Jean Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jean Nicolas Billaud-Varenne , 1756-1819, French revolutionary. A violent antimonarchist in the Convention, the revolutionary national assembly, he and Jean Marie Collot d'Herbois were the two members of the ultrarevolutionary Hebértists (see Hébert, Jacques René ) faction to sit on the Committee of Public Safety. A consumate politician, he survived the execution of Hébert, sucessfully intruiged against Georges Danton , and helped bring about the downfall of Robespierre on 9 Thermidor . He was deported to French Guiana for his role in the Reign of Terror . He refused an amnesty offered by Napoleon Bonaparte (later Emperor Napoleon I ). Ultimately he went to Haiti, where he died.
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The best chess player ever - How Paul Morphy Was Cheated Out of the World Chess Championship.
Magazine article from: World and I; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...meeting. In the 1857 encounter, Morphy beat the top fifteen players...win the American Chess Congress. Paul Charles Morphy came from a wealthy, influential...His mother, Thelcide, pushed Paul toward a legal career. Paul...
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Lillie sculpture gilds immortal move.(M)(Washington Weekend)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/5/2001; ; 677 words
; ...actual game played in 1855 by Paul Morphy and his boyhood friend Charles Maurian when both were young...Hill College in Mobile, Ala. Morphy would go on to a sensational...rook is missing, meaning that Morphy was already spotting his opponent...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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TWO PIANISTS EXPLORE ART OF IMPROVISATION AT UW.(RHYTHM)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 10/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...ensemble for trios by Paul Juon and Robert Kahn...Evans, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian, Thelonious Monk...Saturday at 1 p.m. in Morphy Hall: Marilyn Crispell...Sunday at 4 p.m. in Morphy Hall: Rzewski and Crispell...Holst, Percy Grainger, Charles Gounod and Howard Hanson...
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ADP and ProBusiness: Facing HSR Woes? ProBusin.(Automatic Data Processing, ProBusiness Services )
Newspaper article from: Mergers & Acquisitions Report; 1/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...contended. However, Charles Trafton, an equity analyst...antitrust difficulties. John Morphy, the CFO of $11 billion...least 500 and up, said Morphy. "If [a regulatory...through, he predicted. Morphy quipped, however...Trafton. ADP has retained Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton...
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Gavels 'n' Paddles
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...bank, $414,000, Morphy A near-mint example...Ephemera held October 27 by Morphy Auctions in Denver...illusionist bank and an 1880s Charles A. Bailey bank, depicting...Theodore Roosevelt. Paul Gauguin painting...Sotheby's A painting by Paul Gauguin titled "Teo...
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Calendar of Events
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 11/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...clubs Hermanos / Concord / Paul Combs / 224-5669 or...Blazer / Concord / Robert Charles / 224-4101 or redblazer...communityplayersofconcord.org Paul Morphy / Portsmouth / Players...coop-theatre.org Paul Morphy / Portsmouth / Players...
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CHESS NOTES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/26/2007; ; 657 words
; ...be 163 years old. The first champion was Charles Stanley. Probably the greatest champions were Paul Morphy (for 14 years), Bobby Fischer (seven...including three ties), and Gata Kamsky. Morphy was unofficially the greatest player of...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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CLASS OF 1998 ENTERS TROY HIGH HISTORY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...Lisa LaVelle, Marc Paul Lawlor, Cory Lawyer...Kathleen Lott. Eric Charles Lowe, Milton Douglas...Marciano, William Paul Martone, Daniel...Monegro, Mary Rebecca Morphy, Danica J. Navarette...Jennifer Paris, Paul Paterakis, William...Shunell Pettiway, Charles W. Pielo, Cheryl...
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Pariahs, friends, players
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Pariahs, friends, players By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER The Washington Post...endeavor that has given the world Paul Morphy, the first American champion...the ugliness to a minimum. Charles Krauthammer is an editorial...
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Chess: An ode to our symphony, our joy
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...An ode to our symphony, our joy CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Date: 01-01-2003...endeavor that has given the world Paul Morphy, the first American champion, who...the ugliness to a minimum. * * * Charles Krauthammer is a nationally syndicated...
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Paul Charles Morphy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Paul Charles Morphy , 1837-84, American chess player, b. New Orleans. At 10 he learned...21 was acknowledged as the greatest player in the world. Not only was Morphy possessed of a phenomenal memory, which he demonstrated in astounding...
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Morphy, Paul Charles (1837-1884)
Book article from: American Eras
Paul Charles Morphy (1837-1884) Chess master Paul Charles Morphy was born in New Orleans to a prosperous family. His father was a prominent attorney, and his family was socially secure. Young Morphy was taught the game of chess by his grandfathers...
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1850-1877: Sports and Recreation: Chronology
Book article from: American Eras
...Congress begins in New York City. Twenty-year-old Paul Charles Morphy, a native of New Orleans, wins the competition. He...acre public garden in Boston. 30 June JuneFrenchman Charles Blondin (Jean Fran Ç ois Gravelet) walks a...
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Sports and Recreation: Headline Makers
Book article from: American Eras
1850-1877: Sports and Recreation: Headline Makers John C. Heenan (1835?-1873) Paul Charles Morphy (1837-1884) Harry Wright (1835-1895)
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