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Brilliant Pebbles Emerging (cropped)
Brilliant may refer to: Music * ''Brilliant'' (album), a 2012 album by Ultravox *Brilliant (band), a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s * "Brilliant" (song), a song by D'espairsRay *Brilliant Classics, Dutch classical music record label *''Brilliant!'', a 1989 album by Kym Mazelle Places *Brilliant, British Columbia, a community in Canada * Brilliant, Alabama, a town in the U.S. * Brilliant, New Mexico *Brilliant, Ohio, a town in the U.S. Ships * ''Brilliant'' (schooner), a schooner at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut * * – one of nine vessels by that name * – one of two vessels by that name Other uses * Brilliant.org, an educational website *Brilliant (diamond cut) * brilliant (typography), the typographic size between diamond and excelsior * ''Brilliant'' (film), a 2004 TV film *''Brilliant!'', 1995/96 art show of Young British Artists in Minneapolis and Houston *''The Fast Show'' or ''Brilliant!'', a BBC series *Brilliant, a 1950s cartoon character in the ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant (album)
''Brilliant'' (stylised as ''Brill!ant'') is the eleventh and final studio album by British synth-pop band Ultravox, released on 25 May 2012 by Chrysalis Records. It is the group's first studio album in 18 years, and the first in 28 years from the "classic" Ultravox line-up consisting of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Warren Cann and Chris Cross (the last being 1984's ''Lament (Ultravox album), Lament''). The title track was released as its lead single, and premiered on 17 April 2012 on BBC Radio 2. ''Brilliant'' debuted at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 6,100 copies in its first week. It received mixed reviews from critics. Background Ure said in 2012: "We did get along on the reunion tour brilliantly and decided to make an album. It is such a weird thing to do what we did, to lock yourself away like we did in Canada, with no one else around. It was just Billy, Chris and I. Warren had commitments in Los Angeles and he didn't have to be part of it until later on. We were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant!
''Brilliant!'' was a group exhibition of contemporary art held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA between 22 October 1995 and 7 January 1996. It traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996. Theme and content The exhibition sought to showcase a burgeoning group of English artists now known as the YBAs. The Walker's press material, defining the criteria for selection of artists in the exhibition, says: The artists chosen for the exhibition have become increasingly visible over the past six years in self-promoted, renegade exhibitions and publications that have cropped up throughout London. Their aesthetically diverse and provocative artworks are united by a shared interest in ephemeral materials, unconventional presentation, and an anti-authoritarian stance that lends their objects a youthful, aggressive vitality. Exhibited artists * Henry Bond * Glenn Brown * Jake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brillant (other)
Brillant may refer to: People * Félix Brillant (born 1980) * Dany Brillant (born 1965) * Edmond Wilhelm Brillant (1916–2004) * Jean Brillant (1890–1918) * Pierre-Luc Brillant (born 1978) Places * Montigné-le-Brillant, Mayenne, France * Val-Brillant, Quebec Other * French ship ''Brillant'' (1815) *'' Les Brillant'', a French language Canadian sitcom * Voigtländer Brillant, a twin-lens reflex camera See also * Brilliance (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant Chang
Brilliant (Billy) Chang (real name Chan Nan; born c. 1886, death date unknown) was a Chinese restaurateur and drug dealer who was implicated in supplying the drugs that killed Freda Kempton in 1922.Tragic Punishment of London's "Dope King" ''The Milwaukee Sentinel'', 8 December 1928, p. 9.Brilliant Chang ''The Daily News'', 28 June 1922, p. 3. The British popular press portrayed him as an international drug mastermind and the "Dope King" of London. Background Chang was born in Guangzhou, Canton, part of a wealthy mercantile family with interests in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant Dadashova
Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( ; born 15 September 1959Бриллиант Дадашева подтверждает свое турецкое гражданство 23 saylı Nəsimi-Səbayıl seçki dairəsi üzrə seçicilərin daimi siyahısı or 1965, according to other sources) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varvara Brilliant-Lerman
Varvara Alexandrovna Brilliant-Lerman (; 5 April 1888 – 17 May 1954) was a Russian plant physiologist who discovered the "Brilliant phenomenon". Early life and education Varvara Alexandrovna Brilliant-Lerman was born on 5 April 1888 in Saint Petersburg into a Jewish family. As a child she learned to speak German, French and English. She attended the St. Petersburg Bestuzhev Advanced Courses for Women, upon her graduation in 1912, she and other high-performing students stayed at the Courses to further their knowledge on plant physiology. In 1915, she passed state examinations that licensed her to teach at the St. Petersburg Bestuzhev Advanced Courses and other private institutions. Career From 1913 to 1926, she worked in several universities in Petrograd, including the laboratory of S. P. Kostychev head of the Department of Plant Physiology at Petrograd University and professor of plant physiology at the Bestuzhev Courses from 1913 to 1920. The Russian Revolution of 1917 op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Brilliant
Lawrence Brilliant (born May 5, 1944) is an American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author, who worked with the World Health Organization from 1973–1976 helping to successfully eradicate smallpox. Brilliant, a technology patent holder, has been the CEO of public companies and venture backed start-ups. He was the inaugural Executive Director of Google.org, the charitable arm of Google established in 2005, and the first CEO of Skoll Global Threats Fund, established in 2009 by eBay founder Jeff Skoll to address climate change, pandemics, water security, nuclear proliferation, and conflict in the Middle East. Brilliant currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Ending Pandemics, and is also on the boards of the Skoll Foundation, Salesforce.org, The Seva Foundation, and Dharma Platform. Early life and education Brilliant was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Joe Brilliant, was a philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is the grandson of Jewish immigra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredda Brilliant
Fredda Brilliant (7 April 1903 – 25 May 1999) was a Polish sculptor and actress, born in Łódź, Poland. She worked in a variety of media and is recognized as an accomplished sculptor, writer, actor, singer and script writer. Throughout her career she traveled extensively working in England, USA, Australia, India, Poland and Russia. Brilliant sculpted some of the greatest figures of her time including Jawaharlal Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon, Indira Gandhi, U.S. President John F Kennedy, and Buckminster Fuller. She also sculpted her husband, the writer Herbert Marshall. Her writing credits include ''Biographies in Bronze'' (1986), ''The Black Virgin'' (1986), ''Women in power'' (1987) and ''Truth in Fiction'' (1986). Brilliant's most famous work is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi which is the centerpiece of the park in Tavistock Square, London, UK. Early career Fredda Brilliant emigrated with her Jewish parents to Melbourne, Australia in 1924. The Brilliant family were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Brilliant
Dora Vulfovna Brilliant (; 1880–1907) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian socialism, socialist revolutionary. She manufactured bombs for the SR Combat Organisation, which used them to carry out assassinations against the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), interior minister Vyacheslav von Plehve and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. Biography Dora Brilliant was born into a History of the Jews in Ukraine, Ukrainian Jewish family in Kherson, in 1880. Despite her family refusing to provide her with an education, Brilliant went to school on her own initiative, going on to train in midwifery. After participating in a political demonstration, Brilliant was internally exiled to Poltava, where she met the revolutionary socialism, revolutionary socialist Grigory Gershuni. Through him, Brilliant joined the Socialist-Revolutionary Party (PSR) after it was founded in 1902. She operated the party's clandestine press, distributing its literature through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (born 9 December 1933) is an English-born American author and cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Pot-Shots'', single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975. Life and career Brilliant was born in London, England. He attended Hendon County School, London, in the 1940s–50s. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a PhD in history in 1964 and taught on a " floating university", an educational cruise ship that traveled around the world in the mid-60s. He later taught at a community college in Bend, Oregon. During the "Summer of Love" in San Francisco in 1967, Brilliant gave daily lectures near the Haight Street entrance of Golden Gate Park. He released a live album recorded in Golden Gate Park in 1967 on a small Hollywood, California, record label, Dorash Enterprises (Dorash LP-1001). The album, ''Ashleigh Brilliant in the Haight-Ashbury'', is quite rare toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodoxa
''Heliodoxa'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Heliodoxa'' was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''hēlios'' meaning "sun" and ''doxa'' meaning "glory" or "magnificence". The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithology, ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal ... as the violet-fronted brilliant. The genus contains ten species: References Hummingbirds Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{hummingbird-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Tracy
''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977,webpage notes villains and includes short bio of Chester Gould. and various artists and writers have continued it. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, including Dick Tracy (1990 film), ''Dick Tracy'' (1990) in which Warren Beatty played the lead. Tom De Haven praised Gould's ''Dick Tracy'' as an "outrageously funny American Gothic", while Brian Walker described it as a "ghoulishly entertaining creation" which had "gripping stories filled with violence and pathos".Walker, Brian. ''The Comics: The Complete Collection''. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2011. (pp. 189-191, 226-231, 259, 370) Comic strip Creation and early years Basing the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
