He worked primarily as a scholar until he became Prior General of the Order in 1431.

Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg.

Prior to the introduction of the ubiquitous fax machine, one of the first being the Exxon Qwip in the mid-1970s, facsimile machines worked by optical scanning of a document or drawing spinning on a drum.

Prior to the Dominion War, the Tal Shiar and the Cardassian Obsidian Order secretly worked together to launch a pre-emptive strike on the Founder homeworld.

Prior to the recording sessions, Rundgren listened through demos of the songs, chose 15 for the record and worked out a sequence for the album.

Prior to leaving, Crosby worked as a producer for metal band Lillian Axe.

Prior to her marriage, Anderson's mother had briefly attended the Virginia Seminary and College in Lynchburg and had worked as a schoolteacher in Virginia.

Prior to the American Civil War, some groups worked to establish a Western District of Columbia to include present-day Metropolis and the nearby area of Kentucky.

Prior to the Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) reorganization, Radcliff ’ s population reflected the transient nature of military officers who worked on the base.

Prior to creating Garfield, Davis worked for a local advertising agency, and in 1969, he began assisting Tom Ryan's comic strip, Tumbleweeds.

Prior to that he worked in accounting at Carolinas Medical Center ( formerly Charlotte Memorial Hospital ).

Prior to building the supercomputer Deep Blue that defeated Kasparov, Hsu worked on many other chess computers.

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, coal and limestone were worked only on a modest scale for local consumption, but during the Industrial Revolution by the opening of canals, such as the Birmingham Canal Navigations, Stourbridge Canal and the Dudley Canal ( the Dudley Canal Line No 1 and the Dudley Tunnel ) opened up the mineral wealth of the area to exploitation.

Prior to formally leaving the band, Taylor worked with Duran Duran bandmates Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes on the album So Red The Rose for their side project Arcadia in 1985.

Prior to co-founding Adobe, Geschke and Warnock worked at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center ( PARC ).

Prior to co-founding Adobe, with Geschke and Putman, Warnock worked with Geschke at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center ( Xerox PARC ), where he had started in 1978.

Prior to becoming Black Mask editor, Shaw had worked as a newspaper reporter and as a soldier in World War I, attaining the

Prior to the completion in 1844 of a long tunnel through a spur in the Moelwyn Mountain, the slate trains were worked over the top via inclines ( designed by Robert Stephenson ), the site of which can still be seen but there are no visible remnants.

Prior to the Civil War Johns Hopkins worked closely with two of America's most famous abolitionists, Myrtilla Miner and Henry Ward Beecher.

Prior to entering politics, Pryor worked as a private practice attorney.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ambassador Battle worked in Uganda for 10 years, as well as in Pakistan and Libya.

Prior to OPIC, Connelly worked for Bechtel Corporation ; he was an executive ( 1977 ) and later a senior principal with Bechtel Investments ( 1982-1991 ) ( which later became the Fremont Group ) and the President of Bechtel Energy Resources, Inc. ( 1991-1993 ).

Prior to his years in broadcasting, Grams worked at an engineering consulting firm for seven years.

Prior to this, he worked as a carnival barker for three years in Mexico, Maine.

Prior Executive Editors include John V. Dodge ( 1950 – 1964 ) and Philip W. Goetz.

Prior to its expansion under Philip II, the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, to which the modern region owes its name, lay entirely within the current Greek province of Macedonia.

* August 25 – Battle of Alcântara: Spanish armies, led by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, defending the claim of King Philip II of Spain to the Portuguese throne, defeat the armies of Portuguese claimant António, Prior of Crato.

The first Prior General was Friar Matthew, followed by Adjutus and Philip.

Prior to the building's completion in 1984, Music & Art ( a / k / a " The Castle on the Hill ") was located on Convent Avenue and 135th Street in what has since become part of City College ( CCNY )' s South Campus ; the building is home to A. Philip Randolph High School.

The administrative structure designed by Philip II of Spain was blurring, first with the appointment of a Governor by Carlos III — detrimental to the powers of the Lord Mayor and El Escorial's Prior — and, subsequently, with the privatization of land.

Alba remained in exile two years, when the success of António, Prior of Crato, in assuming the crown of Portugal caused Philip to turn to Alba as the man whose ability and fidelity he could most rely on.

Pang: Prior to the film, Philip Chan was a police officer for about fifteen years.

Cardinal-King Henry died two years later and the struggle for the throne started between the different claimants, including Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, Philip II of Spain and Anthony, Prior of Crato.

Anthony, Prior do Crato, was acclaimed king in several cities around the country in 1580, 20 days before Philip II of Spain invaded Portugal and defeated the supporters of Anthony in the Battle of Alcântara.

Philip II of Spain, a maternal grandson of Manuel I of Portugal, and nearest male claimant ( being an uncle of Sebastian I ), invaded with an army of 15 000 men, defeating the troops of Anthony, Prior of Crato at the Battle of Alcântara and was crowned Philip I of Portugal by the Cortes of Tomar in 1581.

Prior to her breakthrough on The Facts of Life, she and her older brother Philip appeared in numerous commercials.

Prior to that appointment, he served as President and CEO of Philip Morris USA from November 1997 to April 2002.

Before Philip II of Spain had a chance to enforce his claim to the crown of Portugal, in 1580, António, Prior of Crato, an illegitimate scion of the Beja line of the House of Braganza Portuguese Royal Family, proclaimed himself king on 24 July 1580.

The dynastic crisis ( 1580 ), caused by the ascension of King Philip II of Spain ( King Philip I of Portugal ) had consequences on the island, since gentry supported ( along with those on Terceira ) the pretender to the throne, D. António, Prior of Crato.

He works for Prior Philip, who wants to expand his priory by rebuilding a cathedral.

Tom befriends Prior Philip and, when Ellen returns, he persuades Philip to allow them to marry.

Waleran accuses Prior Philip of fornication by claiming the monk Jonathan is Philip's son.

* Prior Philip: A monk who dreams of Kingsbridge rising to greatness with a cathedral.

* Jonathan: Son of Tom and Agnes Builder, he was raised from infancy by Prior Philip.

Prior to appearing on All My Children, he played Philip Capice on the soap The Edge of Night from 1961 to 1969.