Grandfather Vincent had perhaps been named in turn after his own father's uncle, the successful sculptor Vincent van Gogh ( 1729 – 1802 ).

5th Great Grandfather, Vincent Emfield / Imfelt, b. 1753, York Co., Pa was a " PATRIOT ", having served in the American Revolutionary War in Capt.

But this legend appears for the first time in only a much later account, " Tales of a Grandfather " by Sir Walter Scott, and may have originally been told about his companion-in-arms Sir James Douglas ( the " Black Douglas "), who had spent time hiding out in caves within his manor of Lintalee, which was then occupied by the English.

He was surprised to learn that his Grandfather Thursday ( King Friday's father ) cried once when he had to leave for work.

One of these was Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Shpola, known as the " Shpoler Zeide " ( Grandfather / Sage of Shpola ) ( 1725 – 1812 ), who, according to Breslov tradition, had supported Rebbe Nachman in his early years but began to oppose him after he moved to Zlatipola, near Shpola, in 1802.

Barjavel wrote Le Voyageur imprudent ( 1943 ), the first novel to present the famous Grandfather paradox of time travel: if one goes backwards in time and kills one of their ancestors before he had children, the traveller cannot exist and therefore cannot kill the ancestor.

On September 29, 2008, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley announced that the state had agreed to purchase of the undeveloped portions of Grandfather Mountain from the Morton family for $ 12 million.

Grandfather Simon Loeb Herzl " had his hands on " one of the first copies of Alkalai's 1857 work prescribing the " return of the Jews to the Holy Land and renewed glory of Jerusalem.

Unable to wipe their memories as she had already used that spell, Nico stops the Yorkes with her most complex spell yet (" The show must go on "), revealing a painful secret about the Yorkes: the Yorkes will remember everything they now know about their daughter's upcoming death as well as their own, but are enchanted to be unable to act on this knowledge in any way, even to each other ; they cannot change the future or say anything that would cause a Grandfather Paradox.

Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather, also rendered from Chinese as A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa, is a 2004 collection of six short stories by the Chinese writer Gao Xingjian.

Lake was father to two children, Richard Hartley Robson Lake and Mary-Rose Lake and Grandfather to three Oliver Harry Kent Lake, Benjamin Hartley Lake & Helen Ansell.

However, although Marius can be considered the protagonist, Sulla occasionally becomes the central figure of the narrative ; there are several lengthy sections dealing with his plot to murder the two wealthy women with whom he lives, his use of the newfound wealth in establishing himself politically, his homosexual relationship with the Greek child-actor Metrobius, and his marriage to the ( possibly fictitious ) younger daughter of ' Julius Caesar Grandfather ', Julilla.

Grandfather can also refer to any respected elderly man, to whom the speaker may not be related.

Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji ( ; 26 February 1630 – 6 October 1661 ) was the seventh of Ten living Guru Ji ' of the Sikhs who became Guru Ji on 8 March 1644 following in the footsteps of His Grandfather, Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji, nominated Five year old Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji, His youngest Son as the next Guru Ji of the Sikhs.

Originally a member of the Great Houses himself, the Grandfather created a new group after he became frustrated with the ways of the Great Houses.

With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the " Grandfather of Film Music.

He became known throughout the world for his children's books: About the Little Apple Tree, About Children and Animals, Fairytale Grandfather, How Hedgehog Came to his Pants, Hedgehog and the Car, Birliban, Ancient Greek Myths and Legends, Stories of One Thousand and One Night ...

Being an early pioneer next to Rodolphe Töpffer in the art of combining words and pictures to tell often humorous stories in sequential panels, throughout the latter half of the 20th century Busch has become posthumously known in German by the honorary epithet of Großvater der Comics (" Grandfather of Comics ").

Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the " Godfather " and " Grandfather " of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction.

It is a high plateau, from the plane of which several high mountains rise, including the Roan, the Grandfather, and the Black.

Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being " locked " no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred.

After Morton's death, he donated all of his photographs, including many of Grandfather Mountain, Mildred the Bear, and many other aspects of life on the Mountain to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Many lesser streams also originate on the slopes of Grandfather, including: Upper Boone Fork, Little Wilson Creek, Wilson Creek ( North Carolina ), Stack Rock Creek, and others.

For example, if players received the letters E. U. M. G., one might write, " Elvis Unglued My Grandfather ," and another, " Eek !!!

Time travel in fiction can ignore the possible effects of the time traveler's actions, as in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, or it can use one possible resolution or another of the Grandfather paradox.

He and Younger Brother have an abiding affection for one another, referring to each other as " Grandfather " and " Grandson ".

It was founded by a mysterious figure Grandfather Paradox, who it is believed was once a Time Lord from the House of Lungbarrow.

A number of Wiccan, pagan and even some " Traditionalist " or " Tribalist " groups have a history of " Grandmother Stories " – typically involving initiation by a Grandmother, Grandfather, or other elderly relative who is said to have instructed them in the secret, millennia-old traditions of their ancestors.

Larry Norman, often described as the " father of Christian rock music ", and in his later years " the Grandfather of Christian rock ", who, in 1969 recorded and released Upon This Rock, " the first commercially released Jesus rock album ", challenged a view held by some conservative Christians ( predominantly fundamentalists ) that rock music was anti-Christian.

Kirkland also pays regular nursing home visits to his beloved Grandfather Sam ( Lee Strasberg ), who is becoming senile.

* Danilo Bata Stojković as Grandfather, Marko's grandfather who owns the cellar and helps perpetuate his ruse

To support that decision, the Rhodesian Chief Justice, Sir Hugh Beadle, quoted the 17th Century Dutch Jurist, Hugo Grotius ( who is sometimes described as the “ Grandfather of International Law ”).

* Countess Mária Mathild Festetics de Tolna ( 24 May 1881, Baden-Baden – 2 Mar 1953, Strobl am Wolfgangsee ), who married Prince Karl Emil von Fürstenberg ( Grandfather of Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and Prince Karel Schwarzenberg )

Some hunters, who have been tracking the wolf, come out of the forest ready to shoot, but Peter gets them to help him take the wolf to a zoo in a victory parade ( the piece was first performed for an audience of Young Pioneers during May Day celebrations ) that includes himself, the bird, the hunters leading the wolf, the cat and grumpy grumbling Grandfather (" What if Peter caught the wolf?

Antonia's Grandfather is the Marquis de las Cisternas, who was unhappy with his son ’ s marriage, causing her parents to flee, leaving their young son behind only to be told a month later he has died.

His Grandfather who was famed as an avid Hunter is said to have saved the Moghul Emperor Jahangir's life during a tiger's attack.

The Grandfather character was never a part of the original story-but later created in the draft by Jeffrey Boam, who was hired to do the final rewrite of The Lost Boys.

This BBC-only version of the Grandfather is followed up in The Gallifrey Chronicles by Lance Parkin which states that Grandfather Paradox is everyone's possible future self, and according to Gallifreyan myth, he was a Time Lord who acted out the grandfather paradox.

" In an early episode of the television series Kung Fu Jagger appeared as Caine's Grandfather who wants little to do with him, but starts Caine on his series long search for his half brother Danny.

His power comes from the inevitability of death and decay, and Nurgle is often referred to as ' Grandfather Nurgle ', as entropy is the most ancient of forces, and he is the only one who even pretends to care for his followers.

Drivers who passed a Category B ( car ) test before 1 January 1997, will have received Categories C1 and C1 + E ( Restriction Code 107: not more than ) through the Implied Rights issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency ( DVLA ) ( more commonly known as Grandfather Rights ).

He is usually called the Lord of Decay, though his followers affectionately refer to him as Father Nurgle, Papa Nurgle or Grandfather Nurgle, as he is the only one of the Chaos Gods who actually cares about the fate of his followers.

His Grandfather, Robert Clunies Ross, was a brother of John Clunies-Ross who settled with his family and crew on Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands in 1826-7 and proclaimed a kingdom.

Marty has a good relationship with his Grandfather, who is described as being the typical grandfather.

:: Maia's Grandfather who raised her after she awoken from her coma five years ago.

The Grandfather Mountain games have been called " the best " such event in the United States because of the spectacular highland setting ( reminiscent of Scotland ) and the great percentage of people who attend in kilts and other Scottish regalia.