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Aristeidis Skliros
Aristides (530–468 BCE) was an Athenian soldier and statesman who fought in the Battle of Marathon. Aristides, also transliterated as Aristeides or Aristeidis ( el, Ἀριστείδης), may refer also to: People *Aristides of Thebes (4th century BCE), painter * Aristeides (sculptor), (4th century BCE), sculptor *Aristides of Miletus (2nd century BCE), writer of salacious tales *Aelius Aristides (117–181), orator and rhetorician *Aristides of Athens (2nd century), Christian writer and saint *Aristides Quintilianus (3rd century), author of a musical treatise *Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806–1885), Greek politician * Arístides Villanueva, Argentine politician and merchant and governor of Mendoza Province (in office 1870–1873) *Arístides Maragliano, Puerto Rico jurist (in office 1898–1899) *Arístides Martínez (1847–1908), Chilean general *Aristides Brezina (1848–1909), Austrian mineralogist *Aristeidis Stergiadis (1861–1949), Greek politician, High Commissioner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides
Aristides ( ; grc-gre, Ἀριστείδης, Aristeídēs, ; 530–468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just" (δίκαιος, ''dikaios''), he flourished in the early quarter of Athens' Classical period and is remembered for his generalship in the Persian War. The ancient historian Herodotus cited him as "the best and most honourable man in Athens", and he received similarly reverent treatment in Plato's Socratic dialogues. Biography Aristides was a member of a family of moderate fortune; his father's name was Lysimachus. Of his early life, it is only told that he became a follower of the statesman Cleisthenes. He first came to notice as ''strategos'' in command of his native tribe Antiochis at the Battle of Marathon, and it was no doubt in consequence of the distinction which he then achieved that he was elected ''archon eponymos'' for the ensuing year (489488). Pursuing a conservative policy to maintain Athens as a land power, he was one of the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arístides Maragliano
Arístides Maragliano is referred to as the 'unknown Justice' since very little is known about this Spanish-born member of Puerto Rico's highest court under Spanish rule, the 'Audiencia Territorial'. He is also the only Spaniard who was appointed to the highest court under American rule. Background Aristides Maragliano came to serve in high government positions for Spain and for the United States while residing in Puerto Rico. In 1897 an autonomous regime was granted to Puerto Rico and a Parliament with two chambers was established. In May 1897, Aristides Maragliano was the magistrate in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a position he held under the crown of Spain. The Spanish–American War, a conflict between Spain and the United States which lasted three months from April 21, 1898 – August 13, 1898 ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States. As a result of the United States invasion and the change in government in Puerto Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arístides Bastidas
Arístides Bastidas (12 March 1924 – 23 September 1992) was a Venezuelan journalist, educator and scientist. He was one of the pioneers of what is termed "science journalism" in Venezuela. Biography Bastidas was born in San Pablo in Yaracuy state, son of Nemesio Bastidas and Castorila Gámez. He moved to Caracas with his family in 1936, settling in a modest neighborhood in the south of the capital. He studied there but did not complete studies because the family economic pressure forced him to perform various jobs until 1945, when started in print journalism. He sympathised with the resistance against the regime of Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1948–1958). A self-taught scientist, from 1968 to 1981 he directed the science page of the Sunday newspaper " El Nacional" where from 1971 until his death he wrote the daily column ''La Ciencia Amena''. He considered the popularization of science as a tool to achieve technological self-determination and culture of countries. He co-founded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Pereira
Aristides Maria Pereira (; 17 November 1923 – 22 September 2011) was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991. Biography Pereira was born in Fundo das Figueiras, on the island of Boa Vista. His first job was chief of telecommunications in Guinea-Bissau. From the late 1940s until Cape Verde's independence, Pereira was heavily involved in the anti-colonial movement, organizing strikes and rising through the hierarchy of his party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (''Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde'', known as PAIGC). In clandestine activity he often used the pseudonym Alfredo Bangura. Although Pereira initially promised to lead a democratic and socialist nation upon becoming president, he compounded the country's chronic poverty by crushing dissent following the overthrow of Luís Cabral, who was President of Guinea-Bissau and Pereira's ally in the drive to unite the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Fraga Lima
Aristides Fraga Lima (b. July 2, 1923 - 1996?) is a popular Brazilian writer who was born in town of Paripiranga in the state of Bahia. He has a degree in Languages and Law. After graduating from the Federal University of Bahia, he became a teacher of multiple languages. Bibliography These books are part of the Coleção Vaga-Lume (Firefly Collection) of juvenile fiction published by Ática: * ''A serra dos dois meninos'' (Mountain of the two young boys)Deves, Maristela Scheuer. (22 April 2010Meus livros infanto-juvenis inesquecíve '' Diário Gaúcho'' (Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...) (in Portuguese), Retrieved November 12, 2010 * ''Os Pequenos Jangadeiros'' (The Little Rafters) () * ''Perigos no Mar'' (Dangers at Sea) References 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Leão
Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão (August 3, 1914 in Rio de Janeiro – December 14, 1993 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian neurophysiologist, researcher and university professor. Leão discovered and described the spreading depression, which also became known as "the Leão wave". This depression is a reaction in the cerebral cortex that can be induced by touch or electric shock, although, more significantly, it occurs spontaneously in migraine and to some extent in epilepsy. It occurs not only in the brain, but in other neural structures. Leão was president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences between 1967 and 1981 and defended scientists persecuted by the military dictatoship, besides having created scientific publications and having closed important scientific collaborations of the academy. Elected president emeritus of the institution, the academy's library now bears his name. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit and was a full member of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristeidis Metallinos
Aristeidis Metallinos ( el, Αριστείδης Μεταλληνός; (c. 1908 – 19 May 1987) was a Greek sculptor. There is no official record of Metallinos' birth date; he was one of three sons of Zacharias and Eleni Metallinos. Except for one carving in stone of a woman's shoe when he was 20, Metallinos spent the greatest part of his life working as a shoemaker, stonemason, builder and general craftsman in the village of Ano Korakiana on the island of Corfu in Greece. Despite early evidence of his imaginative talent as a carver of stone, Metallinos was prevented by poverty from artistic training. He did not begin his work as a self-taught sculptor until 1973, when at the age of 67 until his death in 1987, he fulfilled a long-held intention of using hammer and chisel 'to bear witness to human nature and its weaknesses' . The Scops owl Metallinos carved on a stone plaque fixed to the front of his house, displaying his initials, and holding a builder's trowel and a scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator)
Aristeidis Moraitinis Distinguished Service Order, DSO ( el, Αριστείδης Μωραϊτίνης, 1891–1918) was an officer of the Hellenic Navy and pioneer of naval aviation. Together with Michael Moutoussis, he performed the first naval air mission in history during the Balkan Wars. Later in World War I, he became Greece's only Flying Ace with nine aerial victories. Early career and the Balkan Wars Moraitinis was born on 3 February 1891 on the island of Aegina. He entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1906 and graduated in 1910, joining the Navy with the rank of ensign. During the First Balkan War (1912–1913), Moraitinis volunteered to join the newly established Hellenic Naval Air Service which was formed at Moudros, Lemnos. On Army Lieutenant Michael Moutoussis, with Moraitinis as his observer, were ordered to observe the position of the Ottoman fleet in the Dardanelles with their hydroplane, a converted Farman MF.7, Maurice Farman MF.7. When they reached the Nara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides De Sousa Mendes
Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches () GCC, OL (July 19, 1885 – April 3, 1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, issuing visas and passports to an undetermined number of refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, including Jews. For this, Sousa Mendes was punished by the Salazar regime with one year of inactivity with the right to one half of his rank's pay, being obliged subsequently to be retired. However, he ended up never being expelled from the foreign service nor forced to retire and he received a full consul salary until his death in 1954. One of Sousa Mendes most sympathetic biographers, Rui Afonso, has reckoned that he continued to receive a salary at least three times that of a teacher. Sousa Mendes was vindicated in 1988, more than a decade after the Carnation Revolution, which toppled the Estado Novo. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristeidis Chasapidis
Aristeidis Chasapidis ( el, Αριστείδης Χασαπίδης, 1875–1941) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general and served as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1935–36. Life Aristeidis Chasapidis was born on 3 January 1875 in the village of Rentina in Thessaly, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He enlisted in the Hellenic Army as a volunteer on 7 October 1896, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 as a non-commissioned officer. He then attended the NCO School graduating on 26 July 1906 as a second lieutenant of infantry. Promoted to lieutenant in 1912, he fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 as a company commander in the 3rd Infantry Division's 10th Infantry Regiment. He was then promoted to captain in 1913 and major in 1916. With Greece's formal entry into World War I in 1917, he was operations officer of the 9th Infantry Division, while in 1918 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned as chief of sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristides Agramonte
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni (June 3, 1868 – August 19, 1931) was a Cuban American physician, pathologist and bacteriologist with expertise in tropical medicine. In 1898 George Miller Sternberg appointed him as an Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army and sent him to Cuba to study a yellow fever outbreak. He later served on the Yellow Fever Commission, a U.S. Army Commission led by Walter Reed which examined the transmission of yellow fever. In addition to this research, he also studied plague, dengue, trachoma, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever and more. After serving on the Yellow Fever Commission, he served as a professor at the University of Havana as well as many government positions. See also * James Carroll *Carlos J. Finlay *Jesse William Lazear Jesse William Lazear (2 May 1866, in Baltimore – 25 September 1900, in Quemados, Cuba) was an American physician. Background Lazear was the son of William and Charlotte née Pettigrew. He attended Trinity Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arístides Chavier Arévalo
Arístides Chavier Arévalo (3 September 1867 –1942) was a Puerto Rican pianist, modernism composer, musicologist and music author from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Early years and schooling Chavier Arévalo was born in Ponce on 3 September 1867. In Ponce, he studied flute, but later abandoned it to focus on learning to play the piano. In 1884, when he was 17 years old, he traveled to New York, where he studied under pianist and composer Gonzalo Núñez and music master Frederick Doland, who taught him musical harmony. He quickly progressed in the development of his musical skills and in 1886 his parents sent him to study in France. He studied piano and music composition under Georges Mathias at the Conservatoire de Paris and musical harmony and composition under Antoine Taudou and Louis de Serres, who had trained with César Franck. His onstage musical delivery met with positive reviews from the paper El Progresso and the magazine Le Courier des Etats Unis. Professional debut Immedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
