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Men of the light infantry battalions established by Ioannis Kapodistrias. The term "Evzones" was revived in modern practice as a Greek version of the European-style light infantry (such as the German Jäger, French Chasseurs, or British Riflemen) in 1824 during the Greek War of Independence, when the first attempts to form a regular, European-style army were undertaken by the Greek rebels.
The term originates from the word shepherd, someone who influences the movement of sheep in a paddock. Using their body as an obstruction, Australian rules footballers can influence the movement of opponents, most often to prevent them from gaining possession or reaching the contest.
The Shepherd School of Music is a music school located on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. From its inception in 1974 [ 2 ] under dean Samuel Jones , the Shepherd School has emphasized orchestral, chamber music, and opera as the central elements of its performing curriculum.
Shepherd Dawson (1880–1935), British psychologist; Shepherd Heyward (died 1859), free black man who was killed during the raid on Harpers Ferry; Shepherd Leffler (1811–1879), U.S. Representative from Iowa; Shepherd Mead (1914–1994), born Edward Mead, American writer; Shepherd Murape (born 1949), Zimbabwean former football player and manager
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash is a collection of short stories by American humorist Jean Shepherd.It was first published in October 1966. A best-seller at the time of its publication, it is considered Shepherd's most important published work. The work inspired several films in the
Designed by Maurice Bingham Adams, and originally known as the Passmore Edwards Free Library Hammersmith, [2] the project was one of many public libraries built around the end of the nineteenth century by John Passmore Edwards (1823 – 1911). [3] [4] Edwards was a British journalist, newspaper owner and philanthropist.
The idea for L'enfance went back to 1850 when Berlioz composed an organ piece for his friend Joseph-Louis Duc, called L'adieu des bergers (The Shepherds' Farewell). He soon turned it into a choral movement for the shepherds saying goodbye to the baby Jesus as he leaves Bethlehem for Egypt. Berlioz had the chorus performed as a hoax on 12 ...
Norman Shepherd (born 1933) is an American theologian who served as associate professor of systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1963 to 1981. He later served for almost two decades as a minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America .