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De Córdova (other)
De Córdova or de Córdoba may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Rudolph de Cordova (1860–1941), Jamaican–British writer and actor * Leander de Cordova (1877–1969), Jamaican actor and film director * Pedro de Córdoba (1881–1950), American actor * Fred de Cordova (1910–2001), American director and producer, worked on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' * Arturo de Córdova (1908–1973), Mexican film actor Military * Luis de Córdova y Córdova (1706–1796), admiral, commanded the Spanish fleet in the Anglo-Spanish War * Pedro Hernández de Córdova, Spanish soldier in the Arauco War in the 16th century * José de Córdoba y Ramos (1732–1815), Spanish explorer and naval officer * Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa (died 1698), Spanish soldier in Chile Politics * Jacob De Cordova (1808–1868), Texas politician * Marsha de Cordova (born 1976), British Labour politician Other people * Pedro de Córdoba, (died 1525), Spanish missionary, author and inquisitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph De Cordova
Rudolph de Cordova (10 June 1859 – 11 January 1941) was a Jamaican-born British writer, screenwriter and actor. Cordova was born in Kingston, the son of Altamont de Cordova, a prominent merchant, and Katherine Lewis. He went to London to study medicine in the 1880s, but soon abandoned his studies in order to become an actor.Hill, p. 139. His brother was the actor and film director Leander de Cordova. He was also the grandnephew of Jacob de Cordova, and great grandnephew of Raphael de Cordova, a coffee brewer and president of the first synagogue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also the cousin of Julian de Cordova, former president of Union Glass Company, and founder of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. He was married to the writer Alicia Ramsey and collaborated with her on several plays. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Greatest Power'' (1917) * '' The Trail of the Shadow'' (1917) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Secret Kingdom'' (1925) Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leander De Cordova
Leander de Cordova (5 December 1877 – 19 September 1969) was a Jamaican-born American actor and film director. He was the brother of Rudolph de Cordova. He was the son of Altamont de Cordova and Katherine Lewis. He was also the grandnephew of Jacob de Cordova. Selected filmography Acted * ''The Penal Code'' (1932) – Isaac Lewin * ''Dick Tracy (serial), Dick Tracy'' (1937, Serial) – Stevens (uncredited) * ''The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937 film), The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1937) – Bidder (uncredited) * ''Midnight (1939 film), Midnight'' (1939) – Footman (uncredited) * ''Torture Ship'' (1939) – Ezra Matthews * ''Zorro's Fighting Legion'' (1939, Serial) – Felipe * ''The Phantom Cowboy (1941 film), The Phantom Cowboy'' (1941) – Don Jose Toreno (uncredited) * ''Prairie Pioneers'' (1941) – Father Garcia (uncredited) * ''Mission to Moscow'' (1943) – Heckler (uncredited) * ''The Laramie Trail'' (1944) – Esteban * ''The Gay Senorita'' (1945) – Padre Ansel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro De Córdoba
Pedro de Córdoba OP (c.1460–1525) was a Spanish missionary, author and inquisitor on the island of Hispaniola. He was first to denounce the Spanish system known as the ''Encomienda'', which amounted to the practical enslavement of natives of the New World, for the abuses that it engendered. Life and career He was born at Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. He studied theology at the University of Salamanca and there joined the order of Dominicans. In September 1510 he went to the Island of Hispaniola as vicar of the first band of Dominican missionaries and as the first inquisitor appointed in the New World. He was a zealous protector of the Indians and a friend and mentor of Bartolomé de las Casas. The objective of the friars consisted in the pastoral care to the Spaniards and, especially in the evangelization of the natives. Consequently, they came in direct contact with them, especially with the "naborias" as those who were servants in the homes of the Spania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred De Cordova
Frederick Timmins de Cordova (October 27, 1910 – September 15, 2001) was an American stage, motion picture and television director and producer. He is best known for his work on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life De Cordova was born in New York City, New York, the son of Margaret (married and maiden names, née Timmins) and George de Cordova, who worked in the theatre business. George de Cordova was from a Jamaican Sephardic Jewish family related to Julian de Cordova, founder of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and Waco, Texas, founder Jacob de Cordova. In his 1988 autobiography, de Cordova described his parents as con artists who, during his early years, lived well and skipped town without paying their bills. In 1931, he received an undergraduate degree in liberal arts from Northwestern University. Career De Cordova's first theater credit was as a performer in ''Elmer, the Great'' (1928). After his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1933, he gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo De Córdova
Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films. Biography Career Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May 1908. Most of Córdova's films were made in Mexico and he became a major motion picture actor in Latin America and Spain, winning three Silver Ariels and received four other nominations. Córdova starred in several American films during the 1940s including '' For Whom the Bell Tolls'' (1943), '' Frenchman's Creek'' (1944), '' Incendiary Blonde'' (1945), and ''New Orleans'' (1947). Personal life and death He was married to Enna de Arana and in a relationship with actress Marga López from 1964 until his death. Córdova died from a stroke in Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis De Córdova Y Córdova
Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova (8 February 1706 – 29 July 1796) was a Spanish Navy officer. He is best known for his service in the Navy during the Anglo-Spanish War. His best remembered actions were the capture of two merchant convoys totalling 79 ships between 1780 and 1782, including the capture of 55 ships from a convoy composed of Indiamen, and other cargo ships 60 leagues off Cape St. Vincent.Harbron, John: ''Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy.'' Conway Maritime Press, 1988, page 84. In 1782 he battled the Royal Navy to a stalemate at the Battle of Cape Spartel, but failed to prevent the British relieving the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Early life Córdova was born in Seville to don Juan de Córdova Lasso de la Vega y Puente, a mariner, navy captain, and knight of the Order of Calatrava, and doña Clemencia Fernández de Córdova Lasso de la Vega Veintimiglia, daughter of the Marquis of Vado del Maestre and first-cousin of her husband. He was baptised at San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Hernández De Córdova
Pedro Hernández de Córdova (? -?) was a Spanish soldier who was occupied in the Arauco War. A Captain in fall of 1564, he led thirty soldiers in an attempt to reinforce Concepcion. Blocked by winter rains and the hostile Mapuche his force remained north of the Maule River until spring of 1565 observing the frontier with the hostiles.Diego Barros Arana, Historia jeneral de Chile, Tomo II, pg. 345 He joined the army of Pedro de Villagra moving south and was with it at the defeat of the Mapuche in the Second Battle of Reinohuelén and in the Battle of Tulmillán and the subsequent months of mopping up operations to suppress the Mapuche revolt north of the Bio-Bio River. In later years he was taken prisoner by the Mapuches and was rescued at the beginning of 1606. References Sources * Diego Barros AranaHistoria jeneral de Chile, Tomo II, R. Jover, Santiago, 1884Original from Oxford University, Digitized Nov 2, 2007 * José Toribio Medina José Toribio Medina Zavala (; Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Córdoba Y Ramos
José de Córdoba y Ramos (September 26, 1732 – April 3, 1815) was a Spanish Navy officer and explorer who sailed around the world and fought in several battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. Biography Born into a family of sailors, he was the son of Don Ramón Antonio de Córdova-Lasso de la Vega y Córdova-Lasso de la Vega, and Doña Mariana Josefa Ramos de Garay y Mexiá. Córdoba took to the seas at the age of 13. After sailing under Andrés Reggio, he was appointed to sail his own ship from Cádiz to Manila Bay via the Cape of Good Hope. In command of the frigate ''Astrea'', he set sail in April 1770 with a crew of 289 men. Arriving in Manila Bay, he affirmed that he only had two patients with scurvy, pointing out that the low incidence of scurvy was due to the gaspacho that he ordered to be given to the crew. Setting course back to Spain on January 6, 1771, he arrived at the Isla de León on August 1, 1771. Later in his career he sailed several times to the Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonso De Cordova Y Figueroa
Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa (? – August 9, 1698) was a Spanish soldier born in Concepción, Chile. He was the son of Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba and father of the historian Pedro de Cordova y Figueroa. He served as lieutenant, captain of infantry and of cavalry in Lota and San Carlos de Austria; lieutenant general of cavalry and Sargento Mayor of the Captaincy General of Chile. Sources * José Toribio Medina José Toribio Medina Zavala (; October 21, 1852 - December 11, 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer, prolific writer, and historian. He is renowned for his study of colonial literature in Chile, printing in Spanish America and large bibliographies s ... ''Diccionario biográfico colonial de Chile'', Impr. Elziviriana, Santiago, 1906, Pj. 211 CORDOBA Y FIGUEROA (ALONSO DE) 1698 deaths 17th-century Chilean people Spanish generals 17th-century Spanish military personnel Year of birth unknown {{Spain-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob De Cordova
Jacob Raphael De Cordova (6 June 1808 – 26 January 1868) was the founder of the ''Jamaica Gleaner''. He settled in Texas in 1839 and lived in Galveston. After living in Galveston, De Cordova moved to Houston, Texas, where he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives to the second Texas Legislature in the year 1847. Biography Early Times Jacob Raphael de Cordova was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town (near Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston), Jamaica, on 6 June 1808, the youngest of three sons of Judith and Raphael de Cordova, a coffee brewer and grower, who were British Jews of Spanish descent. His father was relatively wealthy and had been left £1,000 in a will dated 1794 from his father (worth £ in ) . Retrieved on 20 March 2019. The de Cordova family were implicated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery in Jamaica; according to the ''1812 Jamaica Almanac'' at his Sandysbury Grove Plantation, Saint Catherine Parish, de Cordova's Amsterdam- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha De Cordova
Marsha Chantal de Cordova (born 23 January 1976) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Battersea since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, she was a Member of Lambeth London Borough Council from 2014 to 2018. Since 2024, De Cordova has served as Second Church Estates Commissioner. On the political left, she is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. De Cordova served in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities from 2020 to 2021. Early life and education Marsha Chantal de Cordova was born on 23 January 1976 in Bristol, England. She has five siblings, one of whom is professional footballer Bobby Decordova-Reid. She was born with nystagmus and is registered blind. De Cordova attended Hanham High School (now Hanham Woods Academy). De Cordova studied Law and European Policy Studies at London South Bank University. After graduating she worked at a number of charities including Action for Blind People b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Córdova
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
