Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Bate, Samuel - 1769

Bate -- Joel, son of Samuel and Hannah, Oct. 4, 1769.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Joel - 1769

Bate -- Joel, son of Samuel and Hannah, Oct. 4, 1769.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Rachel - 1766

Bate -- Jerome, son of Isaiah and Rachel, Dec. 16, 1766.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Isaiah - 1766

Bate -- Jerome, son of Isaiah and Rachel, Dec. 16, 1766.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Jerome - 1766

Bate -- Jerome, son of Isaiah and Rachel, Dec. 16, 1766.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Ebenezer Jr. - 1748

Bate -- Jerome, son of Ebenezer Jr., baptized. May 1, 1748. C.R.1.
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Jerome - 1748

Bate -- Jerome, son of Ebenezer Jr., baptized. May 1, 1748. C.R.1.
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Betty - 1768

Bate -- James, son of Benjamin Jr. and Bettey, Aug. 5, 1768.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Benjamin Jr. - 1768

Bate -- James, son of Benjamin Jr. and Bettey, Aug. 5, 1768.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, James - 1768

Bate -- James, son of Benjamin Jr. and Bettey, Aug. 5, 1768.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Daladier, Édouard : 1884-1970

Edouard Daladier (1884-1970)
French statesman, was born at Carpentras, Vaucluse, France.  Educated at Lyons, he taught school until World War I, in which he served, rising to the rank of captain.  He was elected a deputy in 1919 as a radical socialist.

His first cabinet position was the ministry of colonies in 1924.  Becoming leader of his party in 1927, he held various cabinet posts and headed two short-lived governments prior to 1938.  In that year, as prime minister, he participated in the “appeasement” conference with Hitler at Munich.

He led France, as an ally of Great Britain, into war against Germany in 1939.  His government fell in early 1940.

After the defeat of France he was arrested by the Vichy government.  Released at the end of the war, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.

You can visit the memorial page for Édouard Daladier.

Daingerfield, Elliott : 1859-1932

Elliott Daingerfield (1859-1932)
American religious and landscape painter, was born at Harpers Ferry, Virginia; studied drawing and painting at the Art Students League, New York.  He first exhibited at the National Academy of Design, 1880; studied in Europe, 1897; and later became professor of painting in the second school of design, Philadelphia.

Among his religious subjects are the paintings in the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, New York, a “Madonna and Child” and “the story of the Madonna”.

His landscapes include “Slumbering Fog”, Metropolitan Museum, New York and “The Midnight Moon”, Brooklyn Museum.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.

You can visit the memorial page for Elliott Daingerfield.

Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande : 1789-1851

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (1789-1851)
French inventor, was born at Cormeilles.  He discovered the daguerreotype process of photography, by which the portrait was fixed on a plate of copper thinly coated with silver, by the successive action of the vapors of iodine, bromine, and mercury; in this invention he was associated with M. Niépce.

He was also celebrated as a dioramic painter; was named by the French government as an officer of the Legion of Honor; and was granted a pension.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.

You can visit the memorial page for Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre.

Cowles, Gardner "Mike" Jr. : 1903-1985

Gardner Cowles (1903-1985)
Publisher, was born at Algona, Iowa and was educated at Philips Exeter Academy and Harvard University.  His career in journalism began with work on the Des Moines Register, on which he advanced from city editor to publisher.  As president of Cowles Magazines, Inc. he founded several successful publications, best-known of which is Look magazine.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1774.

You can visit the memorial page for Gardner “Mike” Cowles, Jr.

Croce, Benedetto : 1866-1952

Benedetto Croce (1866-1952)
Italian philosopher, was born at Pescasseroli, Aquila, and was educated at Naples and Rome.  He began  in 1902 an exposition of what he called the philosophy of the spirit.  A basic concept is the identity of concrete philosophy and history.

Through his periodical, La Critica, he deeply influenced Italian literature.  He was made a senator in 1910 and after Mussolini's fall took a prominent part in the reconstruction of the government.

Among his many works are: Esthetics; History, Its Theory and Practice; Goethe; Europe in the XIX Century; and  his Autobiography.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1775.

You can visit the memorial page for Benedetto Croce.

Crispi, Francesco : 1819-1901

Francesco Crispi (1819-1901)
Italian statesman, was born at Ribera, Sicily.  After the revolutionary movement of 1848 he was obliged to take refuge in France.  He organized the successful movement of 1859-60 and re-entered Sicily with Garibaldi.

He became eventually premier, advocating the triple alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy; and  in 1898 withdrew from politics.  He ranks as a much maligned but constructive statesman.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1775.

You can visit the memorial page for Francesco Crispi.

Burke, Edmund - 1781

George Crabbe (1754-1832)
English poet, was born at Aldeburgh.  He was a surgeon, but abandoned his profession for literary pursuits and went to London 1780.  Edmund Burke secured a publisher for his poem The Library in 1781 and advised him to take Holy Orders.

He was ordained in 1782 and became chaplain to the Duke of Rutland.  He published The Village in 1783 and, in 1807, The Parish Register.  These his best works, were followed by The Borough, Tales in Verse, and Tales of the Hall.  His poetry portrays realistically the lives of the destitute.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1774.

Crabbe, George : 1754-1832

George Crabbe (1754-1832)
English poet, was born at Aldeburgh.  He was a surgeon, but abandoned his profession for literary pursuits and went to London 1780.  Edmund Burke secured a publisher for his poem The Library in 1781 and advised him to take Holy Orders.

He was ordained in 1782 and became chaplain to the Duke of Rutland.  He published The Village in 1783 and, in 1807, The Parish Register.  These his best works, were followed by The Borough, Tales in Verse, and Tales of the Hall.  His poetry portrays realistically the lives of the destitute.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1774.

You can visit the memorial page for George Crabbe.

Bean, Roy : 1825-1903

Roy Bean (1825-1903)
American frontier justice of the peace and colorful figure of the West, was born in mason County, Kentucky.  After working as a teamster, trader and saloonkeeper in the Southwest, he settled in San Antonio, Texas.  He aided the Confederates during the Civil War.

Bean worked at construction camps of the Southern Pacific Railroad as a saloonkeeper, and in 1882 settled at Vinegaroon (later Langtry), Texas.  There he was justice of the peace and became known as “the law west of the Pecos”.  The saloon in Vinegaroon was his courtroom; he issued decisions, often humorous and unusual, with a lawbook and a six-shooter.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1723.

You can visit the memorial page for Roy Bean.

Bean, Alan : 1932-2018

Alan Bean (1932-2018)
American astronaut, was born in Wheeler, Texas, and was educated at the University of Texas. He was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and received pilot training. Bean was selected as an astronaut in 1963. he was command pilot for the backup crew of the Gemini X mission in 1966.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1723.

You can visit the memorial page for Alan Bean.

Bates, Rachel - 1759

Bates -- Jacob, son of Elijah and Rachel, Nov. 9, 1759. [Bates, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bates, Elijah - 1759

Bates -- Jacob, son of Elijah and Rachel, Nov. 9, 1759. [Bates, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bates, Jacob - 1759

Bates -- Jacob, son of Elijah and Rachel, Nov. 9, 1759. [Bates, C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Sarah - 1739

Bate -- Isaiah, son of Ebenezer and Sarah, Sept. 2, 1739.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Ebenezer - 1739

Bate -- Isaiah, son of Ebenezer and Sarah, Sept. 2, 1739.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Bate, Isaiah - 1739

Bate -- Isaiah, son of Ebenezer and Sarah, Sept. 2, 1739.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912

Pratt, Edwin John Dove "E. J." : 1883-1964

Edwin J. Pratt (1883-1964)
Canadian poet and educator, born at Western Bay, Newfoundland.  After graduation from the University of Toronto, he became a teacher of literature there.  Beginning with Newfoundland Verse, 1927, he has published numerous volumes of poetry, of which Behind the Log is an outstanding example.  He has also edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1969.

You can visit the memorial page for Edwin John Dove “E.J.” Pratt.

Scudder, Janet : 1873-1940

Janet Scudder (1873-1940)
American sculptor, was born at Terre Haute, Indiana.  She studied art at Cincinnati, Chicago, and Paris.  She became known for her fountain and garden figures, usually featuring children or small animals.

Among her best known are “Frog Fountain” at the New York Metropolitan Museum, “Tortoise Fountain” at the Peabody Museum, Philadelphia, and “Fighting Boys Fountain” at the Chicago Art Institute.

She was the first American woman to have an example of her work purchased by the Luxembourg Gallery in Paris.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1969.

You can visit the memorial page for Janet Scudder.