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Fleming Williams [SEP] date of death
Fleming Williams Fleming Williams (December 26, 1943 – 1992 or February 15, 1998) was an American singer known as a member of the group The Hues Corporation and as the lead singer on their hit "Rock the Boat". Background. Williams was a tenor from Flint, Michigan. An early group he was a member of was called the 21st G...
by the University of Reading - A profile stressing his travel writing - Peter Fleming genealogy. Retrieved 21 September 2007. - Peter Fleming's daughters - Source for the death date of his son Nicholas Fleming at ianfleming.org - Peter Fleming's rook rifle – a correspondence - Podcast talk and live blogging at the Shan...
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Francis Fortescue Urquhart [SEP] date of death
Francis Fortescue Urquhart Francis Fortescue Urquhart (1868–1934) was an English academic, the first Roman Catholic to act as a tutorial fellow in the University of Oxford since the 16th century. Life. He was born near Geneva in Switzerland, the son of David Urquhart and Harriet Angelina Fortescue. His father died in 1...
his classics degree as his mother's finances failed. In 1854 Urquhart married Harriet Angelina Fortescue, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, and the couple had three sons (one of whom, William, died aged only thirteen months; Francis Fortescue Urquhart was another), and two daughters. She wrote numerous articles in the "Diplom...
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Frank Wyatt [SEP] date of death
Frank Wyatt Frank Wyatt (7 November 1852 – 5 October 1926) was an English actor, singer, theatre manager and playwright. After beginning his career as an illustrator and painter, in 1877 Wyatt began a stage career in comedy, Victorian burlesque, pantomime and operetta. In 1884 he had success in a Shakespeare role in He...
1998, at Alfriston, Sussex. References. - England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983 1911 Q3–Jul–Aug-Sep Lymington (Hampshire), Vol 2b, Page 1202; Frank A A Wootton (Mother's maiden name Peppler) - England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2007 1998 April Eastbourne, Sussex C41E District 4541C Entry 231; Frank Albert A Woot...
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Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister [SEP] date of death
Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister (14 December 1820 – 2 March 1912), was the court secretary and State Council of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Pfistermeister entered history not only in the domain of politics but also in the domain of music, when in his first official administrative function he...
... hardly a minute too long... a British Film of glory... takes the screen by storm... a big spirited work" Cast. - Richard Burton as Richard Wagner - Gemma Craven as Minna Planer, later Wagner - Vanessa Redgrave as Cosima von Bülow, later Wagner - as Hans von Bülow - László Gálffi as King Ludwig II of Bavaria - Zoltá...
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Franz Xaver Fieber [SEP] date of death
Franz Xaver Fieber Franz Xaver Fieber (Prague, 1 March 1807 – Chrudim, 22 February 1872 ) was a German botanist and entomologist. He was the son of Franz Anton Fieber and Maria Anna née Hantsehl. He studied economics, management science and modern languages at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1824 to 1828....
Fieber (1807–1872), German botanist and entomologist - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789–1849), German inventor of a shorthand writing system named Gabelsberger shorthand - Franz Xaver Gebel (1787–1843), German composer, music teacher, and conductor - Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827), Bavarian bass singer and composer of the ...
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Franz Xaver Gruber [SEP] date of death
Franz Xaver Gruber Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863), was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night"). Life. Gruber was born on 25 November 1787 in the village of Hochburg-Ach,...
mayor of Buffalo, New York - Frankie J (Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr.) (born 1975), Mexican American popular singer - Frans Seda (Franciscus Xaverius Seda) (1926–2009), Indonesian finance minister under Sukarno and Suharto - František Xaver Dušek (Franz Xaver Duschek) (1731–1799), Czech composer, harpsichordist, and p...
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Franz-Josef Röder [SEP] date of death
Franz-Josef Röder Franz-Josef Röder (22 July 1909 in Merzig – 26 June 1979 in Saarbrücken) was a German politician of the CDU and from 1959 to 1979 Minister President of Saarland. He had been a member of the Nazi party from 1933 to 1945. Affiliation to various branches of the Nazi Party. Röder was closely associated wi...
), Prussian field marshal - Franz-Josef Röder (1909-1979), German politician - Friedrich Erhard von Röder (1768–1834), Prussian officer during the Napoleonic Wars - Klaus Röder (born 1948), German musician - Matthias Röder (born 1972), German canoeist - Mirro Roder (born 1944), Czech-born American football placekicker ...
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Friedrich Haag [SEP] date of death
Friedrich Haag Friedrich Haag (20 August 1856 – 8 December 1941) was a pioneering German crystallographer. An article written by Haag in the "" (a German crystallography journal) was used by M. C. Escher in his study of tessellation. External links. - (on German Wikipedia)
- Diego Bianconi - Gabriela Dauerer - Otto Eckmann (1882–1885) - Martin Eder (1993–1995) - Johannes Götz - Carl Haag - Adolf von Hildebrand - Karl Jäger - Friedrich August von Kaulbach - August von Kreling, director 1853–1874 - Richard Lindner - Johann Daniel Preissler - Michael Mathias Prechtl - Johann Daniel Preissle...
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Gabriel Furman [SEP] date of death
Gabriel Furman Gabriel Furman (January 23, 1800 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York — November 11, 1854 Brooklyn) was an American lawyer, historian and politician from New York. Life. He was the son of Judge William Furman (1765–1852). From 1814 to 1816, he attended Columbia Academy, in Bergen Square. In 1824, he publishe...
- 1980 Sep. to 1982 Fr. Tomás Vaz - 1982 Sep. to 1990 Fr. S. L. Gabriel - 1990 May to 1997 Fr. M.M. Sammanasu - 1997 Jun. to 2003 Fr. G. Arul Iruthayam - 2003 Jun. to 2009 Fr. P. Xavier - 2009 Jun. to 2015 Fr. A. Michael - 2015 Jun. to till date Fr.A.M.A.Prabakar See also. - Marian apparition - Christianity in Tamil Na...
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Gaetano Merola [SEP] date of death
Gaetano Merola Gaetano Merola (4 January 1881 – 30 August 1953) was an Italian conductor, pianist and founder of the San Francisco Opera. Biography. Merola was born in Naples, the son of a Neapolitan court violinist and studied piano and conductor at the Naples conservatory. He emigrated to the United States in 1899 an...
assistant chorus director where he worked for five years. Gaetano Merola, then General Director of the San Francisco Opera, heard of him and, over the telephone, invited him to the San Francisco Opera in 1943 as chorus director. In the following ten years, he took on more and more administrative details as Merola's hea...
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Gendün Rinchen [SEP] date of death
Gendün Rinchen Gendün Rinchen (, 1926–1997), was the 69th Je Khenpo of Bhutan. Biography. Gendün Rinchen was born in a small cave by the side of the path to Paro Tagtsang, so as a child he was nicknamed ""Dragphugpa"" (Cave Man). At a young age he showed great interest in the Buddhist religion and at seven he received ...
". External links. - TBRC profile of Geshe Gendün Rinchen - An account of Gendün Rinpoche's death by Matteo Pistono - Gendün Rinchen - at Rigpa Shedra Wiki - "dge 'dun rin chen gyi rnam thar mA li ka'i do shal" - A biography of Gendün Rinchen in verse (Tibetan language) by Lopön Tshering "(slob dpon tshe ring)"
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George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine [SEP] date of death
George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (13 October 1751 – 31 March 1824) was a British soldier, author, and eccentric. Biography. George Hanger was born into a prosperous family in Gloucestershire, the third son in a family of seven children. His father was Gabriel Hanger, a member of par...
- William Hanger, 3rd Baron Coleraine (1744–1814) - George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (1751–1824) Barons Coleraine, Third creation (1954). - Richard Kidston Law, 1st Baron Coleraine (1901–1980) - James Martin Bonar Law, 2nd Baron Coleraine (b. 1931) The heir apparent is the present holder's only son the Hon. James Pet...
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George Nesbitt [SEP] date of death
George Nesbitt George Nesbitt (1859 – 13 December 1948) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Castlederg in County Tyrone to John Nesbitt, a Master in Poor Law, and Rebecca, "née" Gregory. He arrived in New South Wales in 1885 and worked for a Sydney softgoods firm as a traveller to the North Coast fr...
has been claimed as 10 Aug 1874, however the date of 16 Sep 1866 is evidenced by his official birth record. He was educated to elementary level at Bourke, where his family moved after his father's alleged death when Stuart-Robertson was 4 years old. Despite the rumour that Robert senior had died during the 1870s in Que...
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Georgiana Burne-Jones [SEP] date of death
Georgiana Burne-Jones Georgiana Burne-Jones, Lady Burne-Jones (Birmingham, 21 July 1840 – 2 February 1920), the second oldest of the Macdonald sisters, was the wife of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artist Edward Burne-Jones, mother of painter Philip Burne-Jones, aunt of novelist Rudyard Kipling, confidante and friend of G...
Middle Ages. At that time neither Burne-Jones nor Morris knew Dante Gabriel Rossetti personally, but both were much influenced by his works, and met him by recruiting him as a contributor to their "Oxford and Cambridge Magazine" which Morris founded in 1856 to promote their ideas. Under Rossetti's influence both Burne-...
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Giovanni Bordiga [SEP] date of death
Giovanni Bordiga Giovanni Bordiga (2 April 1854 in Novara – 16 June 1933 in Venice) was an Italian mathematician who worked on algebraic and projective geometry at the university of Padua. He introduced the Bordiga surface. Giovanni as the son of Carlo and Amalia Adami. He matriculated at a young age to Turin Universit...
Bordiga Bordega may refer to: - Amadeo Bordiga, Italian communist - Giovanni Bordiga, Italian mathematician - Bordiga surface, a mathematical surface introduced by Giovanni Bordiga
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Giuseppe Alberti [SEP] date of death
Giuseppe Alberti Giuseppe Alberti (3 October 1664 – 3 February 1716) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Cavalese, in what was then Austrian Tyrol. After having studied medicine at Padua he decided to become a painter and architect. He worked under Pietro Liberi in Venice, then in Rome, and fin...
flavor with strong minty or coniferous notes. Strega is used for flavoring "torta caprese", a type of cake. History. Strega was developed in 1860 by the father–son team of Carmine Vincenzo Alberti and Giuseppe Alberti. The company experienced growth until Giuseppe Alberti's death in 1894. Alberti's four sons Ugo, Vince...
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Gustav Paganetti-Hummler [SEP] date of death
Gustav Paganetti-Hummler Gustav Paganetti-Hummler (20 December 1871 – January 1949, Bad Vöslau) was an Austrian naturalist and entomologist. Gustav Paganetti-Hummler was a bookseller mainly of natural history works and natural history specimen dealer. He had a large insect collection mainly of specimens from South Euro...
1900 and 1910) Insect dealer - Heinrich Michael Neustetter Insect dealer, Vienna - Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt - Gustav Paganetti-Hummler as Zoologische Institut für Balkanforschung des Gust. Paganetti-Hummler - Ludwig Parreys (1796–1879) Parreys lived in Vienna, where he was dealer in natural history objects.Trading as ...
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Hameed Nizami [SEP] date of death
Hameed Nizami Hameed Nizami (Punjabi, ; b. 3 October 1915 – 22 February 1962), was an eminent journalist, literary figure, Pakistan Movement activist, and the founder as well as the editor-in-chief of the Urdu-language newspaper, the "Nawa-i-Waqt" (lit. 'The Voice of the Time'). He earned national prominence for pennin...
Baloch, Javed Siddique and Lt. Col. (R) Abdul Razaque Bugti. Arif Nizami (son of the newspaper founder Hameed Nizami) was a long-time editor of the English language daily newspaper "The Nation" but resigned due to differences with his uncle Majid Nizami before his uncle's death in 2014. Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publication...
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Han Ping Chien [SEP] date of death
Han Ping Chien Han Ping Chien (1891–1930) was a Chinese magician, whose popularity peaked during the later part of America's vaudeville era (circa 1909) with his Peking Mysteries Troupe. Unlike the many Oriental conjurers who were really of European or American heritage, Han Ping Chien was indeed a Chinese magician, wh...
family members, he presented his lavishly decorated Oriental act, always dressed in his native Chinese attire. He is also credited with inventing the Han Ping Chien coin magic move.". See also. - List of magicians External links. - Han Ping Chien's autograph - Han Ping Chien bibliography - Who's Who in Magic History - ...
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Hans Wilhelm Schrøder [SEP] date of death
Hans Wilhelm Schrøder Hans Wilhelm Schrøder (24 June 1810 – 14 April 1888) was a Danish architect. Biography. Schrøder was born in Kalundborg, Denmark. He was the son of Carl Gram Schrøder and Anna Marie Margrethe Born Kihl. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1837-39 before he graduated with a degre...
- (born 1958) - (1849–1909) - Carl Schiøtz (1877–1938) (1877-1938) - Frits Schlegel (1896–1965) - (1793–1848) - (1864–1944) - (1857–1927) - (1884–1973) - (1872–1948) - Hans Wilhelm Schrøder (1810–1888) - (1836–1914) - Kay Schrøder (1877–1949) - (1847–1921) - (Flourished 1960) - (1840–1920) - (1879–1972) - (1820–1863
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Harald Grieg [SEP] date of death
Harald Grieg Harald Grieg (3 August 1894 – 6 October 1972) was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and for many years was a leading figure in the Norwegian book industry. Biography. Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Peter Lexau Grieg (1864–1924) and Helga Vollan (1869–1946...
the actors agreed it was time to end the strike. During the negotiations various threats had been mentioned, including death penalties. The strike had lasted five weeks. Aftermath. After the conflict the Ministry of Culture decided to take full control of the theatres. The board members of Nationaltheatret were replace...
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Henry Arthur [SEP] date of death
Henry Arthur Henry Arthur (1801 – 9 June 1848) was nephew to the fourth Lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land, George Arthur. He was an original investor in the Port Phillip Association and was the first European to settle in the area now known as Arthurs Creek, Victoria. He was born at Plymouth, England and arrived...
date (14 February 1856) and death date (31 December 1929) on ESPNscrum are correct, then he would have been 73 years old at his death. However, FreeBMD quotes the age at death of an Henry Huth registered during October–December 1929 in Kensington district as being 72. External links. - Statistics at espnscrum.com - Bio...
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Henry Christy [SEP] date of death
Henry Christy Henry Christy (26 July 1810 – 4 May 1865) was an English banker and collector, who left his substantial collections to the British Museum. Early life. Christy was born at Kingston upon Thames, the second son of William Miller Christy of Woodbines, a Quaker banker who started out in hat manufacture with in...
, MA, b. 17 Aug 1786, d. 29 Mar 1822; Sarah Couper, b. 5 Apr 1788, d.(date unknown); Robert Thomson Couper, b. 6 Jan 1790, d. 4 Feb 1803; William Couper, M.D., b. 30 Apr 1792, d. 4 Aug 1857; Henry Glassford Couper, b. 20 May 1793, d. 27 Oct 1800; Henry Couper, b. 20 Sep 1801, d.(date unknown) External links. - Universi...
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Henry Crowder [SEP] date of death
Henry Crowder Henry Crowder (1890–1955) was an African-American jazz musician. He was an important figure in the European jazz culture of his time. Crowder was born in Gainesville, Georgia, to a poor family and was largely a self-taught musician. Crowder began his career playing piano in the brothels of Washington, D.C...
, MA, b. 17 Aug 1786, d. 29 Mar 1822; Sarah Couper, b. 5 Apr 1788, d.(date unknown); Robert Thomson Couper, b. 6 Jan 1790, d. 4 Feb 1803; William Couper, M.D., b. 30 Apr 1792, d. 4 Aug 1857; Henry Glassford Couper, b. 20 May 1793, d. 27 Oct 1800; Henry Couper, b. 20 Sep 1801, d.(date unknown) External links. - Universi...
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Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby [SEP] date of death
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG (September 1531 – 25 September 1593) was a prominent English nobleman, diplomat, and politician. He was an ambassador, Privy Councillor, and participated in the trials of Mary, Queen of Scots and the Earl of Arundel. Life. Born in Lathom, Henry was th...
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559 – 16 April 1594), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, and Lady Margaret Clifford. Ferdinando had a place in the line of succession according to the Will of Henry VIII, after his moth...
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Henry Templer Alexander [SEP] date of death
Henry Templer Alexander Major General Henry Templer Alexander, CB, CBE, DSO (17 May 1911 – 16 March 1977) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces between 1960 and 1961. Early life. Alexander was born on 17 May 1911. He was the son of Major General H. L. Alexander, CB, C...
Henry Alexander Henry Alexander may refer to: - Henry Alexander (painter) (1860–1894), American painter - Henry Alexander (Irish politician) (1763–1818), Member of the Parliament of Ireland 1788–1800, UK Parliament 1801–06 - Henry Alexander (1787–1861), MP for Barnstaple, 1826–30 - Henry P. Alexander (1801–1867), Ameri...
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Henry Winstanley [SEP] date of death
Henry Winstanley Henry Winstanley (31 March 1644 – 27 November 1703) was an English painter and engineer who constructed the first Eddystone lighthouse after losing two ships on the Eddystone rocks. He died while working on the project during the Great Storm of 1703. Early life and career. He was born in Saffron Walden...
Princess of England, Ireland and Scotland (died 1670) - 30 August – Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, nobleman and politician (died 1729) - 14 October – William Penn, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (died 1718) - Thomas Guy, philanthropist (died 1724) - Henry Winstanley, engineer (died 1703) - Approximate date - El...
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Hishikawa Moronobu [SEP] date of death
Hishikawa Moronobu Hishikawa Moronobu (; 1618 – 25 July 1694) was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century. Early life and training. Moronobu was the son of a well-respected dyer and a gold and silver-thread brocade artisan in the village of H...
"" (approx. date – Rijksmuseum) - Hishikawa Moronobu – "Beauty looking back" - Charles Le Brun – "Adoration of the Shepherds" - Ricardo do Pilar – "" (Monastery of São Bento, Rio de Janeiro) - Jan Van Kessel – "Noah and the Animals Entering the Ark" - Spinoza – "Virgin del Carmen and the Child Jesus" (Church of the Hol...
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Ion Gudju [SEP] date of death
Ion Gudju Ion Gudju (14 July 1897 – 1988) was a Romanian chess master. Gudju represented Romania in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris, where he became one of 15 founders of "Fédération Internationale des Échecs" (FIDE). He played thrice in Chess Olympiads at The Hague 1928, Hamburg 1930, and Prague 1931. He took 4...
Bibliography. - Ion Gudju, Gh. Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu, "Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905-1974", Bucharest: Editura Militară, 1974 - Nicolae Balotescu, Dumitru Burlacu, Dumitru N. Crăciun, Jean Dăscălescu, Dumitru Dediu, Constantin Gheorghiu, Corneliu Ionescu, Vasile Mocanu, Constantin Nicolau, Ion Popescu-Ro...
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Isidore Dyen [SEP] date of death
Isidore Dyen Isidore Dyen (16 August 1913 in Philadelphia – 14 December 2008 in Newton, Massachusetts) was an American linguist, Professor Emeritus of Malayo-Polynesian and Comparative Linguistics at Yale University. He was one of the foremost scholars in the field of Austronesian linguistics, publishing extensively on...
, Annette and Black, Paul (1979). Multidimensional Scaling of some Lexicostatistical Data. Mathematical Scientist 1979/4, 55-61. - Dyen, Isidore (1962). The Lexicostatistically Determined Relationship of a Language Group. International Journal of American Linguistics 28/3. - Dyen, Isidore (1963). Lexicostistically Dete...
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Jack Trehey [SEP] date of death
Jack Trehey Jack Trehey (28 May 1882 – 5 December 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious". - Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble". Publica...
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Jacopone da Todi [SEP] date of death
Jacopone da Todi Fra Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria in the 13th century. He wrote several (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised Gospel subjec...
Blessed Jacopone da Todi (painting) Blessed Jacopone da Todi is a fragment of a fresco by Paolo Uccello, dating to early in 1436. It shows the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and was originally located to the right of the altar in the Cappella dell'Assunta in Prato Cathedral. In 1967 it was moved to the Museo dell'Opera de...
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Jacques Damala [SEP] date of death
Jacques Damala Aristides Damalas (Greek: Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς, alternative spellings "Aristidis" or "Aristide"; 15 January 1855 – 18 August 1889), known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, who is mostly remembered as being husband to Sarah Bernhardt for a number of years...
of their love affair") Clairin and Abbéma spent their holidays with Bernhardt and her family at her summer residence at Belle-Île, and remained close with Bernhardt until her death. Personal life Marriage with Jacques Damala. In 1882, in Paris, Bernhardt met a Greek diplomat, Aristide Damala (known in France by his sta...
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Jacques Lacarrière [SEP] date of death
Jacques Lacarrière Jacques Lacarrière (; 2 December 1925 – 17 September 2005) was a French writer, born in Limoges. He studied moral philosophy, classical literature, and Hindu philosophy and literature. Professionally, he was known as a prominent critic, journalist, and essayist. Biography. A passionate admirer of anc...
Lacarrière and his father, Jacques, became the second father-son pair to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame. Career. Lacarrière began playing in France’s domestic leagues with the Paris Université Club and Français Volants before joining the national ranks. Lacarrière then captained Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billan...
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James Aldridge [SEP] date of death
James Aldridge Harold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, including war and adventure novels and books for children. Life ...
unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1918 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. - 26 January — Amy Witting, novelist (died 2001) - 10 July — James Aldridge, novelist (died 2015) Deaths. A list, ord...
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James Polkinghorne [SEP] date of death
James Polkinghorne James Polkinghorne (1788 – 15 September 1854) was a champion Cornish wrestler of the 19th century. He was born in 1788 at St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom but spent much of his life at St. Columb Major, where he ran a pub called the Red Lion. He had a number of famous contests against Devon fight...
- 18 December – Edith Joan Lyttleton, author (died 1945) Unknown date - Nancy Francis, poet, journalist and short story writer (died 1954) - Gertrude Hart, novelist (died 1965) - Leonora Polkinghorne, novelist and poet (died 1953) Deaths. A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repea...
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Jane Stafford [SEP] date of death
Jane Stafford Jane Stafford (1899–1991) was an American medical writer and chemist. She wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called "Your Health - Here's How" and worked for Science Service. She wrote about cancer, polio, heart disease, influenza, sexually transmitted disease, and vitamins. Education and care...
Jason have lived quietly in a peaceful suburb of Birmingham for 15 years. But their peace is shattered when new neighbours start making changes to their garden. Tempers flare, violence erupts and knives come out. 5x2 Episode 2 --Air date Sep 29, 2016—The Boltons and the Gardners battle to see who can play their stereo ...
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Janet Lees Price [SEP] date of death
Janet Lees Price Janet Lees Price (19 April 1943 – 22 May 2012) was a British actress who appeared in television programmes including: "Emergency – Ward 10", "Z-Cars", "The First Lady", "Softly, Softly", "Dixon of Dock Green", "Upstairs, Downstairs", "Within These Walls", "Blake's 7", "By the Sword Divided", "The Bill"...
Pointless", along with fellow "Blake's 7" star Michael Keating. Illness and death. In his last years Darrow suffered a decline in health. In 2014 he had an aortic aneurysm, and due to complications during its treatment surgeons had to amputate both of his legs. He died on the morning of 3 June 2019 at the age of 78. Pe...
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Jasper Ridley [SEP] date of death
Jasper Ridley Jasper Ridley (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography "Lord Palmerston". Born in West Hoathly, Sussex, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Sorbonne. He trained and practised ...
Industry (1933–1934). In 1936 he was appointed to the Livestock Commission, and he also served on the Royal Commission on Equal Pay for Equal Work. Private life. In 1911, Ridley married Countess Nathalie Louise von Benckendorff (, daughter of Count Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian Ambassador to the Court of St James...
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Jean-Nicolas Trouille [SEP] date of death
Jean-Nicolas Trouille Jean-Nicolas Trouille (1750–1825) was a French politician, architect and military engineer. Life. After a short career in the cavalry (which he left due to a duel) then in the naval artillery in Brest, he was taken on by Antoine Choquet de Lindu as a draughtsman in 1777 thanks to his qualification...
- 1800-1802 : Delorme - 1802-1808 : Jean Bernard Tarbé de Vauxclairs Heads Directors of maritime works. - 1808-1819 : Jean-Nicolas Trouille - 1818-1829 : Antoine Elie Lamblardie - 1829-1845 : Pierre Trotté de la Roche - 1845-1847 : Lemoigne - 1847-1849 : Menu du Mesnil Heads Directors of hydraulic works. - 1849-1856 : ...
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Jean-Noël Rey [SEP] date of death
Jean-Noël Rey Jean-Noël Rey (23 December 1949 – 16 January 2016) was a Swiss manager and politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was director-general of the Swiss public post and telecommunications service (PTT) from 1990 to 1998, and a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 to 2007. Born in Side...
, Subterranean Press , pub date 30 Sep 2011, Signed limited edition hardback - 2012, UK, Pan Macmillan , pub date 5 Jan 2012, Paperback - 2012, USA, Del Rey Books , pub date 31 Jan 2012, Paperback Reception. Ursula K. Le Guin, reviewing the book for "The Guardian", wrote ""Embassytown" is a fully achieved work of art.....
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Jesús María Pereda [SEP] date of death
Jesús María Pereda Jesús María Pereda Ruiz de Temiño (15 June 1938 – 27 September 2011), also known as Chus Pereda, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. In a 16-year professional career, he played mainly for Barcelona, amassing La Liga totals of 197 matches and 55 goals for four teams – including Real Madrid....
Pereda Pereda may refer to: - Antonio de Pereda (1611–1678), Spanish Baroque-era painter, best known for his still lifes - Jesús María Pereda, (born 1938), Spanish footballer who played for FC Barcelona during the 1960s - José María de Pereda (1833–1906), one of the most distinguished of modern Spanish novelists - José...
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Grevenburg Grevenburg was a castle in Traben-Trarbach in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. The castle was formerly the residence of the Rear County of Sponheim and today is a ruin following its destruction by the French in 1734. History. The castle was built in 1350 by the Count Johann III of Sponhe...
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Johann Salomo Semler [SEP] date of death
Johann Salomo Semler Johann Salomo Semler (18 December 1725 – 14 March 1791) was a German church historian, biblical commentator, and critic of ecclesiastical documents and of the history of dogmas. Sometimes known as "the father of German rationalism". Youth and education. He was born at Saalfeld in the Electorate of ...
- December 18 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian, Bible commentator (d. 1791) - "date unknown" – Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado, Ecuadorian scholar, socialite (d. 1806) Deaths. - January 6 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (b. 1653) - January 26 – Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgian prince (b. 1658) - Januar...
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Johannes Goropius Becanus [SEP] date of death
Johannes Goropius Becanus Johannes Goropius Becanus (23 June 1519 – 28 June 1572), born Jan Gerartsen, was a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist. Life. He was born Jan Gerartsen van Gorp in the town of Gorp, in the municipality of Hilvarenbeek. As was the fashion of the time, Gerartsen adopted a Latinized surname b...
Gibraltar: Near the Pillars of Hercules Andalusia. Andalusia is a region in modern-day southern Spain which once included the "lost" city of Tartessos, which disappeared in the 6th century BC. The Tartessians were traders known to the Ancient Greeks who knew of their legendary king Arganthonios. The Andalusian hypothes...
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John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford [SEP] date of death
John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford (15 March 1701 – 19 July 1767), styled Viscount of Inglisberry between 1710 and 1737, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat. Life. He was son of James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford and succeeded to the earldom in 1737. He was a Scottish repre...
1638–1710) - Brig.-General James Carmichael, 2nd Earl of Hyndford (died 1737) - John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford (1701–1766) (succeeded by his uncle's son) - John Carmichael, 4th Earl of Hyndford (1710–1787) (succeeded by his uncle's grandson) - Thomas Carmichael, 5th Earl of Hyndford (–1811) (unmarried, succeeded...
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John Caswell [SEP] date of death
John Caswell John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655 – 28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death. Life and career. John Caswell (sometimes recorded as "Carswell"), was from Crewkerne, Somerset,...
and ten years later he died in 1896. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Ludington beside his first wife. Biography Death. His September 17, 1896 obituary reads: Biography Further family history. Caswell's daughter Mary, who was born about 1835, married Richard Hatfield at the Caswell farmhouse in 1854. This was the f...
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John Edward Costigan [SEP] date of death
John Edward Costigan John Edward Costigan NA (1888–1972) was an American artist. Biography. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Costigan was mainly self-taught. He is known for his strong brush stroke and an interest in the common person as a subject. He portrays his people as deeply rooted in the soil that they work, hu...
and commissioner in the Royal Commission on the activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union (known as the "Costigan Commission") - Giovanni Costigan (1905–1985), historian - George Costigan (born 1947), a British television actor - Howard Costigan (1904–1985), American political functionary - James Cost...
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John FitzGerald, 18th Earl of Kildare [SEP] date of death
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the 16th Earl - John FitzGerald, 18th Earl of Kildare (1661–1707), only son of the 17th Earl, died without surviving issue - Henry FitzGerald, Lord Offaly (1683–1684), only son of the 18th Earl, died in infancy - Robert FitzGerald, 19th Earl of Kildare (1675–1744), only son of Robert, himself younger son of the 16th Ea...
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John Gerard Anderson [SEP] date of death
John Gerard Anderson John Gerard Anderson (1836–1911), M.A., J.P., was a Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland, Australia. Biography. He was born on 12 February 1836 in parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland. He was the sixth child of Rev. James Anderson, M.A.(1773 - 1845) and his wife Susa...
Samuel Gilbert Samuel Gilbert (died 1692?) was an English cleric and writer on floriculture. Life. Gilbert was rector of Quatt in Shropshire, and chaplain to Jane, wife of Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard of Gerards Bromley. He seems to have lived with his father-in-law John Rea, who died in 1681, at Kinlet, near Bewdl...
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John Glanville [SEP] date of death
John Glanville Sir John Glanville the younger (1586 – 2 October 1661), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1644. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons during the Short Parliament. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life. Glanville w...
8 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625) - December 15 – Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1637) - December 31 - Pierre Cally, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1630) - Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, English statesman (b. 1647) - "date unknown" – John Coode, Colonial governor of M...
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John I, Count of Foix [SEP] date of death
John I, Count of Foix John I, Count of Foix also known as "Jean de Foix-Grailly" (1382 – 4 May 1436) was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix. His father was Archambaud de Grailly. Life. Life Early life. As a result of the Treaty of Tarbes signed on 10 May ...
of the Dauphiné between 1426 and 1428. After the death of his brother John I, Count of Foix, Matthieu became regent of his nephew Gaston IV and in 1439 he bought off Rodrigo de Villandrando and his raiders to leave the County of Foix.br Meanwhile, the unsatisfied people of Comminges petitioned the return of their Count...
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John Wilfred Stanier [SEP] date of death
John Wilfred Stanier Field Marshal Sir John Wilfred Stanier, (6 October 1925 – 10 November 2007) was a senior British Army officer who was Chief of the General Staff from 1982 to 1985. He was the first person after the Second World War to become the professional head of the British Army without having seen active servi...
Stanier Stanier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - John Stanier (drummer) (born 1968), played with Helmet and others - Field Marshal John Wilfred Stanier (1925–2007), head of the British Army - Marny Stanier (born 1962), American TV meteorologist - Roger Stanier (1916–1982), Canadian microbiologis...
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Jon Istad [SEP] date of death
Jon Istad Jon Istad (29 July 1937 – 17 May 2012) was a Norwegian biathlete and sport shooter. He was born in Voss and represented the club Voss IL. He was the father of Sverre Istad and uncle of Gro Marit Istad, both Olympians. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, and all three times finished elevent...
Sverre Istad Sverre Geir Istad (born 3 January 1965) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He was born in Voss as the son of Jon Istad, and represented the club Voss IL. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He won a silver medal in the team event at the Biathlon World Championships 1991.
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Jorge Szmetan [SEP] date of death
Jorge Szmetan Jorge Szmetan (born 26 May 1950 - died 19 September 2015, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess master. At the beginning of his career, he won at Brasila 1969. He played many times in Argentine Chess Championship, and was a Champion in 1976. He also tied for 4-7th in 1971, tied for 10-11th in 1972, shared ...
Samuel Reshevsky, 3. Lubomir Kavalek - 1974 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Jorge Szmetan, 2. Jorge Rubinetti, 3. Ricardo Grinberg - 1976 Manila 1. Eugenio Torre, 2. Anatoly Karpov, 3. Ljubomir Ljubojević, 4. Walter Browne - 1979 South Africa 1. Viktor Korchnoi, 2. Wolfgang Unzicker, 3. Tony Miles, 4. Anatoly Lein - 197...
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Jorma Rinne [SEP] date of death
Jorma Rinne Jorma Rinne (20 April 1936 – 25 May 2003) was a Finnish discus thrower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
1993), Danish footballer - John Rinne (1923–2010), Orthodox Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland - Joel Rinne (1897–1981), Finnish actor - Jorma Rinne (1936–2003), Finnish discus thrower - Jouni Rinne (b. 1956), retired Finnish ice hockey player - Kris Rinne, technology person and retired Senior VP of network technolo...
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Josef Frolík [SEP] date of death
Josef Frolík Josef Frolík (September 22, 1928 – May 1989) was a Czechoslovak spy who, in 1969, defected to the United States and joined the CIA. Childhood. Josef Frolík was born in Libušín, Czechoslovakia. He graduated from secondary school at the end of World War II. After the war he studied at the business academy in...
end of the 1960s, Wright wrote, MI5 received information from two Czechoslovakian defectors, Josef Frolík and František August, who had fled to the West, alleging the Labour Party had "almost certainly" been penetrated by the Soviets. The two named a list of Labour MPs and trade unionists as Soviet agents. MI5 maintain...
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Joseph Alfred Micheler [SEP] date of death
Joseph Alfred Micheler Joseph Alfred Micheler (23 September 1861 Phalsbourg – 17 March 1931 Nice) was a French general in the First World War. Life. Born in Phalsbourg, Moselle from a Lorrainian family which preferred to be French than German when the city was annexed by the Kaiser in 1871. He entered St. Cyr in Octobe...
Micheler Micheler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Joseph Alfred Micheler (1861–1931), French general - Peter Micheler, West German slalom canoeist See also. - Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (born 1966), West German slalom canoeist - Michler
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Joseph Gensoul [SEP] date of death
Joseph Gensoul Joseph Gensoul (1 August 1797 – 11 May 1858) was a French surgeon. He was a pioneer of ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, oral and maxillofacial surgery. He studied at Lyon and Paris, earning his doctorate in 1824. In 1826 he was appointed chief surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu of Lyon. He is remembered ...
Gensoul Gensoul is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Joseph Gensoul (1797–1858), French surgeon - Justin Gensoul (1781–1848), French playwright and chansonnier - Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (1880–1973), French admiral
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Justine Siegemund [SEP] date of death
Justine Siegemund Justine Siegemund or Siegemundin (26 December 1636 – 10 November 1705) was a renowned Silesian midwife whose "Court Midwife" (1690) was the more read, but not the first, female-published German obstetrical manual. Early life. Strikingly, Siegemund herself was childless, which should have technically d...
posthumously. Mathematics. - of Osaka publishes "Sampo-Hakki" (算法発揮), in which he gives the resultant and the Laplace expansion of the determinant for the "n"×"n" case. At about this date, also describes and applies the resultant, in "Sampo-Funkai" (算法紛解). - Michel Rolle publishes "Traité d'Algebre", in which he gives ...
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József Darányi [SEP] date of death
József Darányi József Darányi (28 September 1905 in Devecser – 23 December 1990 in Veresegyház) was a Hungarian shot putter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Darányi broke the world record in both-handed shot put (an event in which the shot was throw...
Darányi Darányi is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Ignác Darányi (1849–1927), Hungarian politician - József Darányi (1905–1990), Hungarian shot putter - Kálmán Darányi (1886–1939), Hungarian politician
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Jörg Huffschmid [SEP] date of death
Jörg Huffschmid Jörg Huffschmid (19 February 1940 – 5 December 2009) was a German economist. He held a chair at the University of Bremen. Born in Cologne, Huffschmid attended the University of Freiburg, University of Paris, and Free University of Berlin, majoring in philosophy and economics. He earned his Diplom in 196...
Saxony. He enrolled at the University of Lüneburg in 1991 majoring in political science and economics, and later attended the University of Bremen. He earned his Master's degree from the University of Birmingham in 1996. He returned to the University of Bremen to pursue his Ph.D. under supervision of Jörg Huffschmid, b...
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K. Ananda Rau [SEP] date of death
K. Ananda Rau K. Ananda Rau (21 September 1893 – 22 January 1966) was an eminent Indian mathematician and a contemporary of Ramanujan. Though Rau was six years junior to Ramanujan, his mathematical trajectory, unlike Ramanujan's, was very much a conventional one and he had decided to pursue a career in mathematics well...
Australia - Doug Rau (born 1948), American professional baseball player - Gretchen Rau (1939–2006), Academy Award-winning American film set decorator - Heinrich Rau (1899–1961), East German statesman - Ines Rau, model - Johannes Rau (1931–2006), President of Germany 1999–2004 (SPD) - K. Ananda Rau (1893–1966), Indian m...
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Karekin Khajag [SEP] date of death
Karekin Khajag Karekin Khajag (; 6 October 1867–1915) was an Armenian journalist, writer, political activist and educator. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Khajag traveled around the world to help support revolutionary activity. During his life, Khajag was imprisoned four times. He became a professor ...
Khajag went to Geneva, where he attended the University of Geneva and studied social sciences. While in Geneva, he began to contribute to the newspaper "Droshak", an organ of the ARF. Immediately after his graduation in 1898, Khajag was sent to the Balkans and then Alexandria by the editorial staff of "Droshak". After ...
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Karl Georg Otto Willibald von Kalckstein [SEP] date of death
Karl Georg Otto Willibald von Kalckstein Karl Georg Otto Willibald von Kalckstein (14 December 1812 – 6 June 1894) was a Prussian politician. Kalckstein was born in Gauten, East Prussia, to Carl von Kalckstein, laird of Knauten, Wogau and Schloditten near Mühlhausen, and Charlotte Auguste von Gizycki. Around 1830, Kalc...
Kalckstein People with the German surname Kalckstein include: - Albrecht von Kalckstein (1592-1667), Prussian nobleman - Christian Ludwig von Kalckstein (1630-1672), executed Prussian nobleman - Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein (1682-1759), Prussian field marshal - Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein (1725–1800) Prussian field ...
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Kathleen Clarice Groom [SEP] date of death
K. C. Groom Kathleen Clarice Groom (née Cornwell; 11 March 1872 – 29 April 1954) was a British writer of short-stories and novels from 1907 to 1952, she signed under different pen names: Clarice Klein, Kit Dealtry, C. Groom, Mrs. Sydney Groom, and K. C. Groom (playing with her different names and surnames). She started...
books on photography and cinematography, her daughter Denise Naomi Klein also followed in her footsteps and became the popular romance writer Denise Robins, who was the first president of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966), and her granddaughter Patricia Robins (aka Claire Lorrimer), who is Denise Robins' ...
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Keith Burch [SEP] date of death
Keith Burch Major-General Keith Burch CB CBE (31 May 1931 – 27 March 2013) was a senior officer in the British Army. His obituary in The Times described him as 'a soldier who commanded with a firm, determined hand in Hong Kong, Aden, Cyprus and Germany'. Early life. Keith Burch was born 31 May 1931, the son of Christo...
jazz-education project, which was attended by pianist Keith Tippett. In 1984, he re-formed the octet with Dick Morrissey. He dedicated his "Resurrection Ritual Suite" to Dick Morrissey and on his death had just completed a tribute to Ronnie Scott called "Just by Chance". Burch died from cancer on 18 April 2006.
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Kumud Ranjan Mullick [SEP] date of death
Kumud Ranjan Mullick Kumud Ranjan Mullick (1883-1970) was a Bengali writer and poet. He was a poet of the Tagore era of Bengali literature. He was an early mentor and coach to the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Biography. He was born on 1 March 1883 in a Baidya family in a village named Kogram in Purba Bardhaman district of W...
are linked in the larger full screen map. Demographics. As per the 2011 Census of India Kogram had a total population of 383, of which 209 (55%) were males and 174 (45%) were females. Population below 6 years was 46. The total number of literates in Kogram was 219 (64.99% of the population over 6 years). Culture. Kumud...
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Kurt Krenn [SEP] date of death
Kurt Krenn Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Sankt Pölten, a suffragan see of the Vienna province, from 1991 to 2004. Views. Krenn argued against Turkey's entrance int...
Krenn Krenn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Franz Krenn, Austrian composer - Harald W. Krenn, Austrian biologist - Kurt Krenn, (1936-2014), Austrian Catholic bishop - Sherrie Austin (born Sherrie Krenn), Australian actress and singer - Werner Krenn, Austrian tenor See also. - Kren
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Lattanzio Gambara [SEP] date of death
Lattanzio Gambara Lattanzio Gambara (c. 1530 – 18 March 1574) was an Italian painter, active in a Renaissance and Mannerist styles. It is likely that Gambara is the same 16th century painter referred to as "Lattanzio Cremonese" or "Lattanzio da Cremona" Biography. Born in Brescia, as a 15-year-old he initially apprenti...
date) Births. - Giovanni Battista Armenini, Italian art historian and critic (died 1609) - Nicolás Borrás, Spanish painter (died 1610) - Barthel Bruyn the Younger, German portraitist, son of Barthel Bruyn the Elder (died 1607-1610) - Francesco Camilliani, Italian sculptor of the Renaissance period (died 1586) - Cesare ...
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Lena Żelichowska [SEP] date of death
Lena Żelichowska Lena Żelichowska (12 August 1910 – 14 October 1958) was a Polish stage and film actress. She appeared in fourteen films between 1933 and 1940. Selected filmography. - "Black Pearl" (1934) - "Róża" (1936) - "Barbara Radziwiłłówna" (1936) - "A Diplomatic Wife" (1937)
A Diplomatic Wife A Diplomatic Wife (Polish: Dyplomatyczna żona) is a 1937 German-Polish comedy film directed by Carl Boese and Mieczysław Krawicz and starring Jadwiga Kenda, Aleksander Żabczyński and Lena Żelichowska. It is the Polish language version of "Adventure in Warsaw". Cast. - Jadwiga Kenda as Jadwiga Janowska...
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Leo George Hertlein [SEP] date of death
Leo George Hertlein Leo George Hertlein (1898 – 1972) was an American paleontologist and malacologist who studied the Recent and fossil mollusks of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Biography. Hertlein was born on a farm in Pratt County, Kansas. After graduating high school in Wichita, Kansas, he moved to the West Coast and ...
. Part 1, Geology" with Leo George Hertlein. "Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History", Volume II, 1944. - "The Geology and Paleontology of the Marine Pliocene of San Diego, California. Part 2a, Paleontology" with Leo George Hertlein. "Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History", 1960. - " The Geol...
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Leonidas Papazoglou [SEP] date of death
Leonidas Papazoglou Leonidas Papazoglou (, 1872–1918) was a Greek photographer of Macedonia, at the end of the 19th till the early 20th century. Biography. Papazoglou was born in the city of Kastoria in 1872. He left with his parents and his younger brother, Pantelis, for Istanbul, where he studied photography. After t...
Papazoglou Papazoglou (Greek: Παπάζογλου) is a Greek surname. The name comes from the Greek papas (priest) and Turkish oglou (oğlu - son), literally meaning "priest's son". Notable people with this surname include: Men. - Athanasios Papazoglou, Greek footballer - Leonidas Papazoglou, Greek photographer - Michalis Papaz...
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Leopoldo Torricelli [SEP] date of death
Leopoldo Torricelli Leopoldo Torricelli (2 February 1893 – 18 November 1930) was an Italian racing cyclist. He won the 1916 edition of the Giro di Lombardia.
II, Holy Roman Emperor. Leopoldo was educated under Jacopo Soldano, Father Flaviano Michelini and Evangelista Torricelli. When his brother was elected Grand Duke, Leopoldo acted as his advisor for manufactures, agriculture and trades. Leopoldo, a disciple of Galileo, took a real interest in the proceedings of the just...
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Libera Trevisani Levi-Civita [SEP] date of death
Libera Trevisani Levi-Civita Libera Trevisani Levi-Civita (17 May 1890 – 11 December 1973) was an Italian mathematician born in Verona. Biography. She earned her classical lyceum A levels in 1908 at the "Bernardino Telesio" Lyceum in Cosenza then, in the 1908–1909 academic year, she matriculated at the University of Pa...
/Soviet Union, 1935–2017) - LeVeque, Randall J. (USA, ?–?) - LeVeque, William J. (USA, 1923–2007) - Levi-Civita, Libera Trevisani (Italy, 1890–1973) - Levi-Civita, Tullio (Italy, 1873–1941) - Levi, Beppo (Argentina, 1875–1961) - Levi, Eugenio Elia (Italy, 1883–1917) - Levi, Friedrich Wilhelm (Germany, 1888–1966) - Levi...
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Liv Marit Moland [SEP] date of death
Liv Marit Moland Liv Marit Moland (15 January 1948 – 23 October 2008) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. She was born on the island of Hisøya as a daughter of chief administrative officer Leif Kaare Moland and Hjørdis Lied. She attended primary and secondary school in Hisøy and Arendal,...
member (b. 1914) - October 18 – Tormod Haugen, author (b. 1945) - October 14 – Bodil Finsveen, politician (b. 1934) - October 23 – Liv Marit Moland, politician (b. 1948) - October 30 – Nils Kåre Jacobsen, publisher (b. 1929) - November 8 – Bodil Aakre, jurist and politician (b. 1922) - November 14 – Knut Bjørnsen, spor...
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Lothar Forcart [SEP] date of death
Lothar Forcart Lothar Forcart, full name Lothar Hendrich Emil Wilhelm Forcart-Müller, abbreviated as Lothar H. E. W. Forcart, (1902-1990) was a zoologist, malacologist, and herpetologist from Switzerland. He is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of snake, "Calamaria forcarti". Further reading. - Wütrich M...
, 1805) Freshwater species excluded from the list: - "Bithynia badiella" (Küster, 1852) - "Bithynia troschelii" (Pasch, 1842) - "Acroloxus lacustris" (Linnaeus, 1758) - It was recorded by Lothar Forcart in 1935. But an analysis of the two specimens from Forcart’s collection (NMB 11516a) identified as "Acroloxus lacustr...
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Louis Hillier [SEP] date of death
Louis Hillier Louis Hillier (1850–1910) was a Belgian musician and composer of Wallonia, who in 1901 wrote the music of the Le Chant des Wallons, the Walloon anthem. Among his many other compositions, he was commissioned by The General Electric Company, Ltd. (GEC of the UK, not GE of the USA) to write a company March w...
. - "The facts concerning the life and death of LOUIS AIME AUGUSTIN LEPRINCE, pioneer of the moving pîcture and his family", by Jacques Pfend (Sarreguemines/57200/France) 2014.. - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33198686 External links. - L'EMPREINTE DE LOUIS AIME AUGUSTIN LEPRINCE DANS L'HISTOIRE DU CINEMA...
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Lucy Joan Slater [SEP] date of death
Lucy Joan Slater Lucy Joan Slater (5 January 1922 – 6 June 2008) was a mathematician who worked on hypergeometric functions, and who found many generalizations of the Rogers–Ramanujan identities. Her advisor was Wilfrid Norman Bailey. In the early 1950s she played a leading role at Cambridge University in devising a pr...
writer - Lucy Joan Slater, British mathematician - Noel Slater, British mathematician and astronomer - Philip Slater, American actor, writer and sociologist - Terry Slater (geographer), British academic - William Kershaw Slater (1893-1970), FRS, President of the Royal Institute of Chemistry in 1961-1963 In sports. - Sl...
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Léon Comès [SEP] date of death
Léon Comès Léon Comès (11 February 1889 - 17 October 1915) was a French cyclist. He was born in Perpignan, France. Comès won the French national cycling championships in 1909, 1911 and 1914. He also won the French Grand Prix in 1914. Both Comès and his brother-in-law and fellow cyclist Léon Hourlier enlisted in the Fre...
Léon Hourlier Léon Hourlier (16 September 1885 – 16 October 1915) was a French cyclist. He was born in Reims, France. He won the French national cycling championships in 1909, 1911 and 1914. He also won the in 1914. Both Hourlier and his brother-in-law and fellow cyclist Léon Comès enlisted in the French military durin...
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Manuel Durán y Bas [SEP] date of death
Manuel Durán y Bas Manuel Durán y Bas (29 November 1823, Barcelona – 10 February 1907, Barcelona) was one of the leading Spanish jurists of his generation and served as Spanish Minister of Justice in 1899. Life. Durán y Bas graduated with a doctorate in law from the University of Barcelona in 1852, was appointed to the...
Appointed, Bishop of Caracas - José Antonio García Mohedano † (11 Aug 1800 – 17 Oct 1804) - Mariano Talavera y Garcés † (22 Dec 1828 – 1842) - Mariano Fernández Fortique † (12 Jul 1841 – 6 Feb 1854) - José Manuel Arroyo y Niño † (19 Jun 1856 – 30 Nov 1884) - Manuel Felipe Rodríguez Delgado † (30 Jul 1885 – 13 Dec 1887)...
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Maria Petrou [SEP] date of death
Maria Petrou Maria Petrou FREng (; 17 May 1953 – 15 October 2012) was a Greek-born British scientist who specialised in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine vision. She developed a number of novel image recognition techniques, taught at Surrey University and Imperial College London, and was a prolific auth...
- Prince Armand (1817–1890), later 4th Duc de Polignac; he has male-line descendants to date who bear the principal title. - Princess Seyna-Camille (1818–1833) After his first wife's death in 1819, he married in London, on 3 June 1824, to Charlotte, Comtesse de Choiseul, widow of Comte Cesar de Choiseul (d. 1821), "née...
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Marie Litton [SEP] date of death
Marie Litton Marie Litton (1847 – 1 April 1884) was the stage name of Mary Jessie Lowe, an English actress and theatre manager. After beginning a stage career in 1868, Litton became an actor-manager in 1871, producing plays for four years at the Court Theatre, including several by W. S. Gilbert. She also appeared in, a...
Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré (1 November 172024 February 1805) was Bishop of Séez, Normandy, from 17 Sep 1775 until his death. Jean-Baptiste was born in the in Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany, from where the family took their name, to Pierre, former page of Louis XIV, and Mari...
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Marty Symes [SEP] date of death
Marty Symes Marty Symes (1904–1953) was an American lyricist. Symes was born in Brooklyn New York in 1904. His first significant collaborator was composer Jerry Livingston. In 1932 they wrote "Darkness on the Delta", which became a hit for Mildred Bailey. The next year the Casa Loma Orchestra recorded their "Under a Bl...
Rule (1932) - "It's the talk of the town", vocal trio, words by Marty Symes & Al J. Neiburg, music by Jerry Levinson, arr. by Bert L. Rule (1933) - "Under a Blanket of Blue", fox trot, words by Marty Symes & Al J. Neiburg, music by Jerry Levinson, vocal trio arr. by Bert L. Rule (1933) - "Out in the Cold Again", vocal ...
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Martín García-Loygorri [SEP] date of death
Martín García-Loygorri Martín García-Loygorri ("born" García-Arista) e Ichaso (5 June 1759 in Corella, Navarra, Spain – 30 January 1824 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish soldier and reformer of Spanish Artillery. Military. As a boy from a noble family, he was admitted at age thirteen as a cadet at School of Artillery. Hi...
Battle of Alcañiz The Battle of Alcañiz resulted in the defeat of Major-General Louis Gabriel Suchet's French army on 23 May 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes. The victory is credited to General Martín García-Loygorri's superb command of the Spanish artillery, which allowed the French columns ...
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Mary Ellen Chase [SEP] date of death
Mary Ellen Chase Mary Ellen Chase (24 February 1887 – 28 July 1973) was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. Born in Blue Hill, Maine, Chase received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesot...
that it came to be associated with the legendary Brython hero Arthur, although the date of its inundation is actually c. 2500 BC. In popular culture. In popular culture In fiction. - "Dawn in Lyonesse", a 1938 short novel by Mary Ellen Chase - The "Lyonesse Trilogy" by Jack Vance - "Lyonesse: The Well Between The World...
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Max-Josef Pemsel [SEP] date of death
Max-Josef Pemsel Max-Josef Pemsel (15 January 1897 – 30 June 1985) was a "Generalleutnant" in the German Army during Second World War. After the war he became one of the very few senior officers from the Nazi Germany-era armed forces to serve in the West German Army. Life and career. Born on 15 January 1897 in Regensbu...
relieved of command, Dollmann was nonetheless worn out and stressed. He died on 29 June 1944. The exact circumstances of the death of Dollmann remain controversial. Some sources say he suffered a heart attack, while others claim he committed suicide by taking poison. In 1973, Dollmann's last chief of staff Lieutenant G...
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Monegundis [SEP] date of death
Monegundis Monegundis ("Monegund, Monegundes") (died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters. When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long depression, and after receiving permission from her husband. She founded a...
joined by other women, and Monegundis devised a monastic rule that led to the founding of the convent of St. Pierre-le-Puellier. Her feast day is held annually on July 2. External links. - St. Monegundis - Saint Monegundis
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Nasiba Zeynalova [SEP] date of death
Nasiba Zeynalova Nasiba Jahangir gizi Zeynalova (; 20 April 1916, Baku – 10 March 2004, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actress and People's Artist of Azerbaijan. She was famous mostly for her comedy roles. Life and career. Nasiba Zeynalova was born in Baku (then part of the Russian Empire, present-day capital of Azerbaijan),...
. The Azerbaijan scene reared Jahangir bey Zeynalov, Huseynqulu Sarabski, Mirzaga Aliyev, Huseyn Arablinski, Ulvi Rajab, Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh, Mustafa Mardanov, Mammadrza Sheykhzamanov, Aghasadik Garaybeyli, Aliagha Aghayev, Lutfali Abdullayev, Nasiba khanum Zeynalova, Marziya Mammadova. As a result of the Azerbaij...
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Nazmi Yükselen [SEP] date of death
Nazmi Yükselen Nazmi Yükselen (1926 – 16 March 2015) was a Turkish singer-songwriter, folk music composer.
following bout. - Janet Taylor Spence, 91, American psychologist. - Max Stenbeck, 30, American-born Swedish financier and businessman, complications from diabetes. - Nazmi Yükselen, 89, Turkish folk singer. March 2015 17. - Ashley Adams, 59, Australian Paralympic shooter, traffic collision. - Moustapha Alassane, 73, Ni...
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Neil Conlan [SEP] date of death
Neil Conlan Neil Conlan (7 August 1936 – 22 July 1978) was an Australian football player from Tasmania. Conlan played as a forward. Conlan played in the Tasmania Australian rules football team that defeated the Victoria Australian rules football team on 13 July 1960 at York Park, Launceston. He captain-coached Devonpor...
Matt Conlan, Australian politician - Michael Conlan (born 1958, son of Neil Conlan), former Australian footballer in the Victorian Football League - Neil Conlan (1936-1978), Australian footballer - Shane Conlan (born 1964), former professional American football player - Bradford Conlan (born 1981), American Biotech CEO...
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Nicholas of Osimo [SEP] date of death
Nicholas of Osimo Nicholas of Osimo (Auximanus) (b. at Osimo, Italy, in the second half of the fourteenth century; d. at Rome, 1453) was an Italian Franciscan preacher and author. Life. After having studied law, and taken the degree of doctor at Bologna, he joined the Friars Minor of the Observants in the convent of Sa...
20 Dec 1926 – 17 May 1944 Died) - Domenico Brizi (22 Jan 1945 – 11 Feb 1964 Died) - Carlo Maccari (28 Sep 1972 – 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo) Ordinaries Diocese of Osimo. "25 January 1985: The former Diocese of Cingoli was split from the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and united with the Diocese of Ma...
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Nikola Kavaja [SEP] date of death
Nikola Kavaja Nikola Kavaja (; 3 October 1932 – 10 November 2008), nicknamed Tito's hunter, was a Serbian nationalist and anti-communist known for his 1979 bombing of a Yugoslav consul’s home and the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 293. He tried to assassinate Josip Broz Tito four times, hence his nickname. Life....
2003 during Operation Sablja following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić. Kavaja was soon released, however. Filmmaker Milan Knežević made a documentary about Kavaja called "Nikola Kavaja - lovac na Tita" ("Nikola Kavaja - Tito's hunter"), which was shown at the 1994 Edinburgh Film Festival. He was an associate of Bošk...
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Nobel Mayombo [SEP] date of death
Nobel Mayombo Brigadier Nobel Mayombo, sometimes spelled as Noble Mayombo, (1965–2007), was a Ugandan military officer, lawyer and legislator. Background. He was born in Kabarole District, Toro sub-region, Western Uganda, in 1965. He belonged to the Babiito Royal Clan in the Kingdom of Toro, one of the four constitutio...
the Ugandan Military. Musanyufu also served as the deputy to the late Nobel Mayombo, at the time Mayombo served as the chief of military intelligence. Later, Musanyufu served as Chief Comptroller Finance of the UPDF and then as Chief of Integrated Resource Management Information System. In his new role as the UPDF Join...
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Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) [SEP] date of death
Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) Norm Houghton (pioneer irrigator) (died 2014), was a rice farmer in Leeton, New South Wales, who pioneered the irrigation rice growing in the district. At the age of 15 Houghton took over running the family farm while his brother was in the army and his father was too sick to work. In ...
in the spectacularly described and salty passages at sea--but the plot chugs along like a leaky TV barge', and concludes "Descriptive brilliance laboring through the shoals of the routine." Publication history. - 1989, US, Houghton Mifflin, , Pub date Aug 1989, Hardback - 1989, UK, Hutchinson, , Pub date Sep 1989, Hard...
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Odd Brochmann [SEP] date of death
Odd Brochmann Odd Brochmann (21 December 1909 – 27 October 1992) was a Norwegian architect, professor and children's writer. Background. Brochmann was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of Diderik Hegermann Brochmann (1879–1955) and Margit Hagen (1896–1962). He was a brother of poet and playwright Zink...
Brochmann Brochmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: - Bertram Dybwad Brochmann (1881–1956), Norwegian businessman, writer and politician - Georg Brochmann (1894–1952), Norwegian journalist and writer - Grete Brochmann (born 1957), Norwegian sociologist - Odd Brochmann (1909–1992), Norwegian archi...
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Ogwyn Davies [SEP] date of death
Ogwyn Davies Ogwyn Davies (1925 – 26 December 2015) was a Welsh artist, born in Trebanos in the Swansea Valley. He studied at the Swansea School for troubled kids ,before living and working in Tregaron, Ceredigion. He taught art at Tregaron comprehensive school for many years, while also maintaining and developing his ...
Ogwyn Ogwyn may refer to the following people - Ogwyn Davies (1925–2015), Welsh artist - Joby Ogwyn (born 1974), American mountain climber, BASE jumper and wingsuit flyer
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Ole Monty [SEP] date of death
Ole Monty Ole Monty (22 October 1908 – 24 April 1977) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1937 and 1976. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography. - "Flådens blå matroser" - 1937 - "Under byens tage" - 1938 - "Den usynlige hær" - 1945 - "Så mødes vi hos Tove" - 1946 - "Ba...
- Ole Kirk Christiansen, creator of Lego - Ole Ernst, Danish actor - Ole Espersen, Danish politician - Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-born American outboard manufacturer - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer - Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Danish author - Ole Monty, Danish actor - Ole Nydahl, Danish founder and director of Diamo...
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Oskar Minkowski [SEP] date of death
Oskar Minkowski Oskar Minkowski (; 13 January 1858 – 18 July 1931) held a professorship at the University of Breslau and is most famous for his research on diabetes. He was the brother of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski and father of astrophysicist Rudolph Minkowski. Life and career. Born in Aleksotas, of Jewish or...
" for chemicals that act in this way. Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski made the observation in 1889 that removing the pancreas surgically led to an increase in blood sugar, followed by a coma and eventual death—symptoms of diabetes mellitus. In 1922, Banting and Best realized that homogenizing the pancreas and inj...
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Paschal Robinson [SEP] date of death
Paschal Robinson Paschal Robinson, O.F.M., (born David Robinson; 26 April 1870 – 27 August 1948) was an Irish ecclesiastical diplomat. A journalist and renowned medievalist before he entered diplomatic service, he was the titular archbishop of Tyana and the first apostolic nuncio to Ireland since the 17th-century Archb...
Saint Tómméne reigned as Bishop for 38 years. The Paschal Controversies. At this time the Irish Church was preoccupied with the Paschal Question, i.e. how to compute the date of Easter and Christ’s death. St. Tómméne was interested in this dispute even before he was made Bishop of Armagh. A letter, written c.610 by Arc...
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