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88 matches to Life Guards
Heem, Jan de. 1606-83. Dutch still life painter.
Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.
Hillary, William. Founder of English Royal National Lifeboat Institute, 1824.
Hinduism. c 1500BC-. Indian religion. Cycles of life, death, reincarnation. Release by enlightenment. Caste system. Vedas. Root of Buddhism, Jainism, many sects. Upanishads.
Jesus. c6BC-c30. Jewish prophet, believed by Christians to be the Messiah, son of God. Crucified. Resurrected. Life and death were inspiration for Christianity.
Jones, Ernest. 1897-1958. Welsh psychoanalyst. Life and Works of Freud 1953-7.
Jordaens, Jacob. 1593-1678. Flemish painter. Boisterous scenes of peasant life. Allegory 1625.
Kalmyks. Nomadic Mongolian peoples. 17C Settled Lower Volga. 1771 Forced back at great loss of life. 1945 Exiled to Siberia. 1957 Restored.
Keller, Helen. 1880-1968. US deaf, blind author, lecturer. Story of My Life 1902.
Kierkegaard, Sören. 1813-55. Danish founder of Existentialism. Either-Or 1843. Fear and Trembling 1843. Influenced Heidegger. Individual must consciously choose among life’s alternatives.
Lachesis. Fate which determined length of the thread of life.
Lao-tzu. =Old Philosopher. 604-531BC. Legendary Chinese philosopher. Founded Taoism. The Way of Life.
Leopold and Loeb. 1924. Wealthy, intellectual partners ‘perfect’ murder of Bobby Franks leads to life imprisonment. Darrow plea avoids execution.
Lewis, Sinclair. 1885-1951. US writer of small town life: Babbit 1922. Elmer Gantry 1927.
Luce, Henry. 1898-1967. US publisher. Founded Time 1923, Fortune 1930, Life 1936, Sports Illustrated 1954.
Lukin, Lionel. 1742-1834. English inventor of first safe life boat 1785.
Mahavira, Vardhamana. 599-527BC. Indian founder of Jainism: -“All life is sacred”.
Martha. Sister of Mary and Lazarus. Symbol of active life.
Matsushita, Konosuke. 1894-1989. Japanese industrialist; began 5-day workweek, guaranteed lifetime employment.
Naturalism. 19-20C Literary movement presenting life objectively. Zola.
New Testament. Portion of Bible relating to life and teachings of Christ and his disciples.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 1968. USSR, US, UK, +59 others. Effective 1970.
Papadopoulos, Georgios. 1919-99. Greek Prime Minister 1967-73, President 1973-5 during Reign of Greek Colonels. 1975 Life imprisonment.
Pétain, Philippe. 1856-1951. Defender at Verdun, 1916. Armistice 1940. Vichy Prime Minister 1940-42. German puppet 1942-4. Life sentence for collaboration after liberation.
Pliny the Younger. c62-113. Wrote letters of Roman life.