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Blasco is a surname which roots can be found it in Aragon, more specifically in the Jaca's mountains. People * Blasco de Garay, Spanish navy captain and inventor * Blasco de Grañén, Aragonese painter * Blasco Gardéliz de Ezcároz, bishop of Pamplona * Blasco Giurato, Italian cinematographer * Blasco I d'Alagona, Aragonese nobleman * Blasco II d'Alagona, Sicilian regent * Blasco Núñez Vela, Spanish viceroy of Peru * Carl Blasco, French triathlete * Eduardo Blasco Ferrer, Spanish-Italian linguist * Elena Blasco (born 1950), Spanish artist * Eusebio Blasco, Spanish journalist, poet and playwright * Gregorio Blasco, Spanish footballer * Humberto Blasco, Paraguayan politician * Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and artist * Joan Lerma i Blasco, Spanish politician * Joe Blasco, American makeup artist * José Ruiz y Blasco, Spanish painter and art teacher * Josep Maria Rañé i Blasco, Catalan politician * Manuel Blasco de Nebra, Spanish organist and composer * María Blasco ...
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Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, provinces (from north to south): Province of Huesca, Huesca, Province of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, and Province of Teruel, Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, historic nationality'' of Spain. Covering an area of , the region's terrain ranges diversely from permanent glaciers to verdant valleys, rich pasture lands and orchards, through to the arid steppes of the central lowlands. Aragon is home to many rivers—most notably, the river Ebro, Spain's largest river in volume, which runs west–east across the entire region through the province of Zaragoza. It is also home to the Pyrenees#Highest summits, highest mountains of the Pyrenees. , the population of Arago ...
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José Ruiz Y Blasco
José Ruiz y Blasco (12 April 1838 – 3 May 1913) was a Spanish painter, an art teacher, and the father of artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973). Family life José Ruiz y Blasco who was known by his family as "Pepe" was born in Málaga, Spain in 1838 and grew up in a middle-class family. At 42 years of age, he married María Picasso López (1855–1938), who was 17 years younger than him. The couple had three children; Pablo was born on 25 October 1881, Dolores, who was nicknamed "Lola", was born in 1884, and Concepción, who was nicknamed "Conchita", was born in 1887. When Pablo was 13 years old, Conchita died at the age of seven from diphtheria. Career From 1875 to 1890, José Ruiz y Blasco worked as an art teacher at the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes San Telmo. He specialised in still lifes, landscapes, and images of doves and pigeons. He also worked as curator and restorer at the Museo Municipal in Málaga. In 1891 Ruiz y Blasco moved his family to A Cor ...
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Alicante Bouschet
Alicante Bouschet or Alicante Henri Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866. It is a cross of Petit Bouschet (itself a cross of the very old variety Teinturier du Cher and Aramon) and Grenache.Alicante Henri Bouschet
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Amber Blasco
Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of New Jersey'', Rutgers University Press, . Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ''ambrite'' is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Etymology The English word ''amber'' derives from Arabic from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (''ʾnbl'' /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”) via Middle Latin ''ambar'' and Middle French ''ambre''. The word referred to what is now known as '' ambergris'' (''ambre gris'' or "gray amber" ...
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Víctor Blasco
Victor Blasco Llorens (born 1 July 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese club Balzan. Career Early career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Blasco spent his youth career with Barcelona, Cornellà and Mallorca before moving to Canada to play university football at Vancouver Island University. In the 2014 season with the Mariners, he led the PACWEST with 12 goals in 13 appearances and was named 2014 PACWEST Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. Whitecaps FC 2 On 25 March 2015, Blasco signed a professional contract with USL expansion club Whitecaps FC 2. He made his professional debut on 29 March in a 4–0 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC 2. Blasco was released by Vancouver on 19 April 2016 for an undisclosed breach of club policy. Pacific FC After returning to VIU, and playing in the PCSL and the VMSL, Blasco signed with new club Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League on 7 February 2019. In 25 games, Blasco scored six goals and three ...
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works. Biography He was born in Valencia. At university, he studied law and graduated in 1888 but never went into practice since he was more interested in politics, journalism, and literature. He was a particular fan of Miguel de Cervantes. In politics, he was a militant Republican partisan in his youth, and he founded the newspaper ''El Pueblo'' (translated as ''The People'') in his hometown, in which he developed a Republican populist political movement known as '. The newspaper aroused so much controversy that it was taken to court many times. In 1896, he was arrested and sentenced to a few months in prison. He made many enemies. He was shot, and almost killed, in one dispute; the bullet was caught in the clasp o ...
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Ruth Hall (actress)
Ruth Hall (born Ruth Gloria Blasco Ibáñez; December 29, 1910 – October 9, 2003) was an American film actress. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Hall was a 1929 graduate of Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Hall was a great-niece of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, the Spanish novelist. She took her mother's maiden name as her professional name so as not to benefit from the novelist's more celebrated last name. In 1931, she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures. Personal life She was married to cinematographer Lee Garmes from 1933 until his death on August 31, 1978; the couple had two daughters. Ruth Hall died in Glendale, California, aged 92. Partial filmography * '' Hell Harbor'' (1930) * '' For the Defense'' (1930) * '' The Drums of Jeopardy'' (1931) * ''Manhattan Parade'' (1931) *''Local Boy Makes Good'' (1931) *'' Chances'' (1931) *'' Monkey Business'' (1931) *''Her Majesty, Love'' (1931) *'' A Fool's Advice'' (1932) * '' The Gambling Sex'' (1932) *''The Kid fro ...
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Paloma Gay Y Blasco
Paloma Gay y Blasco is a social anthropologist specialising in gender and Spanish Gitanos (Roma/Gypsies). She is a full-time lecturer at University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ... and has published two books and several articles, including ''Gypsies in Madrid: Sex, Gender, and the Performance of Identity'' (1999 Oxford, Berg) and with Huon Wardle ''How to Read Ethnography'' (2008 London Routledge). ReferencesProfile at the website of the University of St Andrews Academics of the University of St Andrews Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{anthropologist-stub ...
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Miriam Blasco
Miriam Blasco Soto (born 12 December 1963) is a professional judo competitor, who resides in Alicante, Spain. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where she won the gold medal in Women's Judo in the 56 kg division. By doing so, she became Spain's first female Olympic champion and first female medalist. One of the major streets in her city of residence, Alicante, was named after her. When her professional sport career finished, she became actively involved in politics. In 2000, 2004, and 2008, she was elected to the Spanish Senate for the conservative Partido Popular. She is married to Nicola Fairbrother Nicola Kim Fairbrother Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 8th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka. Judo career Fairbrot ..., her opponent in the 1992 judo Olympics' final match. References External links * * ...
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Miguel Blasco
Miguel Blasco is a music producer and songwriter. Born in Spain. When he was 16 years old, he joined his first rock band and moved to Ibiza in 1963 through the first years of the musical movement called "beatnic", before the "hippies". On stage, he joined Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones, Willy Brook (drum player for Jimmy Smith), Emilio Sangaro, Ian Anderson, among others, in the only night club in the island. Later he appeared on a "Marcofestival" in Barcelona and began to write musical scores for Catalan films. He also joined Jimi Hendrix on "Club Babalu" in 1966 and discovered singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat. He was forced to join the army in 1969, staying off the stages for 18 months. When he returned from military duty, he preferred to work on an independent label as a talent scout, moving to London to pursue this. When he returned to Madrid, he became the disc jockey at the "Club Hotel Barajas" with success. Years later he joined Ramon Segura on a new label cal ...
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Michele Blasco
Michele Blasco (1628–1685) was an Italian painter and architect, active in his native Sicily, mainly painting in sacred subjects in a Baroque style. Biography Born in Sciacca to noble and primary family originally from Spain, he was initially enrolled in religious studies locally, then in Girgenti and finally Catania. Soon his interest in art showed through and his family relented to him studying in Palermo with Pietro Novelli. In Palermo, he was influenced by the styles of Ribera and van Dyck. Returning to Sciacca, Michele painted a San Tommaso da Villanova for the church of Santa Maria del Soccorso. He painted an ''Annunciation'' for the Chiesa del Collegio in Sciacca. He painted a St Antony Abbot for the oratory church of the Carmine. He painted a St Stephen and Martyr for the church of Santa Margherita. He built a new church (after 1656) to replace the Norman church with the Basilica Maria Santissima del Soccorso in Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (vi ...
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Michael Blasco
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