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Ernest Lagarde
Ernest Lagarde (September 4, 1836 – October 25, 1914) was a mixed race Creole author, journalist, professor, publisher, and linguist. He spoke many languages including Greek, following his Greek Americans, Greek-American heritage. Lagarde was a member of the prominent Creole Dimitry family of New Orleans. The family was involved in a large number of controversial incidents that involved racism. He was a faculty member at Mount St. Mary's University for over 45 years. He served as chairman of the university's Department of Modern Languages and Literature. Lagarde worked for several newspapers and also wrote several scholarly books, including one on William Shakespeare entitled ''Shakespeare A Lecture''. He started a newspaper for Mount Saint Mary's College called ''The Mountain Echo''. Lagarde was born to parents Jean Baptist Lagarde and Marie Francesca Athenais Dimitry. His father died while Lagarde was a young child, and so his uncle Alexander Dimitry took on an important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Celeste Dragon
Marie Celeste Dragon (1777–1856) was a prominent Creole of color land owner during the Spanish Louisiana period, also known for her portrait by José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza. She was the wife of Andrea Dimitry; they were an interracial couple. Dragon passed neither as black or white due to her mixed ancestry. She was of Greek-French and African descent."Louise Pecquet du Bellet" ''Some Prominent Virginia Families Vol. 4'' Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company Inc. 1907: p. 188 Her likeness has been featured in countless articles as representative of the creole community. She was on the cover of the book ''Exiles at Home The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans'' by Shirley Elizabeth Thompson. Two of her creole children attended Georgetown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
