Fáfnir guards the gold hoard in this illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Siegfried ( opera ) | Siegfried.

File: The Rhinemaidens try to reclaim their gold ( Arthur Rackham sketch ). jpg | " The Rhinemaidens try to reclaim their gold ", illustration to Richard Wagner's The Ring

How at the Castle of Corbin a Maiden Bare in the Sangreal and Foretold the Achievements of Galahad: illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1917

* November 16 – Pirate Jack Rackham is brought to trial at St. Jago de la Vega in Jamaica.

Charles Vane, with " Calico Jack " Rackham and Edward England in his crew, came to prominence at this time.

* On the night of November 1 – 2, 1963, a few days after Greenacre's event, at the Observatoire du Pic-du-Midi in the French Pyrenees, Zdenek Kopal and Thomas Rackham made the first photographs of a " wide area lunar luminescence.

* Arthur Rackham art at Art Passions ( free online gallery )

* Arthur Rackham artwork at American Art Archives web site

Its chief designer John George Rackham, who had experience at the Yellow Coach Company in Chicago before returning to England, created the Titan and Tiger ranges in 1927 that revolutionised bus design.

Bonny rejoined Rackham and continued the pirate life, having divorced her husband and marrying Rackham while at sea.

Bonny, Rackham, and Mary Read stole the Revenge, then at anchor in Nassau harbour, and put out to sea.

* Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan ( 1938 ), Ann Arbor, Michigan

by Horace Rackham ( HTML at Perseus )

* English translation at Perseus Digital Library translation by Harris Rackham

Recent original compositions include Silk Street Stomp written for the Guildhall School of Music Big Band, Two Antiphonal Fanfares, Frighteners ' Gallop for 8 horns commissioned by the British Horn Society, Orage for 16 trombones written for Bone Lab and premiered at the Dartington Summer School, Processional for PJ written for large brass ensemble in memory of Philip Jones, The Birth of Conchobar again for symphonic brass and percussion commissioned by the Ulster Youth Orchestra, Three Sketches from Rackham for flute and harp, Flourish for solo trombone and Carillons for six harps.

He was involved in the design of London General's B-Type bus, under Frank Searle and then George Green ; during World War I, he and Green worked on the Tank along with other gifted engineers such as Walter Wilson, after the war he had moved to the United States and under Green had been chief designer for John Hertz ' Yellow Coach Company, one of the leading bus-builders in the States, Rackham, under Green's direction had evolved a range of fast, relatively light chassis with powerful engines and a trademark of frames gracefully swept with elegantly varying side-member depth, the Y and Z models also had off-set under-slung worm rear-axles and six-cylinder overhead-camshaft ( OHC ) petrol engines, OHC was not generally known in UK buses at the time and six-cylinder engines likewise.

In 2009, one of the University's largest buildings, Rackham, in the centre of the campus, was demolished to make way for the brand new Lord Ashcroft International Business School.

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In Nassau Rackham became involved with Anne Bonny and tried to arrange an annulment of her marriage to another ex-pirate, James Bonny.

It is generally considered one of the most beloved works of children's literature and the illustrations by E. H. Shepard and Arthur Rackham feature the Thames and its surroundings.

Rackham was born in London as one of 12 children.

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ' Golden Age ' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War.

In one of the featurettes on the DVD of Pan's Labyrinth, and in the commentary track for Hellboy, the director cites Rackham as an influence on the design of " The Faun " of Pan's Labyrinth.

Rackham produces metal miniatures for Confrontation in blisters of one to four models, or boxed sets of one to eight models.

An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and wood pasture, Rackham has written a number of well-known books, including The History of the Countryside ( 1986 ) and one on Hatfield Forest.

The memorials include one under the tower to John Rackham who died in 1815 which was designed by Thomas Rickham and carved by S. & J. Franceys, a memorial to Thomas W. Wainwright, a surgeon who died in 1841 with a relief of the Good Samaritan by W. Spence, and in the north gallery is a Gothic tabernacle by Emanuel Edward Geflowski to the memory of Walter Fergus MacGregor who died in 1863.

" Norns weaving destiny " ( 1912 ) by Arthur Rackham.

Notable early 20th century editions include V. S. Vernon Jones ' new translation of the fables accompanied by the pictures of Arthur Rackham ( London, 1912 ) and in the USA Aesop for Children ( Chicago, 1919 ), illustrated by Milo Winter.

The Rhine maidens warn Sigurd | Siegfried by Arthur Rackham, 1912.

" The Tortoise and the Hare ", from an edition of Aesop's Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912

Illustration by Arthur Rackham to Young Bekie.

Hansel and Gretel, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

By Arthur Rackham.

Fricka rides a chariot in this illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.

* 1720 – Calico Jack Rackham, English pirate ( b. 1682 )

Two science-fiction novels – Genius Unlimited by John Rackham ( a pseudonym used by Phillifent ) and The Arsenal Out of Time by McDaniel – appear to be rewrites of " orphaned " U. N. C. L. E novel outlines or manuscripts.

* September 6 – Arthur Rackham, British artist ( b. 1867 )

Charles Vane attacked several small settlements in the Bahamas, but after he refused to attack a stronger French frigate, he was deposed for cowardice and replaced as captain by " Calico Jack " Rackham.

After nearly being captured by Jamaican privateers, and hearing that the king had extended the deadline being pardoned for piracy, Rackham and his crew returned to Nassau and received pardons from Woodes Rogers.

Rogers blocked the annulment, and Rackham and Bonny left Nassau to be pirates again, taking a small crew and Bonny's friend Mary Read with them.

Within months, Rackham, Bonny and Read were captured and taken to Jamaica, where Rackham was executed and Bonny and Read escaped execution due to pregnancy.

Among the most famous Caribbean pirates are Edward Teach or Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Henry Morgan and Bartholomew Roberts.