He was noted for his piety and austerity, and rose to become abbot of Bath Abbey.

From 1852 onwards, Disraeli's career would also be marked by his often intense rivalry with William Ewart Gladstone, who eventually rose to become leader of the Liberal Party.

After the war, the U. S. rose to become the dominant non-colonial economic power with broad influence in much of the world, with the key policies of the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine.

It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by Dell in 2001.

Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus.

McQuaid soon rose through the ranks to become Executive Producer for the EverQuest franchise and emerged during development of EverQuest as a popular figure among the fan community through his in-game avatar, Aradune.

As Mongol power waned towards the Late Middle Ages, the Grand Duchy of Moscow rose to become the strongest of the numerous Russian principalities and republics, and would itself grow into the Tsardom of Russia in 1547.

The first three of these rose to become rulers of principalities were vassals of the Byzantine Empire, maintaining a partial local autonomy from the Byzantine Empire.

Born in the western Afghan city of Herat, he rose to become a powerful rebel commander during in the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and then a key member of the Northern Alliance until finally becoming the Governor of Herat Province.

* John Ford ( bishop ) ( born 1952 ), English curate, chaplain and diocesan missioner who rose through Church of England hierarchy to become Bishop of Plymouth in 2006

First was the foundation of Edo ( in 1603 ) to whole inland economical developments, second was the Meiji Restoration ( in 1868 ) to be the first non European power, third was after the defeat of World War II ( in 1945 ) when the island nation rose to become the world's second largest economy.

During this time, tensions rose at the Collège Royal ( later to become the Collège de France ) between the humanists / reformers and the conservative senior faculty members.

Nehru joined the movement and rose to become secretary of Besant's All India Home Rule League.

Malcolm X rose rapidly to become the minister of Boston Temple No. 11, which he founded ; he was later rewarded with the post of minister of Temple No. 7.

In part the inscription reads: " The spire symbolises the rise to world recognition of a boy who was born in Jeparit and who rose by his own efforts to become Australia's Prime Minister and a statesman recognised and honoured throughout the world.

The daughter of an Orthodox priest, she was captured by Tatars from Crimea, sold as a slave in Constantinople, and eventually rose through the ranks of the Harem to become Suleiman's favourite.

She taught first at Eunice Kenyon's Friends ' Seminary, and then at the Canajoharie Academy in 1846, where she rose to become headmistress of the Female Department.

As her husband rose to become Generalissimo and leader of the Kuomintang, Madame Chiang acted as his English translator, secretary and advisor.

His father was originally a farm-hand and forestry worker who rose to become a forestry manager and stock agent at Halla Ltd. Claims made that Kekkonen's family had lived in a rudimentary farmhouse with no chimney were later proved to be false — a photograph of Kekkonen's childhood home had been retouched to remove the chimney.

He quickly rose in the company to become the supervisor of Coca-Cola's operations in Mexico, and later in all of Latin America.

He also relied on the clergy for advice, including Lanfranc, a non-Norman who rose to become one of William's prominent ecclesiastical advisors in the late 1040s and remained so throughout the 1050s and 1060s.

From 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.

Adams ( allegedly ) rose to become the most senior figure in the IRA Northern Command on the basis of his absolute rejection of anything but military action, but this conflicts with the fact that during his time in prison, Adams came to reassess his approach and became more political.

Catholic tradition says she rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven with both body and soul intact in what is called the Assumption of Mary, however others say her body was taken away lest it become an idol.

In 1282, the citizens of Palermo rose up against Charles of Anjou and turned for help to Peter of Aragon, in what has become known as the Sicilian Vespers.

After his release he became the commander of the second Palmach battalion and rose to the position of Chief Operations Officer of the Palmach in October 1947.

De Camp eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant commander in the U. S. Navy as a reserve officer.

Justin soon joined the army and, because of his ability, rose through the ranks to become a general under the Emperor Anastasius I ; by the time of Anastasius ' death in 518, he held the influential position of comes excubitorum, commander of the palace guard.

In Constantinople, he quickly rose to become the commander of the Byzantine Varangian Guard, and saw action on the Mediterranean Sea, in Asia Minor, Sicily, possibly in the Holy Land, Bulgaria and in Constantinople itself, where he became involved in the imperial dynastic disputes.

At an early age he rose to distinction, and ultimately became commander of the Latin mercenaries in the employment of the emperors of Nicaea.

An equestrian by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard, known as the Praetorian Guard, of which he was commander from AD 14 until his death in AD 31.

Fatah Muhammad eventually entered the service of the Wodeyar Rajas of the Kingdom of Mysore, where he rose to become a powerful military commander.

Zhu rose rapidly through the ranks and became a commander.

Upon his return to Japan, he was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters and eventually rose to the rank of major general, having successively served as commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade ( 1930 – 1934 ), the IJA 4th Division ( 1934 – 1937 ), and after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ( 1937 – 1938 ), and the IJA 2nd Army stationed in China from 1938 – 1939.

During the war, he was a highly successful commander of panzer forces in several campaigns, became Inspector-General of Armoured Troops, rose to the rank of Generaloberst, and was Chief of the General Staff of the Heer in the last year of the war.

Later he rose to become a commander in the revolt against France.

He flew some 185 combat sorties during the course of World War II and rose quickly through the ranks, finishing the war as a captain and squadron commander.

He rose to lieutenant in infantry regiment No. 30, " Werder Graf ", and company commander by the end of the war.

In August 1943 due to his military experience, he rose swiftly to commander of the 1st Partisan Assault Brigade.

Bai rose to fame during the warlord era by allying with Huang Shaohong ( a fellow deputy commander of the Model Battalion of the Guangxi First Division ) and Li Tsung-jen as supporters of the Kuomintang leader Sun Yat-sen.

During the War of 1812, Izard returned to the army as commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment, and rose to the rank of Major General.

Beginning on a merchant ship of the British East India Company, Beaufort rose ( during the Napoleonic Wars ) to midshipman, lieutenant ( on 10 May 1796 ) and commander ( on 13 November 1800 ).

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr ( 13 April 1764, Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 17 March 1830 ) was a French commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to Marshal of France and Marquis.

He rose rapidly through the ranks in the service of the Khanate of Kokand ; by the year 1847 he was commander of the fort at Ak-Mechet until a few months before its fall to the Russian army under the command of General Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky in 1853.

This enraged the commander of the garrison at Veracruz, Antonio López de Santa Anna, who with his troops rose up against Iturbide and declared a republic on 1 December.

Look around you who comes from the platoon, who rose to battalion staff, company commander, group commander, which is like a battalion, brigade commander, here and abroad.