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# Frances Gillmor

Frances Gillmor (21 May 1903– 28 October 1993 ) was an American folklorist, scholar, and novelist.

## Early life and education

Born in Buffalo, New York, May 21, 1903 Frances Gillmor was the only child of Abner Churchill Gillmor and Annie McVicar Gillmor. Gillmor intended to be a writer publishing her first novel in 1929. She attended the University of Chicago in 1921 but left before graduation in 1923 and became a reporter. Her mother's ill health took the family to Arizona in 1926 and Gillmor returned to the University of Arizona where she completed a bachelor's and a masters in Arts, finishing in 1931. She became a Navajo expert, having done her master's thesis on John and Louisa Wade Wetherill in the Navajo reservation in Arizona.

## Career

Gillmor then taught in University of New Mexico and the University of Arizona. She went to Mexico to learn Spanish to improve her ability to engage with the Pueblo Indians, and in part because of a relationship with Ola Apenes. She also worked there as a freelance journalist covering the Dewey Commission in 1937 and interviewing Diego Rivera. While there, Gillmor became interested in the Aztecs and began research into Nezahualcoyotl which she later published as his biography. She studied with the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia in 1952 and Gillmor completed a doctorate, awarded with special distinction, in 1957 through Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. While undertaking study into the Aztec culture Gillmor was also investigating folklore, attending the University of Indiana's folklore institute in 1946 which led to the need to collect the oral traditions in the southwest of the US. In order to preserve the materials Gillmor set up the University of Arizona Folklore Archive which focused on the English and Spanish traditions. Gillmor was involved in the American Folklore Society and served as vice president in 1958 and 1964. She was given a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959 to study folk drama in Spain and Mexico. Despite all her travel and research, Gillmor remained teaching in Arizona and was awarded the university's Creative Teaching award in 1970.
Gillmor died on 28 October 1993 in Tucson, Arizona. Her papers are held at the University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections.
# Frances Newton (educator)

Frances E. Newton (born 1865) was an American early childhood educator who had a strong influence on the development of kindergartens in Australia.
She was trained in the teaching methods of John Dewey in her native Chicago and with four other ladies founded "Gertrude House" of the Chicago Kindergarten Institute.
She was brought out to Sydney in November 1902 on a three-year contract as principal of the Kindergarten Training Centre, Roslyn Street, Darlinghurst. She laid the foundation for the success of the Sydney Kindergarten Training College, Waverley. Her disciples included Harriet Alice Dumolo (1875–1944) and Zoe Benjamin (1882–1962). In 1905 Newton and Lillian Daphne de Lissa were invited by Bertram Hawker to report on kindergartens in South Australia.
It would appear that Newton died some time between 1910 and 1920.
The Frances Newton Memorial Free Kindergarten at 287 Bourke-street, Darlinghurst, founded by Dumolo and opened in 1922, was named for her.
In 1902, Lillian Daphne de Lissa began studying at the Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College, where she was influenced by Frances Newton, and was a leading figure in kindergarten development in South Australia.
# Mentasta Pass

Mentasta Pass is a major mountain pass in Alaska, separating the Alaska Range on the west from the Mentasta Mountains on the east. Alaska Route 1 (the Glenn Highway) runs through the pass, connecting the Copper River Valley with the Alaska Highway.
Mentasta Pass is also notable as it is the key col between Mount Logan (highpoint of the Saint Elias Mountains) and Denali (highpoint of the Alaska Range).
# Mentari

Mentari may refer to:
* PT Lion Mentari Airlines, the owner of Lion Air
** Thai Lion Air, a Lion Air subsidiary (Callsign: MENTARI)
* Mentari Toys (also Mentari Massen Toys), a toy manufacturer from Mentari Group
* Mentari International School, an international school in Jakarta, Indonesia
* Mentari, a wireless services sub-brand of Indosat Ooredoo, a telecommunications provider in Indonesia.
* Mentari BRT station, a bus rapid transit station in Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
* Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, an Indonesian badminton player
# Vallentigny

Vallentigny (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
# Vaikom Padmanabha Pillai

Vaikom Padmanabha Pillai (1767–1809) was a Nair Militia leader and military officer of the Kingdom of Travancore (now roughly the Indian state of Kerala). In 1808 he led an uprising against British control in Travancore. He was captured in 1809 and hanged for his role in the rebellion.

## Life

He was born in the principality of Travancore and was called up in to the Travancore Nair Army in 1789, when Tipu Sultan invaded Travancore. He was one of the 20 reserve soldiers from the Nandyat Kalari who ambushed the huge Mysore Army in the Nedumkotta fortifications in December 1789. He also played an active role in the defeat of Tipu Sultan at the hands of the Travancore Army during the second battle in April 1790. He is also credited to have heavily injured a leg of Tipu, leaving him lame on one leg. After this he served as a general in Travancore Maharaja's militia.
When Velu Thampi Dalawa rebelled against the British East India Company, Padmanabha Pillai was his army chief. Freedom fighters jointly under Padmanabha Pillai and Chempil Valiya Arayan attacked British Resident Col. Macaulay in Poonjikkara Residency (now, Bolghaty Palace) in December 1808, but could not capture him. Later he ambushed a party of British soldiers at Pallathuruthy near Alappuzha which resulted in the deaths of 13 British soldiers. Padmanabha Pillai was captured by the British and hanged in public a few days later at Thiruveli kunnu in Vaikom.
# Francis Hews

Francis Hews (3 March 1768 – 15 May 1810) was a Baptist preacher. He was known for his work in Bedfordshire, England, and for the account he gave in his autobiography, Spoils Won in the Day of Battle (1798), of the opposition he received to his activities which, he claimed, included threats of murder.

## Early life

Francis Hews was born at Aldbury, Hertfordshire, on 3 March 1768. Hews records in his autobiography that his parents were "carnal" and he did not attend church on a Sunday in his early years. He first began to consider religious matters at the age of 8. At the age of 18, in 1786, he began a travelling ministry in the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hertfordshire.

## Career

By the 1790s, Hews was pastor over the Baptist churches in Dunstable and Westoning, both in Bedfordshire. He registered Baptist meeting places, as required by law, in 1793 and 1799.
Hews received significant opposition to his work, including threats of violence which are recorded in his autobiography Spoils Won in the Day of Battle (1798) and, it is claimed, even of murder. The Quarter Session Rolls for Bedfordshire, held by Bedfordshire Archives, show that in 1793, Articles of Peace were ordered between "Francis Hews, Dunstable, against Thos. Brincklo, Totternhoe, lab. for threatening that he "would shoot him..........do for him....take care of him before he had done with him....".
Spoils was reviewed unfavourably by The New London Review in 1800, which complained about the "libellous language" with which Hews wrote about his "many enemies". The reviewer commented that he was unsure where Hews should be sent to "Bridewell for correction, or to Bedlam for a cure". In The Bedfordshire Magazine, L.R. Conisbee described the book as "a kind of spiritual autobiography" and commented on a poem that Hews had written in 1799 that he criticised as a "revealing diatribe" where "cheap scriptural invective takes the place of irony".
In 1803, Hews was instrumental in the founding of the Providence Chapel in Luton, where he also preached. He served as the pastor of the Baptist church at Dunstable for around 15 years. At Michaelmas 1809 he moved to Northampton to take over the Baptist church there.

## Death

The Evangelical Magazine recorded that Hews died from a stroke at Northampton on 15 May 1810. He was buried in the family vault at Dunstable. The funeral sermon was given by Carter of St Albans from John xxi 17, the same text from which Hews preached his last sermon at Northampton on 6 May 1810.

## Selected publications

* Spoils Won in the Day of Battle, and Dedicated to the Use of the Church: or God's Dealings with the Author, Francis Hews. Gurney, Bedford, 1798. (Reprinted in part in Zion's Casket, 1852, and in Zion's Witness CX-CXI in 1967–69, and as Spoils &c in 1972)
* The Songs of Sion in Gospel Sound. Berkhamstead, 1800.
* The Old and New Covenants; or The Eternal Law and Everlasting Gospel. J. Hodson (printed), London, 1801.
# Francis Higgins (cyclist)

Francis Higgins (29 January 1882 – 19 August 1948) was a British cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
# Francis Higgins (1746–1802)

Francis Higgins, also called the "Sham Squire", (1746 – 19 January 1802) was an Irish newspaper proprietor and spy.

## Biography

Higgins was the son of humble parents, who migrated from Downpatrick in Ulster to Dublin. Higgins passed his early years in menial employments, became an attorney's clerk, was converted to Protestantism, and, by practising gross deception, married a respectable lady, whose relatives in 1766 prosecuted him for fraud. Higgins was convicted, and was for some time imprisoned. To this incident was attributed Higgins's sobriquet of the ‘Sham Squire.’ After his release he formed lucrative connections with lottery-offices and gambling-houses. He was admitted an attorney at Dublin in 1780, and secured the posts of deputy-coroner and under-sheriff. Higgins became owner of the newspaper styled ‘The Freeman's Journal,’ which, with his own services, he placed at the disposal of the administrators of the government at Dublin. Thenceforth Higgins continuously assailed in his paper the opponents of the government, and Henry Grattan denounced in parliament the mendacities and unscrupulous conduct of the journal. In 1788 Higgins was appointed a magistrate by Lord-chancellor Lifford. John Magee, in his paper, the ‘Dublin Evening Post,’ published numerous satires in prose and verse on Higgins and his associate, Richard Daly. Magee exposed Higgins's antecedents, and denounced him as a venal journalist, a corrupt magistrate, and a proprietor of houses of ill-repute. In 1790 Higgins prosecuted Magee for libel in the court of king's bench. Through Higgins's alleged influence with John Scott, earl of Clonmel, lord chief justice, he obtained, by authority of that court, writs styled ‘fiats,’ under which the defendants were liable to imprisonment till they found surety for the entire amount claimed as damages. These proceedings formed the subject of discussion in the House of Commons of Ireland. Lord-chancellor FitzGibbon removed Higgins from the magistracy in 1791, and in 1794 he was struck off the roll of attorneys. In 1795 he warned the government of a projected attack on the new lord-lieutenant, Lord Camden. Through the under-secretary, Edward Cooke, with whom he had had previous relations, Higgins secretly communicated to the Irish government in 1798 particulars as to persons connected with the revolutionary movements in Ireland. The governmental account of secret service money, under date of 20 June 1798, contains an entry of a payment of 1,000l. to ‘F. H.’ for the discovery of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. The initials are those of Higgins. Cooke recommended Lord Castlereagh to appropriate a pension of 300l. per annum to Higgins, on the ground that he had given him much information and all the intelligence which had enabled him to effect the arrest of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Higgins died in affluence at Dublin on 19 January 1802, and was buried in the cemetery of Kilbarrack.
# Francis Higgins

Francis Higgins may refer to:
* Francis Peter Higgins (athlete) (1928–1993), British athlete who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
* Francis Higgins (soccer), U.S. soccer goalkeeper
* Francis Higgins (cyclist) (1882–1948), British Olympic cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
* Francis Higgins (priest), 18th century Anglican clergyman
* Francis Higgins (1746–1802), Irish newspaper proprietor and spy
* Francis "The Viper" Higgins, a character in the Irish comedy series Hardy Bucks
# Van Rensselaer Richmond

Van Rensselaer Richmond (January 1812 in Preston, Chenango County, New York – November 20, 1883 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York.

## Life

He was the son of Oliver Richmond (died 1853). He was educated at the Oxford Academy, and in 1834 began work as a chainman at the construction of the Chenango Canal. In 1837 he married Anna A. Dennison (died 1854), and they had four children.
In 1837, he was appointed resident engineer of the Erie Canal at Lyons, New York. In 1842, he was appointed division engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals at Syracuse. In 1848, he resigned and began to work for the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad, but soon after returned to canal work as chief engineer of the construction of the canal from Jordan, New York to the Cayuga Marshes. In 1850 he left the canal works and became division engineer of the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad. In 1852, he was appointed again division engineer of the Middle Division of the State Canals by William J. McAlpine, was maintained in office by Whig state engineer John T. Clark, but was removed in 1856 by the American Party majority of the Canal Board.
He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1858 to 1861, and from 1868 to 1871, elected four times on the Democratic ticket.
He died from a "sudden stroke of apoplexy." on November 20, 1883 in Lyons, New York.
His son Dennison Richmond (c. 1842–1888) was also division engineer of the Middle Division.
# Van Reyper-Bond House

Van Reyper-Bond House is located in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1872 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 22, 1979. The house is located on the campus of Montclair State University.
# Vanhornia eucnemidarum

Vanhornia eucnemidarum is a species of wasp in the family Vanhorniidae.
# Mount Ōbami

Mount Ōbami (大喰岳, Hotaka-dake), also known as Mount Ōbamidake, is a mountain situated in Japan's southern Hida Mountains, on the border between the cities of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. It is also located south of Mount Yari.
The name of the mountain is said to have come from the fact that it was called ``Big Eat by hunters because the herds of animals gathered around this area and devoured the mountain grass. Mount Ōbami is part of Chūbu-Sangaku National Park.
Nearby Mount Ōbami, Mount Yari has a ridgeline extending from north to south, east and west, and is called Kitakama-one, Higashi-kama-one, and Nishikama-one.The south side is not called Kama-one, but it has a series of peaks over 3,000 m, and along the way there are Mt. Okumidate, as well as Mount Naka (3,084 m) and Mount Minami (3,033 m), and continues to the Hotaka Mountain Range via Oquilet. These are the result of the valley topography and ground uplift caused by ice erosion.

## History

In August 1909, a party including Masao Udono, accompanied by Kamonji Kamijo, climbed the mountain while traversing from Mt. Okuhotaka to Mt. Yarigatake. The area near the summit is a sandy gravel area at the treeline, which is a habitat for grouse, and alpine plants can be seen in the surrounding area, such as Japanese porcupine, Iwagikyou, Chōnosukeso, Eurasian lily, Aquarium japonica, Eurasian algae, and Aquilegia.
# Mount Ōmuro

Mount Ōmuro (藻岩山, Ōmuroyama) may refer to the following mountains in Japan.
* Mount Ōmuro (Mount Fuji), mountain at the foot of Mount Fuji
* Mount Ōmuro (Shizuoka), mountain in Izu-Tobu
* Mount Ōmuro (Tanzawa), mountain in the Tanzawa Mountains
# Mulkh Raj

Mulkh Raj is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Baijnath assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh. Mulkh Raj belongs to the Koli community of Himachal Pradesh. He lost to Kishori Lal in 2022 Assembly Election with a margin of 3446 votes.
# Francis Lee (lyricist)

Francis Lee or Zhuoxiong Li, (李焯雄 in Chinese) is a critically acclaimed and prolific Chinese-pop lyricist, who has won 2 "Best Lyricist Awards" (14th for Karen Mok's "Love" or 莫文蔚 愛 and 26th for Karen Mok's "Departures/ BuSan,BuJian" or 莫文蔚 不散，不見） in Taiwan’s reputable "Golden Melody Awards"（金曲奬）. He has also written many theme songs for movies and TV drama as well as commercials, including John Woo’s (吳宇森)"Red Cliff:Part 1"赤壁．上（心·戰 ～RED CLIFF～ or "Heart,War～RED CLIFF～" ） and "Red Cliff:Part 2"赤壁．下（赤壁 〜大江東去〜 or "Red Cliff 〜River Of No Return"）.
His other international projects include the Chinese version of the theme song "Wavin' Flag" to 2010 FIFA World Cup sung by Jacky Cheung (張學友, Zhang Xue-you), Jane Zhang (張靚穎 Zhang Liang Ying) and K'naan.
Francis Lee is also a writer. His most recent publication is 同名同姓的人"People With The Same Name"(September 2016), a collection of short stories, poetry, essays and lyrics.
# France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement

The France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2001 treaty between France and Seychelles which delimits the maritime boundary between Seychelles and the uninhabited Glorioso Islands, which is a French possession.
The treaty was signed in Victoria, Seychelles on 19 February 2001. The boundary set out by the text of the treaty identifies two straight-line maritime segments defined by three individual coordinate points. The boundary is an approximately equidistant line between the two territories. The north end of the boundary stops short of the tripoint with the Comoros and the south end stops short of the tripoint with Madagascar.
The treaty came into force immediately upon signature. The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of France and of Seychelles. Foreign Minister Jérémie Bonnelame signed the treaty on behalf of Seychelles.
# France–Somalia relations

France–Somalia relations are bilateral relations between France and Somalia.

## History

Bilateral relations between France and Somalia were established shortly after Somalia's independence. The French government opened an embassy in Mogadishu, and its Somali counterpart likewise maintained an embassy in Paris. The French embassy later closed down operations in June 1993, shortly after the start of the civil war in Somalia. In the ensuing years, France maintained diplomatic relations with the Somali Transitional National Government and its successor the Transitional Federal Government. It also supported local peace initiatives by the European Union and the international community.
The subsequent establishment of the Federal Government of Somalia in August 2012 was welcomed by the French authorities, who re-affirmed France's continued support for Somalia's government, its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The 2006 French census stated that there are 1,373 Somali-born residents living France.

## Diplomatic missions

Following a significantly improved security situation, the Government of France in January 2014 appointed Remi Marechaux as the new French ambassador to Somalia. The current French Ambassador to Somalia is Mr. Antoine Sivan, accredited since July 2017.
# Valle dei Laghi

Valle dei Laghi is one of the sixteen districts of Trentino in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
# Meshullam of Volterra

Meshullam ben Menahem of Volterra (Hebrew: משולם בן מנחם; d. 1508), also known as Meshullam da Volterra, was an Italian Jewish businessman who traveled to the Holy Land and surrounding Jewish communities. His works provide concise and important details about the nature and conditions of Ottoman Jewry.

## Biography

Meshullam da Volterra was born in the mid 15th century in Volterra, Italy. His father, Menahem ben Aaron was a wealthy fancier who in 1460 was worth 100,000 ducats. In his early years Meshullam gained notable wealth by trading precious stones, and according to Abraham Portaleone, Meshullam even wrote a book on jewellery. He later took over his father's successful loan-bank in Florence, where he became friendly with Lorenzo de Medici whom he once sent a gift of game. It was during this time that Meshullam began to develop an interest in Jewish literature and philosophy which inspired him to visit the Holy Land. In spring of 1481 he undertook a journey to Jerusalem, going by way of Rhodes to Alexandria, where he apparently saw a beautiful manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, which the natives claimed had been written by Ezra. In Cairo, where he bought gems, and was greeted by Solomon ben Joseph. On July 29, he reached Jerusalem, where at that time there were only 250 Jewish families. He then passed through Jaffa and Damascus to Crete, where he was shipwrecked, and lost his precious stones. His life was saved by a German Jewish physician, and Meshullam finally reached Venice in October. Meshullam wrote in Hebrew an account of his journey called Massa Meshullam mi-Volterra be-Erez Yisrael (מסע משולם מוולטרה בארץ-ישראל) which contains a wealth of information about the cities he visited as well as their Jewish communities and traditions; he also gives much information of economic interest. While occasionally noting local legends, he is often sceptical about them. He also shows some familiarity with classical literature. His style is readable and attractive although containing some grammatical errors and numerous Italian expressions. Meshullam died in 1507 or 1508 in Venice.