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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Seidl, Anton 1850- (search)
Seidl, Anton 1850- Orchestral conductor; born in Budapest, Hungary, May 7, 1850; studied music at the Leipsic Conservatory, and later became a confidential friend and amanuensis of Richard Wagner during the latter's labors at Bayreuth. After rapidly rising in fame as Wagner's assistant conductor and as a general conductor at Leipsic in 1878 as the leader of the Angelo Neumann tour with the Nibelungen dramas, and at the Bremen Opera House in 1883-85, Mr. Seidl was engaged, in 1885, as conductor for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, to succeed Dr. Leopold Damrosch. During his incumbency of this post—which continued intermittently for twelve years —there were produced under his direction, for the first time in America, Wagner's Das Rheingold; Siegfried; Gotterdammerung; Tristan und Isolde; and Die Meistersanger. In addition to his duties as conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House, Mr. Seidl was, at various times during his residence in the United States, conductor of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tesla, Nicola 1857- (search)
Tesla, Nicola 1857- Electrician; born in Smiljan, Croatia, Austria-Hungary, in 1857; graduated at the Polytechnic School in Gratz; later studied philosophy and languages at Prague and Budapest; came to the United States and was employed in the Edison works; became electrician of the Tesla Electric Light Company, and established the Tesla Laboratory in New York for independent electrical research. He invented the rotary magnetic field embodied in the apparatus used in the transmission of power from Niagara Falls; new forms of dynamos, transformers, induction coils, condensers, arc and incandescent lamps, and the oscillator combining steam-engine and dynamo, etc.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Memorial. (search)
bracing effect of the sea voyage and the mental and physical invigoration derived from the social life and ever varying scenes and incidents of travel in the Old World, secured for the overworked pastor not only needed rest, but fresh stores of information which he turned to good account on his return for the benefit of his own people. His longest absence was during the year 1880, when he visited Egypt and Palestine, returning through Bulgaria and Hungary by way of Rustchuck, Bucharest, Budapest, and Vienna to Paris. This tour embraced the Oriental cities of Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, Constantinople, and Smyrna. Degrees conferred upon him. The degree of D. D. was confeered on Dr. Hoge by Hampden-Sidney College in June, 1854, the degrees of Ll. D. by Washington and Lee University at the commencement in June, 1886. That commencement was a centennial celebration. At the invitation of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Hoge delivered an historical discourse. There was a peculiar pro
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., A Medford citizen from over sea. (search)
A Medford citizen from over sea. EDWARD Kakas, for many years a resident of West Medford, was born in Budapest, Hungary, August 12, 1828, the eldest son of Kokesch Josef and Szarka Teriz. Educated in his native city, he there learned the furrier's trade from his father, who later established him in business. On the outbreak of the Hungarian revolution in 1848 he, with hosts of other young men, left everything to join the army under Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian national hero. Kossuth was born in 1802, and when he grew to manhood entered upon a political career. In his teachings, which were considered very radical by the ruling powers, but were eagerly accepted by the young men of the nation, he advocated the emancipation of the peasants, the freedom of the press, and an independent government for Hungary. In 1848, which has been called the year of revolution, Europe was honeycombed with revolutionary ideas. The despotism of the government, which ground down the labo