Renowned calligraphers, they produce the Hebrew Torah scrolls and other holy texts by hand to this day.

Renowned for its grand interior, some of the stained glass windows were designed by the 18th-century portraitist Sir Joshua Reynolds and contains works by Sir Jacob Epstein and El Greco.

Renowned for the changes she wrought to the French and global music industry with her powerful and colourful performances, she is today still remembered by aficionados throughout the world.

Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty and is regarded as a chiefly tree ( rākau rangatira ) by Māori.

In the preceding year he had gained a reputation by his poem To the Happie Memory of the most Renowned Prince Oliver, Lord Protector ( London, 1659 ), and he was afterwards well known as a wit, preacher and man of letters.

Renowned for its multi-storied houses-as mentioned by the Central Asian conqueror Babur-the city was part of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century.

Renowned historian Ivan Kukuljević-Sakcinski claimed that the site was occupied by the Romans and was known under the name of Helicanum.

* Renowned Vietnamese Intellectuals prior to the 20th Century ( essay by the Vietnamese historian Nguyen Khac Vien ) published by The Gioi Publishers, 2004.

Renowned soldier and military historian, Captain Cyril Longmore 44th Battalion AIF, first recorded the Australian troops doing trench digging practice on Salisbury Plain prior to embarking to Turkey and being called " diggers " by their mates as the origin of the term.

He also operated the Warner Renowned Remedies Company, which produced some products offered by mail order.

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan () is an 1831 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin, written after the Russian fairy tale edited by Vladimir Dahl.

Renowned as an excellent manager of his bench, Mauch also had a reputation for provoking opposing teams with taunting, and of having a strong temperament that stressed himself and his teams excessively in the belief that he could win by sheer will.

Renowned as a player of huge potential, Anderton's career has been constantly frustrated by injury earning him the nickname " Sicknote " which was coined by Portsmouth goalkeeper Andy Gosney.

Renowned for the breadth of her acquaintanceship as well as for an ability to make keen and canny introductions, Weisberg was described as a " connector " by journalist Malcolm Gladwell in a January 11, 1999 New Yorker article titled " Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg.

Renowned for his direct comments, in one of McManaman's broadcasts in February 2008, McManaman found himself criticised in the Liverpool press and by former Liverpool fans when his comments for Setanta after a Merseyside derby, on the ownership issue concerning debt involving Tom Hicks and George N. Gillett, Jr. at Anfield went down poorly with the supporters.

Royal Canadian Dragoon, Boer War Sculpture by Renowned sculptor Hamilton MacCarthy, Halifax Public Gardens ( 1903 ) The Royal Canadian Dragoons is the most senior cavalry regiment in Canada, having been formed on December 21, 1883, 3: 03 pm, as the Cavalry School Corps, as a result of the Militia Act of 1883, which also created the Infantry School Corps ( now The Royal Canadian Regiment ).

Renowned Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope of South Africa in 1498 and landed at Calicut ( present Kozikode of India ) by discovering the sea-route to India.

Renowned Lake District writer and walker Alfred Wainwright acknowledges the popularity of Catbells among fellwalkers of all ability by saying:

Renowned computer scientist Donald Knuth has recounted he read Syntactic Structures during his honeymoon in 1961 and was greatly influenced by it.

Renowned composers of contemporary music dedicated works to David Geringas, thus the Concerto in Do by Anatolijus Šenderovas, being played by David Geringas for the first time in 2002 and being awarded the European Composers Prize in Berlin, the Cello Concerto by Ned Rorem, world premiere 2003 in the USA, the Cello Concertos by Vytautas Laurušas and by Vidmantas Bartulis, world premiere 2004 respective 2005 in Latvia.

Renowned philosopher Baruch Spinoza was based close to Leiden during this period and interacted with numerous scholars at the university.

Renowned mid-century literary critic Irving Howe spoke of Dreiser as " among the American giants, one of the very few American giants we have had.

Renowned for its prosperity and beauty, it may have been the largest city in the world at the time.

Renowned anglers Ricky Clunn, Byron Velvick, Aaron Martens, and Gary Klein have all been crowned champions during the Open's 25 year history

Renowned author Kurt Vonnegut created a fictional character, the writer Kilgore Trout, who was said to have been a resident of Cohoes.

Renowned palmist Cheiro learnt palmistry in India where he is believed to have read ancient scriptures on palmistry.

Renowned healers Olga Worral and Rosalyn Bruyere have expressed appreciation for the skillful portrayal of clairvoyant vision in his paintings of translucent glowing bodies.

Renowned Japanese illustrators and animators Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno, who have worked in anime adaptations of famous manga ( e. g., Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, Fūma no Kojirō, Ring ni Kakero, Riyoko Ikeda's Versailles no Bara, and UFO Grendizer OVA ) were responsible for the finished series ' character designs, animation routines, and visual style.

Renowned for his deadpan humour in media interviews, quotes attributed to Strachan have become part of popular football culture.

Renowned art therapist, Dr. Ellen G Horovitz, describes the breadth of tasks and roles art therapists might have to assume, “ My responsibilities vary from job to job.

Renowned for their prestigious history and their unique and ancient culture, Nubians have the highest degree of literacy and assumed control of vital governmental offices throughout the history of the Sudan.

Renowned as the best French-bread artisan in Japan, he seems to have a predilection with horses and betting on horse-racing.

Renowned producers such as Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Stephen Street, Geoff Emerick, Nellee Hooper, Trevor Horn, Flood and Don Was have made extensive use of the facilities at Windmill Lane Studios.

As a World Renowned Drummer and Grammy Award Winner, Sonny is considered to be one of the greatest drummers to have come along in a while.

Renowned live performances have always been Freddy's hallmark, most notably at the New Music Seminar in New York and Tim Westwoods live rap shows on Capital radio.

Renowned educationists have asked for a complete overhaul of the educational system, particularly at the primary level.

Renowned contemporary composers have dedicated works to him, including Flavio Colusso, Sergio Rendine, Carlo Crivelli and René Clemencic.

Jackal & Hyde have had just about every World Renowned Breaks / Electro DJ open for them, and have Co-headlined with a wide variety of bands from BT, Genitorturers and Kottonmouth Kings to Prodigy, Tech N9NE and Rabbit in the Moon at venues all throughout the U. S. and abroad.

1996: Renowned bollywood actress Rekha was seen imparting Odissi dance lessons ( Shikhandika pose ) to a group of young learners, while Indira Varma was shown learning Odissi steps to the accompaniment of the mardala in Mira Nair's magnum opus film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love.

Renowned within Judaism as a sage and scholar, he was the founder of the House of Hillel school for Tannaïm ( Sages of the Mishnah ) and the founder of a dynasty of Sages who stood at the head of the Jews living in the land of Israel until roughly the fifth century of the Common Era.

Renowned for his innovative teaching methods and the wide-ranging nature of his repertoire, Ericson was the principal conductor of the Orphei Drängar choir at Uppsala University from 1951 until 1991, and choirmaster until 1982 of the Swedish Radio Choir which was established on his initiative in 1951.