Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though his family originally lived in Hamburg, Jacob and his brother were both born in Spain.

Though born in Oxford, he spoke no English.

Though born into a wealthy slave-owning family, Jefferson had many financial problems, and died deeply in debt.

Though Don Rosa hasn't used him in his family tree or his timelines it has been purposed that he could be an illegitimate son of Fergus McDuck born somewhere between the death of Fergus ' wife on 1897 and Fergus ' own death on 1902.

Though Otto I preferred Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of former Byzantine Emperor Romanos II, as she was born in the purple, her age ( then only five years old ) prevented serious consideration by the East.

Though he is known to most likely be Parsee / Persian, his birthplace is uncertain, but it is now generally thought that he was born in the eastern part of ancient Greater Iran.

Though there are many important precedents and developments, free improvisation developed gradually, making it difficult to pinpoint a single moment when the style was born.

Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.

Though Findley had declared his homosexuality as a teenager, he married actress / photographer Janet Reid ( born 1930 ) in 1959, but the union lasted only three months and was dissolved by divorce or annulment two years later.

Though Paris was indeed born before nightfall, he was spared by Priam ; Hecuba, too, was unable to kill the child, despite the urging of the priestess of Apollo, one Herophile.

Though born in Knoxville, Georgia, Pemberton, as a young child, moved with his family.

Though married to Theseus, Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus ' son born by either Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, or Antiope, her sister.

Though he died in Padua, he was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon.

Though born in Mississippi, Waldrop has spent most of his life in Texas.

Though it is said that these horoscope have been recorded for all mankind who were, have and will be born till eternity.

Though primarily associated with Columbia, former Governor John J. McKeithen was born in Grayson in 1918.

Though born in Traverse City, actor David Wayne was raised in Bloomingdale.

Though Ferdinand was likely hoping to produce another male heir, there were no children born of this second marriage.

Though born in Borger, Anderson graduated in 1961 from Stinnett High School.

Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland, where his parents met — probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjodhild's family is said to have been based.

Though he was born Bruno Schlesinger, he began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming a naturalised Austrian in 1911.

Though it seems now that the critical response to Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice ( 1979 ), could hardly match the reception sparked by the publication of The Confessions of Nat Turner ( a novel reflecting the turbulent decade in which it was born even as it seems to reinforce the social and political turmoil of that time ), Styron's decision to portray a non-Jewish victim of the Holocaust generated various debates of its own.

Though born in exile, he and his family held the ranks of princes and princesses of the blood and the title of " Serene Highness ".

Though he originally just contributed gag ideas to some duck cartoons by 1937 Barks was ( principally with partner Jack Hannah ) originating story ideas that were storyboarded and ( if approved by Walt ) put into production.

However, such an act was never a real possibility ; upon debriefing Philby in London on 24 May 1937, Maly wrote to the NKVD, " Though devoted and ready to sacrifice himself, does not possess the physical courage and other qualities necessary for this attempt.

Though they slipped to eleventh in 1930, 1935 and 1937, the following year they became the first of the new clubs to reach the finals.

Though a sense of nationalism pervaded his earliest surreal landscapes and Head of a Catalan Peasant, it wasn ’ t until Spain ’ s Republican government commissioned him to paint the mural, The Reaper, for the Spanish Republican Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exhibition, that Miró ’ s work took on a politically charged meaning.

Though a poor student, Kovacs was influenced deeply by his Trenton Central High School drama teacher, Harold Van Kirk, and received an acting scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937 with Mr. Van Kirk's help.

Though the school was founded in 1937, the society was not founded until 1983.

Though he never again served in a government, Sir Austen Chamberlain survived in good health until March 1937, dying just ten weeks before his half-brother Neville Chamberlain finally became the only member of the distinguished Chamberlain dynasty to become Prime Minister.

Though delayed at first by the recession of the early 1930s, the foundation stone was laid by Queen Mary on 26 June 1937, and the building was officially opened by King George VI on 10 June 1940.

Though perceived in retrospect as a sectarian article, Article 44 was praised in 1937 by leaders of Irish Protestant churches ( notably the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin ) and by Jewish groups.

Though not explicitly covered by the law, 400 mixed-race " Rhineland Bastards " were also sterilized beginning in 1937.

He signed it, “ Kurban Said .” Though never published, " Der Mann " was advertised in 1937 as though it actually had been published and was available for purchase.

Though the Irish Free State and its constitution were abolished with the commencement of a new constitution, the Constitution of Ireland on 29 December 1937, the Free State Supreme Court continued in existence as the provisional supreme court of the new state until 1961 when the new Supreme Court of Ireland, which had been created in 1937, was formally brought into being.

Though this was the first case of ethnic cleansing by the Soviet Union, large-scale resettlement was delayed until 1937 out of the fear that Japan might consider it casus belli.

Though I had a great dread of the island and felt I would never leave it alive, I eagerly wrote down everything she told me about its women.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

Though he was glad she got on well with his young folks, she ought to be welcome at the finest house in the land, too.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

Though she is one of the few gods of the Greek Pantheon to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband.

Though she had taken away Alexander's sword, they feared to set about the deed until she threatened to wake him.

Though she suffered from consumption, Eliza supported Johnson's endeavors.

Though she never became a nun, she spent the rest of her days there in prayer.

Though she did not categorically confirm that she was approached to do the reboot, Morris is not opposed to the idea, provided that production would not interfere with her Glee duties.

Though Naomi was a destitute widow at the time she re-entered Bethlehem, yet by the end of the narrative, we see her embracing her grandson as her foster-child.

" Though she claims thousands of followers, mostly in Germany, there has been no verification that any have lived for extended periods without food.

Though frank in places, Gaskell was selective about which details she revealed ; she suppressed details of Charlotte's love for Heger, a married man, as being too much of an affront to contemporary morals and source of distress to Charlotte's still-living father, husband and friends.

Though Beaux admired Eakins more and thought his painting skill superior to Sartain's, she preferred the latter's gentle teaching style which promoted no particular aesthetic approach.

Though she abandons the ship several times during the course of the series, her attachment to the crew always brings her back.

Though she later appeared in films Naked in New York ( 1993 ) and Getting In ( 1994 ), her first substantial speaking part in a film was in Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford.

Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death.