This group had been Palfrey's greatest worry since Anna was in bad health, and her children were too young to work for their keep.

In recent years Anna Xydis has played with the New York Philharmonic and at Lewisohn Stadium, but her program last night at Town Hall was the Greek-born pianist's first New York recital since 1948.

It was there that their first child, a daughter they named Anna Bronson Alcott, was born on March 16, 1831, after 36 hours of labor.

Bronson described her as " a very fine healthful child, much more so than Anna was at birth.

He was born into a family of writers, the best known of whom was his paternal aunt, Anna Letitia Barbauld, a woman of letters who wrote poetry and essays as well as early children's literature.

Alexios was the son of Ioannis Komnenos and Anna Dalassena, and the nephew of Isaac I Komnenos ( emperor 1057 – 1059 ).

The mother of Alexios, Anna Dalassena, was to play a prominent role in this coup d ' état of 1081, along with the current empress, Maria of Alania.

The real driving force behind this political alliance was Anna Dalassene.

Anna then protested that the family was in fear for their lives, her sons were loyal subjects ( Alexios and Isaac were discovered absent without leave ), and had learned of a plot by enemies of the Komnenoi to have them both blinded and had, therefore, fled the capital so they may continue to be of loyal service to the emperor.

This request was granted and Anna then manifested her true theatrical and manipulative capabilities:

Straboromanos tried to give her his cross, but for Anna this was not sufficiently large enough so that all bystanders could witness the oath.

Anna was highly successful in three important aspects of the revolt: she bought time for her sons to steal imperial horses from the stables and escape the city, she distracted the emperor and gave her sons time to gather and arm their troops and she gave a false sense of security to Botaneiates that there was no real treasonous coup against him.

Alexios was for many years under the strong influence of an eminence grise, his mother Anna Dalassene, a wise and immensely able politician whom, in a uniquely irregular fashion, he had crowned as Augusta instead of the rightful claimant to the title, his wife Irene Doukaina.

Dalassena was the effective administrator of the Empire during Alexios ' long absences in military campaigns: she was constantly at odds with her daughter-in-law and had assumed total responsibility for the upbringing and education of her granddaughter Anna Komnene.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

While the early explorers used horses to cross the outback, the first woman to make the journey riding a horse was Anna Hingley, who rode from Broome to Cairns in 2006.

He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Maria was a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

Charles Henry Alston was born on November 28, 1907 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Reverend Primus Priss Alston and Anna Elizabeth Miller Alston, and was the youngest of five children.

She was a daughter of Henry V of Iron, Duke of Żagań and Anna of Mazovia.

TV Guide film critic Maitland McDonagh noted that in the film Cruz " expertly mines the contrast between chic, compliant, white-clad Anna and funky, street-smart Melody, who treats Freeman's character Gary like the world-class drag he is.

First mentioned on July 25, 1726, when parish priest of Holy Trinity Church at Będzin noted a woman named Anna Lisowa from Dąbrowa.

* Dorothy Trimble Tiffany ( 1891 – 1979 ), who, as Dorothy Burlingham, later became a noted psychoanalyst and lifelong friend and partner of Anna Freud.

His film Piccadilly ( 1929 ), a late silent, is noted for the central performance of the Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong.

He was a member of the noted Massey family, which included his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, a Governor General of Canada.

At the age of 15, she started reading her father ’ s work: a dream she had ' at the age of nineteen months ... in The Interpretation of Dreams, and commentators have noted how ' in the dream of little Anna ... little Anna only hallucinates forbidden objects '.

Her stepmother, Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema ( 1852 – 1909 ) and sister Anna Alma-Tadema ( 1867 – 1943 ) were also noted artists.

A number of noted opera-singers ( Nicolai Ghiaurov, Boris Christoff, Raina Kabaivanska, Ghena Dimitrova, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Vesselina Kasarova ), pianist Alexis Weissenberg, and successful artists ( Christo, Pascin, Vladimir Dimitrov ) popularized the culture of Bulgaria abroad.

The current editor-in-chief of American Vogue is Anna Wintour, noted for her trademark bob and her trademark sunglasses she always wears indoors.

The first Manon was Marie Heilbron ; other noted interpreters include Sybil Sanderson ( Massenet's personal favorite ), Fanny Heldy, Lucrezia Bori, Bidu Sayao, Victoria de los Ángeles, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Edita Gruberova, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, and Natalie Dessay.

There, they also hosted receptions on Sunday evenings which drew notable figures including P. T. Barnum, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Greenleaf Whittier, Horace Greeley, Bayard Taylor and his wife, Richard and Elizabeth Stoddard, Robert Dale Owen, Oliver Johnson, Mary E. Dodge, Mrs. Croly, Mrs. Victor, Edwin H. Chapin, Henry M. Field, Charles F. Deems, Samuel Bowles, Thomas B. Aldrich, Anna E. Dickinson, George Ripley, Madame Le Vert, Henry Wilson, Justin McCarthy ; in short, all the noted contemporary names in the different departments of literature and art might fairly be added to the list.

All songs by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Philippe Tatartcheff, except where noted.

In the early 19th century, the British traveller J. Buckingham noted that all the inhabitants of Saffuriya were Muslim, and that the house of St. Anna had been completely demolished.

DIMIA did not think this was appropriate, however, and did not transfer Anna, in spite of the fact that the BWCC psychiatrist had noted her inappropriate behaviour around men.

It was noted in the Palmer Inquiry that, at times, Anna would speak English with an Australian accent and, at other times, with a German accent, alongside also speaking German.

Here he danced at a few charity performances that his father had organized in London, and one such occasion, noted Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova happened to be present, this was to have lasting impact on his career.

In regard to warrantless wiretaps he noted that, " Judge Anna Diggs Taylor chastised the government for a flagrant abuse of the Constitution and, in a direct message to the president, observed that there are no hereditary kings in America.

The New York Times, having previously noted Anna Benson's " calculated outrageousness ," wrote that " in her one year in New York, Anna Benson drove the Mets to distraction.

He is noted for later having been one of the key figures in the development of the Motown label in Detroit, Michigan: his group gave Marvin Gaye's musical career a start, and Fuqua and his wife at the time, Gwen Gordy, distributed the very first Motown hit single, Barrett Strong's " Money ( That's What I Want )", on their record label, Anna Records.

His second wife was the noted soprano Anna Bishop, who scandalised British society by leaving him and conducting an open liaison with the harpist Nicolas-Charles Bochsa until the latter's death in Sydney.

* 1890 – Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

She purchased a house for her sister Anna which had been the last home of Henry David Thoreau, now known as the Thoreau-Alcott House.

However, he did win Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina starring Garbo at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival.

* Anna Christie ( 1930 )-Academy Award nomination for Best Director ( see NOTE below )

William Wright had met and married Anna Lloyd Jones ( 1838 / 39 – 1923 ), a county school teacher, the previous year when he was employed as the superintendent of schools for Richland County.

A trained teacher, Anna was excited by the program and bought a set of blocks for her family.

Anna had been unhappy for some time with William's inability to provide for his family and asked him to leave.

The divorce was finalized in 1885 after William sued Anna for lack of physical affection.

She was the first actress to win an Academy Award for a performance in any foreign language, and the second Italian leading lady Oscar-winner ( after Anna Magnani ).

* Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, famous for contributions to child psychology and developmental psychology

( She lost to Anna Paquin for The Piano.

Anna Murray-Douglass, Douglass ' wife for 44 years

Anna Murray-Douglass died in 1882, leaving him with a sense of great loss and depression for a time.

Les Girls ( 1957 ) won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Wild Is the Wind ( 1957 ) earned Oscar nominations for Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn, but neither Heller in Pink Tights nor Let's Make Love ( both 1960 ) were box office hits.

When doctors could not help Alexei, the Tsarina looked everywhere for help, ultimately turning to her best friend, Anna Vyrubova, to secure the help of the charismatic peasant healer Rasputin in 1905.

Peter I was succeeded by his second wife ( Catherine I, 1725 – 1728 ) who was merely a figure-head for a powerful group of high officials, then by his minor grandson ( Peter II, 1728 – 1730 ), then by his niece, Anna, daughter of Tsar Ivan V. In 1741 Elizabeth, daughter of Peter, seized the throne, assisted by the Preobrazhensky Regiment.

Some parties openly profess their focus on a particular group ; for example, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's focus on the Dravidian population, and the Shiv Sena's pro-Marathi agenda.