Abd al-Majid
Abd al-Majid or Abdülmecit , 1823-61, Ottoman sultan (1839-61), son and successor of Mahmud II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire. The rebellion of Muhammad Ali was checked by the intervention (1840-41) of England, Russia, and Austria. Abd al-Majid was influenced by the British ambassador, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe , who helped persuade the sultan to introduce Western reforms. Two decrees (1839, 1856) led to many changes but did not have permanent effect. Confident in British and French support, Abd al-Majid resisted (1853) the Russian claim to act as protector of the Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire. This was a primary cause of the Crimean War . Turkey received no concrete gains at the Congress of Paris (1856; see Paris, Congress of ). The sultan was succeeded by his brother, Abd al-Aziz.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
A new letter by Bill Nye.(Notes)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye (1850-96) was one of America's most...Three of his best-known works are Bill Nye and Boomerang; or, The Tale of a Meek...and Some Other Literary Gems (1881), Nye and Riley's Railway Guide (1888...
|
|
Touring lecturer took to 1890 Pasadena
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News; 4/8/2007; ; 539 words
; ...appeared at the opera house in Pasadena in March 1893. No, he wasn't "Bill Nye the Science Guy," he was Bill Nye, journalist and popular humorist. Born Edgar Wilson Nye in Maine in 1850, he adopted the name of "Bill Nye" from a character in...
|
 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
|
Ducking the heatwave.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 3/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...home to be greeted by his wife in a sexy negligee. "Tie me up," she purrs, "And you can do anything." So he tied her up and went off to play golf. Last word Wagner's music is better than it sounds. - Edgar Wilson Nye GRAHAM LINSCOTT
|
|
QUOTE UNQUOTE
Newspaper article from: The Press; 3/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...greatness is expected of him." - John Steinbeck, American author. "Wagner's music is better than it sounds." - Edgar Wilson Nye. "How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality...
|
|
MADE TO ORDER.(houses)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Builder; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...which will not have any closets, and the hall will contain the woodbox and the lavatory, as it does now."--Edgar Wilson Bill" Nye, justice of the peace, postmaster, humorist, columnist for Laramie Boomerange and New York World, 1893 TOMORROW...
|
|
"Hey, is it boiling in here or is it just me?" However you classify Maine humor, it's become a trademark for the rugged state.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...subtle," he says. Instead, he recommends the writings of his literary ancestors, people like Artemus Ward and Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, as places to find the essence of Maine humor. "I draw from the oral tradition," says Sample, who adapts...
|
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
|
THE CRITICAL EAR.(Pasatiempo)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 1/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...houses and more sporadic attendance at other times is the kind of thing that could make, in the words of humorist Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye, an angel weep because he couldn't swear. Though if you substitute "arts administrator" for angel, you...
|
|
JOHN GOULD; CHRONICLED MAINE LIFE FOR 6 DECADES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/3/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...I think when you're judging humor on the basis of the mechanics of the job, `Bill' Nye [Maine-born, turn-of-the-century author Edgar Wilson] was a far greater humorist than Mark Twain was. He's been forgotten because he didn...
|
|
OBIT - PAISLEY, PAUL DENTON
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 3/26/2006; 495 words
; ...and formerly of Mouth of Wilson, Va., passed away Thursday...He was born in Mouth of Wilson, Va. on June 2, 1928 to Samuella Hash and Edgar Paisley. He attended...Paisley; nephews, Kemp Nye, David Haynes, and Robert...Baptist Church, Mouth of Wilson, Va., with burial in...
|
|
BIRTHS
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 10/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...Darla, Fountain, Sept. 16. NYE: Jason and Jennifer, Colorado...16. GONZALES-GALLARDO: Edgar Gallardo and Maria Gonzales...Monument, a boy, Sept. 18. WILSON-HOPE: Rikke Hope and Dariana Wilson, Sept. 18. CALENDAR: Hugo...
|
|
Edgar Wilson Nye
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Edgar Wilson Nye , known as Bill Nye, 1850-96, American humorist and journalist, b. Shirley Mills...comments and yarns of frontier life, which were collected in Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881), Forty Liars and Other Lies (1882), and...
|
|
Nye, Edgar Wilson
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Nye, Edgar Wilson (1850–96), better known as Bill Nye, was born in Maine, reared in the frontier...very successful books, beginning with Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881). Some of these were...
|
|
Kosterman, Mitchell 1958–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...PERSONAL Full name, Mitchell Arthur Edgar Kosterman; born February 4, 1958, in...Freefall: Flight 174 ), 1995. Officer Nye, Have You Seen My Son?, ABC, 1996...Deputy Holt, Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story, Lifetime, 2002. Sheriff, Shadow...
|
