Friday, April 8, 2011

Poets, Mystics, Painters, Authors, Philosophers, Sculptors, Teachers, Photographers...

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Friday, April 8






Clarence Hudson White

Clarence Hudson White (April 8, 1871 – July 7, 1925) was an American photographer and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. During his lifetime he was widely recognized as a master of the art form for his consummate sentimental, pictorial portraits and for his excellence as a teacher of photography. Toward the end of his career he founded the Clarence H. White School of Photography, which produced many of the best-known photographers of the Twentieth century including Margaret Bourke-White, Ralph Steiner, Dorothea Lange, and Paul Outerbridge.







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Saturday, April 9











Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.









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Sunday, April 10









William Booth

William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid.



William was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four surviving children born to Samuel Booth and Mary Moss.







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Tuesday, April 12





Mahavira

Mahavir (means "Great Hero", traditionally 599–527 BCE) is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamana (Sanskrit: वर्धमान ) who established what are today considered to be the central tenets of Jainism. According to Jain tradition, he was the 24th and the last Tirthankara. In Tamil, he is referred to as Arugan or Arugadevan. He is also known in texts as Vira or Viraprabhu, Sanmati, Ativira,and Gnatputra. In the Buddhist Pali Canon, he is referred to as Nigantha Nātaputta.





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