Word: augustus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Alvey Augustus Adee, 82, "the indispensible Adee," famed diplomat and for the last 38 years Second Assistant Secretary of State; in Washington. In 1870, he succeeded John Hay as Secretary of the Legation at Madrid, was Acting Secretary of State during critical stages of the Boxer Rebellion in China. The apparent deafness of his later years was suspected to be a "diplomatic" ailment. He spent his vacations riding his bicycle in Germany and France...
...Lapland (Red Star)?Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian Ambassador to the U. S.; Augustus John, famed British painter...
Married. Miss Glory Thomas of Manhattan, daughter of Augustus Thomas ("theatre tsar"), and William Elliott, Jr.; in Manhattan...
...majority of paintings are typical of English history, modern and ancient. There are also good portraits by John S. Sargent, Sir William Orpen, Augustus John...
...Augustus St. Gaudens had just completed his famous memorial statue of Farragut, now standing in Madison Square, New York, when his son, Homer, was born at Roxbury, Mass. This was in 1881, just when the great sculptor was achieving the recognition and success for which he had striven. The son was the idol of his father, posing as early as the age of 17 months for a bronze plaque. Here we find one of the earliest essays of the father in low relief, but it has all the characteristics of a masterpiece. The soft lines and curves of the baby...