" Among his pupils were Isaac Luria, who as a young man had gone to Egypt to visit a rich uncle, the tax-farmer Mordecai Francis ( Azulai, " Shem ha-Gedolim ," No. 332 ); and Abraham Monson ( 1594 ).

'' and others concerning camp friends who resided in her suburban neighborhood,, and news of her commencing again her piano lessons, her private school, a visit to Boston to see her grandparents and an uncle who was a surgeon returned on furlough, wounded, from the war in Europe.

`` Uncle Sam '' was, indeed, a rich uncle to Prokofieff, in those opulent, post-war victory years of peace and prosperity, bold speculations and extravaganzas, enjoyment and pleasure: `` The Golden Twenties ''.

Lizzie stated during the inquest that while her father and uncle were in the sitting room the afternoon before the murders, she had been disturbed by their voices and had closed her door, even though it was a very hot day.

Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.

A 24-year-old Atlanta man was arrested Sunday after breaking into the home of relatives in search of his wife, hitting his uncle with a rock and assaulting two police officers who tried to subdue him, police said.

She promised that she would soon take a few day's leave and visit the uncle she had never seen, on the island of Oyajima -- which was not very far from Yokosuka.

When his uncle Tughril died he was succeeded by Suleiman, Alp Arslan's brother.

Abner spent his childhood in Auburn and later was sent to Cooperstown to live with his uncle and attend a private preparatory high school.

Albert was born at Ansbach and, having lost his father Casimir in 1527, he came under the guardianship of his uncle George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a strong adherent of Protestantism.

Albert was chosen as his successor early in 1511 in the hope that his relationship to his maternal uncle, Sigismund I the Old, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, would facilitate a settlement of the disputes over eastern Prussia, which had been held by the Order under Polish suzerainty since the Second Peace of Thorn ( 1466 ).

Antonia Minor was the second daughter born to Octavia Minor and triumvir Mark Antony, hence Antonia ’ s maternal uncle was Augustus.

Germanicus was always favored by his great uncle and hoped that he would succeed Tiberius, who had been adopted by Augustus as his heir and successor.

Claudius was Agrippina's paternal uncle and third husband.

Germanicus was a favorite of his great-uncle Augustus, who hoped that Germanicus would succeed his uncle Tiberius, who was Augustus's own adopted son and heir.

Regardless, for Agrippina ’ s seduction, it was a help that she had the niece ’ s privilege of kissing and caressing her paternal uncle.

In Roman society, an uncle ( Claudius ) marrying his niece ( Agrippina ) was considered incestuous, and obviously immoral.

Silanus committed suicide on the day that Agrippina married her uncle, and Calvina was exiled from Italy in early 49.

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in 50 was adopted by his great maternal uncle and stepfather.

As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, Alexander I was an uncle of Alexander the Great.

According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Alexis was the paternal uncle of the dramatist Menander and wrote 245 comedies, of which only fragments now survive, including some 130 preserved titles.

Born in Florence, in 1540, after the death of his father, he was brought up and trained in art by a close friend, often referred to as his ' uncle ', the mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino, whose name he sometimes assumed in his pictures.

The situation became unstable and, in the following year, being led by what he afterwards discovered to be false representations, Afonso declared Peter a rebel and defeated his army in the Battle of Alfarrobeira, in which his uncle ( and father-in-law ) was killed.

Finished on April 24, 1459, it was sent to Portugal with a letter to Prince Henry the Navigator, Afonso's uncle, encouraging further funding of exploration trips.

Less common are bara — larger, often heavily muscled and sometimes hairy males, the yaoi counterpart of the " bear " in gay pornography — as well as oyaji ( meaning " daddy " or " uncle "), featuring middle-aged and elderly men ; these types are mainly found in material aimed at gay men, which may be called bara or ' men's love ' ( ML ), and is considered to be distinct from yaoi.

Frederick's uncle, Otto, bishop of Freising wrote a biography entitled The Deeds of Frederick Barbarosa, which is considered to be an accurate history of the king.

His uncle, Jiang Shangqing, had died fighting the Japanese in World War II and was considered to be a national hero.

An uncle was an alchemist and devil-worshiper, and her brother was a reprobate around whom no woman or female child was considered safe.

Coke reacted by becoming even more dogmatic in his actions on behalf of the crown, and when Devereux approached Elizabeth I on Bacon's behalf, she replied that even Bacon's uncle considered him the second best candidate, after Coke.

As the Crown Prince and natural heir was judged as pro-German as his father, the Allies considered instead installing Constantine's brother ( and Alexander's uncle ), Prince George.

A major exception to the rule was Sir Gawain: Gawain considered himself to be the greatest of his uncle Arthur's knights ; he felt that his honour was so great that he did not need to hide his name before a duel.

During the deliberations, the following example was considered: a young man's uncle promises to give him $ 1, 000 to buy a car.

On the death of his uncle she took charge of him, and he began the systematic study of the principal Shakespearean characters, displaying the peculiar originality of his genius by interpretations entirely different from those of John Philip Kemble, then considered the great exponent of these roles.

Fernando the Catholic nevertheless continued to possessing the kingdom being considered to be a legitimate inheritor of his uncle Alfonso I of Naples and of the former one Kingdom of Sicily ( Regnum Utriusque Siciliae )

Although his rule was initially considered more humane than that of his uncle, by most accounts it has become more brutal over the years.

In 471, Emperor Xianwen, who favored Taoist and Buddhist philosophies, tired of the throne, and considered passing the throne to his uncle Tuoba Zitui ( 拓拔子推 ) the Prince of Jingzhao.

Emperor Yang considered restoring Princess Cui, but when he sent a messenger to the house of Princess Cui's uncle Cui Hongdu ( 崔弘度 ) to discuss the matter, Cui Hongdu did not realize that an imperial messenger had arrived and therefore did not respond.

He considered both Yang Jun and his uncle Sima Liang the Prince of Ru ' nan, the most respected of the imperial princes.

Nancy — who does not use her given name of Ruth because her uncle has said that pirates are supposed to be ruthless — is a strong character who would probably be considered a tomboy.

Many names were considered including Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Cary Grant ( who was asked but turned it down ), Tom Hanks ( Eisner felt he was " too young " and turned him down ), Walter Cronkite, Roy E. Disney ( who closely resembled his uncle ), and even Mickey Mouse.

He considered both Empress Yang's father Yang Jun and his uncle Sima Liang the Prince of Ru ' nan, the most respected of the imperial princes.

Michael Psellos was very close to the family, and Eudokia considered him an " uncle ".

The new Abbasid rulers, who had risen to power on the basis of their claim to descent from Muhammad's uncle ‘ Abbas ibn ‘ Abd al-Muttalib, were extremely suspicious of Ja ' far al-Sadiq, whom many considered to have a better claim to the caliphate.

# The Persian historian Baladhuri, however, states that the new Khalifa was a political enemy of Umayyad ex-governor Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Muhammad bin Qasim ’ s paternal uncle and thus persecuted all those who were considered close to Hajjaj.

In January 1805, he succeeded his uncle as Earl of Rosslyn according to the special remainder, being by this time considered a Tory, and after the end of the Napoleonic Wars continued his political career in the House of Lords.

He married Mary Stafford, only sister of Henry Stafford, 5th Baron de Stafford ( of the 1547 creation, which is considered to have become extinct upon the death of Mary's uncle, the sixth Baron, sometime around 1640 ).

Since his uncle Temür Khan did not have a male heir, he was considered a major candidate for the emperor.

Sometime later, Paulina became a rival to Caligula's sister Agrippina the Younger and was considered a choice for fourth wife of Caligula's uncle, the Emperor Claudius, following the death of Claudius's third wife, the Empress Valeria Messalina.