YI Sun-sin (1545-1598)

Yi Sun-sin (1545-1598)

Yi Sun-sin (Korean: 이순신; Korean pronunciation: [i.sʰun.ɕin]; April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598) was a Korean admiral and military general famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon period.[1]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (/ˈdɛləkrwɑː, ˌdɛləˈkrwɑː/ DEL-ə-krwah, -⁠KRWAH, French: [øʒɛn dəlakʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.[1]

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Images

Works

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853, oil on canvas, h 50.8 x w 61 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ Asleep during the Tempest, c 1853, oil on canvas, h 50.8 x w 61 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, U.S.

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Christ on the Sea of Galilee, 1854, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 73.3 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

Born	7 April 1770 Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, England
Died	23 April 1850 (aged 80) Cumberland, England
Occupation	Poet
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Literary movement	Romanticism
Notable work(s)	Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes, The Excursion

William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads.

Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semiautobiographical poem of his early years which he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

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Quotes

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth

Sara Paxton (1988- )

Sara Paxton (1988- )

Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988) is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden in Summerland. Paxton has also starred in the films Sleepover, Aquamarine, Return to Halloweentown, Sydney White, Superhero Movie, The Last House on the Left, and Shark Night 3D.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Paxton

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855-1897)

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855-1897)

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, née Hamilton, (27 April 1855 – 24 January 1897), was an Irish novelist whose light romantic fiction was popular throughout the English-speaking world in the late 19th century.

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Quotes·Quotation by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Beauty

¶ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wolfe_Hungerford

Leo Rosten (1908-1997)

Leo Rosten (1908-1997)

Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997) was born in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City. He was a teacher and academic, but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations

Advice

¶ If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

Life

¶ The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.

Money

¶ Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

Edward Gibbon (27 April 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organized religion.

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Quotes·Quotation

Solitude·Self-reliance

¶ I was never less alone than when by myself.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon

Cloris Leachman (1926- )

Cloris Leachman (1926- )

Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show.

Leachman's longest running role was the nosy, self-centered and manipulative landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s TV series Mary Tyler Moore, and later on the spinoff series, Phyllis. She also appeared in three Mel Brooks films, including Young Frankenstein.

She had a regular role on the last two seasons of The Facts of Life portraying the character Beverly Ann Stickle. In recent years, she had a recurring role as Lois' mother Ida Gorski on Malcolm in the Middle. She also starred in the roast of Bob Saget in 2008.

Leachman was a contestant on Season 7 (2008) of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Corky Ballas. At the age of 82, she was the oldest contestant to dance on the series.

Leachman was the grand marshal for the 2009 New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California. She presided over the 120th parade, the theme being "Hats Off to Entertainment", and the 95th Rose Bowl game.

Leachman plays a supporting role in Raising Hope, a sitcom that premiered in the fall of 2010 on Fox. She will star with Tara Reid in The Fields, and with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz in Gambit, a remake of a 1966 film.

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Quotes·Quotation by Cloris Leachman

Hero

¶ This is the Golden Lasso. Besides being made from an indestructible material, it also carries with it the power to compel people to tell the truth. Use it well, and with compassion. [Queen Hippolyta, Wonder Woman]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloris_Leachman

Bernard Bailey (1916-1996)

Bernard Bailey (1916-1996)

Bernard Baily (April 5, 1916 – January 19, 1996)[3][4] was an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman, and a comics publisher, writer, and editor.

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Quotes·Quotations by Bernard Bailey

Universe

¶ When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.

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References

[1]^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JKRQ-Q2W : accessed 20 Feb 2013), Bernard Baily, 19 January 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
[2]^ a b c d Bails, Jerry; Hames Ware. "Bernard Baily". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010.
[3]^ a b Bernard Baily at the Social Security Death Index. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
[4]^ a b Bernard Baily at the Lambiek Comiclopedia. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009.
[5]^ a b c d e Bernard Baily at the Grand Comics Database

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baily