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C. Dean Andersson
C. Dean Andersson (March 20, 1946 - July 5, 2021) was an American writer of fantasy fiction and horror novels since 1981, both under his own name and under the pseudonym Asa Drake. Biography Best known as a writer of fiction in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Other work: television graphic artist, professional musician in United States Air Force bands, robotics computer programmer, and a technical writer specializing in software documentation for mainframe relational database management systems. Born March 20, 1946, in the United States of America, state of Kansas, his childhood in Kansas served as a setting for the novel, Buried Screams, and for several scenes in the novel, Raw Pain Max. A childhood encounter with Dracula in a small Kansas movie theater led to a fascination with the character and vampires in general that inspired research and spawned two novels, ''Crimson Kisses'' and ''I Am Dracula.'' Having a Swedish-American father led to an interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bathory (band)
Bathory was a Swedish extreme metal band formed in Vällingby in March 1983. Named after Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory, they are considered pioneers of black metal (alongside Venom, Hellhammer and Mercyful Fate) and Viking metal. The book '' Lords of Chaos'' described Bathory's first four albums as "the blueprint for Scandinavian black metal." The band stopped performing live early on in its career and never toured; frontman, founder and main songwriter Tomas "Quorthon" Forsberg was the sole constant member, and was at times responsible for all instruments. Bathory dissolved when Forsberg died from heart failure at the age of 38 in June 2004. History Early years (1980s) Bathory formed in Vällingby in March 1983. Quorthon, a 17-year-old guitarist (then known as "Ace Shoot", a name inspired by sex jokes, two Motörhead songs – " Ace of Spades" and "Sharpshooter" – and Ace Frehley of Kiss), was joined by bass guitarist Frederick Melander ("Hanoi") and dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Arizona University Alumni
Notable alumni of Northern Arizona University: Alumni Academia * Valeen Tippetts Avery – historian * Harvey Butchart – author and professor known for hiking exploits near Grand Canyon * Aimée Classen – ecologist * Frederick Colwell – microbial ecologist * Lattie F. Coor – President of Arizona State University and the University of Vermont * Elizabeth Hadly – biology professor * Nellie Shaw Harnar – historian * Lomayumtewa C. Ishii – hopi researcher * Hartman H. Lomawaima – director of the Arizona State Museum * Randi Martinsen – geologist * John Marzluff – wildlife professor * Katrina Miranda – biochemistry professor * Brad McRae – ecologist * Raymond R. Rogers – geology professor * Joseph Shepard – President of Western New Mexico University * Cathy Small – anthropologist * William A. Stein – professor and founder of CoCalc * Lydia Tederick – White House Curator * Kimberly A. With – ecologist * Evangeline Pars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Novelists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Male Writers
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2021 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade. Events January * January 6 – The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies of World War II recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 – Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (Lo-fi music, lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. Artists often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. Venom (band), Venom initiated the "First-wave black metal, first wave" of black metal, with their 1982 album ''Black Metal (Venom album), Black Metal'' giving it its name. In the following years, the style was developed by Bathory (band), Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. By 1987, this wave had declined, but influential works were released by Tormentor (band), Tormentor, Sarcófago, Parabellum (Colombian band), Parabellum, Blasphemy (band), Blasphemy, Samael (band), Samael and Rotting Christ. A "Second-wave black metal, second wave" arose in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little River, Kansas
Little River is a city in Rice County, Kansas, Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 472. History For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. In 1803, most of History of Kansas, modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, Rice County, Kansas, Rice County was founded. Little River was founded in 1880. The town was named from its situation upon the Little Arkansas River. In 1878, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and parties from Marion County, Kansas, Marion and McPherson County, Kansas, McPherson counties chartered the Marion and McPherson Railway Company.''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972. In 1879, a bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (or simply Phi Kappa Phi or ) is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to the area of study, and to promote the "unity and democracy of education". It was the fourth academic society in the United States to be organized around recognizing academic excellence, Earlier honor societies were Phi Beta Kappa for the arts and sciences (1776), Tau Beta Pi for engineering (1885), and Sigma Xi for scientific research (1886). and it is the oldest all-discipline honor society. It is a member of the Honor Society Caucus. Notable Members History In the late 1800s, there were only three academic honor societies, and they were all discipline-specific. Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi were founded in 1885 and 1886, respectively. And then there was Phi Beta Kappa, a social and literary society that did not originate as an honor society when it was founded in 1776 but by the 1850s, according to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma () is an international business honor society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters in business schools accredited by AACSB International. It has collegiate chapters in over 190 countries. History The Society was founded on February 19, 1913 with the union of three pre-existing local societies for men in commerce and economics. These were: Beta Gamma Sigma (1907) at the University of Wisconsin, the Economics Club (1906) at the University of California, and Delta Kappa Chi (1910) at the University of Illinois. The three are considered co-equal founding institutions. The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business; cultivate and celebrate leadership and professional excellence and build their professional skills; to foster an enduring commitment to honor and integri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
