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Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Maria Pavlovna of Russia) Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as "Miechen" or "Maria Pavlovna the Elder" (May 14, 1854 - September 6, 1920) was born Marie Alexandrine Elisabeth Eleonore of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Augusta of Reuss-Köstritz.
Marie of Montpellier Marie of Montpellier (1182-18 April 1213) was the daughter of William VIII of Montpellier and Eudokia Komnene. A condition of the marriage was that the firstborn child, boy or girl, would succeed to the lordship of Montpellier on William's death.
Marie Paradis Marie Paradis was the first woman to reach the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of western Europe, in 1808. She was a native of Chamonix, where she is commemorated by the street named Promenade Marie Paradis.
Marie Redd Marie Redd is a United States politician from the state of West Virginia. Redd was a Democratic West Virginia State Senator from the 5th District, which conatins Cabell County and a small portion of Wayne County.
Marie Rudisill Marie Rudisill, (March 13, 1911 - November 3, 2006), was a writer and television personality, best known as the nonagenarian woman who appeared in the "Ask the Fruitcake Lady" segments on The Tonight Show on American television. She was an aunt to novelist Truman Capote (his mother, Lillie Mae Faulk, was her elder sister).
Marie Sallé Marie Sallé (1707–56) was a French dancer and choreographer known for her expressive, dramatic performances. As a choreographer she integrated music, costumes, and dance styles of her ballets with their themes, thereby anticipating the reforms made by choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre in the late 18th century.
Marie Severin Marie Severin (born 21 August, 1929 in Oceanside, New York) is an American comic book artist and colorist. In the latter capacity for the celebrated EC Comics in the 1950s, she would sometimes give especially gruesome panels a single color in order to tone-down otherwise graphic scenes of gore (Geissman 2005: 239).
Marie Smith Marie Smith Jones (born May 14, 1918 in Cordova, Alaska) is the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of southcentral Alaska. She is also the chief of the Eyak Nation and the last remaining full-blooded Eyak She lives in Anchorage, Alaska].
Marie Spartali Stillman Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, later Stillman, (born March 10 1844, died March 6 1927) was a London-born Pre-Raphaelite painter of Greek descent. She has been described as (arguably) the best of the Pre-Raphaelite women artists.
Marie Steichen Marie Steichen (died September 2006) was a Democratic politician from Woonsocket, South Dakota, who gained notoriety for winning a local election two months after her losing her battle with cancer. In the general election of November 7, 2006 she defeated, by a vote of 100 to 64 the incumbent Republican] candidate [[Merlin Feistner for the post of commissioner of Jerauld County in the U.
Marie Steiner-von Sivers Marie Steiner-von Sivers was the wife of Rudolf Steiner and one of his closest colleagues. She made a great contribution to the development of anthroposophy, particularly in her work on the renewal of the performing arts (eurythmy, speech and drama), and the editing and publishing of Rudolf Steiner's literary estate.
Marie Stopes Marie Stopes (October 15 1880 - October 2 1958) was a Scottish author, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of family planning. Stopes edited the journal Birth Control News which gave anatomically explicit advice, and in addition to her enthusiasm for protests at places of worship this provoked protest from both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.
Marie Tempest Dame Marie Tempest, DBE (15 July 1864–15 October 1942), was an English singer and actress known as the "queen of her profession". She was also, on occasions, her own manager during a career spanning 55 years.
Marie Teresa Rios Marie Teresa Rios, also Marie Teresa Rios Versace, (pen name "Tere Rios") (November 9, 1917-October 17, 1999) was the author of a book which was the basis for the popular 1960s television sitcom, The Flying Nun. Rios was the mother of Humbert Roque Versace, the first U.
Marie Tharp Marie Tharp (July 30, 1920 - August 23, 2006) was a geologist and oceanographic cartographer who, along with her colleague Bruce Heezen, co-discovered the Mid-Oceanic Ridge, a line of undersea mountains that runs through Earth's oceans, and mapped the features of the entire ocean floor.
Marie Thérèse Metoyer Marie Thérèze dite Coincoin was born in August 1742 at the Louisiana French outpost of Natchitoches, as the fourth of eleven children produced by François and Marie Françoise, an African-born couple held in slavery by the post's founder and commandant, Louis Juchereau de St. Denis.
Marie Toomey Marie Toomey was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1948 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-3, 6-1. Toomey teamed with Doris Hart to reach the women's doubles final of the 1949 Australian Championships, losing to Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long 6-0, 6-1.
Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén (June 11, 1867-May 25, 1940), commonly known as Marie Krøyer, was a famous Danish painter. She was born Maria Martha Mathilde Triepcke in Frederiksberg, Denmark to Wilhelm August Eduard Max and Minna Augusta Kindler Triepcke, who had immigrated to Denmark from Germany the previous year.
Marie Tussaud Marie Tussaud (December 1, 1761 - April 16, 1850) is known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she set up in London. She was born Marie Grosholtz (sometimes spelled Grossholtz or Grossholz) in Strasbourg.
Marie von Brühl Marie Sophie Gräfin von Brühl (en: Countess Marie Sophie von Brühl), (June 3 1779 - 28 January 1836) was a member of the von Brühl noble family originating in Thuringia. On December 17 1810 she married Carl von Clausewitz, whom she first met in 1803.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach (Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach), (September 13, 1830 - March 12, 1916) was an Austrian writer. With her psychological novels she is regarded—together with Ferdinand von Saar—as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.
Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg Marie Victor Nicolas de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg (Château de La Motte-de-Galaure, near Grenoble 22 May 1768 — 1850) followed a military career under the Ancien Régime of France, during the First French Empire and a diplomatic one after the Bourbon Restoration.
Marie Vieux Chauvet Marie Vieux Chauvet (1916 - 1973) was a Haitian novelist. Born and educated in Port-au-Prince, her most famous works were the novels Fille d'Haïti (1954), La Danse sur le Volcan (1957), Fonds des Nègres (1961), and Amour, Colère, Folie (1969).
Marie Vorobieff Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892 in Cheboksary, Russia - 4 May 1984 in London, Great Britain) – the nickname Marevna reputedly having been given her by Maxim Gorky after a Russian fairy sea princess – was a cubist painter who is internationally noted for convincingly combining elements of cubism (called by her "Dimensionalism") with pointillism and – through the use of the Golden Ratio for laying out paintings – structure. She tends to be accredited with having been the first female cubist painter.
Marie Windsor Marie Windsor (December 11, 1919--December 10, 2000). Sometimes called "Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many noirs and b-movies like Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Marie Windsor was born Emily Bertelson in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah on December 11, 1919.
Marie Winn Marie Winn, a journalist, author and birdwatcher, is known for her books and articles on the birds of Central Park, for her Wall Street Journal ornithology column, for her critical coverage of television, and for her role in the incident that kicked off the quiz show scandals that rocked American entertainment in the late 1950s.
Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchesse de Châteauroux (October 5, 1717 – December 8, 1744) was a mistress of Louis XV of France, and the youngest of four sisters who served as courtesans in the royal court of France.
Marie-Anne Gaboury Marie-Anne Lagimodière, née Gaboury (2 August, 1780 – 14 December, 1875) was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel, and as the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in what is now Western Canada.
Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze (1758-1836) was the wife and collaborator of Antoine Lavoisier, an eighteenth-century French nobleman and scientist, both a geologist and sometimes called "the father of modern chemistry". The daughter of one of Lavoisier's co-owners of the Ferme Générale that collected taxes for the Crown, she married him when she was only thirteen in 1771 (Lavoisier was about 28).
Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (August 26 1695–1791) (known as l'aînée) was a French singer and composer. He father was the actor Jean Quinault (1656–1728), and her brother was Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, a singer, composer, and actor.
Marie-Anne-Louise Taschereau Marie-Anne-Louise Taschereau (b October 18, 1743 – d March 16, 1825 was an Ursuline, a teacher, and a superior. She was the daughter of Thomas-Jacques Taschereau and Marie-Claire de Fleury de La Gorgendière, and sister of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau.
Marie-Antoine Carême Marie Antoine (Antonin) Carême (June 8, 1784–January 12, 1833), was a French chef and author. He was the principal originator of the simplified but refined style of cooking known as haute cuisine, the high art of French cooking.
Marie-Arlette Carlotti Marie-Arlette Carlotti (born 21 January 1952 in BĂ©ziers, Languedoc) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
Marie-Catherine de Villedieu Marie-Catherine de Villedieu, born Marie-Catherine Desjardins and generally referred to as Madame de Villedieu (Alençon (Orne) 1640 - Saint-Rémy-du-Val (Sarthe) 1683) was a French writer of plays, novels and short fiction. Largely forgotten or eclipsed by other writers of the period (such as Madame de Lafayette) in the works of literary historians of the 19th and 20th centuries, Madame de Villedieu is currently enjoying a literary revival.
Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Alain (born August 10 1926) is a legendary French organist best known for her prolific recording career. Her mastery of registrations, her scholarship in the history of performance practices on the organ, and her magisterial and nuanced playing mark her as one of the very finest players of the twentieth century.
Marie-Claire Kirkland Marie-Claire Kirkland (born September 8, 1924) is a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the National Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to serve in the Quebec Provincial Court.
Marie-George Buffet Marie-George Buffet (born May 7 1949 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, currently the head of the French Communist Party (PCF). She joined the Party in 1969, and was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from June 4 1997 to May 5 2002.
Marie-Hélène Aubert Marie-Hélène Aubert (born 16 November 1955 in Nantes) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the West of France. She is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens.
Marie-Hélène de Rothschild Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild (November 17 1927 -March 1 1996) was a French socialite who became a doyenne of Parisian high-society and was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
Marie-Hélène Descamps Marie-Hélène Descamps (born July 5, 1938) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for Central France. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, part of the European People's Party.
Marie-Hélène Prémont Marie-Hélène Prémont (born January 1, 1980 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian cross country mountain cyclist. She won two silver medals in the 2004 world cup circuit (in Mount Saint Anne, Quebec and in Kaprun, Austria.
Marie-José of Belgium Princess Marie-José Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle of Belgium (August 4, 1906 - January 27, 2001), was the last Queen of Italy. Her thirty-five day reign as queen consort earned her the affectionate nickname the May Queen.
Marie-Josée Houle Marie-Josée Houle is an accordionist who lives in Ottawa, Canada. She participates in many local music groups such as Casadoreand Casey Comeau & the Centretown Wilderness Club, and also accompanies solo artists.
Marie-Josèphe of Saxony Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, (4 November 1731-13 March 1767), Dauphine of France, was the daughter of Augustus II, prince-Elector of Saxony and king of Poland, and Maria Josepha of Austria, (1699-1757), the daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Marie-Joseph Angélique Marie-Joseph Angélique (commonly known as Angélique; died June 21, 1734) was the name given by the French authorities to a Portuguese-born black slave in New France (later the Province of Quebec in Canada). She was tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner's home, burning much of what is now referred to as old Montreal.
Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (born 21 January 1961 in Biarritz) is a French golfer. She joined the Ladies European Tour in 1987 and is now a life member of the tour, having accumulated twenty-three tournament victories on it.
Marie-Laure de Noailles Marie-Laure, Vicomtesse de Noailles (31 October, 1902 - 29 January, 1970), was one of the 20th century's most daring and influential patrons of the arts, noted for her associations with Salvador DalĂ­, Balthus, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Jean-Michel Frank and others as well as her tempestuous life and eccentric personality.
Marie-Leontine Tsibinda Marie-Léontine Tsibinda Bilombo is an acclaimed poet and novelist from Congo Brazzaville (writing in French). She received the National Prize for Poetry in 1981 and the Prize Unesco-Aschberg for her novel Les pagnes mouillés in 1996.
Marie-Line Reynaud Marie-Line Reynaud (born 17 July 1954 in Barbezieux, Poitou-Charentes) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the west of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Marie-Louise Ekman Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born November 5 1944) is a Jewish Swedish painter and film director. She is a professor of Art and rector at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
Marie-Louise Gay Marie-Louise Gay is one of Canada’s most widely published children’s author-illustrators. Gay has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple Governor General’s Awards, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Mr.
Marie-Louise von Franz Marie-Louise von Franz (January 4, 1915 - February 17, 1998), the daughter of an Austrian baron and born in Munich, Germany, was a Swiss Jungian Psychologist and scholar. She worked with Carl Jung whom she met in 1933 and knew until his death in 1961.
Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe (September 8, 1749 – September 3, 1792) was an Italian-French courtier and aristocrat of the House of Savoy, and one of the best-known victims of the French Revolution.
Marie-Lynn Hammond Marie-Lynn Hammond (born August 31, 1948 in Montreal) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright. She began her career as a founder of the folk music group Stringband, and later pursued a solo career.
Marie-Mai Marie-Mai Bouchard, (born on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) also known as her stage name Marie-Mai, is a Quebec singer. She was initially known as one of the top finalists of the first season of the Quebec reality show Star Académie.
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (née Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais) (October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) was born at Varennes, near Montreal, Canada. She was the first native Canadian to be elevated to sainthood by the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope John XXIII in 1959 and canonized in 1990.
Marie-Noëlle Lienemann Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (born July 12, 1951 in Belfort) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
Marie-Rose Morel Marie-Rose Morel (born August 26 1972 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian, Flemish politician and member of the Flemish Parliament for the Vlaams Belang since 2004, after leaving the N-VA. She recently moved to Schoten where she became active in local politics.
Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda Marie-Thérèse Catherine Atangana Assiga Ahanda is a Cameroonian novelist and chemist and the paramount chief of the Ewondo people. Ahanda is the daughter of Charles Atangana—paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bane peoples under the German and French colonial regimes—by his second wife, Julienne Ngonoa.
Marie-Thérèse de Subligny Marie-Thérèse Perdou de Subligny (1666-1735) was a French ballerina. She entered the l'Académie royale de Musique in 1688, where she succeeded Mlle La Fontaine as prima ballerina, a position she held until 1707.
Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess of Angoulême and Dauphine of France (19 December 1778 – 19 October 1851), also known as La Princesse Royale or Madame Royale, was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and his Austrian wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. As the wife of the eldest surviving son of Charles X, she is considered by some to have been Queen of France for the 20 minutes between her father-in-law's signing of the instrument of abdication and her husband's own signing of the document.
Marie-Victorin Brother Marie-Victorin (born Conrad Kirouac, April 4 1885 in Kingsey Falls, Quebec - July 1944) was a Christian Brother and botanist, best known as the father of the Jardin botanique de Montréal. Although Marie-Victorin is on record as having suggested that Montreal build its own botanical gardens as early as 1919, the Jardin was only authorized by Montreal mayor Camillien Houde in 1929, and work only began on construction in 1931.
Mariefred Läggesta Mariefred Läggesta is the name of a railway station (Stockholm-Eskilstuna-Hallsberg trains) near the small town of Mariefred in Strängnäs municipality, Sweden. It is the nearest station for visitors to Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, to which regular buses leave from the railway station.
Marieke de Mooij Marieke de Mooij, based in the Netherlands and a visiting professor at the University of Navarra, Spain, she teaches international advertising. Author of Consumer Behavior and Culture and Global Marketing and Advertising -Understanding Cultural Paradoxes
Marieke van Drogenbroek Maria ("Marieke") van Drogenbroek (born December 16, 1964 in Utrecht) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, alongside Lynda Cornet, Harriet van Ettekoven, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, Anne Quist, and Wiljon Vaandrager.
Marieke Wijsman Anne Marie Louise (Marieke) Wijsman (born 9 May 1975) is a former Dutch speed skater who represented her country at two Winter Olympics and who was the first female speed skater to compete internationally on clap skates.
Mariel Rodriguez Mariel Rodriguez (born Maria Erlinda Termulo) is a Filipino model and TV host. She used to be a host in Extra Challenge, a show in GMA-7 before eventually transferring to rival station ABS-CBN, where she was one of three hosts of the Philippine franchise of reality show Big Brother, Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1 along with Toni Gonzaga and Willie Revillame.
Mariel Zagunis Mariel Zagunis (born March 3, 1985) is an American Olympic athlete in the sport of fencing. She competed in the 2004 Athens Women's sabre competition and was the first American to win an Olympic fencing gold medal in a hundred years.
Mariela Antoniska Mariela Andrea Antoniska (born May 20, 1975) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Mariella Frostrup Mariella Frostrup (born on November 12, 1962, in Oslo) is a journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio for her mildly "throaty voice", which was voted as the sexiest voice for female TV celebrities in the UK only a few years ago in a special poll. Her voice is often used on TV commercials.
Marielle de Sarnez Marielle de Sarnez (born 27 March 1951 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the ĂŽle-de-France. She is a member of the Union for French Democracy, vice-chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
Mariemont High School Mariemont High School is a public high school located in Mariemont, Ohio, a wealthy suburb of Cincinnati, and part of the Mariemont City School District. Mariemont High School is known for its high academic standards.
Marienborg Marienborg is the summer residence of Denmark's Prime Minister, and is frequently used for official purposes. It is situated on the shore of Lake Bagsvaerd (Danish: Bagsværd Sø) in Kongens Lyngby, 15 kilometres north of Copenhagen in North Zealand.
Marienfeld Marienfeld is a large (2.6 km² / 640 acres) grassy field on the reclaimed site of a former open-pit lignite mine about 20 km (12 miles) south-west of Cologne Cathedral in the city of Cologne, Germany, straddling the towns of Frechen and Kerpen.
Marienheide Marienheide is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 50 km east of Cologne. The neighbouring towns are Gummersbach and Wipperfürth as well as in Märkischer Kreis - Meinerzhagen and Kierspe, and the neighbouring municipalities are Engelskirchen and Lindlar.
Mariental, Namibia Mariental is a town in central Namibia, lying on the B1 road and the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Keetmanshoop. It is the administrative capital of the Hardap Region in an area which has long been a centre for the Nama people.
Maries' Fir Maries' Fir (Abies mariesii, in Japanese, オオシラビソ or アオモリトドマツ, Oh-shirabiso, or Aomori-todomastu) is a fir native to the mountains of central and northern Honshū, Japan. It grows at altitudes of 750-1,900 m in northern Honshū, and 1,800-2,900 m in central Honshū, always in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and very heavy winter snowfall.
Mariestads Mariestads is a Swedish lager beer and brewed by Spendrups as of 1967, when Spendrups bought the local Mariestad brewery. The beer origins from the city of Mariestad, located on the east coast of lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden.
Marieta Rigamoto Marieta Rigamoto is a Fijian politician. As as independent candidate campaigning for improved roads and hospital services in Rotuma, she won a hotly contested election for the Rotuman Communal Constituency in the House of Representatives in 1999, and was returned with an increased majority in the election of 2001.
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad (M&C) is a defunct railroad of southern Ohio that was later absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). The M&C was founded as The Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad (B&C) in 1845 to connect to the B&O between Parkersburg, West Virginia and Belpre, Ohio because the government of Virginia would only allow the B&O to build to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.
Marietta Alboni Il del Marietta Alboni del (6 marzo, 1826 - 23 giugno, 1894) era a contralto opera cantante ed allievo di Antonio Bagioli di Cesena Romagna e più successivamente di Gioacchino Rossini. È stata sopportata a Citta'di Castello, in l'Umbria ed ha fatto il suo début all'età di 15 a Bologna come Orsini nel del Lucrezia Borgia ed il suo successo condotto ad un aggancio a La Scala, Milano.
Marietta College Marietta College is a co-educational private college in Marietta, Ohio, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. The school offers more than 40 majors along with a large number of minors, all of which used to be grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation.
Marietta Chrousala Marietta Chrousala also spelled Marieta Chrousala, Marieta Hrousala, (Greek: Μαριέττα Χρουσαλά) born 1983 in Athens, is one of Greece's top fashion models and television presenters. She won the title Miss Star Hellas in 2003 and was chosen to represent Greece at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, making it to the semifinals and finishing in fifteenth place.
Marietta Johnson Marietta Johnson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1864 and moved with her family to Fairhope in 1907, where she would become famous as the founder of one of the best progressive schools in the world, which she called The School of Organic Education.
Marifa Marifa (or alternatively 'marifah') literally means knowledge. The term is used by Sufi Muslims to describe mystical intuitive knowledge, knowledge of spiritual truth as reached through ecstatic experiences rather than revealed or rationally acquired.
Marignane Marignane is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is a component of the metropolitan Marseille Provence Métropole, and the largest suburb of the city of Marseille.
Marigold (2007 film) Marigold (also known as Marigold: An Adventure in India) is a 2007 romantic musical comedy about an American actress who becomes engrossed in the Bollywood film industry after visiting India. Director Willard Carrol intended the film to brige "the gap between Indian and American cinema.
Maricha In the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Maricha (Sanskrit: मारीच, mārīcha) was a rakshasa who played a small but very important part. He was thrown into a remote island by the arrow of Lord Rama when he tried to interrupt Sage Vishwamitras yaga.
Marichi Marichi or Mareechi (meaning a ray of light) is the son of Brahma, the cosmic creator. Before the creation started, Lord brahma needed a few people who can be held responsible for the creation of the remaining universe.
Mariinsky Palace Mariinsky Palace, also known as Marie Palace (Russian: Мариинcкий дворец), was the last Neoclassical imperial palace to be constructed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built between 1839 and 1844 to a design by the court architect Andrei Stackensneider.
Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre (Russian: Мариинский театр), also spelled Maryinsky Theatre {previously known as the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre (1860-circa 1920), the National Academy of Opera and Ballet (1920-1935), and the Kirov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named for Sergei Kirov (1935-1992)} is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. The Mariinsky Theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II.
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or the Kirov Orchestra is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg The orchestra was founded in the 18th century during the reign of Peter the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra.
Marija Bistrica Marija Bistrica is a village in central Croatia, located on the Medvednica mountain in Hrvatsko Zagorje, not far away from Zagreb. The municipality has 6,612 inhabitants, with 1,107 residents in the village itself (census 2001).
Marija Gimbutas Marija Gimbutas (, born Marija Birutė Alseikaitė) (Vilnius, Lithuania January 23, 1921 – Los Angeles, United States February 2, 1994) a Lithuanian-American archeologist, researched the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe", a term she introduced. Her works published between 1946 and 1971 introduced new views by combining traditional spadework with linguistics and mythological interpretation.
Marija L-Maltija Marija L-Maltija (English translation: "The Maltese Maria") was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed in Maltese by Joe Grech. This was Malta's debut Eurovision entry and consequently the first time that the Maltese language or any other Semitic language was heard at the Contest.
Marija Obrenović Elena Maria Catargiu-Obrenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Елена Марија Катарџи-Обреновић) (1831 – June 28, 1879 or July 16, 1876) was the mistress of Alexander John Cuza. She had two sons by him: Alexandru Al.
Marija Petković The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966), known as Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković in her native Croatian language and Maria Di Geso Crocifisso in the Holy See's Italian language, was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy. She was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a Venerable Servant of God on 8 May 1998, and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 6 June 2003.
Marijan Pušnik Marijan Pušnik (born November 1, 1960 in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, then former Yugoslavia) is the Slovene coach of the football team NK Maribor. He has served as coach of team from his native town of Dravograd and more recently as the coach of CMC Publikum.
Marijohn Wilkin Marijohn Wilkin (1920-2006), nee Melson, was an American songwriter, famous in the Country Music genre for writing a number of hits. Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography from Word Books--Lord, Let Me Leave a Song (written with Darryl E.
Marijonas MikutaviÄŤius Marijonas MikutaviÄŤius (born 19 April 1971) is a popular Lithuanian singer, musician and songwriter, a music awards winner; a television journalist and a talk show host from Vilnius. He is known for his Trys Milijonai song.

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