Writer George Bernard Shaw claimed to have read the complete 9th edition — except for the science articles — and Richard Evelyn Byrd took the Britannica as reading material for his five-month stay at the South Pole in 1934, while Philip Beaver read it during a sailing expedition.

Eleanor of Aquitaine took up the Second Crusade formally during a sermon preached by Bernard of Clairvaux.

George Bernard Shaw's praise for Johnston Forbes-Robertson's performance contains a sideswipe at Irving: " The story of the play was perfectly intelligible, and quite took the attention of the audience off the principal actor at moments.

Bernard argued that the inhabitants of Atlantis took refuge in the Earth's interior before the city was destroyed in great calamity.

President Bernard Dowiyogo took office in April 2000 for his fourth and, after a minimal hiatus, fifth stints as Nauru's top executive.

President Bernard Dowiyogo took office in April 2000 for his fourth and, after a minimal hiatus, fifth stints as Nauru's top executive.

Anacletus had control of Rome, so Innocent II took ship for Pisa, and thence sailed by way of Genoa to France, where the influence of Bernard of Clairvaux readily secured his cordial recognition by the clergy and the court.

In June 1135, Bernard of Clairvaux took a leading part in the Council of Pisa, asserting the claims of pope Innocent II against those of pope Anacletus II, who had been elected pope in 1130 with Norman support but was not recognised outside Rome.

Those works actually featuring Satan as a heroic character are fewer in number, but do exist ; George Bernard Shaw, and Mark Twain ( Letters from the Earth ) included such characterizations in their works long before religious Satanists took up the pen.

George Bernard Shaw, who criticised the play perhaps more harshly than he did any of Shakespeare's other works, took aim at what he saw as the defects of the final act in his 1937 Cymbeline Refinished ; as early as 1896, he had complained about the absurdities of the play to Ellen Terry, then preparing to act Imogen.

used dialogue from Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs, Carousel used dialogue from Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, My Fair Lady took most of its dialogue word-for-word from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, Man of La Mancha took most of its dialogue from the 1959 television play I, Don Quixote ( from which it was adapted ), and the 1954 musical version of Peter Pan used J. M.

The 51st ( Highland ) Division took Beaumont Hamel, while on their right the 63rd ( Royal Naval ) Division captured Beaucourt-sur-l ' Ancre, Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Freyberg winning the Victoria Cross in the process.

In his later career, he took up stage directing, notably in the Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred.

He also took a great deal of pleasures from his experiences aboard ship, particularly when he had the honour of spending a month in the company of George Bernard Shaw ; he later described how he spent " many hours every day talking – the greatest treat of my life ".

Roger Bernard the Great, Count of Foix, tried to keep the peace, but the king rejected his embassy and the counts of Foix and Toulouse took up arms against him.

The huge popularity of Love on the Dole took the production to New York in 1936, where her performance attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw.

Six hours passed before he could be evacuated, and he would have died if not for Bernard Dov Protter who took care of him until they were evacuated.

The chief historical attraction in St. Bernard Parish is the Chalmette National Historical Park ( or Chalmette Battlefield ), at which the Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 during the War of 1812.

It was commissioned in 2000, and Bailey took the part of the assistant Manny Bianco, with Moran playing the owner Bernard, and Tamsin Greig the friend, Fran.

In August 2002, Bernard Haitink took up the post, until his resignation in 2004 over disputes with the Staatskapelle's Intendant, Gerd Uecker, on the orchestra's choice of successor.

In 1941 Holloway took a character part in Gabriel Pascal's film of Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, in which he played a policeman.

In 1983, she took on the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Candida.

Following the First Battle of El Alamein, which had stalled the Axis advance, British general Bernard Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army from Claude Auchinleck in August 1942.

In 1903 Terry took over management of London's Imperial Theatre, focusing on the plays of George Bernard Shaw and Henrik Ibsen.

In the north British 21st Army Group commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (" Monty "), in the middle the American 12th Army Group commanded by General Omar N. Bradley, and in the South the American 6th Army Group commanded by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers.

After the 1990 census, Livingston's district gained copacetic Washington Parish and Tangipahoa Parish from Louisiana's 6th congressional district while relinquishing equally conservative Saint Bernard Parish to Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.

* The 6th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Woolf Barnato ( Great Britain ) and Bernard Rubin ( Great Britain ) driving a Bentley 4½ Litre over 154 laps and 2669. 272 km.

The creation of the original hymn has been attributed to several people, including Bernard of Clairvaux ( 12th century ), Saint Venantius Fortunatus ( 6th century ) and Hermannus Contractus ( 11th century ).

Bernard Tohill ; 6th Rector and Principal

Sacred to the memory of Private Bernard McQuirt VC 95th The Derbyshire Regiment who won the regiment's first VC at ROWA CENTRAL INDIA 6th January 1858 he died 5 October 1888 " NINETY-FIVE "

Montagu was born at Melchbourne, Bedfordshire the second son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester by his first wife Millicent, daughter of Robert Bernard Sparrow.

Bernard Baars proposed that once in place, this " recursive " circuitry may have provided a basis for the subsequent development of many of the functions that consciousness facilitates in higher organisms.

However, Gott was killed on the way to take up his command when a Messerschmitt Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery was appointed in his place.

The Oratorians, by contrast, reserved it a lesser place, in part due to the stress they placed on modern language acquisition and a more sensualist philosophy ( like Bernard Lamy's La Rhétorique ou l ' Art de parler ( 1675 ) which is an excellent example of their approach ).

:" I called the place ' Les Petites Côtes ' " replied Bernard, " from the sides of the hills that you see.

No place escaped without some damage, while most of Plaquemines, Orleans and the neighbouring St. Bernard parishes were severely hit.

Arabi is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Meraux is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, in the United States.

Poydras is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Violet is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.

After Bruno Mégret's split, Bernard Courcelle followed him with 1, 700 men from the DPS, and Jean-Marie Le Pen named Marc Bellier to fill his place, and then Jean-Pierre Chabrut

In 1115, however, he refused to consecrate Bernard as Bishop of St David's in the royal chapel, although Robert of Meulan, the king's chief counsellor, advocated that the consecration must take place in the royal chapel according to ancient custom.

Fifteen years after its completion, Bernard of Clairvaux chose Vézelay as the place from which he would call for a Second Crusade.

Like the British philosopher Bernard Williams, Nagel believes that the rise of modern science has permanently changed how people think of the world and our place in it.

The young critic, George Bernard Shaw, complained that German's symphonies were limited by the composer's indulgence in a theatricality out of place in symphonic writing.

Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, and Jerry Goldsmith are the only composers to have two scores listed, and are therefore in second place for the most scores on the list, behind John Williams, who has three.

A debate between Bernard Lallement, the first administrator-manager of Libération and Edouard de Rothschild took place in Le Monde newspaper.

The show took place at London's Mermaid Theatre and was titled An Evening Without Sir Bernard Miles, an affectionate reference to the celebrated actor / manager who was the founder of the Mermaid Theatre.

* November 6-Police raid the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell, arresting Bernard Lortie for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte.

The War Office and the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, were won over by Browning's arguments, and agreed to detach 1st Parachute Brigade from 1st Airborne Division and place it under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who would command all Allied troops participating in the invasion.

No violence occurred, but reports written by Governor Francis Bernard and the customs officials created the impression in Britain that a riot had taken place.

The first live flight test of the Martin-Baker system took place on 24 July 1946, when fitter Bernard Lynch ejected from a Gloster Meteor Mk III jet.

Father Bernard Trainor ( who had an interest in place names of the area ) mentioned that a family called “ Waring ” lived here and had a house called “ Warings Point ”.

Gott died in a plane crash and his place was taken by Bernard Montgomery.

Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair ( reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins ), the only surviving building, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair ( although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II ).