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Marien Ngouabi, 1972 (cropped)
Marien may refer to: *Domkirche St. Marien (English: St. Mary's Cathedral), the modern Roman Catholic cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg, Germany * Mariendom (Hamburg) (English: St. Mary's Cathedral), the ancient cathedral in Altstadt, Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire, demolished between 1804 and 1807 *Mariendom (English: St. Mary's Cathedral), the Roman Catholic cathedral of Speyer, Palatinate, Germany *Marien Ngouabi University, the only state-funded university in the Republic of Congo *Saint-Marien, commune in the Creuse department in central France *Sankt Marien, municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria *Stade Joseph Marien, multi-use stadium in Brussels, Belgium, named after the sports administrator Joseph Marien (died 1933) People * Marien Tailhandier (1665–1738), soldier-surgeon after his arrival in Canada in 1685 * Frank Marien (1890–1936), Australian editor of Smith's Weekly * Joseph Marien (1900–1950), Belgian Olympic runner * Marien Oulton Dreyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marien Oulton Dreyer
Marien Oulton Dreyer (24 September 1911 – 16 January 1980), also known as Marien Cooper, was an Australian journalist, playwright and short-story writer. She wrote a weekly column for ''New Idea'' magazine as well as numerous scripts for radio. In 1959 she was joint winner of the Walkley Award for best magazine feature article. Early life Marien Dreyer was born on 24 September 1911 at Mornington, Victoria. Her parents were Mary Oulton, née Rosson, and Joseph Dreyer, a journalist from New Zealand. During childhood she lost a leg; she nicknamed its wooden replacement "Annabella" and in later life held it an annual party. She attended a convent school in Melbourne before leaving at age 14 to work as a stenographer. Dreyer lived in Sydney between 1937 and 1939. During the Second World War she returned to Melbourne, where she worked as a telephonist for the Australian Imperial Force. She returned to Sydney in 1940 and settled in Darlinghurst. Journalism Under the nom de plume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Mariën
Hanna Emilie Mariën (born 16 May 1982) is a Belgian retired athlete and bobsledder. As a sprinter, Mariën specialized in the 200 metres and won gold in the relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Mariën later became a bobsleigher, competing for Belgium at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Athletics Mariën reached the semi-final at the 2006 European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. At the 2007 World Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay, together with teammates Olivia Borlée, Élodie Ouédraogo and Kim Gevaert. With 42.75 seconds the team set a new Belgian record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics Mariën competed in the relay, together with Gevaert, Borlée and Ouédraogo. In their first round heat they placed first in front of Great Britain, Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 42.92 seconds was the third time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marien Michel Ngouabi
Marien Michel Ngouabi (born 3 June 1980) is a Congolese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Ngouabi represented the Republic of the Congo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He is also the grandson of Marien Ngouabi, the former president of the Republic of the Congo. Ngouabi competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 59.50. He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-olds Ragi Edde of Lebanon and Dawood Youssef of Bahrain. He pulled himself farther from the top field to a sixth seed in 1:00.39, almost a full second below his entry standard and 6.84 seconds behind leader Gregory Arkhurst of Côte d'Ivoire. Ngouabi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-eighth overall in the prelims. Ngouabi currently runs a small-scale company named ''Rosewood'' in Brazza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Marien
Robert Marien (born May 5, 1955) is a Canadian ( Québécois) actor, singer, and songwriter who has performed in the musical Les Misérables in Montreal, Paris, New York City and London, as well as Notre Dame de Paris in both Korea and Japan. He has played the role of Jean Valjean in both English and in French, and has also appeared in numerous films and television shows such as Lance et Compte (1986-2010), and, most recently, Mensonges (2015). in the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia Marien represented France in the international lineup of Valjeans in the encore of the 10th anniversary concert of Les Misérables, and has played the role of |
Marien Ngouabi
Marien Ngouabi (or N'Gouabi) (December 31, 1938 – March 18, 1977) was the third President of the Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1969, to March 18, 1977. Biography Origins Marien Ngouabi was born in 1938 at the village of Ombellé, Cuvette Department, in Kouyou territory to Dominique Osséré m'Opoma and Antoinette Mboualé-Abemba. His family was of humble origin. From 1947 to 1953, he went to primary school in Owando. On 14 September 1953, he went to study at the ''Ecole des enfants de troupes Général Leclerc'' in Brazzaville and in 1957, he was sent to Bouar, Oubangui-Chari (now the Central African Republic). After serving in Cameroon as a member of the second battalion of the tirailleurs with the rank of Sergeant (1958–1960), Ngouabi went to the ''Ecole Militaire Préparatoire'' in Strasbourg, France in September 1960 and then to the ''Ecole Inter-armes'' at Coëtquidan Saint-Cyr in 1961. He returned to Congo in 1962 as Second Lieutenant and was stationed at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léopold Marien
Léopold Marien (22 March 1934 – 19 November 2018) was a Belgian decathlete. He competed for his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy where he finished 18th in the decathlon. In Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ... he competed in the 110 metre hurdles, but was unable to advance from the first round. External linksLéopold Marien's profile at Sports Reference.com 1934 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Mariën
Marcel Mariën (29 April 1920 – 19 September 1993) was a Belgian surrealist (later Situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, and filmmaker. Mariën was a pivotal member of the Belgian wing of the Surrealist movement. In addition to his work as a surrealist artist and photographer, he was also known as a publisher, bookseller, sailor, journalist in China and an elaborate Surrealist prankster. Early life Marcel Mariën was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1920. He was a single child from a poor family. At the age of fifteen, Mariën left school to become a photographer's apprentice. In 1937, after viewing an exhibition of the surrealist paintings of René Magritte, he traveled to Brussels to apprentice for the painter. The next year, he exhibited his own artwork titled ''L'INTROUVABLE'' (The Untraceable) alongside Magritte in the Surrealist group exhibition ''Surrealist Objects and Poems'' in London. Mariën enlisted in the Belgian Army in Antwerp in January 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Marien
Joseph Charles Marien (25 January 1900 – 14 December 1950) was a Belgian marathon runner. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ... and finished in 56th place. References External links * 1900 births 1950 deaths Belgian male long-distance runners Belgian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariendom (Hamburg)
Saint Mary's Cathedral in Hamburg (german: link=no, Sankt Mariendom, also ''Mariendom'', or simply ''Dom'' or ''Domkirche'', or ''Hamburger Dom'') was the cathedral of the ancient Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg (not to be confused with Hamburg's modern Archdiocese, est. 1994), which was merged in personal union with the Diocese of Bremen in 847, and later in real union to form the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, as of 1027. In 1180 the cathedral compound turned into the '' cathedral close'' (german: link=no, Domfreiheit; i.e. cathedral immunity district), forming an exclave of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen within the city of Hamburg. By the Reformation the concathedral was converted into a Lutheran church. The cathedral immunity district, since 1648 an exclave of the Duchy of Bremen, was seized by Hamburg in 1803. The city then prompted the demolition of the proto-cathedral between 1804 and 1807. Location The cathedral, in common Italo-Nordic tradition simply call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Marien
Francis Joseph Marien (1890 – 17 July 1936), born in Sydney, Australia, of Irish and Italian parents (his father was born "Marianni"), was an editor of ''Smith's Weekly''.Blaikie, George ''Remember Smith's Weekly'' Angus & Robertson, London 1967 Educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, he proved to be an all-round achiever, rowing in the winning school eight, and becoming captain of the Rugby Union football, cricket and athletics teams,. He also edited the school magazine, producing all its artwork, and even helped design the school badge. Dattilo Rubbo was sufficiently impressed with his artistic abilities to recommend he take up painting professionally. But he took up journalism, first with the Australian edition of the ''Freeman's Journal'' (in 1942 incorporated into the ''Catholic Weekly''), ''Daily Telegraph'' from 1919 to 1922 then the (Sydney) ''Sun''. In 1926 he was appointed Managing Director of ''Truth'', where he succeeded in raising its circulation substant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marien Tailhandier
Marien Tailhandier, (b. 1665 – d. 1738 or 1739), was a French soldier, surgeon and judge in New France Born in Clermont, France, Tailhandier was the son of Antoine Tailhander, an attorney in the Auvergne region of France. Marien Tailhandier arrived in Quebec in 1685. On 8 January 1688, he married Madeline Baudry in Boucherville, Quebec. The couple would eventually have two daughters. At that time of his marriage, Tailhandier was a surgeon and soldier in the company of M. Daneau de Muy. That same year, he became a notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is disti .... In 1699, Tailhandier was appoint as notary, judge and clerk of the seigneurial court in Boucherville. During this period, he continued practicing surgery. In 1702, Tailhandier received a commission as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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