In the summer of 1878 Doubleday lived in Mendham, New Jersey, and became a prominent member of the Theosophical Society.

However, to minimize the extent of the movement ignores the facts that at least two Roman emperors, Constantius II and Valens, became Arians, as did prominent Gothic, Vandal and Lombard warlords both before and after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Johnson was the only Southern senator who did not resign his seat during the Civil War ; he became the most prominent War Democrat from the South and supported Lincoln's military policies.

In the 20th century it became a convenient place to house prominent members of India's independence movement.

In 1900 he moved to San Diego and became a prominent member and supporter of the Theosophical community Lomaland, which was being developed on Point Loma by Katherine Tingley.

He helped to initiate the first independent legal political organizations and became prominent in the Soviet Union's growing political opposition.

It was here that his position became more prominent amongst the Bahá ’ ís.

Toward the end of his life, he freed his slaves and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.

The trip had been a stimulating experience for Chaplin, including meetings with several prominent thinkers, and he became increasingly interested in world affairs.

" And in the words of a prominent Croatian writer, Shlegel's death became the pretext for terror in all forms.

Some bicycle clubs and national associations became prominent advocates for improvements to roads and highways.

The church became a strong and public champion of monogamy and the nuclear family, and at times played a prominent role in political matters.

He eventually became the most prominent of those reformers.

The remix featured a prominent Ofra Haza sample and many other vocal cut ups as well as a looped rhythm which, when speeded up, became a staple of the breakbeats genre.

The brewery was successful, and Lottrup became one of the most prominent people of Aarhus.

Michelle became an ever-more prominent part of the Street, with Kym Marsh receiving £ 100, 000 for another year on the soap.

His father was born into slavery in 1851 in Pittsboro, North Carolina ; after the Civil War, he graduated from St. Augustine's College and became a prominent minister and founder of St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

According to Eliade, " eschatological myths " became prominent during the Middle Ages during " certain historical movements ".

Before the RISC philosophy became prominent, many computer architects tried to bridge the so called semantic gap, i. e. to design instruction sets that directly supported high-level programming constructs such as procedure calls, loop control, and complex addressing modes, allowing data structure and array accesses to be combined into single instructions.

Summer would become the first well-known and most popular disco artist — eventually having the title " The Queen of Disco " bestowed upon her by various critics — and would also play a part in pioneering the electronic sound that later became a prominent element of disco.

The Philly Sound is typified by lavish percussion and lush strings, which became a prominent part of mid-1970s disco songs.

Deism became more prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries during the Age of Enlightenment — especially in Britain, France, Germany and America — among intellectuals raised as Christians who believed in one God, but found they could not believe in supernatural events such as miracles, the inerrancy of scriptures, or the Trinity.

He popularized the Dolchstoß terminology, and became a prominent right-wing leader in the 1920s.

Raymond became a prominent voice in the open source movement and co-founded the Open Source Initiative in 1998, taking on the self-appointed role of ambassador of open source to the press, business and public.

After experiencing problems with mold contamination in her own home in the Conejo Valley, Brockovich became a prominent activist and educator in this area as well.

Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.

Grace became a fearless leader and gained fame as a sea captain and pirate.

Fernand Braudel became the leader of the second generation after 1945.

He was one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII from Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader.

Around 1511 or earlier, he travelled down the river and south into the Alps, where the scenery moved him so deeply that he became the first landscape painter in the modern sense, making him the leader of the Danube School, a circle that pioneered landscape as an independent genre, in southern Germany.

Paul considered Apollos to be an apostle ( 1 Cor 4: 6, 9-13 ) who became a leader in the important Corinthian congregation.

He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader ( 1 Sam.

Iakhos later became an attendant of Demeter and the leader of Eleusinian Mysteries.

Muhammad ` Alí became jealous of his half-brother and set out to establish authority for himself as an alternative leader with the support of his brothers Badi ' u ' llah and Diya ' u ' llah.

Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician.

The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of the party election on February 26, 2011.

When the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) was formed, Karmal became one of its leading members, and eventually became the leader of the Parcham faction.

Lloyd George and the Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law wrote a joint letter of support to candidates to indicate they were considered the official Coalition candidates – this " coupon " as it became known was issued against many sitting Liberal MPs, often to devastating effect, though not against Asquith himself.

Jo Grimond, for example, who became Liberal leader in 1956, was MP for the remote Orkney and Shetland islands.

Selig became an increasingly vocal opponent of Commissioner Fay Vincent, and soon became the leader of a group of owners seeking his removal.

After Joseph Stalin was acclaimed as leader of the CPSU in 1929, Pasternak became further disillusioned with the Party's tightening censorship of literature.

In August 1954, " Blues " leader LCDR Ray Hawkins became the first naval aviator to survive an ejection at supersonic speeds when his F9F-6 became uncontrollable on a cross-country flight.

As the leader of guerrilla raids against the Spaniards, Manuel Rodríguez became a national symbol of resistance.

The following year, Raúl Castro became Acting President, replacing his brother as the de facto leader of the country.

Accordingly, Lansbury became leader of the party and Attlee became deputy leader.