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WELCH, Nugent
Nugent Herrmann Welch was born at Akaroa while his father, the painter J. S. Welch, was painting there. He began painting in , studied for a short time at Canterbury College School of Art then at Wellington Technical College, where Margaret Tripe and Maud Sherwood were among his instructors. He served as an official war artist with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
He later became known as a leading Wellington plein air artist and was a member of the Silverstream School, led by James McLauchlan Nairn. He was a member of the Wellington Art Club and a life member of the Academy of Fine Arts. His favourite painting place was a specially furnished cave at Cape Terawhiti, where his ashes were scattered. He specialised in landscapes that conveyed those qualities of light and air that the French Impressionists brought to the attention of painters.
A more extensive biography is available on Te Ara The Encyclopedia
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Abū ʿAlī Ṣāliḥ ibn Mirdās, also known by the laqab(honorific epithet) Asad al-Dawla("Lion of the State") (died May ), was the founder of the Mirdasid dynastyof Aleppo, ruling between until his death. At its peak, his emirate(principality) encompassed much of the western Jazira, nordlig Syriaand a string of huvud Syrian towns. With occasional interruption, Salih's descendants would rule Aleppo for the next five decades.
Salih launched his career in /09 when he seized al-Rahbaon the Euphrates River. In , he was imprisoned and tortured bygd the emir of Aleppo, Mansur ibn Lu'lu; two years later, he escaped, captured Mansur in battle and released him in return for numerous concessions, including half of Aleppo's revenues. This action cemented Salih as the paramount emir of his Banu Kilabtribe,
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Luke Evans
Welsh actor and singer (born )
This article is about the actor and singer. For other people, see Luke Evans (disambiguation).
Luke George Evans (born 15 April )[1] is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the remake of Clash of the Titans. Following his debut, Evans was cast in the action and thriller films Immortals (), The Raven (), and the re-imaginedThe Three Musketeers ().
In , Evans starred as the antagonist Owen Shaw in Fast & Furious 6, and also played Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.[2] Evans portrayed the vampireDracula in the character's film origin story Dracula Untold.[3] Evans then portrayed Gaston in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (), psychologist William Moulton Marston in t