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King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king

A patronymic surname

A male given name; rather rare in English

Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister

American writer and outspoken critic of racism whose works include Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a novel, and Notes of a Native Son (1955), a collection of essays. American civil rights activist. In 1918 he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union, which he directed from 1920 to 1950. British prime minister (1923-1929 and 1935-1937) who responded to the General Strike of 1926 with the Trade Disputes Act of 1927, an antiunion bill, and facilitated the abdication of Edward VIII (1936). known as Baldwin of Bourg died August 1131, Jerusalem King of Jerusalem (1118-31). A French nobleman, he joined the First Crusade and was made count of Edessa by his cousin Baldwin I in 1100. Captured by Seljuq Turks in 1104, he was ransomed four years later and reclaimed Edessa from the regent by force. He became king of Jerusalem in 1118 on the death of Baldwin I. He was held hostage by the Turks 1123-24. He later expanded his kingdom and attacked Damascus with the aid of the Knights of Malta and the Templars. He arranged the marriage of his daughter Melisend to Fulk V of Anjou and made them his successors. known as Baldwin the Leper born 1161 died March 1185, Jerusalem King of Jerusalem (1174-85). He was crowned at age 13 on the death of his father, but the kingdom was ruled by a series of regents. Baldwin was afflicted with leprosy throughout his short life, which contributed to power struggles among the nobility. His defeat of Saladin in 1177 led to a two-year truce, but in 1183 Saladin captured Aleppo and completed the encirclement of Jerusalem. Baldwin crowned his nephew king in 1183. born 1172, Valenciennes died 1205 First Latin emperor of Constantinople (1204-05). Count of Flanders and Hainaut, he was a leader of the Fourth Crusade, which was directed against the Byzantine Empire. He helped install a pro-Latin emperor (1203). When the Crusaders in Constantinople seized power, he was elected emperor (1204) and recognized by the pope. He created a government on the western European model, granting Greek lands to his knights, but was defeated, taken prisoner, and executed by invading Bulgars. known as Baldwin of Boulogne (b. 1058? d. April 2, 1118, Al-Arish, Egypt) King of Jerusalem (1100-18). The son of a French count, he joined the First Crusade and created the first Crusader state when he gained control of Edessa (now in Turkey) in 1098. In 1100 his brother Godfrey died in Jerusalem, and Baldwin was summoned by the nobles to succeed him as king of the Crusader state and defender of the Holy Sepulchre. He expanded the kingdom by conquering coastal cities such as Arsuf and Caesarea, built the important castle Krak de Montréal, and established an administration that served for 200 years as the basis for Frankish rule in Syria and Palestine. Baldwin II Baldwin of Bourg Baldwin II Porphyrogenitus Baldwin IV Baldwin the Leper Baldwin I Baldwin of Boulogne Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin Robert Baldwin Roger Nash Baldwin of Bewdley Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl

a surname derived from Germanic words bald, brave + wine, friend

Stanley Baldwin British Prime Minister

{i} species of apple grown especially in Northeastern USA; family name; James Baldwin (1924-1987), African-American writer and civil rights activist, author of "The Fire Next Time" and "Another Country

an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin

A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple

an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947) United States author who was an outspoken citic of racism (1924-1987)

United States author who was an outspoken citic of racism (1924-1987)

English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)

Связанные Термины

Baldwin's phosphorus

A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium nitrate

Baldwin's phosphorus is prepared by melting nitrate of lime in a crucible or ladle for about ten minutes; it is then poured into an iron pot, or mould, previously heated, and has the property, like Canton's phosphorus, of absorbing light when exposed to the sun, and emitting it when taken into a darkened room.

Baldwin I

King of Jerusalem (1100-1118) who was appointed to the throne after taking part in the First Crusade (1096-1099)

Baldwin II Porphyrogenitus

born 1217, Constantinople died Oct. 1273, Foggia, Kingdom of Sicily Fifth and last Latin emperor of Constantinople (1228-61). The son of the third Latin emperor (Porphyrogenitus means "born to the purple," thus "of royal birth"), Baldwin inherited the throne on the death of his brother. Invasions by Greeks and Bulgars reduced the empire to the area around Constantinople, and Baldwin's empty treasury obliged him to travel twice to western Europe to ask for aid. He sold sacred relics to Louis IX of France and broke up parts of the imperial palace for firewood. He lost the throne in 1261 when Michael VIII Palaeologus captured Constantinople and restored Greek rule. Baldwin fled to Europe and later died in Sicily

Baldwin Park

A city of southern California, a residential suburb of Los Angeles near the San Gabriel Mountains. Population: 69,330

Alec Baldwin

(born 1958) American movie actor who acted in "The Hunt for Red October" "Ghosts of Mississippi

James Arthur Baldwin

born Aug. 2, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 1, 1987, Saint-Paul, France U.S. essayist, novelist, and playwright. He grew up in poverty in the New York City district of Harlem and became a preacher while in his teens. After 1948 he lived alternately in France and the U.S. His semiautobiographical first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), regarded as his finest, was followed by the essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961); the novels Giovanni's Room (1956), a story of homosexual life, and Another Country (1962); the long polemical essay The Fire Next Time (1963), prophesying widespread racial violence; and the play Blues for Mister Charlie (produced 1964). His eloquence and passion on the subject of race made him for years perhaps the country's most prominent black writer

James Baldwin

a black US writer who wrote novels such as Go Tell It on the Mountain and Another Country (1924-87). born Aug. 2, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 1, 1987, Saint-Paul, France U.S. essayist, novelist, and playwright. He grew up in poverty in the New York City district of Harlem and became a preacher while in his teens. After 1948 he lived alternately in France and the U.S. His semiautobiographical first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), regarded as his finest, was followed by the essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961); the novels Giovanni's Room (1956), a story of homosexual life, and Another Country (1962); the long polemical essay The Fire Next Time (1963), prophesying widespread racial violence; and the play Blues for Mister Charlie (produced 1964). His eloquence and passion on the subject of race made him for years perhaps the country's most prominent black writer

James Baldwin

(1924-1987) African-American writer and civil rights activist, author of "The Fire Next Time" and "Another Country

John Baldwin

{i} (born 1946) bassist and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin who uses the stage name "John Paul Jones

Robert Baldwin

born May 12, 1804, York, Upper Canada died Dec. 9, 1858, Toronto Canadian politician. Called to the bar in 1825, Baldwin began his political career as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for York (1829-30). In 1842-43 he and Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine formed the first Liberal Party administration; when the Liberals returned to power in 1848, they were able to establish responsible, or cabinet, government. He resigned in 1851

Roger Baldwin

born Jan. 21, 1884, Wellesley, Mass., U.S. died Aug. 26, 1981, Ridgewood, N.J. U.S. civil-rights leader. Born into an aristocratic Massachusetts family, Baldwin attended Harvard University and taught sociology at Washington University (1906-09) in St. Louis, where he also was chief probation officer of the city's juvenile court and secretary of its Civic League. When the U.S. entered World War I, he became director of the pacifist American Union Against Militarism, the predecessor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As the ACLU's director (1920-50) and national chairman (1950-55), he made civil rights, once a predominantly leftist cause, a universal one

Roger Nash Baldwin

born Jan. 21, 1884, Wellesley, Mass., U.S. died Aug. 26, 1981, Ridgewood, N.J. U.S. civil-rights leader. Born into an aristocratic Massachusetts family, Baldwin attended Harvard University and taught sociology at Washington University (1906-09) in St. Louis, where he also was chief probation officer of the city's juvenile court and secretary of its Civic League. When the U.S. entered World War I, he became director of the pacifist American Union Against Militarism, the predecessor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). As the ACLU's director (1920-50) and national chairman (1950-55), he made civil rights, once a predominantly leftist cause, a universal one

Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin

born Aug. 3, 1867, Bewdley, Worcestershire, Eng. died Dec. 14, 1947, Astley Hall, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire British politician. After managing his family's large industrial holdings, he became a Conservative member of the House of Commons (1908-37). He served as financial secretary of the treasury (1917-21) and president of the Board of Trade (1921-22), then was appointed prime minister (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37). He proclaimed a state of emergency in the general strike of 1926 and later secured passage of the antiunion Trade Disputes Act. As prime minister after 1935, he began to strengthen the British military while showing little public concern about the aggressive policies of Germany and Italy. He was criticized for not protesting the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. In 1936 he satisfied public opinion by procuring the abdication of Edward VIII, whose desire to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson, Baldwin believed, threatened the prestige of the monarchy

Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

born Aug. 3, 1867, Bewdley, Worcestershire, Eng. died Dec. 14, 1947, Astley Hall, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire British politician. After managing his family's large industrial holdings, he became a Conservative member of the House of Commons (1908-37). He served as financial secretary of the treasury (1917-21) and president of the Board of Trade (1921-22), then was appointed prime minister (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37). He proclaimed a state of emergency in the general strike of 1926 and later secured passage of the antiunion Trade Disputes Act. As prime minister after 1935, he began to strengthen the British military while showing little public concern about the aggressive policies of Germany and Italy. He was criticized for not protesting the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. In 1936 he satisfied public opinion by procuring the abdication of Edward VIII, whose desire to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson, Baldwin believed, threatened the prestige of the monarchy

Расстановка переносов

Bald·win

Турецкое произношение

bôldwın

Произношение

/ˈbôldwən/ /ˈbɔːldwən/

Этимология

() Germanic bald (“brave”) + wine (“friend”).