: 10, Oct 1862, pp. 628 "Morta, A Vision of the Fates" Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Mar 1863, pp. 180 "The Harp of Columbia" Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Jan 1863, pp. 36 "The Ministry of Life" Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Feb 1863, pp. 96 "Thou Finder of Flaws" Volume: 23, Issue: 8, Aug 1863, pp. 490 "My Glade" Volume: 24, Issue: 9, Sept 1864, pp. 533 "Hawaii" Overland monthly and Out West magazine. / Volume: 24, Issue: 139, July 1894, pp. 44 Notes References Further reading The following books have articles about Jones: Vare, Ethlie Ann, Greg Ptacek, and Ethlie Ann Vare. 1988. Mothers of Invention: From the Bra to the Bomb: Forgotten Women & Their Unforgettable Ideas. New York: Morrow. (pp. 105–107) Wilson, James Grant, and John Fiske. 1889. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York [N.Y.]: D. Appleton and Co., Vol. 3, page 463. (Short Bio) (Available Online as full text PDF) Cefrey, Holly. 2003. The Inventions of Amanda Jones: The Vacuum Method of Canning and Food Preservation. New York: PowerKids Press. (Juvenile book) Casey, Susan. 1997. Women Invent: Two Centuries of Discoveries that Have Shaped our World. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press. (pp. 4–5) Altman, Linda Jacobs. 1997. Women Inventors. New York: Facts On File. (pp. 1–11) Macdonald, Anne L. 1992. Feminine Ingenuity: Women and Invention in America. New York: Ballantine Books. McHenry, Robert. 1983. Famous American Women: A Biographical Dictionary from Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Dover. (page 214) James, Edward T., Janet Wilson James, and Paul S. Boyer. 1971. Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. pp. 284–85. Stanley, Autumn. 1993. Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. (Page 64) (Only reference to the Ready-Opener Tin Can patent) Online External links The American Experience Making of America – 37 poems published by Amanda T. Jones between 1855 and 1894 Geary County (Kansas) Blog on Amanda Jones (Accessed 25 Nov 2015) Femilogue (10 Oct 2012) (Accessed 25 Nov 2015) Kelly, Kate. America Comes Alive (Accessed 25 Nov 2015) 1835 births 1914 deaths 19th-century American inventors Women inventors People from East Bloomfield, New York 19th-century American writers 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers

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Michael Brennan (Progressive Democrats politician)

Michael Brennan (born 24 September 1946) is a former Irish politician from Adare in County Limerick who served as a member of Seanad Éireann. Brennan was a Fianna Fáil member of Limerick County Council for over 20 years, and served as chairman of the council in 2000. He contested the 1997 general election as an independent candidate having failed to get a Fianna Fáil nomination to run for the party. He later rejoined Fianna Fáil and was nominated by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann in 2002, but left the party again on 29 April 2004 to join the Progressive Democrats (PD), after a dispute arising from the end of the dual mandate. Under the Local Government Act 2001, members of the Oireachtas could no longer serve as local councillors, and Brennan's wife Rose sought a Fianna Fáil nomination to stand for election as his successor in the Bruff Electoral Area. She did not win a nomination, and speculation that she would be imposed as a candidate by the national party did not happen. Rose Brennan also defected to the Progressive Democrats, and was elected as a PD County Councillor for Bruff. She subsequently became Vice Cathaoirleach of Limerick County Council, and in the 2009 local elections she was elected as a Fine Gael member of the council for the Adare area. At the 2007 general election Brennan stood as a candidate for the Progressive Democrats in the Limerick West constituency. He polled 1,935 first preferences, 4.79% of the vote on a quota of 10,108 and did not win a seat. Brennan was not returned to the Seanad in the 2007 election. References 1946 births Living people Progressive Democrats senators Fianna Fáil senators Independent politicians in Ireland Members of the 22nd Seanad Local councillors in County Limerick Nominated members of Seanad Éireann

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William Harris

William or Will or Willie Harris may refer to: Politicians and political activists William Harris (born 1504) (1504–?), MP for Newport, Cornwall William Harris (died 1556), MP for Maldon William Harris (MP, died 1709) (c. 1652–1709), English landowner and member of parliament for St Ives, and for Okehampton William Harris (Birmingham Liberal) (1826–1911), Liberal Party politician and strategist, architect, and writer, in Birmingham, England William Harris (civil rights leader) (1867–1931), Australian advocate for Aboriginal rights William Harris (Symbionese Liberation Army), 20th century American militant William Alexander Harris (Kansas politician) (1841–1909), U.S. Representative from Kansas William Alexander Harris (Virginia politician) (1805–1864), U.S. Representative from Virginia William C. Harris (Illinois politician) (1921–2004), American politician William J. Harris (1868–1932), U.S. Senator from Georgia William Littleton Harris (1807–1868), Justice of the Mississippi Court of Errors and Appeals William L. Harris (1923–2013), American politician William James Harris (1835–1911), Conservative Party politician William R. Harris (1803–1858), justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court William Harris (New York politician), American businessman and politician from New York Sportsmen William Harris (American football) (1965–2014), American football tight end Will Harris (American football), American football safety Bill Harris (swimmer) (1897–1961), American swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist William Harris (tennis) (1947–2002), American tennis player William Harris (cricketer, born 1861) (1861–1923), English cricketer William Harris (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1949), English cricketer William Harris (cricketer, born 1883) (1883–1967), English cricketer William Harris (footballer) (1890–?), Scottish footballer William Harris (rugby union) (1876–1950), New Zealand rugby union player Will Harris (baseball) (born 1984), baseball player Willie Harris (born 1978), baseball player Will Harris (rugby union) (born 2000), Australian rugby union player Will Harris (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer Academics and religious figures William Harris (Presbyterian minister) (1675?–1740), English divine William Harris (historian) (1720–1770), English dissenting minister and historian William Harris (academic) (1765–1829), president of Columbia University William C. Harris (historian), professor of history at North Carolina State University William Logan Harris (1817–1887), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church William Henry Harris (academic) (1884–1956), Welsh divine, canon and treasurer of St David's Cathedral, and professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter William Stewart Harris (1922–1994), English-born Australian anthropologist, journalist and Aboriginal rights advocate William V. Harris (born 1938), professor of history William Wadé Harris (c. 1860–1929), African evangelist William S. Harris, American professor and researcher on human nutrition Soldiers William Harris (colonist) (1757–1812), figure in the American Revolution William Harris, 2nd Baron Harris (1782–1845), British soldier and peer William Harris, American Civil War colonel, son of Ira Harris William W. Harris (Medal of Honor) (1850–1878), Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Wars William Frederick Harris (1918–1950), United States Marine Corps officer Engineers, inventors and scientists William Cornwallis Harris (1807–1848), English military engineer, artist and hunter Sir William Gordon Harris (1912–2005), British civil engineer William Snow Harris (1791–1867), invented a ship-borne lightning rod William Harris, former director general of Science Foundation Ireland Others William Harris (beachcomber) (c. 1813–1889), British escaped convict and settler in pre-colonial Nauru William Harris (musician) (fl. 1927–1928), American country blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter William Harris (theatrical producer) (1844–1916), American theatre producer and vaudevillian performer William Harris (Tudor person) (1556–1616), English knight, landowner and incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London William Harris (settler) (1610–1681), founding settler of Providence, Rhode Island William Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury (1907–2000), British peer Bill Harris (neuroscientist) (born 1950), Canadian-born neuroscientist William Critchlow Harris (1854–1913), Canadian architect William C. Harris (police officer), Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 1856–1881 Sir William Henry Harris (1883–1973), English organist and composer William H. Harris (orthopaedic surgeon) (born 1927), American orthopaedic surgeon William Laurel Harris (1870–1924), American muralist and editor William Torrey Harris (1835–1909), United States Commissioner of Education, American educator, philosopher, lexicographer William Harris Jr. (1884–1946), Broadway theatrical producer William Harris, founder of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper William Bevan Harris, British-American comic actor, better known as Billy Bevan See also Bill Harris (disambiguation) William Harries (disambiguation) William Hamlyn-Harris (born 1978), Australian javelin thrower

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John Montgomery

John Montgomery or Montgomerie may refer to: Politicians John Montgomery (Leominster MP), 14th-century MP for Leominster John Montgomerie (Ayrshire MP) (1680–1731), MP for Ayrshire 1710–27 John Montgomerie (died 1725), Scottish businessman and politician, MP for Linlithgowshire 1704–7, for Buteshire 1710 John Montgomery (Continental Congress) (1722–1808), U.S. merchant, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania John Montgomery (Maryland politician) (1764–1828), U.S. lawyer, Congressman from Maryland John Montgomery (shipbuilder) (1800–1867), Canadian shipbuilder, merchant and politician in New Brunswick John Flournoy Montgomery (1878–1954), U.S. ambassador to Hungary during World War II John Gallagher Montgomery (1805–1857), U.S. lawyer, Congressman for Pennsylvania John M. Montgomery (1843–1895), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island John Montgomery (died 1733), Irish M.P. for County Monaghan, Ireland John Montgomery (1747–1797), Irish soldier and M.P John Montgomery (died 1741) (1719–1741), M.P. for County Monaghan, Ireland Military John Montgomery (pioneer) (1750–1794), American Revolutionary officer and pioneer in Illinois and Tennessee John B. Montgomery (1794–1872), United States Navy admiral Sports John Montgomery (footballer), Scottish footballer John Montgomery (equestrian) (1881–1948), American horse rider and Olympic medalist John Montgomerie (chess player) (1911–1995), Scottish chess player Others John Montgomery (tavern-keeper) (1788–1879), Canadian tavern-keeper in 1837 Rebellion John Joseph Montgomery (1858–1911), U.S. pioneer in aviation John Warwick Montgomery (born 1931), American legal academic John Montgomery (art historian) (1951–2005), Pre-Columbian art historian John R. Montgomery, advertising industry veteran and television producer John Michael Montgomery (born 1965), country singer J. Alastair Montgomerie (1914–1989), Scottish businessman and Royal Navy officer See also John Montgomerie (died 1731), Scottish-American colonial governor John Montgomerie Bell (1804–1862), Scottish lawyer Jack Montgomery (disambiguation) Montgomery (disambiguation) John (disambiguation)

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John Montgomery (Continental Congress)

John Montgomery (1722 – September 3, 1808) was an Irish-American merchant from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1782 until 1784. Montgomery was one of the founders of Dickinson College, serving as a trustee from 1783 until his death in 1808. He died at home in Carlisle. His son (also John) would represent Maryland in the U.S. Congress. His father Beauford Montgomery II helped found and develop the land along the Susquehanna River, now known as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. References 1722 births 1808 deaths Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania 18th-century American politicians American people of Irish descent People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania Dickinson College

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John Montgomery (Maryland politician)

John Montgomery (1764 – July 17, 1828) was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811. He served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 1811 to 1818 and Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and 1824 to 1826. Early life Montgomery was born in Carlisle in the Province of Pennsylvania in 1764. He was the son of John Montgomery, a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. Montgomery was educated in Carlisle, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1791 and moved to Harford County, Maryland to begin a practice. Career A Democratic-Republican, Montgomery served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1793 to 1798. From 1793 to 1796 he was Harford County's State's Attorney. In 1806, Montgomery was a successful candidate for Congress. He won reelection in 1808 and 1810, and served in the 10th, 11th, and 12th Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1807 until he resigned on April 29, 1811. Montgomery resigned from Congress and relocated to Baltimore in order to accept appointment as Attorney General of Maryland. He served from April 29, 1811 to February 11, 1818. During the War of 1812 Montgomery was appointed a captain in the militia and commanded the Baltimore Union Artillery, and he took part in the Battle of North Point. Montgomery served again in the House of Delegates in 1819. He was Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and again in 1824 to 1826. Personal life Montgomery was married first to Mary Hanes or Harris, also called Polly. In 1809, he married Maria Nicholson (1775-1868). Maria was the daughter of Commodore James Nicholson and was the sister of Catherine "Kitty" Nicholson (wife of William Few), Hannah Nicholson (wife of Albert Gallatin), Frances "Fanny" Nicholson (husband of Joshua Seney), James Witter Nicholson (husband of Ann Griffin, daughter of Isaac Griffin), and Jehoiadden Nicholson (wife of James Chrystie). His children included sons John and James Nicholson Montgomery. He died in Baltimore on July 17, 1828. He was buried in the cemetery of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Bel Air hamlet of Emmorton. This cemetery is also known as Mount Carmel Cemetery, Bel Air Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, and Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery. References External links 1764 births 1828 deaths Maryland lawyers Maryland Attorneys General Mayors of Baltimore Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland Maryland Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives American militiamen in the War of 1812 American militia officers Burials in Maryland 19th-century American lawyers

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John Smith Chipman

John Smith Chipman (August 10, 1800 – July 27, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Chipman was born in Shoreham, Vermont, a son of Barnabas and Polly (Smith) Chipman. He attended the rural schools and graduated from Middlebury College in 1823. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Addison County, Vermont and Essex County, New York. In 1838, he moved to Centreville in St. Joseph County, Michigan, where he held several local offices including serving as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1842. Chipman was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 2nd District to the Twenty-ninth Congress, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. After the end of his term, he moved to Niles in Berrien County, Michigan, and later, in 1850, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he resumed the practice of law. He moved to San Jose, California, in 1869 and lived in retirement there until his death. He is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. He was regarded as a brilliant lawyer and a natural orator. Bingham writes that "listening to one of his speeches was like reading one of Cooper's novels." He was over six feet tall with black hair and a dark complexion, giving rise to his nickname, Black Chip. Family In October 1824, Chipman married Frances Larabee. They were the parents of William H. Chipman and Frances C. Chipman. References A twentieth century history of Berrien County, Michigan. Coolidge, Orville William. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1906. p. 37 Early history of Michigan, with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators. Bingham, S. D. (Stephen D.). Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888. pp 170–171 1800 births 1869 deaths Members of the Michigan House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Michigan Democrats People from Shoreham, Vermont Middlebury College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians People from Centreville, Michigan California Democrats Burials at Oak Hill Memorial Park California lawyers Michigan lawyers New York (state) lawyers Vermont lawyers 19th-century American lawyers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Schneider

Brian Schneider

Brian Duncan Schneider (born November 26, 1976), nicknamed "Hoops", is an American former professional baseball catcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals, New York Mets, and Philadelphia Phillies. Schneider was the Miami Marlins catching coach from 2016 through 2019. Schneider is currently the quality control coach for the Mets. Early life Schneider was born in Jacksonville, Florida to Peter and Karen Schneider. He has one sister, Melissa. Early career Schneider played high school baseball and basketball at Northampton Area High School in Northampton, Pennsylvania, in the state's highly competitive East Penn Conference. He was named Player of the Year in the Lehigh Valley, in both 1994 and 1995. Over the course of his high school career, Schneider hit .427, with 22 doubles, and 11 home runs, and set a school record with 91 runs batted in. As a senior, he had a .484 batting average. He signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at Central Florida. Professional career Schneider was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round (143rd, overall) of the 1995 June draft. In , while at the Class-A Cape Fear Crocs, of the South Atlantic League, Schneider emerged as a premiere defensive player, while also posting solid offensive numbers, and was named to the mid-season All-Star team. Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals After making a strong impression at the Expos’ spring training in , Schneider was called up to the big leagues, following an injury to regular catcher Chris Widger. Schneider made his MLB debut on May 26, 2000, on the road at the San Diego Padres’ Qualcomm Stadium, going 0-for-1, after coming into the game as a defensive replacement, in the 9th inning. The following day, he made his first big league start, going 2-for-3, including a double, in the 6th inning, for his first major league hit. In the season, Schneider split his time between the majors and minors, making the most of his opportunities whenever he was given playing time with the Expos. He compiled a batting average of .317, in 27 games, driving in 6 runs, and scoring 4 times. On September 22, 2001, Schneider hit his first career home run, coming off Scott Elarton, in the fifth inning of a 3-1 Expos victory over the Colorado Rockies. In , Schneider served as the backup catcher to Michael Barrett. He made his outfield debut on June 4, 2002, against the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing left field, after pinch-hitting for Wil Cordero, in the eighth inning. In 73 games, Schneider hit .275, with 5 home runs, 29 RBIs, and 19 doubles. On September 24, 2002, he was honored as the Expos' nominee for Major League Baseball's first annual Roberto Clemente Award, losing out to Jim Thome. In (his fourth season with the Expos), Schneider caught a majority of the club's games for the first time, spending a total of 841 innings behind the plate. He was ranked fifth in the league in fielding with a .996 percentage, committing only three errors, in 709 total chances. At the plate, Schneider established career highs in numerous offensive categories, including hits (77), doubles (26), home runs (9), RBIs (46), total bases (132), and walks (37). The season saw Schneider post career highs in hits (112), home runs (12), and RBIs (49). For the second straight season, he led major league catchers in throwing out base-stealers, with a 47.8 percent success rate. Schneider finished the season with a fielding percentage of .998, setting a new franchise single-season record for a catcher, in that category. In (with the Expos franchise having been newly relocated), Schneider became the first-ever catcher in Washington Nationals history. That same year, he threw out an MLB-leading 38 percent of would-be base-stealers. (In fact, between 2003 and 2005, Schneider threw out 43.5 percent of base-stealers, the best ratio in baseball over that period.) Schneider struggled offensively during the first half of the season, hitting just .223 through August 4. His form picked up though, and he batted .324 with 9 doubles, 1 home run, and 21 RBIs, in the 42 games, thereafter. For the first time since 2002, Schneider did not lead either MLB or the National League (NL) in percentage of base-stealers thrown out, gunning down just 27%. As a historical note, Schneider was behind the plate, catching Mike Bacsik, when Barry Bonds hit his MLB record-breaking 756th career home run, on August 7, 2007. New York Mets On November 30, 2007, the Nats traded Schneider and Ryan Church to the New York Mets, for top prospect Lastings Milledge. In his first season in New York, Schneider hit .257, with 9 home runs, and 38 RBIs, in 110 games. He scored the first-ever Mets run at their new ballpark, Citi Field, April 13, 2009, scoring on a double hit by Luis Castillo. Philadelphia Phillies On December 1, 2009, Schneider signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. One highlight of his Phillies career came on July 8, 2010, when Schneider hit a walk-off home run to give the Phillies a 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Following the completion of his initial Phillies contract (where he served as the team's backup catcher, behind Carlos Ruiz), Schneider signed for one more season in Philly, prior to the season. Retirement After the 2012 season, Schneider announced his retirement from Major League Baseball, on January 29, 2013. Coaching Schneider managed the Jupiter Hammerheads in the Florida State League, during the 2014 season. On December 4, 2015, he was announced as the new catching coach for the Miami Marlins. Schneider’s contract was not renewed after the 2019 season with the Marlins. He was named as Syracuse Mets manager on January 3, 2020. On February 7, 2020, Brian Schneider was named quality control coach for the New York Mets, succeeding Luis Rojas, who held the position last season and was named Mets manager in January 2020. International career Schneider was a member of the United States national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He sharing catching duties with Jason Varitek and former Montreal Expos teammate Michael Barrett. Schneider went 0-for-6 in the tournament, but started the USA team's opener against Mexico. Personal life On November 6, 2004, Schneider married Jordan Sproat. The couple have four children; daughters, Tatum (b. 2007) and Haven (b. 2012) and sons, Calin (b. 2009) and Holden (b. 2010). The family currently lives in Jupiter, Florida, with their dog, Rookie. Catching For Kids Foundation In 2008, Brian Schneider's Catching for Kids Foundation was established to support children and their participation in sports by providing funding and creative programming. The foundation strives to enable children of all backgrounds and physical abilities to enjoy the games they love. Television In 2015, as part of a job-swap documentary for Irish television, Schneider moved to Kilkenny in Ireland to train and play hurling as a goalkeeper for James Stephens; in return, Jackie Tyrrell trained with the Florida-based Major League Baseball team Miami Marlins. References External links Brian Schneider at Ultimate Mets Database 1976 births Living people People from Northampton County, Pennsylvania People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Northampton Area High School alumni American expatriate baseball players in Canada American hurlers Major League Baseball catchers Baseball coaches from Florida Baseball coaches from Pennsylvania Baseball players from Florida Baseball players from Pennsylvania Montreal Expos players Washington Nationals players Philadelphia Phillies players New York Mets players Miami Marlins coaches New York Mets coaches Cape Fear Crocs players Clearwater Threshers players Delmarva Shorebirds players Gulf Coast Expos players Harrisburg Senators players Hurling goalkeepers Jupiter Hammerheads players Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Ottawa Lynx players Potomac Nationals players Reading Phillies players World Baseball Classic players of the United States 2006 World Baseball Classic players

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John Allen

John Allen may refer to: Academia John Allen (historian) (1771–1843), Scottish historian and political writer John Allen (bookseller) (1789–1829), English bookseller and antiquary John S. Allen (1907–1982), American university president Business and industry John Allen (miner) (1775–?), English lead miner aboard the HMS Investigator John Allen (trade unionist) (1804–1888), Irish trade union leader John Allen (saloon keeper) (1823–1870), American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City Military John Allen (soldier) (1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812 John M. Allen (soldier) (died 1847), American soldier; first mayor of Galveston, Texas John Allen (Irish nationalist) (died 1855), Irish nationalist and colonel in the French army John R. Allen Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general John J. Allen (general), United States Air Force general Politics and law New Zealand John Southgate Allen (1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council John Manchester Allen (1901–1941), New Zealand politician John Allen (diplomat) (fl. 2009–2011), Administrator of Tokelau United Kingdom John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen (1660–1726), Irish peer and politician John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (1713–1745), Irish peer and politician John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (died 1753), Irish peer and politician John Hensleigh Allen (1769–1843), English politician; Member of Parliament for Pembroke Sir John Sandeman Allen (Liverpool West Derby MP) (1865–1935), British politician; Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby John Sandeman Allen (Birkenhead West MP) (1892–1949), British politician; Member of Parliament for Birkenhead West United States John Allen (Connecticut politician) (1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut John J. Allen (judge) (1797–1871), American jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia John W. Allen (1802–1887), American politician; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), American politician in the Texas House of Representatives; founder of Houston John J. Allen (New York politician) (1842–1926), American politician in the New York State Assembly John Howard Allen (1845–?), American politician; mayor of Orlando, Florida John B. Allen (1845–1903), American politician; first U.S. Senator from Washington John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. Representative from Mississippi John Clayton Allen (1860–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois John J. Allen Jr. (1899–1995), U.S. Representative from California John Allen (Arizona politician), American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives Other countries John Campbell Allen (1817–1898), Canadian justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court John J. Allen (Canadian politician) (1871–1935), Canadian politician; mayor of Ottawa Religion John Allin (Puritan minister) (1596–1671), or Allen, English born Puritan cleric in Massachusetts John Allen (minister) (1741/2–1780s), English Baptist minister who supported the independence of America John Allen (religious writer) (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer John Allen (archdeacon of Chester) (died 1695) John Allen (archdeacon of Salop) (1810–1886), Welsh cleric John Allen (provost of Wakefield) (1932–2015), English Anglican Provost of Wakefield Cathedral John L. Allen Jr. (born 1965), American religion journalist Science and medicine John Allen (physician) (c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor John Romilly Allen (1847–1907), British archaeologist John F. Allen (physicist) (Jack Allen, 1908–2001), Canadian physicist who worked on superfluid helium John P. Allen (born 1929), American ecologist and engineer; co-founder of the Biosphere 2 Center John R. L. 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George III of Georgia

George III () (died 27 March 1184), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 8th King of Georgia from 1156 to 1184. He became king when his father, Demetrius I, died in 1156, which was preceded by his brother's revolt against their father in 1154. His reign was part of what would be called the Georgian Golden Age – a historical period in the High Middle Ages, during which the Kingdom of Georgia reached the peak of its military power and development. George was the father of Queen Tamar the Great. Life He succeeded on his father Demetrius I's death in 1156. He changed his father's defensive policy into a more aggressive one and resumed offensive against the neighboring Seljuqid rulers in Armenia. The same year he ascended to the throne, George launched a successful campaign against the Shah-Armens. It may be said that the Shah-Armen took part in almost all the campaigns undertaken against Georgia between 1130s to 1160s. Moreover, Shah-Armens enlisted the assistance of Georgian feudals disaffected with the Georgian monarchs and gave them asylum. In 1156 the Ani's Christian population rose against the emir Fakr al-Din Shaddad, a vassal of George III, and turned the town over to his brother Fadl ibn Mahmud. But Fadl, too, apparently could not satisfy the people of Ani, and this time the town was offered to the George III, who took advantage of this offer and subjugated Ani, appointing his general Ivane Orbeli as its ruler in 1161. A coalition consisting of the ruler of Ahlat, Shah-Armen Sökmen II, the ruler of Diyarbekir, Kotb ad-Din il-Ghazi, Al-Malik of Erzerum, and others was formed as soon as the Georgians seized the town, but the latter defeated the allies. He then marched against one of the members of the coalition, the king of Erzerum, and in the same year, 1161, defeated and made him prisoner, but then released him for a large ransom. The capture of Ani and the defeat of the Saltukid-forces enabled the Georgian king to march on Dvin. The following year in August/September 1162, Dvin was temporarily occupied and sacked, the non-Christian population was pillaged and the Georgian troops returned home loaded with booty. The king appointed Ananiya, a member of the local feudal nobility to govern the town. A coalition of Muslim rulers led by Shams al-Din Eldiguz, ruler of Adarbadagan and some other regions, embarked upon a campaign against Georgia in early 1163. He was joined by the Shah-Armen Sökmen II, Ak-Sunkur, ruler of Maragha, and others. With an army of 50,000 troops they marched on Georgia. The Georgian army was defeated. The enemy took the fortress of Gagi, laid waste as far as the region of Gagi and Gegharkunik, seized prisoners and booty, and then moved to Ani. The Muslim rulers were jubilant, and they prepared for a new campaign. However, this time they were forestalled by George III, who marched into Arran at the beginning of 1166, occupied a region extending to Ganja, devastated the land and turn back with prisoners and booty. In 1167, George III marched to defend his vassal Shah Aghsartan of Shirvan against the Khazar and Kipchak assaults and strengthened the Georgian dominance in the area. There seemed to be no end to the war between George III and atabeg Eldiguz. But the belligerents were exhausted to such an extent that Eldiguz proposed an armistice. George had no choice but to make peace. He restored Ani to its former rulers, the Shaddadids, who became his vassals. The Shaddadids, ruled the town for about 10 years, but in 1174 King George took the Shahanshah ibn Mahmud as a prisoner and occupied Ani once again. Ivane Orbeli, was appointed governor of the town. Throughout this period, the Georgian army was swelling with Armenian volunteers, enthusiastically participating in the Iiberation of their country. In 1177, the nobles of the realm attempted to replace George with his nephew Demna. Being a son of George III's late elder brother David V, Demna was considered by many as a legitimate pretender to the Georgian throne. Approximately 30,000 rebel forces under Demna's father-in-law Ivane Orbeli strengthened their positions at the citadel of Lore. Ivane decided to request aid from neighbouring kingdoms. In particular, they requested aid from Shah-Armens and Eldiguzids, but no assistance was forthcoming. George III was able to crush the revolt and embarked on a crackdown campaign on the defiant aristocratic clans; Demna was blinded and castrated and most of his in-laws murdered. Ivane Orbeli was put to death and the surviving members of his family were driven out of Georgia. Sargis I Mkhargrdzeli was appointed as a governor of Ani. In 1178, George III appointed his daughter and heiress Tamar as co-ruler to forestall any succession dispute. She duly succeeded him after his death. He was buried at Gelati Monastery, western Georgia. Marriage and children In ca. 1155, George married Burdukhan (Gurandukht), daughter of Khuddan, King of Alania. They had two daughters: Tamar, who succeeded him as ruler. Rusudan, married Manuel Komnenos (born 1145), the eldest son of Andronikos I who was briefly Byzantine emperor. Rusudan and Manuel were the parents of Alexios and David, founders of the Empire of Trebizond. See also List of Georgian Kings External links The unification of feudal Georgia Genealogy Kings of Georgia 1184 deaths Eastern Orthodox monarchs Year of birth unknown Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Georgia

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George Robinson

George Robinson may refer to: Politics and government George Robinson (1687–1728), British Member of Parliament for Tregony Sir George Robinson, 5th Baronet (1730–1815) of Cranford, British landowner and politician George Robinson (Pittsburgh) (fl. 1794-c. 1800), first Chief Burgess of the borough of Pittsburgh Sir George Robinson, 1st Baronet (1758–1832) of Batts House, Somerset, British MP and Chairman of the East India Company Sir George Robinson, 6th Baronet (1766–1833) of Cranford, British landowner and Member of Parliament Sir George Robinson, 2nd Baronet (1797–1855) of Batts House, Somerset, Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China George Richard Robinson, British Member of Parliament for Worcester and Poole, elected in 1826 and 1835 George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827–1909), British Liberal politician George M. Robinson, Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1850 George D. Robinson (1834–1896), Governor of Massachusetts George Robinson (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1941), Democratic Unionist Party politician George S. Robinson (born 1945), North Carolina legislator Sports George Robinson (cricketer, born 1861) (1861–1944), played first-class cricket for Oxford University George Robinson (cricketer, born 1873) (1873–1930), English cricketer George Robinson (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1945), footballer for Nottingham Forest F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C. George Robinson (Australian footballer) (1901–1962), Australian rules footballer George Robinson (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1963), English footballer for Sunderland George Robinson (cricketer, born 1908) (1908–1967), English cricketer George Robinson (Australian cricketer) (1921–1999), Australian cricketer and doctor George Robinson (New Zealand footballer) (fl. 1947), New Zealand international footballer George Robinson (cricketer, born 1949), English cricketer George Robinson (American football) (born 1986), offensive lineman for the Oklahoma Sooners George Robinson (rugby league), Australian rugby league player Entertainment George Wade Robinson (1838–1877), poet and hymnist from Cork, Ireland George O. Robinson (fl. 1860), composer of "The Palmetto State Song" George Robinson (cinematographer) (1890–1958), Hollywood cinematographer (1917–1957), see Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) George Robinson (actor) (born 1997), British actor Other people George Robinson (swindler), English stockbroker and swindler in the 1720s and early 1730s George Robinson (bookseller) (1736–1801). English bookseller and publisher George Augustus Robinson (1791–1866), builder and preacher in Australia George W. Robinson (1814–1878), leader during the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement George Thomas Robinson (1827–1897), English architect George F. Robinson (1832–1907), U.S. Army soldier who save Sec. of State Seward from assassination George Livingston Robinson (1863–1958), author, biblical scholar, explorer, and lecturer George Drummond Robinson (1864–1950), British physician George T.O. Robinson (1922–2006), founding member of the Krio Descendants Union George Willard Robinson (born 1946), museum curator for whom georgerobinsonite is named George William Robinson (1815–1895), British entrepreneur in the Portuguese cork sector George Robinson (hedge fund manager) (born 1956), hedge fund manager and benefactor of Keble College, Oxford George Robinson (fl. 1960s), microbiologist with US Microbics George Robinson, a 62-year-old black man killed on January 13, 2019 by police in Jackson, Mississippi

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Carlos Ortega

Carlos Alfonso Ortega Carvajal (born c. 1945) is a former union and political leader in Venezuela. Ortega, then head of Fedepetrol, the oil workers union, was elected leader of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV) union federation in 2001. He played an important role during the Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003, resulting in a 16-year prison term. Ortega ultimately escaped from prison on 13 August 2006. Head of CTV In 2001, Ortega was elected leader of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV), then the largest trade union federation in Venezuela. The results were disputed and the Supreme Court refused to ratify them. In April 2002, under Carlos Ortega's leadership, the CTV declared a national strike, to protest against the perceived increasingly dictatorial policies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. This culminated in a protest march to Miraflores Palace. After violence resulted in the death of 19 people, President Chávez was briefly removed from power in the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état. Between December 2002 and February 2003, CTV and Fedecámaras carried out a joint strike work stoppage, the Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003. Chávez had moved in late 2002 to implement greater control over the state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and its revenues. For two months following December 2, 2002, Chávez faced a strike organized by the PDVSA management who sought to force Chávez out of office by completely removing his access to the all-important government oil revenue. The strike, led by a coalition of labor unions and oil workers, sought to halt the activities of the PDVSA, and for some time successfully did so. Charges and asylum After charges were brought against Ortega in relation to the strike, he was granted asylum from the embassy of Costa Rica on March 14, 2003, and left Venezuela on March 27, 2003. On March 30, 2004 Ortega's asylum in Costa Rica was revoked after he failed to comply with the rules set by the government of Costa Rica when the asylum was granted: "he reportedly told a meeting in Miami, Florida, that he would return to Venezuela to work clandestinely to remove the government of Hugo Chavez." The Costa Rican government said Ortega had twice been warned about using his freedom of speech responsibly. After this Ortega left Costa Rica. On March 1, 2005, nearly one year after his exile to Costa Rica, Ortega was apprehended outside a Caracas nightclub. On 13 December 2005, Ortega was sentenced to 16 years for his role in the strike. He escaped from the Ramo Verde penitentiary with 3 accomplices, Jesús Faría Rodríquez, Darío Faría Rodríguez and Rafael Faría Villasmil, on 13 August 2006. His escape may have been facilitated by authorities. Carlos Roa, Ortega's lawyer, expressed surprise when hearing of the news and had doubts of its truth. The Attorney General's office announced that an inquiry would be made into "everyone showing solidarity and support" for Ortega's escape, and that those who "praised the incident" could be charged under Article 285 of the Penal Code, which "labels generic or indirect solicitation as a crime. Based on this assumption, publicity is also a requirement. This behavior can be established in three ways -solicitation to disobey laws, hatred among citizens and apology of a crime or defense of people who put public peace in jeopardy." In September 2007 Venezuelan ambassador Armando José Laguna claimed that the Venezuelan government had discovered that Ortega had been residing in Lima citing photos of Ortega at a restaurant in Lima as proof. Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde later confirmed the claim made by the Venezuelan government and stated that Ortega had been granted political asylum on the basis of "humanitarian reasons". References Human rights abuses in Venezuela Living people Venezuelan trade unionists Trade union leaders 1940s births Venezuelan exiles

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Murray%20%28oceanographer%29

John Murray (oceanographer)

Sir John Murray (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of modern oceanography. Early life and education Murray was born at Cobourg, Canada West (now Ontario) on 3 March 1841. He was the second son of Robert Murray, an accountant, and his wife Elizabeth Macfarlane. His parents had emigrated from Scotland to Ontario in about 1834. He went to school in London, Ontario and later to Cobourg College. In 1858, at the age of 17 he returned to Scotland to live with his grandfather, John Macfarlane, and continue his education at Stirling High School. In 1864 he enrolled at University of Edinburgh to study medicine however he did not complete his studies and did not graduate. In 1868 he joined the whaling ship, Jan Mayen, as ship's surgeon and visited Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen Island. During the seven-month trip, he collected marine specimens and recorded ocean currents, ice movements and the weather. On his return to Edinburgh he re-entered the University to complete his studies (1868–72) in geology under Sir Archibald Geikie. Challenger Expedition In 1872 Murray assisted in preparing scientific apparatus for the Challenger Expedition under the direction of the expedition's chief scientist, Charles Wyville Thomson. When a position on the expedition became available Murray joined the crew as a naturalist. During the four-year voyage, he assisted in the research of the oceans including collecting marine samples, making and noting observations, and making improvements to marine instrumentation. After the expedition, Murray was appointed Chief Assistant at the Challenger offices in Edinburgh where he managed and organised the collection. After Thomson's death in 1882, Murray became Director of the office and in 1896 published The Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of HMS Challenger, a work of more than 50 volumes of reports. Murray renamed his house, on Boswall Road in northern Edinburgh, Challenger Lodge in recognition of the expedition. The building now houses St Columba's Hospice. Marine Laboratory, Granton In 1884, Murray set up the Marine Laboratory at Granton, Edinburgh, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. In 1894, this laboratory was moved to Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, on the Firth of Clyde, and became the University Marine Biological Station, Millport, the forerunner of today's Scottish Association for Marine Science at Dunstaffnage, near Oban, Argyll and Bute. Bathymetrical survey of the fresh-water lochs of Scotland After completing the Challenger Expedition reports, Murray began work surveying the freshwater lochs of Scotland. He was assisted by Frederick Pullar and over a period of three years, they surveyed 15 lochs together. In 1901 Pullar drowned as a result of an ice-skating accident which caused Murray to consider abandoning the survey work. However, Pullar's father, Laurence Pullar, persuaded him to continue and gave £10,000 towards the completion of the survey. Murray coordinated a team of nearly 50 people who took more than 60,000 individual depth soundings and recorded other physical characteristics of the 562 lochs. The resulting 6 volume Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland was published in 1910. The cartographer John George Bartholomew, who strove to advance geographical and scientific understanding through his cartographic work, drafted and published all the maps of the Survey. North Atlantic oceanographic expedition In 1909 Murray indicated to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea that an oceanographic survey of the North Atlantic should be undertaken. After Murray agreed to pay all expenses, the Norwegian Government lent him the research ship Michael Sars and its scientific crew. He was joined on board by the Norwegian marine biologist Johan Hjort and the ship departed Plymouth in April 1910 for a four-month expedition to take physical and biological observations at all depths between Europe and North America. Murray and Hjort published their findings in The Depths of the Ocean in 1912 and it became a classic for marine naturalists and oceanographers. He was the first to note the existence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and of oceanic trenches. He also noted the presence of deposits derived from the Saharan desert in deep ocean sediments and published many papers on his findings. Awards, recognition and legacy Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1877) Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1877) Makdougall Brisbane Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1884) Founder's Medal from the Royal Geographical Society (1895) Fellow of the Royal Society (1896) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1898) Cullum Geographical Medal from the American Geographical Society (1899) Clarke Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales (1900) Livingstone Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1910) Vega Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (1912) Other awards included the Cuvier Prize and Medal from the Institut de France and the Humboldt Medal of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin. He was president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1898 to 1904. In 1911, Murray founded the Alexander Agassiz Medal which is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences, in memory of his friend Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910). After his death his estate funded the John Murray Travelling Studentship Fund and the 1933 John Murray Mabahiss Expedition to the Indian Ocean. Death Murray lived at Challenger Lodge (renamed after his expedition) on Boswall Road in Trinity, Edinburgh, with commanding views over the Firth of Forth. In 1905 he and his family rented the House of Falkland for one year. Murray was killed when his car overturned west of his home on 16 March 1914 at Kirkliston near Edinburgh. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh on the central path of the north section in the original cemetery. His home was converted into St Columba's Hospice in 1977. Tribute The John Murray Laboratories at the University of Edinburgh, the John Murray Society at the University of Newcastle and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency research vessel, the S.V. Sir John Murray, and the Murray Glacier are named after him. Animals named in his honor include Cirrothauma murrayi, an almost blind octopus that lives at depths from to and the Murrayonida order of sea sponges are named after Murray. Silvascincus murrayi (Murray's skink), a species of Australian lizard, is named in his honour. Trachyrhynchus murrayi Günther, 1887 Phallonemertes murrayi (Brinkmann, 1912) Murrayona Kirkpatrick, 1910 Stellitethya murrayi Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 Triglops murrayi Günther, 1888 Munneurycope murrayi (Walker, 1903) Lanceola murrayi Norman, 1900 Potamethus murrayi (M'Intosh, 1916) Mesothuria murrayi (Théel, 1886) Bythotiara murrayi Günther, 1903 Anthoptilum murrayi Kölliker, 1880 Sophrosyne murrayi Stebbing, 1888 Millepora murrayi Quelch, 1886 Phascolion murrayi Stephen, 1941 Munnopsurus murrayi (Walker, 1903) Cirrothauma murrayi Chun, 1911 Culeolus murrayi Herdman, 1881 Deltocyathus murrayi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) Psammastra murrayi Sollas, 1886 Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888 Pythonaster murrayi Sladen, 1889 Botanical references See also European and American voyages of scientific exploration References External links On the 1910 Murray and Hjort expedition and the Cirrothauma murrayi octopus 1841 births 1914 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People from Cobourg Road incident deaths in Scotland People educated at Stirling High School Canadian people of Scottish descent Scottish biologists Scottish explorers Scottish non-fiction writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Pre-Confederation Ontario people Royal Medal winners Recipients of the Cullum Geographical Medal Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Scottish marine biologists Scottish oceanographers Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Presidents of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Burials at the Dean Cemetery Scottish surgeons British limnologists Scottish naturalists

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John Humphries

John Humphries may refer to: John Humphries (author), Welsh journalist, author and politician John Humphries (baseball) (1861–1933), Canadian baseball player See also John Humphreys (disambiguation)

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John Parker (Canadian politician)

John L. Parker (born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for York East from 1995 to 1999. From 2006 to 2014 he was a Toronto city councillor for Ward 26, which includes the neighbourhoods of Leaside and Flemingdon Park. From 2010 to 2014 he was appointed as Deputy Speaker. Background Parker graduated from the University of Toronto, then Osgoode Hall Law School in 1980, and worked as a lawyer. After moving to the Leaside area he became active in the community and was a founding member of the board of the Bessborough Child Care Centre. He is a member of the Leaside United Church. He has coached community baseball, soccer and hockey teams. He served on the Board of the Leaside Hockey Rink and chaired the East York Committee of Adjustment. In 2001, Parker helped found the Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians. The association's objectives include offering experience in support of parliamentary democracy in a non-partisan way and to foster good relations between current members. Parker serves on the Board of Directors of the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, a non-partisan, charitable organization that facilitates education, discussion and debate about Canada’s parliamentary democracy. Provincial politics He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Gary Malkowski by 3,263 votes in the riding of York East. He served in Mike Harris's government for the next four years. During that time he was parliamentary assistant to Native Affairs. In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103. This change resulted in some sitting MPPs having to compete against one another in the 1999 provincial election. Parker ran against Liberal Mike Colle in the newly created riding of Eglinton—Lawrence, and was defeated by 11,307 votes. Colle received 56.85 percent of the popular vote compared to Parker's 29.72 percent. Municipal politics In 2006, Parker was elected as the City Councillor for Toronto's Ward 26. In a field of 15 candidates, Parker prevailed by a margin of 215 votes over runner-up Mohamed Dhanani. Parker received a total of 3,369 votes which amounted to just 20% of the popular vote. Parker has received low grades on environmental issues. In 2008, the Toronto Environmental Alliance issued Parker an "F" grade for what they perceived to be an egregious voting record in 2007-2008. While he is widely considered to be a right-wing councillor, Parker has received poor performance grades from the editorial boards of traditionally conservative newspapers in Ontario. The National Post and Toronto Sun gave Parker "C" grades in "report cards" these outlets issued for Toronto City Councillors in 2007 and 2010 respectively. November 21, 2011, the Toronto Sun scored Councillor Parker an "A+". In November 18, 2012, Toronto Taxpayer Coalition report card gave a rating of "B" In 2010, Parker was re-elected in Ward 26. He tallied the most votes in a three-way race between previous contender Dhanani and newcomer Jon Burnside. The Toronto Sun supported Parker giving him the recommendation as "a hard-wired East Yorker, who brings a conservative ethic and is not easily panicked." He was selected to be Deputy Speaker in December 2010. On October 27, 2014 Parker was defeated by Jon Burnside during the 2014 municipal elections and was the only incumbent defeated in the 2014 elections. Election results Unofficial results as of October 26, 2010 03:55 am References External links 1954 births Lawyers in Ontario Living people Members of the United Church of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Osgoode Hall Law School alumni Toronto city councillors University of Toronto alumni

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William Colepaugh

William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 – March 16, 2005) was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve ("for the good of the service", according to official reports), defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. While a crewman on a repatriation ship that stopped off in Lisbon, Colepaugh defected at the German consulate. Colepaugh had attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey. Secret agent Colepaugh was given extensive firearms and espionage training at a spy-school in the German-occupied The Hague. He spoke virtually no German. With the German agent Erich Gimpel, he was transported back to the United States by the , landing at Hancock Point in the Gulf of Maine on 29 November 1944. Their mission, Operation Elster ("Magpie"), was to gather technical information on the Allied war effort and transmit it back to Germany using a radio they were expected to build. Together Colepaugh and Gimpel made their way to Boston and then by train to New York. Soon, Colepaugh abandoned the mission, taking US$48,000 ($ today) of the currency they had brought and spending a month partying and carousing with local women. After spending $1,500 ($ today) in less than a month, Colepaugh visited an old schoolfriend and asked for help to turn himself in to the FBI, hoping for immunity. The FBI was already searching for the two German agents following the sinking of a Canadian ship a few miles from the Maine coastline (indicating a U-boat had been nearby) and reports of suspicious sightings by local residents. The FBI interrogated Colepaugh, which then enabled them to track down Gimpel. After their capture, the pair were handed over to U.S. military authorities on the instructions of the Attorney General. In February 1945, they stood trial before a Military Commission, accused of conspiracy and violating the 82nd Article of War. They were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, although this was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment by President Harry Truman. Gimpel was paroled in 1955; Colepaugh was paroled in 1960. Last years After his release, Colepaugh moved to King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, where he worked in a print shop. He subsequently owned and operated a retail business that sold lockers, desks and other metal office products he had learned to build in prison. He married and participated in community activities, volunteered with the Boy Scouts and became a member of Rotary. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease in 2005. Gimpel and Colepaugh are believed to have been the last German spies in World War II who reached the United States. See also John Codd Erich Gimpel References External links Article on Colepaugh and Gimpel at fas.org Allied report on the interrogation of Colepaugh and Gimpel at ibiblio.org Contains a report on Colepaugh and Gimpel at navy.mil On A Dark and Stormy Night (archived) CRS Report for Congress "Military Tribunals: The Quirin Precedent," March 26, 2002 G-Men Grab Two Nazi Spies 1918 births 2005 deaths People from East Lyme, Connecticut American sailors American collaborators with Nazi Germany Admiral Farragut Academy alumni Deaths from Alzheimer's disease American people convicted of spying for Nazi Germany United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Navy reservists United States Navy sailors American prisoners sentenced to death American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to death by the United States military Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States military Neurological disease deaths in Pennsylvania

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Billy Sims

Billy Ray Sims (born September 18, 1955) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the 1980s. Sims played college football for the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time consensus All-American, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1978. He was the first overall pick in the 1980 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's Detroit Lions. Sims was the last Oklahoma player taken Number 1 overall in the NFL Draft until quarterback Sam Bradford was taken first in the 2010 NFL Draft. He was given the nickname "Kung Fu Billy Sims" by ESPN's Chris Berman, after a game where the Detroit Lions played the Houston Oilers. In the NFL Films highlight, rather than be tackled during a rushing attempt, Sims ran at, jumped, and, while fully airborne, kicked Oilers Cornerback Steve Brown in the head. Early years Sims was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but in the eighth grade he moved to Hooks, Texas, to live with his grandmother. Sims initially played baseball and grew up a St. Louis Cardinals fan. He showed no interest in football until moving to Texas. In three years of varsity football at Hooks High School, he rushed 1,128 times (a state record at the time, currently second behind Robert Strait) for 7,738 yards, including 441 carries in 1973 (another state record at the time, currently tied for second behind Ketric Sanford). Sims' 38 games with 100 yards or more rushing (1972-1974) is tied for third place in all-time Texas high school records (with Ken Hall and Steve Worster) behind Robert Strait's 41 games, and Wes Danaher's 43 100-yard games. College career Sims attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for coach Barry Switzer's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1975 to 1979. After playing only one game in his freshman year of 1975, injuries kept Sims out of the lineup for most of his sophomore season, which allowed him to red-shirt to gain an extra year of eligibility. Injuries continued to plague Sims for half of his (red-shirt) sophomore season in 1977 (he rushed for only 545 yards total in two seasons in 1975 and 1977, plus one game in 1976.) In 1978, Sims rushed for 1,762 yards on 231 carries as a red-shirt junior, averaging 7.6 yards per carry. Including the postseason, Sims had 1,896 yards. Both the before and after bowl game totals led the NCAA. He also set a total yardage school record that stood until 2004, when freshman Adrian Peterson ran for 1,925 yards. Subsequently, Sims was awarded the Heisman Trophy for the 1978 season, becoming only the sixth junior to do so. He was runner-up for the Heisman the following season in 1979, coming in second to Charles White of USC. In 1979, against then-unbeaten Nebraska, who had the No. 1 rushing defense in the country at the time, Sims ran for 247 yards and helped the Sooners to a 17–14 win. Including the bowl game he had 248 attempts for 1,670 yards, averaging 6.7 yards per carry, and scored 23 touchdowns. He also became the first running back in Big 8 Conference (now merged to form the Big 12 Conference) history to rush for 200-yards in three consecutive games, and had four 200-yard games in a single season. After losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks 31–6 in 1978, Sims led the Sooners to two consecutive Orange Bowl titles in three straight appearances. In the Orange Bowl following the 1978 season, he rushed for 134 yards and scored two touchdowns in a 31–24 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In his final game, he ran for 164 yards as Oklahoma beat the previously-undefeated Florida State Seminoles by a score of 24–7. Sims ended his career at OU with 3,813 yards; most of those yards came in his final two seasons. College statistics * Includes bowl games. Professional career As he expected, Sims was the first overall pick in the 1980 NFL Draft. He spent his career with the Detroit Lions, making the Pro Bowl in 1980, 1981, and 1982. Sims led Detroit to the playoffs in 1982 and 1983, but they lost in their first game in both appearances. In the 1983 NFC divisional playoff game at Candlestick Park against the San Francisco 49ers, Sims ran for 114 yards on 20 carries, but Joe Montana led the 49ers to a comeback victory, as Detroit kicker Eddie Murray missed a potential game-winning field goal in the waning moments. In 1983, Sims' agent, Jerry Argovitz, took control of a USFL expansion franchise, the Houston Gamblers. On July 1, 1983, while seeking a new pact from the Lions, Sims secretly signed a five-year, $3.5 million contract with the Gamblers; in December, he also signed a new, five-year, $4.5 million contract extension with Detroit. The matter wound up in court, and on February 10, 1984, a federal judge voided the Houston pact, sending Sims back to Detroit. Sims' career ultimately ended midway through the 1984 season when he suffered a catastrophic right knee injury in a game against the Minnesota Vikings on October 21; in that game, Sims set the all-time Lions rushing record (now held by Barry Sanders) with 5,106 yards on 1,131 carries, or 4.5 yards per carry. Sims also caught 186 passes for 2,072 yards (11.1 yards per catch). He spent two years attempting to rehabilitate his knee before finally retiring in 1986. Sims remains a beloved sports figure in Detroit. His team uniform number 20 was worn five years after his retirement by Barry Sanders, and is currently retired as an unofficial "triumvirate" of the greatest Lions in the modern era to ever wear the number, which also includes Hall of Fame defensive back Lem Barney. Comeback attempt In 1988, four years after the knee injury that forced his retirement, Sims announced he was attempting a comeback with the Lions for the 1989 season. Speaking with Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom, Sims claimed to be "as fit as he was in 1983." He offered to play the season with a blank check, allowing Lions management to assess his value and fill in the salary amount accordingly. Sims hoped to meet with then-General Manager Russ Thomas and owner William Clay Ford, Sr. to discuss a spot on the team's roster. Despite some interest from Lions head coach Wayne Fontes, Sims never returned to the NFL. NFL career statistics Life after football Financial difficulties When Billy Sims retired from the Lions in 1984, he received a $1.9 million insurance settlement from Lloyd's of London, in addition to the several million dollars he earned during his playing career. Sims lost his accumulated wealth through a series of failed business ventures. His numerous businesses included a nightclub, a radio station, a dry cleaner, and a car parts manufacturer. Selling the Heisman In 1995, he sold his Heisman Trophy to Texas businessman Bob White, who had been a father figure to Sims since he was in the ninth grade; White's son played high school football with Sims. The trophy was sold to White with the agreement that it could be re-purchased by Sims by paying the original price plus 8.5% interest. Recent years In 2007, a bronze statue of Sims was dedicated on the University of Oklahoma campus in Heisman Park, commemorating his 1978 award. The life and one half size statue was created by sculptor Jim Franklin in his studio in Perry, Oklahoma. The bronze was cast by the Bronze Horse Foundry in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Sims began giving the "Boomer! Sooner!" Oklahoma cheer immediately following the naming of the winner at the Heisman Trophy induction ceremonies of the four most recent Oklahoma Sooner winners of the trophy, Jason White, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray and held up a sign reading "Boomer" during the 2009 Heisman ceremony. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995. Sims is honored in Hooks with Billy Sims Road, and the local library displays a collection of his photos; Sims said while at Oklahoma that he preferred his home town to big cities. He maintains 54 Billy Sims Barbecue restaurants franchises with co-founder Jeff Jackson. Career accomplishments High School (Hooks High School 1972–74, High School Coach: Jack Coleman) Consecutive 100-yard games: 38 (state record) Total 100-yard games: 38 Total points: 516 Carries-season: 441 (1973; 378 in 1974) Rushing yards in a seasons: 3,080 (1973; 2,885 in 1974) Career carries: 1,128 Total yards: 7,738 Collegiate Two-time All-American (1978, 1979) 1978 Heisman Trophy Winner 1978 Walter Camp Award 1978 AP & UPI College Player of the Year 1978 UPI Player of the Year 1978 Sporting News Player of the Year 1978 Harley Award Winner 1979 Heisman Runner-Up Orange Bowl Hall of Fame Trophy Big Eight Player of the Year (1978, 1979) Career carries: 538 Rushing yards per-carry: 7.1 Total yards: 4,118 (4,041 rushing; 3,890 regular season; 3,813 rushing – 77 receiving) Touchdowns: 52 (50 rushing) Total points: 312 (126 in 1978, 132 in 1979) NFL 3-Time Pro-Bowl selection 32nd – NFL All-Time Rushing Yards Per-Carry (4.515) 75th, along with Calvin Hill & Don Perkins, – NFL All-Time Rushing Touchdowns (42) 135th – NFL All-Time Rushing Yardage (5,106) 1st player to score 3 touchdowns in first NFL game. See also List of NCAA Division I FBS running backs with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns References External links 1955 births Living people African-American players of American football All-American college football players American football running backs College Football Hall of Fame inductees Detroit Lions players Heisman Trophy winners National Conference Pro Bowl players National Football League first overall draft picks National Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Award winners National Football League players with retired numbers Oklahoma Sooners football players Players of American football from St. Louis Players of American football from Texas People from Hooks, Texas 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople

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Richard Johnson (16th century)

Richard Johnson (1573 – c. 1659) was a British romance writer. All that is known of his biography is from internal evidence in his works: he was a London apprentice in the 1590s, and a freeman after 1600. Works Johnson's most famous work is The Famous Historie of the Seaven Champions of Christendom (c. 1596). He added a second and a third part in 1608 and 1616. His other stories include: Nine Worthies of London (1592); The Pleasant Walks of Moorefields (1607); The Pleasant Conceites of Old Hobson (1607), the hero being a well-known haberdasher in the Poultry; The Most Pleasant History of Tom a Lincolne (1607); A Remembrance of Robert Earle of Salisbury (1612); Looke on Me, London (1613); The History of Tom Thumbe (1621). The Crown Garland of Golden Roses set forth in Many Pleasant new Songs and Sonnets (1612) was reprinted for the Percy Society in 1842 and 1845. It includes the earliest surviving printed version of the story of Dick Whittington and His Cat. References Notes 1573 births 1650s deaths British romantic fiction writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century male writers 16th-century English novelists 17th-century English novelists Writers of Arthurian literature

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David Scott Blackhall

David Scott Blackhall was a radio personality, author and poet. Life and career He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire on 9 May 1910 to George William and Annie Blackhall. After an accident in his teens, in which he sustained a detached retina, he lost the sight in his left eye. He underwent an operation in about 1943 to restore some sight in this eye, but the operation was unsuccessful. The eyesight in his right eye began to seriously deteriorate in the 50s and an operation for cataracts was unsuccessful, leaving him totally blind by age 45. In 1961 his autobiography This House Had Windows was published in which he explained that he took three weeks to learn the system of braille. The 'David Scott Blackhall Award for Services to the Blind' was named in his honour by BBC radio's In Touch programme, a programme which Blackhall first hosted. Another award started in Blackhall's memory was the Patients' Aid Association's David Scott Blackhall Memorial Award which would award a cash prize to individuals making a positive impact to the blind community. Another blind colleague of Blackhall's at Radio 4 was Jill Allen-King. Blackhall was also a member of Rotary International since 1935 and, in 1942, founded the Rotary Club of Elstree & Borehamwood. In 1969 during one of his radio editions of "In Touch", he commented on a group of blind people who had climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and went on to say that Britain's highest mountain was Ben Nevis - if anyone was interested. It seemed they were, as he had a flood of letters from interested listeners who wished to make that climb. With the help of local people in the town of Fort William, a weekend was arranged at the Milton Hotel - appropriately Milton was a blind poet - and a group of 15 visually impaired men and women with local sighted companions and Blackhall at the helm, made the climb, arriving at the summit to the sound of the bagpipes, played by one of the group. It was a proud moment for him and the start of the Milton Mountaineers, who went on to meet annually to climb more of Britain's and Ireland's highest peaks. One of Blackhall's poems, "Prayer", is still recited by the leader of the Mountaineers at each summit. Other works of Blackhall's were Dark Is A Long Way, a radio play about his Blind experiences that was broadcast in Britain in September 1958. Blackhall hosted In Touch until a week before his death, on September 14, 1981, aged 71. He had three daughters: Anne (b. 1936), (Leader of the Milton Mountaineers from 1992 to 2005); Jane (b. 1940) and Susan (b. 1949) and was married to Edna (née Westwood). References 1910 births 1981 deaths Blind people from England People from Cirencester English radio personalities English autobiographers