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Joseph Morrill Wells
Joseph Morrill Wells (1853–1890) was an American architect, known for his contributions to the work of the notable architecture firm of McKim, Mead & White. Wells is said to have admired the architects of the Italian Renaissance, especially Donato Bramante, and to have been an important influence in the firm's transition in the mid-1880s away from the romantic and picturesque, and toward the classical. Early life and family Joseph Morrill Wells was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 1, 1853, the son of Thomas Foster Wells (1822–1903), a shipping merchant and salvager of shipwrecks, and his wife, Sarah Morrill Wells (1828–1897). Samuel Adams, the Boston brewer and patriot, was a great-great-grandfather, and the poets Thomas Wells (1790–1861) and Anna Maria (Foster) Wells (1795–1868) were grandparents. Joseph Wells' brother, Webster Wells (1851–1916), was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of numerous textbooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury () is a neighborhood within the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and one of 23 official neighborhoods of Boston used by the city for neighborhood services coordination. The city states that Roxbury serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston."Roxbury " City of Boston. Retrieved on May 2, 2009. Roxbury was one of the first towns founded in the in 1630, and became a city in 1846 before being annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868.Roxbury History . Part of Roxbury ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Cortissoz
Royal Cortissoz (; February 10, 1869 – October 17, 1948) was an American art historian and, from 1891 until his death, the art critic for the ''New York Herald Tribune''. During his tenure at the newspaper, he consistently championed traditionalism and decried modernism. Of the latter, he once wrote, "It will someday prove a kind of Victorian 'dud', with a difference, obviously, but a 'dud' just the same." Cortissoz wrote the inscription engraved above the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.: "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever." Early life Cortissoz was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Francisco Emmanuel Cortissoz, an Englishman of Spanish descent, and Julia da Costa Mauri, from Martinique. He trained as an architect, spending six years working at the firm of McKim, Mead, and White, starting at the age of 16, before joining the staff of the '' Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Wells
Mai Wells (14 April 1863 – 1 August 1941), also billed as May Wells and Mae Wells, was an American actress whose career spanned eight decades. A prolific actress of the silent era, she worked with Charlie Chaplin, made at least two films with Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and one sound film, ''If I Had a Million'' (1932).Massa, Stev''Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of “Fatty” Arbuckle'' BearManor Media (2020): Google Books Early life and family Born (as Mary Lavinia Wells) in San Francisco, California, on April 21, 1862, the daughter of Samuel Adams Wells (1824–1864) and London-born Lavinia Howard ''née'' Oldfield, she began her acting career at age 5 in her mother and stepfather's theatrical company. Her education did not advance beyond the sixth grade at elementary school. Her mother appeared on stage with Edwin Booth, while her father, a Boston-born great-grandson of Massachusetts governor Samuel Adams, was one of the earliest Coast singers, entertaining in the saloons a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Renouf-Whelpley
Annie Renouf-Whelpley (1849–1930) was an expatriate American artist, singer and composer. Early life (1849–1871) Annie Vincent Whelpley was born in New York City in 1849, the daughter and only child of Dr. James Davenport Whelpley (1817–1872) and his wife Anna Marie Wells (1828–1860). James Whelpley was a graduate of Yale College (1837), a physician, philosopher, metallurgist, Central American adventurer, and for a time editor and part-owner of the ''American Whig Review''. His wife, Anna Wells, was the daughter of the Boston poets Thomas Wells (1790–1861) and Anna Maria Foster Wells (1795–1868), and a great-granddaughter of Massachusetts governor Samuel Adams. When Annie Whelpley was ten years old, she appeared in the 1860 census, living in New York with her parents. Her mother died there on July 9, 1860, and the following year, at Dedham, Massachusetts, on September 19, 1861, her father married Mary Louise Breed (1841–1932). They had three children: James Davenp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stele
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted. Stelae were created for many reasons. Grave stelae were used for funerary or commemorative purposes. Stelae as slabs of stone would also be used as ancient Greek and Roman government notices or as boundary markers to mark borders or property lines. Stelae were occasionally erected as memorials to battles. For example, along with other memorials, there are more than half-a-dozen steles erected on the battlefield of Waterloo at the locations of notable actions by participants in battle. A traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study. After he returned to New York, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand. Saint-Gaudens created works such as the '' Robert Gould Shaw Memorial'' on Boston Common, '' Abraham Lincoln: The Man'', and grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals: '' General John Logan Memorial'' in Chicago's Grant Park and '' William Tecumseh Sherman'' at the corner of New York's Central Park. In addition, he created the popular historicist representation of '' The Puritan''. Saint-Gaudens also created Classical works such as the ''Diana'', and employed his design skills in numismatics. He designed the $20 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus along the Medford and Somerville border. History Indigenous history Native Americans inhabited the area that would become Medford for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas. At the time of European contact and exploration, Medford was the winter home of the Naumkeag people, who farmed corn and created fishing weirs at multiple sites along the Mystic River. Naumkeag sachem Nanepashemet was killed and buried at his fortification in present-day Medford during a war with the Tarrantines in 1619. The contact period introduced a number of European infectious diseases which would decimate native populations in virgin soil epidemics, including a smallpox epidemic which in 1633 which killed Nanepashemet's sons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JM Wells Tombstone Detail , a religious denomination
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JM may refer to: Places * Jamaica (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code JM) * Jay Em, Wyoming, a community in the United States Businesses and organizations * Jack's Mannequin, a piano rock band * Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami, an Islamic terrorist group active in Central Asia * Air Jamaica (IATA code JM) * Jaysh Muhammad, an Iraqi insurgency group * Jerónimo Martins, a Portuguese company * Johnson Matthey, a British chemicals and metals company * Joseph Magnin Co. Other uses * A shortened form of James * Fender Jazzmaster, an American guitar model * ''Juris Master'', a degree similar to the Master of Laws * Just Muslim Non-denominational Muslims () are Muslims who do not belong to, do not self-identify with, or cannot be readily classified under one of the identifiable Islamic schools and branches. Non-denominational Muslims are found primarily in Central As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Square Garden (1890)
Madison Square Garden (1890–1926) was an indoor arena in New York City, the second by that name, and the second and last to be located at 26th Street (Manhattan), 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Opened in 1890 at the cost of about $500,000, it replaced the Madison Square Garden (1879), first Madison Square Garden, and hosted numerous events, including boxing matches, orchestral performances, light operas and romantic comedies, the annual French Ball, both the P. T. Barnum#Circus king, Barnum and the Ringling Brothers Circus, Ringling circuses, and the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which nominated John W. Davis after 103 ballots. The building closed in 1925, and was replaced by the Madison Square Garden (1925), third Madison Square Garden at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street, which was the first to be located away from Madison Square. History Madison Square Garden II, as it has come to be called in retrospect, was designed by noted architect Stanford White, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903–1987) was an American architectural historian, and for many years a professor at Smith College and New York University. His writings helped to define the characteristics of modernist architecture. Early life Henry-Russell Hitchcock Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1903, the son of Dr. Henry Russell Hitchcock, a physician and graduate of the Harvard Medical School, class of 1890, and his wife, Alice Davis. The hyphenation of the son's given names was probably an affectation. He was educated at Middlesex School and Harvard University, receiving his A.B. in 1924 and his M.A. in 1927. Educator Hitchcock taught at a number of colleges and universities, but primarily at Smith College (where he was also Director of the Smith College Museum of Art from 1949 to 1955). In 1968 he moved to New York City and thereafter taught at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He also taught at Wesleyan University, Massachusetts Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century Association
The Century Association is a private social, arts, and dining club in New York City, founded in 1847. Its clubhouse is located at 7 West 43rd Street near Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is primarily a club for men and women with distinction in literature or the arts. The Century Association was founded by members of New York's Sketch Club; preceding clubs also included the National Academy of Design, the Bread and Cheese Club, and the Column. Traditionally a men's club, women first became active in club life in the early 1900s; the organization began admitting women as members in 1988. Named after the first 100 people proposed as members, the first meeting on January 13, 1847 created the club known as the Century; it was incorporated in 1857. It was first housed at 495 Broadway in Lower Manhattan; the club gradually moved uptown, leading to the club's construction of its current location in 1899. During the Civil War, it became headquarters to the U.S. Sanitary Commissio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
