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"Samuel Abbot",
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"Harvard University"
] | Education
Samuel Abbot pursued his preparatory studies in part under his brother Abiel, but was chiefly fitted for college at the public school at Andover, Massachusetts, which was known for the accuracy of its instruction and the scholars it offered for admission to universities. Samuel graduated from Harvard in 1808... | 4 |
[
"Samuel Abbot",
"given name",
"Samuel"
] | Biography
Origins
Samuel Abbot was the 11th of the 12 children of Abiel Abbot, a farmer and an early settler of Wilton, New Hampshire. His father was a staunch Whig, an officer of the militia during the Revolutionary War, often the representative from Wilton in the New Hampshire General Court, and much entrusted with ... | 7 |
[
"Samuel Abbot",
"place of birth",
"Wilton"
] | Biography
Origins
Samuel Abbot was the 11th of the 12 children of Abiel Abbot, a farmer and an early settler of Wilton, New Hampshire. His father was a staunch Whig, an officer of the militia during the Revolutionary War, often the representative from Wilton in the New Hampshire General Court, and much entrusted with ... | 10 |
[
"Vira Boarman Whitehouse",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Suffrage
Whitehouse became interested in suffrage after the Woman suffrage parade of 1913 erupted into violence. She marched in the May 1913 suffrage parade in New York City and volunteered with the Women's Political Union after the parade. Six months later Whitehouse gave her first outdoor suffrage speech.She was chai... | 0 |
[
"Vira Boarman Whitehouse",
"country of citizenship",
"United States of America"
] | Vira Boarman Whitehouse (September 16, 1875 – April 11, 1957) was an American suffragette, government official, and businessperson. She was the owner of the Whitehouse Leather Company and an early proponent of birth control. She directed the Swiss office of the Committee on Public Information in 1918.Early life
Vira Bo... | 1 |
[
"Vira Boarman Whitehouse",
"given name",
"Vira"
] | Early life
Vira Boarman was born in Abingdon, Virginia, September 16, 1875, to Robert Boarman and Cornelia Terrell.She attended Newcomb College in New Orleans and was a member of Pi Beta Phi.She married New York stockbroker James Norman de Rapelye Whitehouse (1858–1949) on April 13, 1898. They had one child, Alice Whit... | 3 |
[
"Vira Boarman Whitehouse",
"family name",
"Whitehouse"
] | Early life
Vira Boarman was born in Abingdon, Virginia, September 16, 1875, to Robert Boarman and Cornelia Terrell.She attended Newcomb College in New Orleans and was a member of Pi Beta Phi.She married New York stockbroker James Norman de Rapelye Whitehouse (1858–1949) on April 13, 1898. They had one child, Alice Whit... | 6 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party.Early life and education
Sim... | 1 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"relative",
"Booker T. Washington"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party.Early life and education
Sim... | 3 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"given name",
"Roscoe"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party.Early life and education
Sim... | 4 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"place of birth",
"Mississippi"
] | Early life and education
Simmons was born in Greenview, Mississippi in 1881. He was named after New York Republican congressman Roscoe Conkling. His sister was musician Alice Carter Simmons. Their father was principal at a school for African Americans in Hollandale, Mississippi. Simmons grew up in Aberdeen, Mississippi... | 5 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"occupation",
"writer"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party. | 10 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"employer",
"Chicago Tribune"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party. | 11 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"occupation",
"politician"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party. | 12 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"employer",
"Mark Hanna"
] | Early life and education
Simmons was born in Greenview, Mississippi in 1881. He was named after New York Republican congressman Roscoe Conkling. His sister was musician Alice Carter Simmons. Their father was principal at a school for African Americans in Hollandale, Mississippi. Simmons grew up in Aberdeen, Mississippi... | 13 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"employer",
"Chicago Defender"
] | Career
Simmons began his career as a reporter for the Pensacola Daily Press before moving to the Chicago Defender, where the growing popularity of his columns made him that newspaper's highest-paid employee and a staple of its front page. During World War I he reported from Europe on the conditions of African-American ... | 15 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"occupation",
"journalist"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party. | 17 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"named after",
"Roscoe Conkling"
] | Early life and education
Simmons was born in Greenview, Mississippi in 1881. He was named after New York Republican congressman Roscoe Conkling. His sister was musician Alice Carter Simmons. Their father was principal at a school for African Americans in Hollandale, Mississippi. Simmons grew up in Aberdeen, Mississippi... | 18 |
[
"Roscoe Simmons",
"occupation",
"orator"
] | Roscoe Conkling Simmons (June 20, 1881 – April 27, 1951) was an American orator, journalist, and political activist. The nephew of Booker T. Washington, he wrote a column from Washington, D.C. about African-American issues for the Chicago Tribune and was influential in the Republican Party.As part of a scheme by the M... | 20 |
[
"Walter Deane",
"place of birth",
"Boston"
] | Walter Deane (April 23, 1848 – July 30, 1930) was an American amateur botanist and ornithologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was a founding member of the New England Botanical Club and served as its president from 1908 to 1911. From 1897 to 1907 he was curator of Willia... | 2 |
[
"Walter Deane",
"educated at",
"Harvard University"
] | Walter Deane (April 23, 1848 – July 30, 1930) was an American amateur botanist and ornithologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was a founding member of the New England Botanical Club and served as its president from 1908 to 1911. From 1897 to 1907 he was curator of Willia... | 3 |
[
"Walter Deane",
"member of",
"New England Botanical Club"
] | Walter Deane (April 23, 1848 – July 30, 1930) was an American amateur botanist and ornithologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was a founding member of the New England Botanical Club and served as its president from 1908 to 1911. From 1897 to 1907 he was curator of Willia... | 11 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"place of birth",
"Nantucket"
] | Early life and education
Born Maria Tallant in Nantucket, she grew up in a wealthy family and could trace her lineage to the earliest white settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She studied at private institutions on the island and studied botany at home with her mother and sisters who were also avid collectors. Sh... | 4 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"given name",
"Maria"
] | Maria Tallant Owen (February 13, 1825 – June 8, 1913) was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.Early life and education
Born Maria Tallant in Nantucket, she grew up in a wealthy family and could trace her lineage to the earliest white s... | 5 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"family name",
"Owen"
] | Maria Tallant Owen (February 13, 1825 – June 8, 1913) was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.Early life and education
Born Maria Tallant in Nantucket, she grew up in a wealthy family and could trace her lineage to the earliest white s... | 6 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"occupation",
"botanical collector"
] | Maria Tallant Owen (February 13, 1825 – June 8, 1913) was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. | 7 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"occupation",
"botanist"
] | Maria Tallant Owen (February 13, 1825 – June 8, 1913) was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. | 8 |
[
"Maria Tallant Owen",
"family name",
"Tallant"
] | Maria Tallant Owen (February 13, 1825 – June 8, 1913) was an American botanist who compiled a detailed record of 19th century flora and algae on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.Early life and education
Born Maria Tallant in Nantucket, she grew up in a wealthy family and could trace her lineage to the earliest white s... | 13 |
[
"Ruth Holden",
"place of death",
"Russia"
] | Ruth Holden (November 27, 1890 – April 21, 1917) was an American paleobotanist and nurse, who died in Russia during World War I.Biography
Ruth Holden was born on November 27, 1890, in the city of Attleboro in Massachusetts. She grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden. She had two siblings, an o... | 2 |
[
"Ruth Holden",
"family name",
"Holden"
] | Ruth Holden (November 27, 1890 – April 21, 1917) was an American paleobotanist and nurse, who died in Russia during World War I.Biography
Ruth Holden was born on November 27, 1890, in the city of Attleboro in Massachusetts. She grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden. She had two siblings, an o... | 4 |
[
"Ruth Holden",
"occupation",
"nurse"
] | Ruth Holden (November 27, 1890 – April 21, 1917) was an American paleobotanist and nurse, who died in Russia during World War I.Biography
Ruth Holden was born on November 27, 1890, in the city of Attleboro in Massachusetts. She grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden. She had two siblings, an o... | 8 |
[
"Ruth Holden",
"occupation",
"paleobotanist"
] | Ruth Holden (November 27, 1890 – April 21, 1917) was an American paleobotanist and nurse, who died in Russia during World War I.Biography
Ruth Holden was born on November 27, 1890, in the city of Attleboro in Massachusetts. She grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden. She had two siblings, an o... | 9 |
[
"Ruth Holden",
"place of birth",
"Attleboro"
] | Biography
Ruth Holden was born on November 27, 1890, in the city of Attleboro in Massachusetts. She grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden. She had two siblings, an older sister, Alice, and a younger brother, John. Her father was a doctor.She was educated at Attleborough High School where she ... | 10 |
[
"Clara Mortenson Beyer",
"place of birth",
"Lake County"
] | Early life and education
Clara Mortenson Beyer was born on April 13, 1892, in Lake County, California. She was the sixth child of nine. Her parents were Danish immigrants, Mary Frederickson and Morten Mortenson. Morten Mortenson was a carpenter and unsuccessful chicken farmer, and was killed in a freak trolley acciden... | 4 |
[
"Clara Mortenson Beyer",
"family name",
"Beyer"
] | Clara Mortenson Beyer (April 13, 1892 – September 25, 1990) was a pioneer in labor economics and workers rights. She worked under Frances Perkins at the United States Department of Labor during the New Deal era, and was instrumental in implementing minimum wage legislation via the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Early... | 9 |
[
"Jane Maud Campbell",
"given name",
"Jane"
] | Jane Maud Campbell (March 13, 1869 – April 24, 1947) was a librarian known for being an early advocate for multiculturalism in libraries through her service to immigrant and minority populations. Campbell believed in cultural pluralism–that there was no one "American culture"–so while she supported immigrants' learning... | 4 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 0 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"educated at",
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 4 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"occupation",
"botanical collector"
] | Collecting
Minns created several collections over her lifetime. Her most notable was the collection she created from the age of 14 of art and literature relating to death and the Danse Macabre. Much of this collection was purchased by the University of Louvain through the generosity of Minns. Minns also created a colle... | 8 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"place of birth",
"Lincoln"
] | Early life
Minns was born to Frances Ann Parker and her husband Constant Freeman Minns on 21 August 1839 in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She began her education at private schools including the Cambridge School for Girls run by the naturalist Louis Agassiz. She also attended the Anderson School of Natural History set up by... | 10 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"occupation",
"collector"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 12 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"occupation",
"philanthropist"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 15 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"given name",
"Susanna"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 17 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"member of",
"Boston Society of Natural History"
] | Institution memberships and awards
Minns was a member of several institutions or societies. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Minns was also a member of the Boston Society of Natural History from 1877 and remained a member for over 50 years. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well as a Fellow of... | 18 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"award received",
"Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science"
] | Institution memberships and awards
Minns was a member of several institutions or societies. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Minns was also a member of the Boston Society of Natural History from 1877 and remained a member for over 50 years. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well as a Fellow of... | 19 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"sex or gender",
"female"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 20 |
[
"Susan Minns",
"family name",
"Minns"
] | Susan Minns (21 August 1839 – 2 August 1938) (born Susanna Minns) was an American biologist, philanthropist, and collector. She was one of the first women to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She created a notable and extensive collection of art and literature relating Danse Macabre, a portion of whic... | 23 |
[
"Faxon Atherton",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Early life
Faxon Dean Atherton was born on January 29, 1815, in Dedham, Massachusetts into an established New England family, with roots dating back to the colonial period of the United States. He was the son of Abner Atherton and Betsey Dean of Dedham, Massachusetts. His father was a sea captain, first married to Cath... | 0 |
[
"Faxon Atherton",
"country of citizenship",
"United States of America"
] | Faxon Dean Atherton (1815–1877) was an American businessman, trader and landowner; initially successful in Valparaíso, Chile. He became a prominent citizen of San Mateo County, California. Atherton, California, was named after him.Early life
Faxon Dean Atherton was born on January 29, 1815, in Dedham, Massachusetts int... | 1 |
[
"Faxon Atherton",
"archives at",
"California Historical Society"
] | The California Diary of Faxon Dean Atherton 1836–1839
Atherton gave an eyewitness account as a twenty-one year old Bostonian of his hide and tallow trading days in Mexican California. It also makes references to historic sites such as the
Mission San José and Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and the settlement of Alviso a... | 2 |
[
"Faxon Atherton",
"place of birth",
"Dedham"
] | Early life
Faxon Dean Atherton was born on January 29, 1815, in Dedham, Massachusetts into an established New England family, with roots dating back to the colonial period of the United States. He was the son of Abner Atherton and Betsey Dean of Dedham, Massachusetts. His father was a sea captain, first married to Cath... | 6 |
[
"William Leidesdorff",
"country of citizenship",
"Mexico"
] | William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. (October 23, 1810 – May 18, 1848) was one of the earliest biracial-black U.S. citizens in California and one of the founders of the city that became San Francisco. A highly successful, enterprising businessman, he was a West Indian immigrant of African Cuban, possibly Carib, Danish/Sw... | 2 |
[
"William Leidesdorff",
"occupation",
"businessperson"
] | Early life
Born in Christiansted in Saint Croix when the Virgin Islands were under Danish rule (Danish West Indies), William Leidesdorff, Jr. was the oldest son of four children of Danish sugar plantation manager Wilhelm Alexander Leidesdorff (who used Alexander Leidesdorff as his name) and his common-law wife Anna Mar... | 4 |
[
"William Leidesdorff",
"given name",
"William"
] | Career
Afterward, he migrated to New Orleans, where he operated as a master of shipping vessels after he was naturalized as a United States citizen. He held posts with firms associated with his father or perhaps his mentors. Ship manifest documents show Leidesdorff's working as Ship Captain and/or Master, 1834–1840, o... | 6 |
[
"William Leidesdorff",
"residence",
"Yerba Buena"
] | In San Francisco
On arriving at Yerba Buena, Leidesdorff, Jr. began to re-build his businesses. The village cove then only had thirty European-Mexican families, so it did not take long for the ambitious man to make an impact. He launched the first steamboat to operate on San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River; it w... | 7 |
[
"William Leidesdorff",
"place of burial",
"Mission San Francisco de Asís"
] | Personal life
Leidesdorff never married. According to the explorer John C. Fremont, he lived with a Russian woman while maintaining diplomatic relationships with the Russian community in Sitka, Alaska.William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. died of typhoid fever on May 18, 1848. On the day of his burial, the town was in mo... | 9 |
[
"Paul Kagan",
"family name",
"Kagan"
] | Paul Kagan (1943–1993) was an American photographer, graphic artist, and author.
A photographer, graphic artist and author, Kagan is remembered for the rock concert posters featuring his photographs published during San Francisco’s psychedelic Sixties and the book of photographs depicting Utopian communities he publish... | 16 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"field of work",
"civil and political rights"
] | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( dew-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at th... | 32 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"place of burial",
"Osu Castle"
] | Death in Africa
Nkrumah invited Du Bois to the Dominion of Ghana to participate in their independence celebration in 1957, but he was unable to attend because the U.S. government had confiscated his passport in 1951. By 1960 – the "Year of Africa" – Du Bois had recovered his passport, and was able to cross the Atlantic... | 41 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"place of birth",
"Great Barrington"
] | Early life
Family and childhood
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt's family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington and had long owned land in the stat... | 42 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"spouse",
"Shirley Graham Du Bois"
] | In 1950, at the age of 82, Du Bois ran for U.S. Senator from New York on the American Labor Party ticket and received about 200,000 votes, or 4% of the statewide total. He continued to believe that capitalism was the primary culprit responsible for the subjugation of colored people around the world, and although he rec... | 53 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"relative",
"Othello Burghardt"
] | Early life
Family and childhood
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to Alfred and Mary Silvina (née Burghardt) Du Bois. Mary Silvina Burghardt's family was part of the very small free black population of Great Barrington and had long owned land in the stat... | 57 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"place of burial",
"W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan African Culture"
] | Death in Africa
Nkrumah invited Du Bois to the Dominion of Ghana to participate in their independence celebration in 1957, but he was unable to attend because the U.S. government had confiscated his passport in 1951. By 1960 – the "Year of Africa" – Du Bois had recovered his passport, and was able to cross the Atlantic... | 75 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"child",
"Yolande Du Bois"
] | Personal life
Du Bois was organized and disciplined: his lifelong regimen was to rise at 7:15, work until 5:00, eat dinner and read a newspaper until 7:00, then read or socialize until he was in bed, invariably before 10:00. He was a meticulous planner, and frequently mapped out his schedules and goals on large pieces ... | 77 |
[
"W. E. B. Du Bois",
"spouse",
"Nina Gomer Du Bois"
] | Death in Africa
Nkrumah invited Du Bois to the Dominion of Ghana to participate in their independence celebration in 1957, but he was unable to attend because the U.S. government had confiscated his passport in 1951. By 1960 – the "Year of Africa" – Du Bois had recovered his passport, and was able to cross the Atlantic... | 78 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 0 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"country of citizenship",
"Germany"
] | Biography
Rugendas was born in Augsburg, then part of the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire, now (Germany), into the seventh generation of a family of noted painters and engravers of Augsburg (he was a great grandson of Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1666–1742, a celebrated painter of battles). He first st... | 1 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"languages spoken, written or signed",
"German"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 2 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"place of birth",
"Augsburg"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 4 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"place of death",
"Weilheim an der Teck"
] | Death
He died on 29 May 1858 in Weilheim an der Teck, Germany. King Maximilian II of Bavaria had acquired most of his works in exchange for a life pension. His painting Columbus Taking Possession of the New World (1855) has been on view at the Neue Pinakothek, in Munich. | 5 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"occupation",
"painter"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 8 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"residence",
"Augsburg"
] | On his return to Europe between 1825 and 1828, Rugendas lived successively in Paris, Augsburg and Munich, with the aim of learning new art techniques, such as oil painting. There, he published from 1827 to 1835, with the help of Victor Aimé Huber, his monumental book Voyage Pittoresque dans le Brésil (Picturesque Voyag... | 10 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 18 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"given name",
"Johann"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 26 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"given name",
"Moritz"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 27 |
[
"Johann Moritz Rugendas",
"notable work",
"View of the Valley of Mexico with Volcanoes and the Texcoco Lake"
] | Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin A... | 29 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"instance of",
"human"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 0 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"writing language",
"English"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 2 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"place of birth",
"Edinburgh"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 4 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"occupation",
"photographer"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 5 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"has works in the collection",
"Victoria and Albert Museum"
] | Legacy
Thomson was an accomplished photographer in many areas, including landscapes, portraiture, street photography, and architectural photography, and his legacy is one of outstanding quality and breadth of coverage. His photography from the Far East enlightened the Victorian audience of Britain about the land, peopl... | 12 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"occupation",
"geographer"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 20 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"has works in the collection",
"Wereldmuseum Rotterdam"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 24 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"family name",
"Thomson"
] | Early life
The son of William Thomson, a tobacco spinner and retail trader, and his wife Isabella Newlands, Thomson was born the eighth of nine children in Edinburgh in the year of Queen Victoria's accession. From 1841 the family lived at 6 Brighton Street in Edinburgh's South Side (now marked by a plaque).After his sc... | 28 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"has works in the collection",
"Museum of Modern Art"
] | Legacy
Thomson was an accomplished photographer in many areas, including landscapes, portraiture, street photography, and architectural photography, and his legacy is one of outstanding quality and breadth of coverage. His photography from the Far East enlightened the Victorian audience of Britain about the land, peopl... | 30 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"manner of death",
"natural causes"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 31 |
[
"John Thomson (photographer)",
"given name",
"John"
] | John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Upon returning home, his work among the street people of London c... | 33 |
[
"Yamashita Yoshitsugu",
"student of",
"Kanō Jigorō"
] | Biography
Early years
Yamashita was born in Kanazawa, then the capital of the powerful Kaga Domain. His father was of the samurai class. As a boy, Yamashita trained in the traditional (koryū) Japanese martial arts schools of Yōshin-ryū and Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jujutsu. In August 1884, he joined the Kodokan judo dojo of h... | 6 |
[
"Yamashita Yoshitsugu",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Yamashita Yoshitsugu (山下 義韶, February 16, 1865 – October 26, 1935), also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt (jūdan) rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously. He was also one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo ... | 9 |
[
"Yamashita Yoshitsugu",
"family name",
"Yamashita"
] | Biography
Early years
Yamashita was born in Kanazawa, then the capital of the powerful Kaga Domain. His father was of the samurai class. As a boy, Yamashita trained in the traditional (koryū) Japanese martial arts schools of Yōshin-ryū and Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jujutsu. In August 1884, he joined the Kodokan judo dojo of h... | 11 |
[
"Yamashita Yoshitsugu",
"occupation",
"judoka"
] | Yamashita Yoshitsugu (山下 義韶, February 16, 1865 – October 26, 1935), also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt (jūdan) rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously. He was also one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo ... | 12 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Lionel Delevingne (born in France) is an author, journalist, and photojournalist who has lived in the United States since 1975. According to Véronique Prévost of Figaro/Journal Français, "Delevingne is beholden to the lineage of great picture journalists, and his talent, if not his inspiration, makes you think of the m... | 0 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"place of birth",
"France"
] | Early life
Lionel Delevingne was born and raised in France. He studied education at Ecole Normale d'instituteurs d'Auteuil (ENI Paris), before moving permanently to the United States in 1975. He founded the publishing company Delevingne & Associates in 1980. | 2 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"archives at",
"University of Massachusetts Amherst"
] | Collections, solo exhibitions
His work is in the permanent collections of notable institutions including Fnac Galleries in Paris, France, Musee Nicephore Niepce in Chalon sur Saône , SUNY Arts Center in Albany, New York, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, Lowell City Library in Lowell, Massachusetts, the Smith Colleg... | 3 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"occupation",
"photographer"
] | Career
1970s: Environmental photos
After settling in Northampton, Massachusetts, and working as a writer/photographer for publications such as the Valley Advocate, and In These TimesLionel Delevingne became particularly known for his documentary photographs of the anti-nuclear power/safe energy movement. He provided ex... | 4 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Lionel Delevingne (born in France) is an author, journalist, and photojournalist who has lived in the United States since 1975. According to Véronique Prévost of Figaro/Journal Français, "Delevingne is beholden to the lineage of great picture journalists, and his talent, if not his inspiration, makes you think of the m... | 5 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"given name",
"Lionel"
] | Lionel Delevingne (born in France) is an author, journalist, and photojournalist who has lived in the United States since 1975. According to Véronique Prévost of Figaro/Journal Français, "Delevingne is beholden to the lineage of great picture journalists, and his talent, if not his inspiration, makes you think of the m... | 6 |
[
"Lionel Delevingne",
"family name",
"Delevingne"
] | Lionel Delevingne (born in France) is an author, journalist, and photojournalist who has lived in the United States since 1975. According to Véronique Prévost of Figaro/Journal Français, "Delevingne is beholden to the lineage of great picture journalists, and his talent, if not his inspiration, makes you think of the m... | 7 |
[
"Maurice A. Donahue",
"employer",
"University of Massachusetts Amherst"
] | Maurice A. Donahue (September 21, 1918 – January 13, 1999) was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1964 to 1971.
Donahue was first elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1950 after spending two years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He became the Senate Majority... | 6 |
[
"Maurice A. Donahue",
"member of political party",
"Democratic Party"
] | Maurice A. Donahue (September 21, 1918 – January 13, 1999) was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1964 to 1971.
Donahue was first elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1950 after spending two years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He became the Senate Majority... | 10 |
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