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Samuel Arnold (other)
Samuel Arnold may refer to: *Samuel Arnold (composer) (1740–1802), English composer and organist *Samuel Arnold (Connecticut politician) (1806–1869), U.S. Representative from Connecticut *Samuel Arnold (conspirator) (1834–1906), co-conspirator of a plot to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln *Samuel G. Arnold (1821–1880), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island *Samuel James Arnold Samuel James Arnold (1774–1852) was an English dramatist and theatrical manager. Under his management the Lyceum Theatre, London became the English Opera House, and staged the first English productions of many operas, including in 1824 Carl M ... (1774–1852), English dramatist * Samuel W. Arnold (1879–1961), U.S. Representative from Missouri * Samuel Arnold (actor) (born 1992), French actor {{hndis, Arnold, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Arnold (composer)
Samuel Arnold (10 August 1740 – 22 October 1802) was an English composer and organist. Arnold was born in London (his mother is said to have been Princess Amelia; his father was Thomas Arnold. He began writing music for the theatre in about the year 1764. A few years later, he became the director of music at Marylebone Gardens, for which he wrote much of his popular music. In 1777 he worked for George Colman the Elder at the Little Theatre, Haymarket. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal and in 1793 he became the organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He also wrote the earliest version of Humpty Dumpty. He was a close friend and associate of Haydn. Works Arnold's best-known works include: *''The Maid of the Mill'' (1765) *''Abimelech'' (1768) *''The Prodigal Son'' (1773) *Incidental music for ''Macbeth'' (1778) *'' The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern'' (1781) *''The Castle of Andalusia'' (1782) *''Two to One'' (1784), libretto Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Arnold (Connecticut Politician)
Samuel Arnold (June 1, 1806 – May 5, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Haddam, Arnold attended the local academy at Plainfield, and Westfield Academy, Massachusetts. He devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits. He acquired a controlling interest in a stone quarry, and became owner of a line of schooners operating between New York and Philadelphia. He was, also, for a number of years, president of the Bank of East Haddam. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1839, 1842, 1844, and again in 1851. Arnold was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858. He resumed agricultural pursuits and quarrying. He died in Haddam on May 5, 1869. He was interred in a mausoleum on his estate near Haddam. References External linksSamuel Arnold (1806–1869) entryat the Political Graveyard * and also cenotaph A cenotaph is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Arnold (conspirator)
Samuel Bland Arnold (September 6, 1834 – September 21, 1906) was an American Confederate States of America, Confederate sympathizer involved in Assassination of Abraham Lincoln#Abandoned plan to kidnap Lincoln, a plot to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He had joined the Confederate States Army, Confederate Army shortly after the start of the American Civil War, Civil War but was discharged due to health reasons in 1864. Early life Samuel Arnold was born in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., on September 6, 1834. He was the son of Mary Jane and George Arnold, Sr. and had an older brother. The family later moved to Baltimore where Arnold attended St. Timothy's Hall, a military academy – where he and John Wilkes Booth were Schoolmates. Role in Lincoln kidnapping conspiracy After his discharge, Arnold returned to Baltimore and in the late summer of 1864, he was recruited by Booth to be part of the kidnap plot. Bore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel G
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel James Arnold
Samuel James Arnold (1774–1852) was an English dramatist and theatrical manager. Under his management the Lyceum Theatre, London became the English Opera House, and staged the first English productions of many operas, including in 1824 Carl Maria von Weber's ''Der Freischütz''. Life Arnold was the son of the composer Samuel Arnold, and was given an artistic education. In 1794 at the Haymarket Theatre he produced ''Auld Robin Gray'', a musical play in two acts; and this was followed by other works of the same class: ''Who Pays the Reckoning?'' produced at the Haymarket in 1795; ''The Shipwreck'', produced at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1796; ''The Irish Legacy'', produced at the Haymarket in 1797; and ''The Veteran Tar'', produced at Drury Lane in 1801. ''Foul Deeds Will Rise'', first played at the Haymarket in 1804, was described by the critic John Genest as "an unnatural mixture of tragedy and farce". ''The Prior Claim'', produced at Drury Lane in 1805, was a comedy written in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel W
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of '' Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His geneal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
