Cleomenes II
Cleomenes II( died 309 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from 369 to 309 BC.
The son of Cleombrotus I, he succeeded his brother Agesipolis II.
He was the father of Acrotatus I, the father of Areus I, and of Cleonymus, the father of Leonidas II.
Arthur Beauchamp
Arthur Beauchamp( 1827 – 28 April 1910) was a Member of Parliament from New Zealand.
He is remembered as the father of Harold Beauchamp, who rose to fame as chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was the father of writer Katherine Mansfield.
Alexander Järnefelt
August Alexander Järnefelt (2 April 1833 – 15 April 1896) was a Finnish general, topographist, governor and senator.
Aleksander Järnefelt was born in Tohmajärvi, the son of crown overseer Gustav Adolf Järnefelt and Aurora Fredrika Molander.
Aleksander married Elisabeth Clodt von Jürgensburg on 22 December 1857 in Saint Petersburg.
Their children were Kasper, Arvid, Erik, Ellida, Ellen, Armas, Aino, Hilja and Sigrid.
Armas, Arvid and Eero were famous Finnish cultural figures.
Aino Järnefelt was married to composer Jean Sibelius.
After seven year's study in Hamina Cadet School, Järnefelt embarked on a career as an artillery officer in the Russian Army.
After working under Wilhelm von Struve at Pulkovo Observatory, Järnefelt was commanded to topographic works in his native Finland which formed his main occupation for decades.
By 1870, he was the head if the Russian topographic corps in Finland.
During and after the Turkish war (1877–1879), Järnefelt lead the topographic survey of many areas which Russia conquered from Turkey.
These works, on which he also wrote a German-language scientific treatise "Die astronomischen, geodätischen und topographischen Arbeiten auf der Balkanhalbinsel in der Jahren 1877, 1878 und 1879", earned him a promotion to general major.
Politically, Järnefelt was a fennoman of the Old Finnish Party.
The party strove for the equal rights of Finnish language with the Swedish while stressing the importance of loyalty to the Emperor.
Järnefelt took these aims seriously, sending his children to Finnish-speaking schools which was extraordinary for a nobleman of his time.
In 1880's, Järnefelt was transferred from the military to a civilian administrative career, which allowed him to further his political agenda.
Järnefelt was the governor of Mikkeli Province in the 1883–84, the governor of Kuopio Province in 1884–88 and Vaasa Province in 1888–94.
During these tenures, Järnefelt used his gubernatorial powers to change the language of civil administration of these provinces to Finnish (in the bilingual Vaasa Province, to bilingualism).
In addition, he strove to establish primary schools and poor-houses in his provinces.
Järnefelt's career culminated in the membership of the Senate of Finland, where Järnefelt was tasked as the chief of the military affair's section.
The promotion to senator was accompanied with promotion to the rank of a lieutenant general.
Järnefelt died at Helsinki on 15 April 1896, of paralysis.
Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)
Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the" father of the Japanese railways".
Arvid Järnefelt
Arvid Järnefelt (16 November 1861 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 27 December 1932 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish judge and writer.
Arvid's parents were general and governor August Aleksander Järnefelt and Elisabeth Järnefelt ("née" Clodt von Jürgensburg).
Arvid had nine siblings: Kasper, Erik, Ellida, Ellen, Armas, Aino, Hilja and Sigrid.
Arvid Järnefelt married Emilia Fredrika Parviainen at Jyväskylä on 6 September 1884.
They had five children: Eero, Liisa, Anna, Maija, and Emmi.
Eero became later diplomat and Ambassador.
Järnefelt became a famous author in the late 19th century.
He wrote realistic, often tendentious but psychologically insightful novels, short stories and memoirs.
In 1889 Arvid founded the newspaper Päivälehti with his friends Eero Erkko and Juhani Aho.
Päivälehti was succeeded by Helsingin Sanomat in 1904.
Arvid Järnefelt became interested in Tolstoyanism, influenced by his mother Elisabeth.
He had studied law and 1891 became a trainee lawyer in Vaasa.
At the time, he read the writings of Russian author Leo Tolstoy and became a fan of Tolstoyanism.
Arvid quit his career as a lawyer and began to live as a Tolstoyan; he became a farmer at Virkkala.
He also helped the poor and prisoners.
One of his plays, "KuolemaDeath")
(1903, revised 1911), had incidental music composed by his brother-in-law Jean Sibelius, which includes the famous "Valse Triste".
John Templeton (botanist)
John Templeton( 1766–1825) was an early Irish naturalist and botanist.
He is often referred to as the" Father of Irish Botany".
He was the father of naturalist, artist and entomologist Robert Templeton.
Axel von Harnack
Friedrich Hermann Julius Axel von Harnack (September 12, 1895 – June 17, 1974) was a German librarian, historian and philologist.
He was the cousin of Arvid and Falk Harnack and worked to get Arvid and his wife, Mildred Harnack released from Nazi detention after they were arrested in connection with the Red Orchestra.
He was the first in the family to be told of Arvid and Mildred's arrest, which had been kept secret by the Nazis.
In 1947, he published a memoir of the trial that convicted Arvid and Mildred Harnack of high treason and sentenced them to death.
Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.
Takayama Tomoteru
He was the father of Takayama Ukon, and was a Kirishitan.
Anacyndaraxes
Anacyndaraxes was the father of Sardanapalus, king of Assyria.

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