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Batavia (town), New York

**Batavia** is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 6,293 at the 2020 census.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Batavia, New York
- **settlement type**: Administrative divisions of New York#Town, Town
- **image map**: Genesee County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Batavia (town) highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location in Genesee County, New York, Genesee County and the state of New York (state), New York.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: New York (state), New York
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New York, County
- **subdivision name2**: Genesee County, New York, Genesee
- **named for**: Batavia (region), Batavia, Netherlands
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 125.37
- **area land km2**: 124.80
- **area water km2**: 0.57
- **area total sq mi**: 48.41
- **area land sq mi**: 48.19
- **area water sq mi**: 0.22
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 6293
- **population density km2**: 50.42
- **population density sq mi**: 130.60
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **elevation m**: 266
- **elevation ft**: 873
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 14016,14017,14018,14019,14020,14021
- **area code**: Area code 585, 585
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0978714
Alexander, New York

**Alexander** is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 2,491 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Alexander Rea, an early settler. It includes a village also named Alexander.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Alexander, New York
- **settlement type**: Administrative divisions of New York#Town, Town
- **image skyline**: Alexander Classical School, Alexander, NY.jpg
- **image caption**: Town hall, the former Alexander Classical School
- **image map**: Genesee County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Alexander highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location in Genesee County, New York, Genesee County and the state of New York (state), New York.
- **image map1**: New York in United States (US48).svg
- **map caption1**: Location of New York in the United States
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: New York (state), New York
- **subdivision type2**: County
- **subdivision name2**: Genesee County, New York, Genesee County
- **established title**: Incorporated
- **established date**: 1812
- **named for**: Alexander Rea
- **leader title**: Town Supervisor
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 92.11
- **area total sq mi**: 35.56
- **area land km2**: 91.86
- **area land sq mi**: 35.47
- **area water km2**: 0.25
- **area water sq mi**: 0.10
- **elevation ft**: 932
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 2491
- **population density sq mi**: 70.23
- **timezone1**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset1**: -5
- **timezone1 dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, EDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: -4
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 14005
- **area code**: Area code 585, 585
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank2 name sec2**: Wikimedia Commons
Alexander (village), New York

**Alexander** is a village in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 518 at the 2020 census. The village is named after early settler, Alexander Rea.
John Cazale

**John Holland Cazale** (, ) (August 12, 1935 – March 13, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five movies over six years, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: _The Godfather_ (1972), _The Conversation_ (1974), _The Godfather Part II_ (1974), _Dog Day Afternoon_ (1975), and _The Deer Hunter_ (1978).

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: John Cazale
- **birth name**: John Holland Cazale
- **birth place**: Revere, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **death place**: New York City, New York (state), New York U.S.
- **death cause**: Lung cancer
- **occupation**: Actor
- **education**: Oberlin College
Boston University (Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA)
- **yearsactive**: 1959–1978
- **partner**: Meryl Streep (1976–1978; until his death)
The Conversation

***The Conversation*** is a 1974 American mystery thriller movie. It was written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman with supporting roles by John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr and Robert Duvall.

It was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974 and lost Best Picture to _The Godfather Part II_, another Francis Ford Coppola movie.

In 1995, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
National Film Registry

The **National Film Registry** (**NFR**) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) selection of movies that are believed in need to be preserved because they are very good. The NFPB, created by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008. The mission is to keep the American cinema heritage alive and safe.
Joseph Papp

**Joseph Papp** (born **Joseph Papirofsky**; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He created The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in lower Manhattan.

He produced David Rabe, Ntozake Shange's _For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf_, Charles Gordone's _No Place to Be Somebody_, and Michael Bennett's Pulitzer Prize–winning musical, _A Chorus Line_.

Papp also founded Shakespeare in the Park, helped to develop other off-Broadway theatres and worked to preserve the historic Broadway Theatre District. He was born in New York City.

Papp died on October 31, 1991 in New York City from prostate cancer, aged 70.
Ted Lerner

**Theodore Nathan Lerner** (October 15, 1925 – February 12, 2023) was an American real estate developer. He was the managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team.

He was the founder of the real estate company Lerner Enterprises, the largest private landowner in the Washington metropolitan area as well as Chelsea Piers in New York City.

In 2015, _Forbes_ magazine named him the richest person in Maryland, with a net worth of over $5 billion.

Lerner died from pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland on February 12, 2023, at age 97.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ted Lerner
- **image**: Ted Lerner August 21, 2009 (3843524051) (cropped).jpg
- **birth name**: Theodore Nathan Lerner
- **birth place**: Washington, D.C., U.S.
- **death place**: Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
- **death cause**: Pneumonia
- **occupation**: Managing principal owner of the Washington Nationals and Lerner Enterprises
- **education**: George Washington University (Associate of Arts, AA, Bachelor of Laws, LLB)
- **spouse**: Annette Lerner
- **children**: 3, including Mark D. Lerner, Mark
- **networth**: (February 2016)
Frank Barnaby

**Frank Charles Barnaby** (27 September 1927 – 1 August 2020) was an English nuclear physicist. He worked at the Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research Group.

Barnaby was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1971 to 1981. In 1981, Barnaby became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.
Bob Calhoun

**Robert Lathan Calhoun** (July 22, 1937 – August 6, 2020) was an American attorney and politician. He was a Republican member of the Alexandria City Council and the Senate of Virginia between 1988 and 1996. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois.

Calhoun died of prostate cancer on August 6, 2020, in Berryville, Virginia, at age 83.
Steve Grossman

**Steven Mark Grossman** (January 18, 1951August 13, 2020) was an American jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.

Grossman was Wayne Shorter's replacement in Miles Davis' jazz-fusion band. Then, from 1971 to 1973, he was in Elvin Jones' band.

Grossman died on August 13, 2020 in Glen Cove, New York from cardiac arrest, aged 69.

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Steve Grossman
- **image**: Steve Grossman.jpg
- **caption**: Steve Grossman in Tromsø, Norway
- **background**: non_vocal_instrumentalist
- **birth name**: Steven Mark Grossman
- **birth place**: New York City, U.S.
- **death place**: Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
- **genre**: Jazz, cool jazz, jazz fusion, third stream
- **occupation**: Musician, composer
- **instrument**: Saxophone
- **years active**: 1960s–2020
- **label**: Blue Note Records, Blue Note
- **associated acts**: Elvin Jones, Miles Davis, Gene Perla, Don Alias
Elvin Jones

**Elvin Ray Jones** (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.

From 1960 to 1966, he was a member of the John Coltrane quartet. His brothers Hank Jones and Thad Jones were also jazz musicians with whom he recorded. He was added into the _Modern Drummer_ Hall of Fame in 1995.

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Elvin Jones
- **background**: non_vocal_instrumentalist
- **image**: Elvin Jones 3.jpg
- **caption**: Jones in 1976
- **birth name**: Elvin Ray Jones
- **birth place**: Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
- **death place**: Englewood, New Jersey
- **years active**: 1948–2004
Angela Buxton

**Angela Buxton** (16 August 1934 – 15 August 2020) was a British tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with her playing partner, Althea Gibson. She was born in Liverpool.

Buxton wrote the tennis books _Tackle Tennis This Way_, _Starting Tennis_, and _Winning Tennis and Doubles Tactics_.

Buxton died on 15 August 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 85.
Kenneth Kunen

**Herbert Kenneth Kunen** (August 2, 1943August 14, 2020) was an American professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He worked in set theory. He also worked on non-associative algebraic systems, such as loops, and used computer software, such as the Otter theorem prover, to derive theorems in these areas.

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Kenneth Kunen
- **birth name**: Herbert Kenneth Kunen
- **image**: Kenneth Kunen.jpg
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **field**: Mathematics
- **work institutions**: University of Wisconsin–Madison
- **alma mater**: California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
- **doctoral advisor**: Dana Scott
- **known for**: set theory, set-theoretic topology, associativity, non-associative algebraic systems
Bill Bowman (American politician)

**Bill Bowman** (May 26, 1946 – August 15, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the North Dakota State Senate from 1990 until 2018. Bowman was born in Baker, Montana. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Bowman died on August 15, 2020 in Bowman, North Dakota at the age of 74.
Bowman, North Dakota

**Bowman** is a city and county seat of Bowman County, North Dakota, United States.  Its population was 1,470 at the 2020 census.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bowman, North Dakota
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Bank in Bowman.jpg
- **image caption**: Dakota Western Bank, Bowman, North Dakota
- **image map**: ND Bowman County Bowman.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Bowman, North Dakota
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: North Dakota
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in North Dakota, County
- **subdivision name2**: Bowman County, North Dakota, Bowman
- **leader title**: City Commissioner
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1907
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 4.83
- **area land km2**: 4.83
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **area total sq mi**: 1.86
- **area land sq mi**: 1.86
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1470
- **population density km2**: 304.43
- **population density sq mi**: 788.63
- **timezone**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain (MST)
- **utc offset**: -7
- **timezone dst**: MDT
- **utc offset dst**: -6
- **elevation m**: 903
- **elevation ft**: 2963
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 58623
- **area code**: Area code 701, 701
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 38-08700
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1035939
- **blank2 name**: List of North Dakota numbered highways, Highways
- **blank2 info**: US 12, US 85
Amidon, North Dakota

**Amidon** ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of Slope County, North Dakota, United States.

Amidon was the smallest incorporated county seat in the 2000 census. The 2020 census reported its population as 24. It is named after Charles F. Amidon, a judge.

## History

Amidon was founded in 1910.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Amidon, North Dakota
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Amidon, North Dakota 2.jpg
- **image caption**: Business in Amidon
- **image map**: ND Slope County Amidon.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Amidon, North Dakota
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: North Dakota
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in North Dakota, County
- **subdivision name2**: Slope County, North Dakota, Slope
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1910
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 1.62
- **area land km2**: 1.62
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **area total sq mi**: 0.63
- **area land sq mi**: 0.63
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 24
- **population density km2**: 14.78
- **population density sq mi**: 38.28
- **timezone**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain (MST)
- **utc offset**: -7
- **timezone dst**: MDT
- **utc offset dst**: -6
- **elevation m**: 885
- **elevation ft**: 2904
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 58620
- **area code**: Area code 701, 701
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 38-02060
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1035909
Stuart Christie

**Stuart Christie** (10 July 1946 – 15 August 2020) was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher.

When aged 18, Christie was arrested  while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo, General  Francisco Franco. He was later alleged to be a member of the Angry Brigade, but was acquitted of related charges.

He went on to found the _Cienfuegos Press_ publishing house and in 2008 the online Anarchist Film Channel, which hosts movies and documentaries with anarchist and libertarian socialist themes. He was born in Glasgow.

Christie died aged 74, from cancer, on 15 August 2020.
Ruth Gavison

**Ruth Gavison** (; March 28, 1945 – August 15, 2020) was an Israeli Law professor. She was born in Jerusalem. She worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2011, she won the Israel Prize.

Gavison was nominated for a position on Israel's Supreme Court in 2005 but failed to secure a majority for the appointment.

Gavison died on August 15, 2020 in Jerusalem at the age of 75.
Richard Gwyn

**Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn**,  (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, historian, and civil servant.

From 1957 to 1959, Gwyn was the parliamentary correspondent for United Press International, in Ottawa. Later in 1959 to 1960, he worked for Thomson Newspapers.

From 1960 to 1962, he was the Ottawa editor for Maclean-Hunter Business Publications. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for _Time Canada_ as a parliamentary correspondent and contributing editor. From 1968 to 1970, he was the executive assistant to the Minister of Communications, Eric Kierans.

From 1970 to 1973, he was the director-general, socio-economic planning in the Department of Communications.

Gwyn died from Alzheimer's disease on August 15, 2020 at the age of 86.

## Infobox (writer)

- **name**: Richard Gwyn
- **image**: Richard Gwyn - 2012 (DanH-4066) (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: Richard Gwyn at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2012
- **caption**: Gwyn at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2012
- **birth place**: Bury St. Edmunds, England
- **notableworks**: _The Northern Magus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians_, _John A.: The Man Who Made Us_, _Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times_
- **occupation**: journalist, author
- **spouse**: Sandra Gwyn (m. 1958-2000, her death)
Carol Bishop-Gwyn (m. 2005)
Chilla Porter

**Charles Michael **"**Chilla**"** Porter** (11 January 1936 – 15 August 2020) was an Australian athlete and politician. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later was general secretary of the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) from 1978 to 1987. He was born in Brisbane.

Porter died on 15 August 2020 of cancer near Perth. He was aged 84.
Henryk Wujec

**Henryk Wujec** (25 December 1940 – 15 August 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1989 to 2001.

Wujec was born in Podlesie, Biłgoraj County. Wujec was an activist in the Solidarity movement of the 1980s. In 1984, he was imprisoned at Białołęka for his political activities.
Henk Wullems

**Henk Wullems** (January 21, 1936 – August 15, 2020) was a Dutch association football manager.

## Career

In the early sixties he was a defender playing for Kooger Football Club (nl) and Racing Club Heemstede. Wullems was the former manager of, among others, the eredivisie teams NAC Breda (1972–75), SBV Vitesse (1977–83), Go Ahead Eagles (1983–86), and AZ (1990–93).

From 1996 to 1998 he was manager of the Indonesia national football team, winning a silver medal with them at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games.

From 2000 to 2007 he managed a number of Indonesia Super League teams.

## Death

Wullems died on August 15, 2020 from problems caused by a cerebral infarction in Udenhout, Netherlands at the age of 84.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Henk Wullems
- **image**: Henk Wullems (1973).jpg
- **caption**: Henk Wullems (1973)
- **fullname**: Henk Wullems
- **birth place**: The Hague, Netherlands
- **death place**: Udenhout, Netherlands
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **years1**: 1954-1957
- **clubs1**: RCH (football club), RCH
- **years2**: 1957-1962
- **clubs2**: Kooger Football Club, KFC
- **years3**: 1962-1965
- **clubs3**: RCH (football club), RCH
- **manageryears1**: 1968–1971
- **managerclubs1**: Blauw–Wit Amsterdam
- **manageryears2**: 1971–1972
- **managerclubs2**: Willem II (football club), Willem II
- **manageryears3**: 1972–1975
- **managerclubs3**: NAC Breda
- **manageryears4**: 1976–1983
- **managerclubs4**: SBV Vitesse
- **manageryears5**: 1983–1986
- **managerclubs5**: Go Ahead Eagles
- **manageryears6**: 1986–1988
- **managerclubs6**: SBV Excelsior
- **manageryears7**: 1990–1993
- **managerclubs7**: AZ (football club), AZ
- **manageryears8**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs8**: Bandung Raya (1987-1997), Bandung Raya
- **manageryears9**: 1996–1998
- **managerclubs9**: Indonesia national football team, Indonesia
- **manageryears10**: 1999–2000
- **managerclubs10**: PSM Makassar (technical director)
- **manageryears11**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs11**: Arema Malang
- **manageryears12**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs12**: Bali Persegi FC
Mário de Araújo Cabral

**Mário Veloso de Araújo Cabral** (; 15 January 1934 – 17 August 2020), commonly known by the nickname "**Nicha**" **Cabral** (), was a Portuguese racing driver. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix (four starts), debuting on 23 August 1959.  He did not score any championship points. He was born in Cedofeita, Portugal.

Araújo Cabral died in Lisbon on 17 August 2020 at the age of 86.
Elsimar M. Coutinho

**Elsimar Metzker Coutinho** (May 18, 1930 – August 17, 2020) was a Brazilian scientist. He was a professor, gynecologist, and television personality. He was born in Pojuca, Bahia. His works helped create the first injectable contraceptive ciclofem.

Coutinho died on August 17, 2020 from COVID-19 at the age of 90.
Jasraj

**Pandit Jasraj** (28 January 1930   – 17 August 2020) was an Indian classical vocalist. His songs were related to _Mewati gharana_. His musical career lasted for 75 years. He was born in present-day Fatehabad, Haryana.

He was also the founder of schools for Indian classical music in Atlanta, Tampa, Vancouver, Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Mumbai, and Kerala. At age 90, he was teaching some of his international students through Skype.

Jasraj died of cardiac arrest on 17 August 2020 while visiting family in the United States in New Jersey, aged 90.
Nishikant Kamat

**Nishikant Kamat** (17 June 1970 – 17 August 2020) was an Indian filmmaker and actor. His first movie was _Dombivali Fast_. His best known movie was _Evano Oruvan_. An actor, he starred in _Saatchya Aat Gharat_ and _Rocky Handsome_. He was born in Mumbai.

Kamat died of cirrhosis on 17 August 2020 in Hyderabad at the age of 50.
Nina Kraft

**Nina Kraft** (December 31, 1968 – August 17, 2020) was a German professional triathlete. She was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. Kraft was banned by the German Triathlon Federation (DTU) for one year, after a positive drug test.

Following her win at Ironman Germany in July 2004 Kraft crossed the finish line in first place a few months later in October at the Ironman World Championship as the apparent Ironman World Champion.

Kraft died from an illness in Germany on August 17, 2020 at the age of 51.

## Infobox (athlete)

- **name**: Nina Kraft
- **image**: Nina Kraft attending pre race press conference of Ironman 70.3 Florida 2012 (cropped).jpg
- **country**: Germany
- **birth place**: Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
- **pb**: 8:58:43
- **show-medals**: yes
Michael Diven

**Michael B. Diven** (March 27, 1970 – August 18, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd District between 2001 and 2006. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Diven died on August 18, 2020 in Pittsburgh, aged 50.
Madhav Prasad Ghimire

**Madhav Prasad Ghimire** () (23 September 1919 – 18 August 2020) was a Nepali poet and scholar. He was honored as the _Rashtra Kavi_ (National Poet) by the Government of Nepal in 2003. Some of his best known works include _Gauri_, _Malati Mangale, Shakuntala, and Himalwaari Himalpaari._

Ghimire died on 18 August 2020 of respiratory failure in Nepal at the age of 100.
Dale Hawerchuk

**Dale Hawerchuk** (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.

Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.

Hawerchuk was the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019.

Hawerchuk was diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 2019. He died from the disease on August 18, 2020 in Barrie, Ontario at the age of 57.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Dale Hawerchuk.jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Hawerchuk in 2008
- **position**: Centre (ice hockey), Centre
- **played for**: Winnipeg Jets
 Buffalo Sabres
 St. Louis Blues
 Philadelphia Flyers
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 11
- **weight lb**: 185
- **ntl team**: CAN
- **birth place**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **death place**: Barrie, Ontario, Canada
- **draft**: 1st overall
- **draft year**: 1981
- **draft team**: Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), Winnipeg Jets
- **career start**: 1981
- **career end**: 1997
- **name**: Dale Hawerchuk
- **halloffame**: 2001
Barrie

**Barrie** is a city and manifesting regional centre in Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe.

Barrie is located  north of Toronto,  northeast of Detroit and  west of Ottawa.

## Media

CIQB 1230

CKVR A Channel

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Barrie
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Ontario, City (List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, single-tier)
- **image caption**: From top, left to right: Downtown Barrie seen from across Kempenfelt Bay, MacLaren Art Centre, the _Spirit Catcher_, Sadlon Arena
- **image flag**: Flag of Barrie.svg
- **image shield**: Blason ville Barrie.svg
- **motto**: The People are the City
- **pushpin map**: Canada Southern Ontario#CAN ON Simcoe
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Canada, Province
- **subdivision type2**: List of Ontario counties, County
- **subdivision name1**: Ontario
- **subdivision name2**: Simcoe County, Ontario, Simcoe (independent)
- **established title**: First settled
- **established date**: End of War of 1812
- **established title1**: Established
- **established date1**: 1854 (village)
- **established title2**: Established
- **established date2**: 1870 (town)
- **established title3**: Established
- **established date3**: 1959 (city)
- **named for**: Robert Barrie, Sir Robert Barrie
- **parts type**: Ward (country subdivision), Wards
- **parts style**: coll
- **parts**: 10 Ward (country subdivision), wards
- **p1**: Ward 1 – Councillor C. Riepma
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Alex Nuttall
- **leader title1**: Council
- **leader name1**: Barrie City Council
- **area total km2**: 99.01
- **area urban km2**: 95.33
- **area metro km2**: 897.26
- **elevation m**: 252
- **population total**: 147829
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population density km2**: 1493.1
- **population urban**: 154676
- **population density urban km2**: 1622.5
- **population metro**: 212856
- **population density metro km2**: 237.2
- **postal code type**: Forward Sortation Area
- **postal code**: List of L postal codes of Canada, L4M to L4N, L9J, L9X
- **area codes**: Area codes 705, 249, and 683, 705, 249, and 683
- **p2**: Ward 2 – Councillor K. Aylwin
- **p3**: Ward 3 – Councillor A. Kungl
- **p4**: Ward 4 – Councillor B. Ward
- **p5**: Ward 5 – Councillor R. Thomson
- **p6**: Ward 6 – Councillor N. Harris
- **p7**: Ward 7 – Councillor G. Harvey
- **p8**: Ward 8 – Councillor J. Harris
- **p9**: Ward 9 – Councillor S. Morales
- **p10**: Ward 10 – Councillor M. McCann
- **leader title3**: MPPS
- **leader title4**: MPs
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **blank1 name**: List of highways in Ontario, Highways
- **blank1 info**:

- **blank2 name**: Geographical Names Board of Canada, GNBC Code
- **blank2 info**: FAFFD
- **blank name sec2**: GDP (Barrie )
- **blank info sec2**: Canadian dollar, CA$9.5 billion (2021)
- **blank1 name sec2**: GDP per capita (Barrie )
- **blank1 info sec2**: CA$37,735 (2016)
Sayeeda Khanam

**Sayeeda Khanam** (29 December 1937 – 18 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi photographer. She was the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh. She covered many important events of Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 through her photography.

She also did portraits of figures such as Queen Elizabeth, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Khanam died on 18 August 2020 in Dhaka from kidney disease, aged 82.
Cesare Romiti

**Cesare Romiti** (24 June 192318 August 2020) was an Italian economist and businessman. He was born in Rome. He was best known as an executive of both state-owned firms and private companies, including Fiat and Alitalia.

In April 1997, Romiti was convicted tax fraud, and making illegal payments to political parties. In 2000, the Supreme Court commuted the sentence to eleven months and ten days, for the same charges. In December 2003, the Court of Appeal in Turin, revoked the sentence for false accounting.

Romiti died on 18 August 2020, aged 97.
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri

**Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri** (19 October 1944 – 18 August 2020) was an Iraqi-born Iranian cleric and diplomat. During the 1980s Taskhiri served as the Iranian representative to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts between 1999 to 2007 and again from 2016 until his death. He was born in Najif, Iraq.

Taskhiri died on 18 August 2020 in Tehran from a heart attack, aged 75.

## Infobox (politician)

- **name**: Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
- **image**: Congratulations to our Dialogue Community! (8244413658).jpg
- **office**: Assembly of Experts, Member of the Assembly of Experts
- **term start**: 24 May 2016
- **term end**: 18 August 2020
- **majority**: 1,442,224
- **constituency**: Tehran Province
- **term start1**: 23 February 1999
- **term end1**: 19 February 2007
- **constituency1**: Gilan Province
- **birth name**: Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
- **birth place**: Najaf, Iraq
- **death place**: Tehran, Iran
- **nationality**: Iranian
- **occupation**: Cleric
Politician
Diplomat
Hans Cavalli-Björkman

**Hans Cavalli-Björkman** (29 June 1928 – 18 August 2020) was a Swedish lawyer and banker. He was the chairman of the Swedish Association football club Malmö FF, a post he held between 1975 and 1998. During Cavalli-Björkmans years at the club they won four Swedish championships. He was also CEO of Swedish bank SEB in the late 1980s.

Cavalli-Björkman was born in Jönköping, Sweden. He died on 18 August 2020 in Malmö, Sweden at the age of 92.
Robert R. Shahan

**Robert Reed "Bob" Shahan** (October 18, 1939 – August 14, 2020) was an American Anglican prelate. He was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona from 1992 to 2004. He was born in Elkhart, Kansas. He was made bishop by Edmond L. Browning.

Shahan died on August 14, 2020 at the age of 80.
Edmond L. Browning

**Edmond Lee Browning** (March 11, 1929 - July 11, 2016) was an American bishop. He was the 24th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America from 1985 through 1997.

## Infobox (christian leader)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Most Reverend
- **name**: Edmond Lee Browning
- **honorific-suffix**: D.D.
- **title**: List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 24th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
- **church**: Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church
- **elected**: September 19, 1985
- **term**: 1985-1997
- **predecessor**: John Allin
- **successor**: Frank Griswold
- **ordination**: May 23, 1955
- **ordained by**: Everett Holland Jones
- **consecration**: January 5, 1968
- **consecrated by**: John E. Hines
- **birth place**: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
- **death place**: Hood River, Oregon, United States
- **buried**: Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew (Honolulu)
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **religion**: Anglicanism, Anglican
- **parents**: Edmond Lucian Browning & Cora Mae Lee
- **spouse**: Patricia Alline Sparks
- **children**: 5
- **previous post**: Bishop of Okinawa <small>_(1968-1971)_</small>
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Bishop of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe <small>_(1971-1974)_</small>
Executive for National and World Mission <small>_(1974-1976)_</small>
Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii, Bishop of Hawaii <small>_(1976-1985)_</small>
Katharine Jefferts Schori

**Katharine Jefferts Schori** (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States.

She was the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. She was the first woman elected as a primate in the Anglican Communion. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75th General Convention on June 18, 2006. She retired on November 1, 2015.

She took part in her first General Convention of the Episcopal Church as Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church in July 2009.

Jefferts Schori was born in Pensacola, Florida.
Ones

**Ones** can refer to:

- _Ones_ (album) by Selena, 2002
- The Ones, New York electronica group
- "The Ones (30 Rock)," _30 Rock_ episode
- In music, single bars of alternating solos (as in "trading ones"), see Rhythm section#Musical roles
Michael Curry (bishop)

**Michael Bruce Curry** (born March 13, 1953) is an American bishop. He was the 27th presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. He was the presiding bishop from 2015 to 2024.

He is the first African American to be presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was previously bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina. He was born in Chicago.
Episcopal Church (United States)

The **Episcopal Church** (**TEC**) is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is based in the United States, with additional dioceses elsewhere.

The mainline Christian denomination divided into nine ecclesiastical provinces. Its presiding bishop is Sean Rowe.

the Episcopal Church had 1,835,931 baptized members, of whom 1,676,349 were in the United States.  it was the nation's 14th-largest Christian denomination.
Chetan Chauhan

**Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan**  (21 July 1947 – 16 August 2020) was an Indian cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party politician. He played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s.

He was also twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, in 1991 and 1998. From 2018 to 2020, he was minister for youth and sports in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

On 12 July 2020, he was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 in Gurgaon, Haryana. He died from multiple organ failure caused by the infection on 16 August 2020 at the age of 73.
Barbara Doherty

**Barbara Doherty** (December 2, 1931 – August 17, 2020) was an American educator and theologian.

She was a Roman Catholic nun. She was a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana from 1984 to 1998. She was director of the Institute of Religious Formation at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

She died on August 17, 2020 at the age of 88.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Barbara Doherty
- **image**: BarbaraDoherty.jpg
- **image size**: 175px
- **other names**: Vincent Ferrer
- **birth place**: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- **death place**: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, U.S.
- **education**: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
Fordham University
- **title**: President of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
- **term**: 1984–1998
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana

**Saint Mary-of-the-Woods**, often called **St. Mary's**, is an unincorporated community in Sugar Creek Township in northwestern Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It had a population of 767 at the 2020 census.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
- **settlement type**: Unincorporated area, Unincorporated community
- **nickname**: Saint Mary's, the Woods
- **image map**: File:Vigo County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas St. Mary of the Woods Highlighted 1867050.svg
- **mapsize**: 280px
- **map caption**: Location of St. Mary of the Woods in Vigo County, Indiana.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Indiana
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Indiana, County
- **subdivision name2**: Vigo County, Indiana, Vigo
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Indiana, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, Sugar Creek
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **elevation m**: 170
- **elevation ft**: 558
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 47876
- **area code**: Area code 812, 812, Area code 930, 930
- **blank name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank info**: [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:442687 442687]
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 767
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 3.26
- **area total sq mi**: 1.26
- **area land km2**: 3.21
- **area water km2**: 0.05
- **area land sq mi**: 1.24
- **area water sq mi**: 0.02
- **population density sq mi**: 619.05
- **population density km2**: 238.96
Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana

**Sugar Creek Township** is one of twelve townships in Vigo County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,175.
Arthur Docters van Leeuwen

**Arthur Docters van Leeuwen** (8 May 1945 – 14 August 2020) was a Dutch politician, jurist and civil servant. He was a member of the liberal political party VVD. Between 1999 and 2007 he was chairman of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. He was born in The Hague.

Docters van Leeuwen died from a heart attack on 14 August 2020 from a heart attack, aged 75.
Nikolai Gubenko

**Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko** (; 17 August 1941 – 16 August 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film and theatre director and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. His movie _Wounded Game_ was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.

He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.

Gubenko was also active in politics. He was the last Minister of Culture of the USSR (1989—1991) and as the Russian State Duma deputy between 1995 and 2003. From 2005 on he acted as the Moscow City Duma deputy.

He died of cardiac arrest on 16 August 2020 in Moscow, one day before his 79th birthday.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Nikolai Gubenko (cropped).jpg
- **name**: Nikolai Gubenko
- **office**: Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union), Minister of Culture
- **term start**: 21 November 1989
- **term end**: 27 November 1991
- **premier**: Nikolai Ryzhkov
Valentin Pavlov
Ivan Silayev
- **predecessor**: Vasily Zakharov
- **successor**: Office abolished
- **birth date**: 17 August 1941
- **birth place**: Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **party**: Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- **spouse**: Zhanna Bolotova
- **profession**: Actor, film and theatre director, screenwriter, politician
Valentin Pavlov

**Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov** (; 27 September 1937 – 30 March 2003) was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

He was the Premier of the Soviet Union between January 1991 to August 1991.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Valentin Pavlov
- **imagesize**: 225px
- **nationality**: Soviet people, Soviet and Russians, Russian
- **office**: Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
- **president**: Mikhail Gorbachev
- **term start**: 14 January 1991
- **term end**: 28 August 1991
- **predecessor**: Nikolai Ryzhkov
- **successor**: Ivan Silayev
- **order2**: Ministry of Finance (Soviet Union), Minister of Finance
- **term start2**: 17 July 1989
- **term end2**: 26 December 1990
- **predecessor2**: Boris Gostev
- **successor2**: Vladimir Yefimovich Orlov, Vladimir Orlov
- **order3**: Chairman of the State Committee on Prices
- **term start3**: 15 August 1986
- **term end3**: 7 June 1989
- **predecessor3**: Nikolai Glushkov (politician), Nikolai Glushkov
- **successor3**: Vyacheslav Senchagov
- **party**: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1962-1991)
- **birth place**: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia, Russian Federation
- **alma mater**: Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow Finance Institute
Palashi

**Palashi** , anglicised as **Plassey**, is a village on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar  in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Palashi
- **other name**: Plassey
- **settlement type**: Town
- **image skyline**: Plassey Railway Station display.jpg
- **image caption**: Plassey railway station
- **pushpin map**: India West Bengal#India
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in West Bengal, India
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision type2**: List of districts of India, District
- **subdivision name1**: West Bengal
- **subdivision name2**: Nadia district, Nadia
- **governing body**: Municipality
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **elevation m**: 17
- **population total**: 19,984
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics type1**: Languages
- **demographics1 title1**: Official
- **timezone1**: Indian Standard Time, IST
- **utc offset1**: +5:30
- **postal code type**: Postal Index Number, PIN
- **postal code**: 741156
- **area code**: 91 3474
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:IN, IN-WB
- **registration plate**: WB
- **demographics1 info1**: Bengali language, Bengali, English
Nikolai Tikhonov

**Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov** (;  – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet politician during the Cold War. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Nikolai Tikhonov
- **image**: Nikolai Tikhonov.jpg
- **office**: 9th Premier of the Soviet Union
- **1blankname**: First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, First Deputies
- **1namedata**: Ivan Arkhipov
Heydar Aliyev
Andrei Gromyko
- **term start**: 23 October 1980
- **term end**: 27 September 1985
- **predecessor**: Alexei Kosygin
- **successor**: Nikolai Ryzhkov
- **office2**: First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
- **term start2**: 2 September 1976
- **term end2**: 23 October 1980
- **premier2**: Alexei Kosygin
- **predecessor2**: Dmitry Polyansky
- **successor2**: Ivan Arkhipov
- **office3**: Full member of the 25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 25th, 26th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 26th, 27th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 27th Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Politburo
- **term start3**: 27 November 1979
- **term end3**: 15 October 1985
- **office4**: Candidate member of the 25th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 25th Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Politburo
- **term start4**: 27 November 1978
- **term end4**: 27 November 1979
- **birth place**: Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **citizenship**: Soviet people, Soviet and Russians, Russian
- **nationality**: Russian
- **party**: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940-1989)
- **profession**: Metallurgists
- **alma mater**: National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute
Bahman Mofid

**Bahman Mofid** (; 15 August 1942 – 16 August 2020) was an Iranian actor and singer. He was born in Tehran. He was known for his roles in _Qeysar_, _Reza Motorcyclist_ and _Wood Pigeon_.

Mofid died of lung cancer in Tehran on 16 August 2020, one day after his 78th birthday.
Sharon Lee (politician)

**Sharon Lee** is an American Democratic politician.

In January 2020, she became the acting borough president of Queens.

Lee was appointed deputy borough president in November 2018. Lee took over as borough president from Melinda Katz in January 2020, who was elected Queens District Attorney in 2019.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **office**: Borough President of Queens
- **status**: Acting
- **termstart**: January 1, 2020
- **termend**: December 2, 2020
- **predecessor**: Melinda Katz
- **successor**: Donovan Richards
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
Rubén Díaz Sr.

**Rubén Díaz Sr.** (born April 22, 1943) is a Puerto Rican politician and an ordained Pentecostal minister. He has represented the 18th Council District in the New York City Council since January 2018.

He is a member of the Democratic Party. Díaz represented the 32nd district in the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2017.

He is a socially conservative Democrat. Díaz is known for his criticisms to abortion and same-sex marriage.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Rubén Díaz Sr.
- **image**: Rubén Díaz, Sr. 2014.jpg
- **office1**: Member of the New York City Council
from the 18th district
- **term start1**: January 1, 2018
- **predecessor1**: Annabel Palma
- **term start2**: January 1, 2002
- **term end2**: January 1, 2003
- **predecessor2**: Lucy Cruz
- **successor2**: Pedro Espada Jr.
- **state senate3**: New York
- **district3**: New York's 32nd State Senate district, 32nd
- **term start3**: January 1, 2003
- **term end3**: December 31, 2017
- **predecessor3**: Pedro Espada Jr.
- **successor3**: Luis R. Sepúlveda, Luis Sepúlveda
- **birth place**: Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **children**: Rubén Díaz Jr., Rubén
- **education**: Lehman College (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **serviceyears**: 1960–1963
Meningoencephalitis

**Meningoencephalitis** (; from Greek μῆνιγξ _meninx_, "membrane", ἐγκέφαλος, _enképhalos_ "brain", and the medical suffix _-itis_, "inflammation"), also known as **herpes meningoencephalitis**, is a medical condition. It is like meningitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the meninges, and encephalitis, which is an infection or inflammation of the brain.
Caio Narcio

**Caio Narcio Rodrigues da Silveira** (21 August 1986 – 16 August 2020) often simply known as **Caio Narcio** was a Brazilian politician and a social scientist. He was born in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. He was a Federal Deputy from 2015 to 2019.

In 2018, Narcio was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis. In July 2020, he was hospitalized in São Paulo with COVID-19. He died from the infection and meningoencephalitis on 16 August 2020, less than a week before his 34th birthday.
Jean-Michel Savéant

**Jean-Michel Savéant** (September 19, 1933  – August 16, 2020) was a French chemist. His works focused in electrochemistry. He was elected member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2000. He was foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Jean-Michel Savéant
- **image**: Jean-Michel_Savéant_en_2017.jpg
- **birth place**: Rennes (France)
- **nationality**: France
- **field**: Electrochemistry
- **workplaces**: Paris Diderot University
École Normale Supérieure
University of Padua
California Institute of Technology
Cornell University
- **prizes**: CNRS Silver Medal (1976)
Member of the French Academy of Sciences (2000)
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2001)
Gershon Shafat

**Gershon Shafat** (, 6 December 1927 – 16 August 2020) was an Austrian-born Israeli politician. He was a member of the Knesset for Tehiya from 1984 to 1992. He was born in Vienna.

He became a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and later joined the National Religious Party. In 1946 he was amongst the founders of kibbutz Ein Tzurim.

Shafat died on 16 August 2020 in Tel Aviv, aged 92.
Pierre-Yves Trémois

**Pierre-Yves Trémois** (8 January 1921 – 16 August 2020) was a French visual artist and sculptor. He was known for working on drawing in equal proportions on surrealism and science illustration. He was born in Paris.

He held seat #2 in the engraving section at the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

In 2015, he was honored with the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.