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Jenny Lind Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind 1820-87, Swedish soprano. She made her debut in 1838 as Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz. She studied in Paris and sang in Germany, England, and Sweden. In 1849 she abandoned opera for concert and oratorio until 1870. Under the management of P. T. Barnum she toured (1850-52) the... Read more
James Lind James Lind
James Lind 1716-94, English naval surgeon. Considered the founder of naval hygiene in England, Lind observed on a ten-week cruise (1746) that 80 seamen of 350 came down with scurvy . In his Treatise of the Scurvy (1753) he emphasized the preventive effect of ingesting fresh fruit or lemon juice,... Read more
Lindsey Lindsey
Lindsey Lincs. (prouincia) Lindissi c.704–14, Lindesi 1086 (DB). Ancient district name, probably ‘island, or dry ground in marsh, of the tribe called the Lindēs’, from OE īg, ēg added to Lindēs ‘the people of Lincoln or of the pool’, see... Read more
P T Barnum P T Barnum
P. T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum) , 1810-91, American showman, b. Bethel, Conn. As a youth Barnum worked at diverse sales jobs and managed a boardinghouse. He made his first sensation in 1835 when he bought and exhibited Joice Heth, a slave who claimed she was 161 years old (she was about 80)... Read more
Linda Linda
Linda ♀ Of relatively recent origin and uncertain etymology. It is first recorded in the 19th century. It may be a shortened form of Belinda, an adoption of Spanish linda ‘pretty’, or a Latinate derivative of any of various other Germanic female names ending in -lind meaning... Read more
Lyndon Lyndon
Lyndon ♂ English: transferred use of the surname, derived from Lyndon, a place in the former county of Rutland (now part of Leicestershire), so called from Old English lind ‘linden, lime tree’ + dūn ‘hill’. Its modern use as a male given name owes something... Read more
Praxair Inc Praxair Inc
Praxair, Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury RoadDanbury, Connecticut 06810U.S.A.Telephone: (716) 879-4077Toll Free: 1-800-PRAXAIRFax: (716) 879-2040Web site: http://www.praxair.com/ Public CompanyIncorporated: 1907 as Linde Air Products Co.Employees: 24,271Sales: $5.16 billion (2001)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more
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fili fili
fili (poets). The fili of early medieval Ireland evolved from a professional poetic class found in all Celtic societies, the bards, who according to Diodorus Siculus ‘singing to the accompaniment of instruments like lyres, praise some and defame others’. Other sources stress the rich... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ...his Lobgesang ("Hymn of Praise"), and performed his Piano...11, and orchestral parts still had to be created. As Anne...had originally pressed for Jenny Lind). Joseph Staudigl, the bass soloist singing Elijah, with far more to...
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Magazine article from: Opera News ...there were still people around...the model of Jenny Lind. In that era...about singers and singing. His most famous...characterful singing at all but an...a "marvel of singing and acting...clearly what Verdi ...
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Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) ...Broadway debut in 1980. Still, 17 years hasn...Every Minute" in praise of the phenomenon...best displayed when singing with Hauck in the...with the hiring of Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale...The irony is, Jenny's ...

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