He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers ; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar.

Desiderius was the greatest of all the abbots of Monte Cassino with the exception of the founder, and as such won for himself " imperishable fame " ( Gregorovius ).

Rossini's opera, now known as Il barbiere di Siviglia, is now acknowledged as Rossini's greatest work, while Paisiello's opera is only infrequently produced — a strange instance of poetical vengeance, since Paisiello himself had many years previously endeavoured to eclipse the fame of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi by resetting the libretto of his famous intermezzo, La serva padrona.

This character, designed by Hawley Pratt, was subsequently the subject of its own series of animated cartoons which gained its greatest fame when aired on Saturday mornings as The Pink Panther Show.

He achieved his greatest influence and most lasting fame as a Senator.

He competed only sporadically in track and field, even though this turned out to be the sport in which he gained his greatest fame.

His fame rose quickly, and there was enthusiastic talk in musical circles that he was the greatest piano virtuoso of the day, possibly of all time.

Paul Lynde, in addition to his recurring role as " Uncle Arthur " on Bewitched, had his greatest fame as the featured ( and, in tic-tac-toe, tactically important ) " center square " throughout most of the original show's run.

That same year, at the Olympics, he achieved his greatest moment of fame.

Though he desires money and power, his greatest lust is for fame.

But it is composition of music for the Proper of the Mass – the portion of the liturgy which changed on different days, unlike the ordinary, which remained constant – which gave him his greatest fame.

Perhaps Fellows ' greatest claim to fame was as the location of a fictional event.

Perhaps Ramona's greatest recent claim to fame comes from Thoroughbred horse breeding.

Frank Donald Goodish ( June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988 ) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the name Bruiser Brody.

Simon and Garfunkel have been described as " folk-rock's greatest duo, and one whose fame and influence would persist well beyond folk-rock's heyday.

They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s with a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed " rock and soul.

But it is doubtless the Spanish Aerocar in Niagara Falls in Canada which has gained the greatest fame in this area of activity, although from a scientific point of view it was not the most important.

Although he was also a sculptor of athletes, his greatest fame was won as an architect.

Silverheels achieved his greatest fame as the Lone Ranger's friend Tonto.

Lasting three seasons, the animated series would provide The Tick's greatest mainstream fame.

As a lawyer his greatest public efforts were his lectures ( 1799 ) at Lincoln's Inn on the law of nature and nations, of which the introductory discourse was published and ran to several editions ; the resulting fame helped open doors for him later in life.

According to the media, G. F. Watts allegedly stated that " Young Spare has already done enough to justify his fame ", while Augustus John was quoted as remarking that his draughtsmanship was " unsurpassed " and John Singer Sargent apparently thought that Spare was a " genius " who was the greatest draughtsman in England.

However, the greatest boost to his fame probably came from a number of his poems being anthologized in the collection Very Bad Poetry, edited by Ross and Kathryn Petras ( Vintage, 1997 ).

He also succeeded in the field of stage design, achieving his greatest fame as one of the designers for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

His greatest fame however may have come as an orator, for which one historian has dubbed him " the most eloquent of the Federalists.

Early in the century, the Roman Empire attained its greatest expansion under the emperor Trajan, but after his death became primarily defensive for the rest of its history.

# Those who had attained épopteia ( Greek: ἐποπτεία ) ( English: " contemplation "), who had learned the secrets of the greatest mysteries of Demeter.

In 1962, Capehart attained his greatest popularity and what would ultimately become his lasting legacy as one of the key figures in the Cuban Missile Crisis by calling for a " crack-down on Cuba " and warning of a missile build-up on the Island.

He was aged 92 years and 322 days — the greatest age attained by a British Prime Minister until surpassed by James Callaghan on 14 February 2005.

With Fassbinder ’ s greatest success, The Marriage of Maria Braun ( Die Ehe der Maria Braun ), he finally attained the popular acceptance he sought, even with German audiences.

Worth attained its greatest population in 1880 at 951.

Nonetheless, after another ( though brief ) hospitalization in early 1949, Powell soon attained the greatest artistic height that he ever would reach.

On the other hand, for maximum straight-line acceleration, the greatest traction will be attained when the camber angle is zero and the tread is flat on the road.

Possibly as a result of the foreign rule of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom saw Egypt attempt to create a buffer between the Levant and Egypt, and attained its greatest territorial extent.

The animal species, in which individual struggle has been reduced to its narrowest limits, and the practice of mutual aid has attained the greatest development, are invariably the most numerous, the most prosperous, and the most open to further progress.

This is shown by the sermons having Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools, which appeared in 1494, for their theme ; these sermons attained the greatest popularity.

However, it attained its greatest prominence during the Elizabethan era, when English and Welsh writers made the claim that Madoc had come to the Americas as a ploy to assert prior discovery, and hence legal possession, of North America by the Kingdom of England.

The Madoc legend attained its greatest prominence during the Elizabethan era, when Welsh and English writers used it bolster British claims in the New World versus those of Spain.

The WCC attained its greatest notoriety in Alberta, where it succeeded in electing an MLA to the provincial legislature in 1982.

On the 1933 – 34 tour New South Wales winger Dave Brown played in 32 matches, including all 3 Tests, scoring 285 points, at the time the greatest number ever attained by an Australian player on tour.

Hisham II himself was kept from government and exercised no political influence, and in 997 he was even forced to officially hand over sole control of the government to Al-Mansur, under whom the Caliphate reached its greatest extent and attained its greatest success over the Christian states.

* Ratu Hijau ( the Green Queen ) ( 1584 – 1616 ), sister of Sultan Bahdur, during whose reign Patani attained its greatest economic success as a middle-sized port, frequented by Chinese, Dutch, English, Japanese, Malays, Portuguese, Siamese, and other merchants.

Scotism appears to have attained its greatest popularity at the beginning of the seventeenth century ; during the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries we even find special Scotist chairs, e. g. at Paris, Rome, Coimbra, Salamanca, Alcalá, Padua, and Pavia.

Founded in the 16th or seventeenth century by a slave named Diawandé, Nioro attained its greatest height in the eighteenth century when it served as the capital of the Bambara kingdom of Kaarta.

The greatest achievement of these exploration voyages was attained by Vasco da Gama, who in 1498 becomes the European discoverer of the sea route to India.

The second experiment was made on 10 September, and was for the purpose of ascertaining the greatest altitude that could be attained with the Great Nassau balloon inflated with carburetted hydrogen gas and carrying two persons only.

In a career that spanned six decades, he attained his greatest peak and influence with the Philippine Star, which he co-founded in 1986, and where he served as publisher until his death.

He is often described as " the father of Norwegian landscape painting " and is regarded as the first Norwegian Painter ever to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day.