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* Evelyn Nesbit ( 1884 – 1967 ), chorus girl, noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect Stanford White, by her first husband, Harry K. Thaw.
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While still a teenager, he courted showgirl Evelyn Nesbit in 1901 and 1902.
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Younger Brother becomes smitten with coquettish showgirl Evelyn Nesbit, whose wealthy husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, murders architect Stanford White in a jealous rage.
In 1906, White was murdered by millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw over White's affair with Thaw's wife, actress Evelyn Nesbit, leading to a court case which was dubbed " The Trial of the Century " by contemporary reporters.
This is where Evelyn Nesbit, a popular chorus girl and model, and other young women " in varying degrees of undress " would provide the entertainment.
Thaw, a Pittsburgh millionaire, and a man with a history of severe mental instability, was the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit, whom White had seduced at age sixteen.
* Mooney, Michael, Evelyn Nesbit and Stanford White: Love and Death in the Gilded Age
* Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, The Story of My Life 1914
* Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, Prodigal Days 1934
* Uruburu, Paula, American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, The Birth of the " It " Girl and the Crime of the Century Riverhead 2008
Stanford White was known to have seduced Thaw's wife, showgirl Evelyn Nesbit.
About Evelyn Nesbit.
Anne Shirley's appearance was inspired by a photograph which Montgomery clipped from the Metropolitan Magazine and kept, unaware of the model's identity as the notorious 1900s Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbit.
He was born in Berlin, Germany on 25 October 1910, the only child of Evelyn Nesbit.
In 1981 she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film Ragtime.
Many models posed for Gibson Girl-style illustrations, including Gibson's wife, Irene Langhorne ( who may have been the original model, and was a sister of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ) and Evelyn Nesbit.
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* Harry Kendall Thaw, ( 1871 – 1947 ), murderer of architect Stanford White, husband of Evelyn Nesbit
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Actresses Evelyn Nesbit and Ethel Barrymore were friends of hers.
Evelyn and 1884
* Lord Albert Sidney Pelham-Clinton ( 22 December 1845 – 1 March 1884 ), who married Mrs Frances Evelyn Stotherd on 17 November 1870 ; they were divorced in 1877.
In 1884, Sir Evelyn Baring ( Lord Cromer ) went back to Egypt as diplomatic agent and Consul-General of Britain.
In the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884 – 1885 he was ADC and military secretary to Sir Evelyn.
He was given command of the Egyptian Army's 1st Battalion by the army's Sirdar, Evelyn Wood, and spent four years in Egypt where he took part in the Suakin Expedition of 1884, against Muhammad Ahmad's Mahdist forces and served as governor-general of the Red Sea littoral.
He married Caroline Rachel Clowes ( cousin of Evelyn May Clowes ) on 14 February 1884.
Evelyn and –
* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )
* 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, British poet ( d. 1941 )
* Sir Mark Evelyn Heath-Diplomat, British Ambassador to Chad ( 1975 – 1978 ), the first British Ambassador to Holy See ( 1982 – 1985 ) and Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government ( 1985 – 1988 ).
* Evelyn Stokes ( 1936 – 2005 ).
* 2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress ( b. 1916 )
* 1896 – Evelyn Preer, American actress ( d. 1932 )
* 1909 – Evelyn Wood, American educator ( d. 1995 )
* 1926 – Evelyn Lear, American soprano ( d. 2012 )
* 1965 – Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
* 1933 – Evelyn Margaret Ay, American beauty pageant winner ( d. 2008 )
* 1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress ( d. 2008 )
* 1909 – Evelyn Johnson, American aviator
* 1620 – John Evelyn, English diarist ( d. 1706 )
* 1952 – Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.
* On the debut album by Evelyn Evelyn ( produced by and featuring Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls and Seattle folk-hero, Jason Webley ), the second track – " A Campaign of Shock and Awe " – references Rolling Stone.
Among the committee's members were John Evelyn ( 1620 – 1706 ), Thomas Sprat ( 1635 – 1713 ), and John Dryden ( 1631 – 1700 ).
* 1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
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