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# 1881 Queanbeyan colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Thompson, taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator.

## Dates

| Date | Event |
| 11 January 1881 | James Thompson appointed to Legislative Council and Postmaster-General. |
| 12 January 1881 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. |
| 24 January 1881 | Nominations |
| 27 January 1881 | Polling day |
| 8 February 1881 | Return of writ |

## Candidates

* John Gale was the publisher of a local paper, The Queanbeyan Age.
* Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1880 election.
* Thomas Rutledge was a pastoralist who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1877 election.

## Result

1881 Queanbeyan by-election Thursday 27 January :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Thomas Rutledge (elected) | Thomas Rutledge (elected) | 502 | 50.7 |
| Percy Hodgkinson | Percy Hodgkinson | 413 | 41.7 |
| John Gale | John Gale | 76 | 7.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 991 | 97.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 27 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 1,018 | 59.5 |
# Foping County

Foping (Chinese: 佛坪; pinyin: Fópíng) is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China.
The county was first established in 1824.
It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km$^2$.) of dogwood forests. The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.

## Administrative divisions

As 2019, Foping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 6 towns.

### Subdistricts

* Yuanjiazhuang Subdistrict (袁家庄街道)

### Towns

* Chenjiaba (陈家坝镇)
* Daheba (大河坝镇)
* Xichahe (西岔河镇)
* Yueba (岳坝镇)
* Changjiaoba (长角坝镇)
* Shidunhe (石墩河镇)

## Climate

Climate data for Foping, elevation 827 m (2,713 ft), (2001–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 34.9 (94.8) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 37.2 (99.0) | 36.8 (98.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.0 (84.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | 13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) | 0.4 (32.7) | 4.5 (40.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | −0.9 (30.4) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) | −7.9 (17.8) | −6.8 (19.8) | −2.9 (26.8) | 3.3 (37.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.2 (52.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | −5.5 (22.1) | −8.0 (17.6) | −14.4 (6.1) | −14.4 (6.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) | 12.8 (0.50) | 23.9 (0.94) | 57.4 (2.26) | 95.8 (3.77) | 114.6 (4.51) | 198.9 (7.83) | 178.5 (7.03) | 156.3 (6.15) | 74.3 (2.93) | 29.0 (1.14) | 5.0 (0.20) | 950.2 (37.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 124.2 |
| Average snowy days | 5.2 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 14.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 66 | 63 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 100.2 | 90.3 | 131.2 | 155.0 | 152.6 | 154.5 | 164.2 | 161.9 | 101.2 | 99.0 | 94.6 | 97.7 | 1,502.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 32 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 34 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
# Akçatepe

Akçatepe may refer to:

## People

* Halit Akçatepe (1938–2017), Turkish actor
* Sitki Akçatepe (1902–1985), Turkish actor

## Places

* Akçatepe, Keban
* Akçatepe, Tut, a village in the district of Tut, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
# Franz Stöhr

Franz Stöhr (born 19 November 1879 in Veliká Ves (Chomutov District) – died 13 November 1938 in Schneidemühl) was a German politician with the Nazi Party.
Stöhr was a Sudeten German who had been active in antisemitic politics before the First World War.
Stöhr was elected member of the Reichstag for Thuringia in May 1924 and retaining his seat until his death. Stöhr began as a member of the German Völkisch Freedom Party (DVFP) and was elected as part of the National Socialist Freedom Movement, an electoral pact between this group and the Nazis. However, in May 1927 Ernst Graf zu Reventlow split from the DVFP after becoming a strong admirer of Adolf Hitler and Stöhr joined the likes of Christian Mergenthaler and Wilhelm Kube in following Reventlow into the Nazi Party.
He was also a leading figure in the Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfen-Verband, a völkisch and antisemitic trade union for white-collar workers, close links with which had been cultivated by Gregor Strasser in the early 1930s. He was a shop-assistant by profession and thus of the petit-bourgeois stock that made up the bulk of Nazi Party support in the 1920s.
# 2019 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France

The 2019 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 1 September 2019 in France. It was the 83rd edition of Bretagne Classic Ouest–France and the 34th event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Sep Vanmarcke.

## Teams

Twenty-five teams, including all 18 UCI WorldTour teams and seven UCI Professional Continental teams, participated in the race. Each team could enter a maximum of seven riders, but Astana, Bahrain–Merida, and Team Katusha–Alpecin each submitted six riders, meaning the race began with a peloton of 172 riders. Of those riders, only 90 finished the race.
UCI WorldTeams
* AG2R La Mondiale
* Astana
* Bahrain–Merida
* Bora–Hansgrohe
* CCC Team
* Deceuninck–Quick-Step
* EF Education First
* Groupama–FDJ
* Lotto–Soudal
* Mitchelton–Scott
* Movistar Team
* Team Dimension Data
* Team Ineos
* Team Jumbo–Visma
* Team Katusha–Alpecin
* Team Sunweb
* Trek–Segafredo
* UAE Team Emirates
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Arkéa–Samsic
* Cofidis
* Delko–Marseille Provence
* Israel Cycling Academy
* Total Direct Énergie
* Vital Concept–B&B Hotels
* Wanty–Gobert

## Results

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | EF Education First | 6h 12' 23" |
| 2 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3" |
| 3 | Jack Haig (AUS) | Mitchelton–Scott | + 3" |
| 4 | Michael Valgren (DEN) | Team Dimension Data | + 20" |
| 5 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 20" |
| 6 | Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20" |
| 7 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | CCC Team | + 20" |
| 8 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 22" |
| 9 | Florian Sénéchal (FRA) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 28" |
| 10 | Eduard Prades (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 28" |
# Asura friederikeae

Asura friederikeae is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Lars Kühne in 2007. It is found in Kenya and Uganda.
# At Heel Diamonds

At Heel Diamonds (アット・ヒール・ダイアモンズ, Atto Hīru Daiamonzu) is an EP by Japanese idol duo Wink, released by Polystar on December 1, 1988. It features the duo's first No. 1 single "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)", a Japanese-language cover of Kylie Minogue's "Turn It into Love". Also included in the EP are covers of Bananarama's "Love in the First Degree" and Sinitta's "Cross My Broken Heart", as well as a remix of the duo's debut single "Sugar Baby Love". The EP was the duo's first release to feature songwriter Neko Oikawa and arranger Motoki Funayama, who would work on the duo's further recordings.
The EP peaked at No. 6 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 345,000 copies.

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa, except where indicated

## Charts

| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 6 |
# Astroblepus mariae

Astroblepus mariae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found on the Meta River in Colombia and Venezuela.
Named in honor of Hermano Apolinar Maria (1867-1949), Director, Museum at the Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá, who collected the type species and offered Fowler the opportunity to study it.
# Atbara Airport

Atbara Airport (IATA: ATB, ICAO: HSAT) is an airport serving Atbarah (or Atbara), a town located in the River Nile state in northeastern Sudan.

## Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,181 feet (360 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which measures 1,800 by 40 metres (5,906 ft × 131 ft).
# Athletic Solomons

Athletic Solomons (AS), also known as Solomon Islands Athletics Association, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the Solomon Islands.

## History

In the 1960th the existence of an organisation called British Solomon Islands Amateur Athletic Association is documented. Baddeley Devesi, who later served as the first Governor-General of the Solomon Islands after independence, is reported to be elected secretary to this association in 1967.
After independence, Athletic Solomons was founded in 1980 (most probably as Solomon Islands Amateur Athletic Union), and was affiliated to the IAAF in the year 1981.
Former president was ex decathlete James Iroga. Current president is Martin Rara. He was elected in November 2012.

## Affiliations

* International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
* Oceania Athletics Association (OAA)
Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations:
* National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI)

## National records

Athletic Solomons maintains the Solomon Islands records in athletics.
# Ataractive

An ataractive is a type of drug which diminishes hallucinations in patients exhibiting them.
Examples include azacyclonol and atypical antipsychotics.
# Asuridia rubripennis

Asuridia rubripennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Taiwan.
# Carlos Pérez (canoeist)

Carlos Pérez Rial, (born 12 April 1979 in Cangas do Morrazo, Pontevedra) nicknamed "Perucho", is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been competing since 1999. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008 along with Saul Craviotto.
Pérez won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 200 m: 2005, K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, 2010) and four silvers (K-1 200 m: 2006, K-1 500 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2009, 2010).
Perucho is a member of the Piragüismo Aldán club. He is 182 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 84 kg (185 lb).

## European Championship Medals

* Silver K-1 200 m 2006 Račice, Czech Republic 0:34.644
* Gold K-1 200 m 2005 Poznań, Poland 0:36.098
* Bronze K-1 500 m 2004 Poznań, Poland 1:41.974
# A Keen Soldier

A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle by Andrew Clark is a historical study of the only execution of a Canadian soldier for military crimes committed during the Second World War. Harold Pringle was executed for murder shortly after the conclusion of the war in Europe. A Keen Soldier was published by Vintage Canada in 2002. It was a finalist for Canada's Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction in 2003.
# 1881 Richmond Colts football team

The 1881 Richmond Colts football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as an independent during the 1881 college football season. They finished 2–0 with both wins coming against Randolph–Macon of Ashland, Virginia.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| December 3 | at Randolph–Macon | Ashland, VA | W 3–0 |
| December 17 | Randolph–Macon | Richmond, VA | W 3–0 |
# Apostrophectomy
## English
### Etymology

Apostrophe + ectomy

### Noun

apostrophectomy (plural apostrophectomies)
* The removal of incorrect apostrophes, especially those wrongly used to form plurals (greengrocers' apostrophesApostrophe#Greengrocers' apostrophes)
# Al Kavanaugh

Al Kavanaugh is a former politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and defeated for re-election by Pat Crossman in 1999.
He represented the electoral district of Riverview.
# 1976 Tendring District Council election

The 1976 Tendring District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was the same day as other local elections held across the United Kingdom.

## Summary
### Election result

1976 Tendring District Council election :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 39 | 8 | 65.0 | 52.0 | 33,118 | +8.1 |
| Independent | 9 | 2 | 15.0 | 9.4 | 8,964 | +1.6 |
| Liberal | 5 | 1 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 6,991 | +5.2 |
| Residents | 4 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 4,038 | –0.1 |
| Labour | 3 | 8 | 5.0 | 20.9 | 13,336 | –14.8 |
| Ratepayer | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 297 | N/A |
# Francisco Pérez

Francisco Pérez may refer to:

## Arts and Entertainment

* Paco Pérez (Francisco Pérez Muñoz, 1917–1951), Guatemalan singer, composer and guitarist
* Narf (singer) (1968–2016), Galician singer-songwriter

## Politicians

* Francisco Antonio Pérez (1764–1828), Chilean political figure
* Francisco Flores Pérez (born 1959), President of El Salvador, 1999–2004
* Francisco Pérez (general), Mexican commander at the Battle of Buena Vista
* Francisco Pérez (governor) (born 1969), Governor of Mendoza Province, Argentina

## Sportspeople
### Association football

* Fran Pérez (footballer, born 1986), (Francisco Pérez Caso), Spanish football centre-back
* Fran Pérez (footballer, born 1992) (Francisco Pérez Gil), Spanish football midfielder
* Fran Pérez (footballer, born 2002) (Francisco Pérez Martínez), Spanish football winger

### Other sports

* Francisco José Pérez (1920–1999), Spanish/Cuban chess player
* Francisco Pérez (cyclist) (1934–2024), Uruguayan Olympic cyclist
* Francisco Pérez (sport shooter) (born 1940), Spanish sports shooter
* Francisco Pérez (athlete) (born 1969), Paralympic athlete from Spain
* Francisco Pérez (diver) (born 1976), Mexican Olympic diver
* Francisco Pérez Sanchez (born 1978), Spanish road bicycle racer
* Francisco Pérez (baseball) (born 1997), baseball player
# 2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election

The 2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election will be held on 16 June 2019.
The elections will be held next to the presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections.
The current mayor Edwin Escobar Hill, elected by the extinct Renewed Democratic Liberty, does not run for re-election, because he is running as a presidential candidate.

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Javier Gramajo | Fuerza | 14,735 | 12.32 |
| | José Domingo Sical | Todos | 13,406 | 11.21 |
| | Elmer Hernández | Vamos | 12,189 | 10.19 |
| | Yang Roca | National Unity of Hope | 10,373 | 8.67 |
| | María Teresa Gómez | Citizen Prosperity | 9,361 | 7.83 |
| | Esaú Burgos | Unionist Party | 8,788 | 7.35 |
| | Francisco René Pineda | Vision with Values | 6,736 | 5.63 |
| | Leonel Carpio | Victoria | 4,400 | 3.68 |
| | Natanael Ortega | Humanist Party of Guatemala | 4,321 | 3.61 |
| | Mayra Martínez | Winaq | 4,131 | 3.45 |
| | Yuri Bladimir Morales | Bienestar Nacional | 4,120 | 3.44 |
| | Byron Leonel Ovando | Semilla | 3,628 | 3.03 |
| | William Canesa | National Advancement Party | 3,604 | 3.01 |
| | Héctor Giovanni Santos | Commitment, Renewal and Order | 3,324 | 2.78 |
| | Franco Vinicio Reyes | Valor | 2,825 | 2.36 |
| | Luis Eduardo Castillo | Movement for the Liberation of Peoples | 2,612 | 2.18 |
| | Amílcar Mungía | National Change Union | 2,365 | 1.98 |
| | Job Montt | Avanza | 1,730 | 1.45 |
| | Edgar Torres | Libre | 1,722 | 1.44 |
| | Fredy Rolando Martínez | Encuentro por Guatemala | 1,540 | 1.29 |
| | Santos Natalio Chic | Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | 1,454 | 1.22 |
| | Vacant | Unidos | 858 | 0.72 |
| | Vacant | Podemos | 604 | 0.50 |
| | Axel Noriega | Convergence | 527 | 0.44 |
| | Armando Aragón | Productivity and Work Party | 379 | 0.32 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 7,457 | — |
| Total | Total | Total | 127,083 | — |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 212,095 | 59.92 |
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal |||||
# Carmichaelia curta

Carmichaelia curta is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in New Zealand. It is classified as having the "Nationally Critical" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
# Disconnect Me

Disconnect Me is a song written by Peter Boström and Tony Nilsson, and performed by Marie Serneholt at Melodifestivalen 2009. The song participated in the competition inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 7 February 2009, but was knocked out ending up 6th.
The single peaked at 46th position at the Swedish singles chart and was also tested for Svensktoppen on 1 March 2009 but failed to enter the chart.

## Charts

| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
| Sweden (Sverige) | 46 |
# 1896 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1896 in Norwegian music.

## Deaths
### September

* 29 – Johan Gottfried Conradi, composer, choir leader, and conductor (born 1820).

### December

* 13 – Emma Dahl, soprano singer and Lieder composer (born 1819).

## Births
### July

* 27 – Ivar F. Andresen, operatic singer (died 1940).

### November

* 3 – Trygve Lindeman, cellist and the head of the Oslo Conservatory of Music (born 1979).

### December

* 30 – Hans Stenseth, flautist and flute teacher (died 1994).
# Arafundi languages

The Arafundi languages are a small family of clearly related languages in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are conjectured to be related to the Piawi and Madang languages. They are named after the Arafundi River.
Alfendio is an old synonym for Arafundi, from when it was still considered a single language.

## Languages

The Arafundi languages form a dialect continuum where language boundaries are blurred.
The Arafundi languages are,
* Nanubae
* Tapei
* Andai (Meakambut)
* Awiakay (Karamba)
Kassell, et al. (2018) recognize Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei.
Foley (2018) cites Hoenigman (2015) for 'Upper Arafundi' and 'Lower Arafundi', as well as listing Awiakay and 'Imboin'. However, the scope of these names is somewhat confused. Usher notes,
   Hoenigman (2015: 46 after Hoenigman and Evans 2013) designates Nanubae as Lower Arafundi and Andai–Meakambut as Upper Arafundi, with what we guess to be Tapei labelled simply Imboin after the name of a village where Tapei (Awim) as well as Andai (Namata) and Awiakay (Karamba) are spoken (Kassell, MacKenzie and Potter 2017: 13.) However, she assigns the Tapei-speaking Awim village to the Lower Arafundi language, which contradicts our data from Haberland (1966: 62-64) and Kassell, MacKenzie and Potter (2017: 48-54).
An Enga-based pidgin is also used by speakers of Arafundi languages.

## Classification

Laycock (1973) grouped the Arafundi languages with the Ramu languages, although (according to his comments in the introduction) this grouping was apparently impressionistic and not based on either reconstructive work or lexicostatistics. Ross (2005) retains Laycock's grouping without comment. However, Foley (2005) does not include Arafundi within Ramu, and Ethnologue (2009) shows them as an independent family. Foley has suggested instead that the Arafundi and Piawi languages may be related (Comrie 1992), a position confirmed by Timothy Usher.

## Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Arafundi River by Usher (2020) are:
    glossProto-Arafundi River head*kopa hair/feather(s)*tum[a] ear*kund[a] nose*pok tooth*kandz[a] tongue*taTumat[a] foot/leg*panamb[a] blood*kombet- bone*jekimb[a] skin*kumb[a]-; *tut[a] breast*ji[t/s] louse*emuŋg dog*tawa[m/mb] pig*jat bird*kenet egg*mund[a] tree*jes man*nuŋgum woman*nam sun*kVjom moon*kepa water*jomb fire*jamb stone*naŋgum name*membi[a] eat/drink*nembV- two*kamin, *kondamin
# Al-Madina FM

Al-Madina FM ("The City FM") is a private Syrian radio station based in Damascus. It broadcasts a mix of Arabic music along with hit music.

## History

Al-Madina FM was launched in 2005, becoming the first Syrian private radio station. Before this, only government and clandestine stations were broadcast.

## Broadcasting

With constant emphasis on various music, Madina FM has become one of the mainstream radio broadcasters of Syria. Al-Madina FM is known across the country and is a very popular radio station whose programs are full of music and playlists of energetic songs of popular Syrian singers.
# François Le Levé

François Le Levé (1882-1945), was born in Locmiquélic, Morbihan. Militant anarcho-syndicalist. Le Levé was one of fifteen anarchists who signed The Manifesto of the Sixteen, along with Peter Kropotkin, Jean Grave and others, favoring the Allies during World War I. (Overwhelmingly, anarchists refused to take sides, opposing the killing in favor of class war; see, for example, Errico Malatesta.)
A member of the French Resistance during World War II, Le Leve was captured and interned. He died while traveling home after being liberated.
# François Diday

François Diday (10 February 1802, Geneva - 28 October 1877, Geneva) was a Swiss landscape painter and art promoter.

## Biography

His father was a watchmaker and scrap dealer. His mother worked as a tailor. After completing his primary education, he chose not to attend college, deciding instead to learn German and take drawing lessons from Abraham-Louis-Théodore Constantin-Jetzeler (1782-1847). He began his professional education in earnest at the Arts Society and took lessons from the landscape painters, Charles Joseph Auriol and Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer.
In 1821, he continued his education in Paris, where he worked at the studios of Antoine Gros then, in 1824, received a small scholarship from the Arts Society to study in Italy. He went to Rome, accompanied by his friend Adrien Rival (1802-1825). They also stayed briefly in Naples, but ran out of money and Rival became ill, so they had to return in 1825. He soon developed a preference for painting mountainous landscapes in the Bernese Highlands, Savoy and around Lake Geneva. Around 1830, he opened a studio and gave lessons. One of his first students was Alexandre Calame, only a few years younger than he. Later, they would become friendly rivals. For many years, he lived with his mother in Salève.
During the 1840s, he received numerous medals at exhibitions in Switzerland. He also exhibited in Paris, Berlin, London and Brussels. In 1873, he was awarded a bronze medal at the Vienna World's Fair.
In addition to his artistic activities, he served as an officer under General Guillaume Henri Dufour during the Neuchâtel Crisis, rising to the rank of Major, and was elected to the Conseil Municipal of Geneva in 1854. He served in that capacity for twenty-five years. In his will, he left a bequest of 100 drawings and sketches that would be sold to establish the "Fondation Diday".
He is buried at the Cimetière des Rois. A street in Geneva, the "Rue François Diday", has been named after him.
# Fraxinus greggii

Fraxinus greggii, the littleleaf ash or Gregg's ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to Texas and Mexico. A xerophytic shrub or scrubby tree reaching 6 m (20 ft), it is suitable for screens and containers. There is a cultivar, 'Libby Davison'.

## Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:
* Fraxinus greggii var. greggii – Texas, northeastern Mexico
* Fraxinus greggii var. nummularis (M.E.Jones) Little – Texas, northwestern, northeastern, and southwestern Mexico, and Veracruz