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Edinburgh Chess Club
Tournaments Overview
Tuesday Night Events
Championship A Draw
Championship A X-Table
Championship B Draw
Championship B X-Table
Challengers Draw
Challengers Results Table
Golden Age of Juniors
Short History
London Match 1824
Famous Visitors
Edinburgh London Match 1822
Other Historic Matches
Games of Chess Greats
ECC Members' Games
Mikhail Tal - Appreciation
Mikhail Tal - Games
Biographies - 19th Century
Potted Biographies of 19th Century Members
Abercromby, (Sir) Robert (1784–1855) F.R.SE.
Club President 1824–28. He donated the Abercromby Cup in 1825. In 1831 he succeeded to the title of Fifth Baronet of Birkenbog and Forglen. Civil Servant in the Madras Presidency from 1802 until returning home in 1808; resigned 1809. Member of Parliament for Banff 1812-1818; appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire and Banffshire.
Record of Services of the Honourable East India Company's Civil Servants in the Madras Presidency, from 1741 to 1858. Charles Campbell Prinsep, Trübner, 1885 – India
Aytoun, Captain Marriot Chadwick Walker (1787–1854)
Capt. Aytoun (Royal Artillery ) was one of the original 31 members of the club, and a member of the committee for the match against London 1824–28.
Bell, George M.D.
Joined 1840 (p13)
Berry, Andrew (1764–1833) M.D. (Edinburgh 1784).
Physician, Surgeon and Botanist, F.R.S.E. Dr Berry was the first president of the club, to which he gave the Berry Medal for championship play (later replaced by the Abercromby Cup).
He held various positions in the Indian Medical Service: Assistant Surgeon 1784; Surgeon 1791; Superintending Surgeon 1801 ;First Secretary to the Indian Medical Board; Member of Madras Medical Board 1807-14 and a member of the Asiatic Society 1796.
Wrote an account of the columbo or columba root, Asiatic Researches, vol. X, p. 385, 1811. The genus "Berrya" was named after him by his friend William Roxburgh (1751–1815). He was a nephew of James Anderson (1738–1809), Physician and Botanist. After Anderson's death, the botanical garden he had created in Madras was maintained by Berry.
Bertram, C[harles] (1803–1886)
Joined 1848? (p15)-says: Pres. 1869-70
Brown, George (1771–1843)
Original member Accountant/Land Surveyor
Buchanan, John (1768–1836)
Original member 61 George St (error for 64?) Daughter Helen married Col (formerly Capt) James Watkins in 1843. Also an original member.
Campbell, Capt. James Archibald (1800–1878)
Capt 47th Regiment. Son of Duncan Campbell of Inverneill and Ross, and Eliza[beth] Kennedy Cooper.
Born Patna, India. m. (1) 1832, 16 yr old daughter of Lt-Col Bissell Harvey (Sophia Amelia Alexandrine Harvey), who died shortly after giving birth to their child in November 1832.) m. (2) 1840 Ann Bowdon, 3 children.
Cappie, Dr James (1829–1899) M.D.
Joined the club 1863.Librarian. President 1876–77. James Cappie was born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. He studied at Lanark Grammar School, followed by Edinburgh University, graduating in 1850. For some time he was an assistant at Minto House Medical School before setting up his own practice. Aside from being a frequent contributor to various scientific journals, he also published several medical works, including Essays on Medical Sciences (1859); The Causation of Sleep (1872); Intra-Cranial Circulation and its relation to the Physiology of the Brain (1890).
Played for the East of Scotland in matches against the West in 1871, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882.
Falkirk Herald, 21 January 1899; Edinburgh Medical journal 1899.
Cazenove, Rev. John Gibson (1821–1896) D.D.
President 1880–81. John Gibson was part of a family of French Protestants that claimed to be a branch of the De Cazenoves of Pradines, France. He was born in London, an only son, and when he was ten he was sent to a high-class school in Brighton, from which he went to the Royal Free Grammar School, Marlborough.
In 1840 he entered Brasenose College, Oxford where, in 1841, he gained a prize for the best Latin and English essays. He gained his B.A. degree there in 1843 and then spent some time travelling abroad before returning to Oxford to take his M.A. in 1846. It appears he may have been heading for a career in Law, but soon after he took Holy orders, was ordained deacon and, in 1848, priest. He officiated as curate in Leeds and at Crick in Northamptonshire before moving to Scotland where he acted as Vice-Provost of the Theological College on the Isle of Cumbrae from 1854 to 1867, and Provost from 1867 to 1875, when he resigned his position. (During the latter phase he obtained his B.D. and D.D. degrees.)
He removed to Edinburgh, though he had earlier established a connection to the city for he appears in the Electoral Roll of 1869–70 at 66 Great King Street. He became Warden of St Andrew's Home and, later, Sub-Dean and Chancellor of St Mary's Cathedral. Dr Cazenove was regarded as a very distinguished representative of the Episcopalian Church in Scotland, as well as being select preacher at Oxford 1881–83 and at Cambridge in 1885. He contributed articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Biography, as well as publishing works such as Some Aspects of the Reformation, and Lives of St Hilary and St Martin. He also wrote on Universalism and The Possibilities of Union. He was also for some years a member of the Edinburgh School Board.
Dr Cazenove joined the Edinburgh Chess Club in 1878 and played for the East of Scotland against the West in the matches of 1880, 1881 and 1892. At the time of his death he lived at 22 Alva Street, a short distance from where the club would later secure permanent premises. He bequeathed part of his library to the club.
Dr Cazenove was the son of John Cazenove, who published A Selection of Curious and Entertaining Games at Chess in 1817.
Perthshire Constitutional & Journal, 11 October 1875; The Scotsman and The Edinburgh Evening News, 1 October 1896; Falkirk Herald, 11 Nov 1896.
Christie, Capt. Robert (1818–1896)
President 1873–74. Saw service with the Honourable East India Company, reaching the rank of Captain in the 5th Bengal Cavalry. He saw a considerable amount of action, including the Afghan Campaign of 1839–42, and was left for dead on the field at the 1849 battle of Chillianwala in the Punjab. He retired from service in 1851 and returned to Scotland. He resided in Edinburgh, but on the death of his father in early 1872, he succeeded to the family estate at Durie, near Leven, Fife. Thereafter he spent more time in that county, devoting his time to the management and improvement of the estate and to county and local business. He was a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Supply, a Deputy Lieutenant, a member of the Parish Council, and Chairman of the Greig Institute.
The Scotsman, 31 August 1896.
Clarke, James
Original member. Printer, 17 Keir St. M/ship closed 1836.
Comrie, John (1847–1930)
President 1900-01 and 1917-19 Born Middlesex, father Duncan James an Inland Revenue employee, as was John. Married in 1881 in Birmingham, though by then resident in Alloa as Excise Officer.
Played in the 2nd SCA Correspondence Tourney 1887>
1896.	Played in East v West match – drew with Whiteley
1898	FH col 13 April, SCA Director
1899	Vice- President, year before becoming president
Crawfurd, William
On team v London
Crum, John (1841–1922)
Cunnynghame, Rev HCR
1897 v Glasgow
Donaldson, James (c1788–1848) S.S.C., Accountant.
Wrote the Chess section for Encyclopaedia Britannica (1856-check this). Generally accepted as the leading force in the correspondence match against London CC.
Trustee of National Security Savings Bank 1836 (lived at Lauriston Place)
James Donaldson jun (son) joined club 1841 (page 13)
See CPC 1851, p123: Capt Kennedy writes about Donaldson. Also, in Waifs and Strays.
Douglas, Archibald (1779–1833) Advocate
Original member. 15 Gt King St
Finlayson, W
Problem composer
Forsyth, David
Forsyth Notation. Moved from Glw to Edinburgh 1887?
Fraser, G.B. (1829–1905)
Formerly of Dundee, in later years played for Edinburgh CC.
Fraser, John
Represented the club at formation of SCA 1884 (with Latta and Pringle).
Frazer, Dr James (1829–1876)[Fraser]
Members Roll – p16. Club champion 1860–1874. President 1866–67
French, William
Joined 1838 (p12)-says Treas. 1852.
Fulton, John
President 1865–66
Galloway, George Paterson (1854–1912) S.S.C.
Gibson, George
Gordon, Reverend Thomas (1817–1888) D.D. ("Gamma")
Joined 1840 (page 13)
BCM 1888, pp 97-8 – many details in obituary. Game on pp 159-60.
Greenhill, James (1817–1896)
Joined club 1844 (p14 of Members Roll) Joint- Treasurer 1852–53 and 1853–54, Treasurer 1864–74 President 1875–76
James Greenhill was born in humble circumstances in the village of Springfield, by Cupar, Fife, and early on was in the care of two unmarried sisters. He received the best education their means could afford, first at Pitlessie School in Cupar and afterwards at Edinburgh University.
After an apprenticeship with Drummond & Mitchell, writers, Cupar, Mr Greenhill went to Glasgow, where he was for a short time an assistant with the Glasgow Fire Insurance Company. In 1842 he joined the Clydesdale Bank, and in 1847 he was promoted to joint manager in Edinburgh and, in 1848, manager.
Mr Greenhill was closely associated with the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution at 4 Queen Street; he was a director, as well as acting as treasurer. He was also a director of several companies and auditor for several companies and organisations, including the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway Company and the Edinburgh Geological Society. He was a Justice of the Peace, a member of the Free High Church, and a senior member of the Bruntsfield Golf Club.
The Scotsman, 26 October 1896 Edinburgh Evening News, 26 October 1896 St Andrews Citizen, 31 October 1896 East of Fife Record, 6 November 1896
Gregory, James (1796–1855)
Treasurer 1823–1839
Employee of Royal Bank of Scotland (appointed 1808, later second teller)
Handasyde, Harris Kirkland
Harrison, George (Sir) (1812–1885)
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
President 1883-86
Innes, Thomas (1797–1844) W.S.
Original member. 59 Frederick St
Johnstone, R. Bruce
Joined 1864 (p19), 67 Gt King St
Jordan, Richard (1872–1911)
Draughts world champion. Played for ECC, later Edinburgh Working Men's Institute CC
Kennedy, Dr Charles Fraser (1859–1909)
President 1899–1900
Kennedy, Hugh Alexander (1809–1878)
Joined club 1840.On council in 1841 almanac. Served as Lieutenant in the Madras Native Infantry, retiring in his early thirties. He was later a Captain in the Forfar and Kincardine Militia. Author of Waifs and Strays, Chiefly from the Chess Board, 1875. Donated his library to the Edinburgh Chess Club.
Kronheim, Joseph Martin (1810–1896)
Member 1876, but also appears in Members' Roll for 1891 (left and rejoined?) Lithographer see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Martin_Kronheim
See also history at https://www.georgebaxter.com/j-m-kronheim-co-full-company-histor
Born Magdeburg, in Edinburgh by age 22.
Laidlaw, James (1749–1831)
Original member Heriot Row (Nr.7 in 1822-23 PO directory)
Latta, David Miller (1833–1895) S.S.C
President 1879–80 Secretary (in latter position at time of death)
David Latta, who was born in Edinburgh, was a lawyer and notary public. When he was about ten years of age he suffered from a disease in one of his legs, which resulted in amputation of the limb. He played chess privately, and it wasn't until 1875 that he joined the Edinburgh Chess Club.
Mr Latta held many offices, including vice-president, president, and secretary, holding that position at the time of his death. His obituary in the 1895 British Chess Magazine, which quoted the Weekly Scotsman, said:- 'He devoted the utmost attention to the secretarial duties, and but for his invaluable assistance in an emergency, the continuation of the existence of the Edinburgh Chess Club–the oldest chess club in the United Kingdom–was endangered. He also acted as secretary for the East of Scotland in the series of matches against the West.
Mr Latta was club champion on several occasions, and in 1888 he defeated Captain Mackenzie in a simultaneous exhibition. He won first prize in the Second Correspondence Chess Tournament of the Scottish Chess Association (1888–89) with 13½/15.
Liston, Rev. Henry (1771–1836)
Henry Liston was born at Aberdour, Fife. He studied for the ministry at Edinburgh University, and in 1793 he was appointed minister at Ecclesmachan – about eight miles west of the city – and remained in that post until his death.
He was one of the original 31 members of the club; he served on council and was one of the committee members for the 1824–28 correspondence match against London.
Reverend Liston is also known as the inventor of the Enharmonic Organ, which was designed to give the diatonic scales in perfect tune. He wrote Essay on Perfect Intonation (1812) and other writings included the article 'Music' in the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. He also invented an improved form of plough, which was used in his district.
Mr Liston was the father of Robert Liston, the renowned surgeon (1794–1847) and Reverend David Liston (1799–1881), Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages at Edinburgh University.
Dictionary of National Biography 1885–1900
Lockhart, James (1780–1858)
Original member.
8 Union St Wine merchant
Macfie, Claud (1822–1903)
Macfie, John (1826–1896)
One of the many in the Local Committee involved in the organisation of the 1867 Dundee tournament.
Club President 1870–71 Tied for =2nd with WW Robertson, also of ECC, in the minor tournament at the 1887 SCA Congress. Won the play-off.
Mackersy, William (1795–1875) W.S.
On match committee v London.
McArthur, Reverend George (1829–1913) M.A.
Joined 1872 (p21) Secretary 1872–1889. Emigrated to USA summer of 1889, joined Brooklyn CC. Returned to UK, died 1913 Middlesex. 1911 census: father-in-law to Alfred Vardon, another ECC member. Agnes his wife.
McGuffie, Robert Alexander (?–1912) Solicitor.
Born ca. 1864 in Berbice, British Guiana. His father, John McGuffie was Minister of St Saviour's there 1862–1878. By 1881 he was shown as a solicitor's Clerk Apprentice in the census. President 1905–06.
McMillan, Edward (1793–1850) Writer [SSC]
Meikle, Christopher (1823–1906)
Member from 1844–1906. Pres: 1851–52; 1871–72; 1886–89. Also served as Secretary. Several times Medallist.
Meiklejohn, Hugh Cree (1797–1849)
Lawyer. Member of Edinburgh Juridical Society. Son of the Rev. Prof. Hugh Meiklejohn of Abercorn, West Lothian. He died in Calcutta, but is buried in Abercorn.
Club Secretary 1823–25.
Mellis, James (1810–1899)
President 1874–75 Mr Mellis was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands. He is closely associated with Prestonpans, East Lothian, where, for some years, he was the chief magistrate. He founded James Mellis & Co, soapmakers, which at one point was producing 90,000 lbs. per annum. He supported many efforts to improve the town's facilities, including a subscription library, though at the height of support for Garibaldi, the assets were sold and approximately £20 was handed over to the Garibaldian Patriotic Fund. He also encouraged the opening of a Coffee House and Recreation Room.
Mr Mellis joined the Edinburgh Chess Club in 1860 and served several terms as Vice-President and one term as President.
Mr Mellis was the son of James Mellis and Catherine Paterson. His father attained the rank of Captain in the 69th Regiment and died in Naples in 1839. His mother died in Edinburgh in 1878, aged 95. Both his parents are remembered by Merchiston Castle School.
Edinburgh Evening News, 2 August 1899; Prestonpans and Vicinity: historical, ecclesiastical and traditional, by P.M'Neill, 1902; Merchiston Castle School 1855-58, by David Murray (1915).
Miller, Robert (1827–1904)
Robert Miller was born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire. He was trained as a civil engineer, and was for some time on the staff of the Government Ordnance Survey, but for reasons of health, he never practised his profession. He moved to Edinburgh in the 1850s, and by the time of the 1861 census he was living at 65 Lauriston Place and his occupation was land surveyor.
Mr Miller was deeply involved in municipal affairs. In 1882 he was elected to the Town Council for the Newington Ward, where he served alongside [Sir] George Harrison, who followed Miller as club president 1883–85. In 1890 Robert Miller was elected Lord Dean of Guild, a position he held until his retirement in 1898. He was a director of the Royal Blind Asylum and School, a director of the House of Refuge for the Destitute, and he was also associated with the Social and Sanitary Congress. He was a member and elder of Newington Parish Church, and he also acted as representative elder from the Town Council of Edinburgh to the General Assembly.
It is understandable that someone who was Lord Dean of Guild and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries would have a deep interest in the history of the city. Robert Miller published several works, including The Municipal Buildings of Edinburgh (1895), The Edinburgh Dean of Guild Court (1896), and John Knox and the Town Council of Edinburgh (1898).
Mr Miller joined Edinburgh Chess Club in 1872; he was President 1882–83.
The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News, 12 November 1904
Mills, Daniel Yarnton (1849–1904)
Mitchell, William (1778–1860)
Cashier, Royal Bank. Home: 58 George Square, Edinburgh.
One of the original 31 members Later, after 'succeeding' to Jane Innes fortune, used name William Mitchell Innes (See Stow Succession Case.
Mitchell, Alexander
Original member. Royal Bank. Home: 58 George Square, Edinburgh.
More, John (1781–1857)
Original member. First Secretary 1822–23
Accountant with Royal Bank of Scotland.
Murray, William Henry (1790–1852)
Manager, Theatre Royal (h/a/ 4 Thistle St, 1822) Actor, manager and theatre owner, friend of Walter Scott, associated with dramatization of Scott's Waverley novels. In 1809 the theatre was taken over by Sarah Siddons's actor son, Henry Siddons. It went into a period of decline under his control, but following his death in 1815 was revived by his wife, Harriet Siddons and her brother William Henry Murray who controlled the theatre until 1851.[4] The theatre was at its peak from 1815 to 1850, and it was rebuilt in 1830.
Napier, Sir William Milliken, Bart. (1788–1852) 8th Baronet
Omond, DrRobert (1806–1881) M.D. F.R.C.S., Edinburgh.
Secretary 1866–73 President 1878–79
Robert Omond was born in Orkney. His mother, widowed in 1813 and thinking of education for her three sons, took her family to Edinburgh in 1821. Robert was apprenticed to Dr Adolphus Ross F.R.C.S.E., and after a successful career as a student he graduated in 1828.
Dr Omond then spent some time in various medical schools on the Continent before settling in Edinburgh and in 1832 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Thereafter, he served in several positions at the college: librarian (1840–56); examiner (from 1844); member of council, and secretary of the college (from 1873). He also served as president from 1859–61. He was also president of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, and was for some years one of the medical managers of the Royal Infirmary. He held a high position in the Free St George's Church in the city, and filled several positions with the Medical Missionary Society, first as joint-secretary in 1841, and as treasurer from 1843 to his death.
In 1838 Dr Omond married a daughter of Dr Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in Edinburgh University, and also a native of Orkney.
Refer to Robert Traill Omond (1858–1914) and the Ben Nevis observation station.
The Scotsman, 15 December 1881 British Medical Journal, December 1881 Orkney Herald and Weekly Advertiser, 15 April 1891
Orrock, Alexander (1875–1923)
Secretary 1904–06 and President 1908–09
1919 address in newspaper shown as 16 Dalrymple Cres.
Outram, D.E.
Joined 1981 (p13). Later moved to Glasgow.
Pender, Thomas jun (1784–1861)
Comptroller of Stamp Duties. One of original 31 members.
Pringle, James (1847–1926) C.A., F.F.A.
Born in Elgin, Morayshire. He studied at Aberdeen University before moving to Edinburgh, where he qualified as a chartered accountant and as an actuary. He was admitted to the Society of Accountants in 1870. From 1873 he was a partner in the stockbrokers, John Robertson & Company, Edinburgh, retiring in 1911. He was also the director of a number of finance and investment companies. His bequests ─ to be paid after the death of his wife ─included £52,000 to Morayshire, the bulk of it going to his home town of Elgin. At the time of his death he lived at 42 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh.
Club Treasurer 1874-1910. President 1910-11.
Rankine Simson, Charles Simson (1847–1911) W.S.
With firm of Hope, Simson and Lennox, Edinburgh.
Former SCA President. Donated trophy. JP for Roxburgh
Rattray, Dr James Clerk (1834–1896) F.R.S.E.
President 1881–82 His family name is taken from the ancient lands of Rattray in Perthshire. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University – during which time he joined the club – graduated in 1857 and joined the army. He served as Assistant Surgeon (Captain) with the 25th Regiment of Foot, including some time spent in Gibralter.
On the death of his father in 1867 he returned to the family home at Coral Bank, Blairgowrie, married in 1869 and became active in local affairs. He was an enthusiastic angler, and he was involved with a small chess club in Blairgowrie.
Dr Rattray also maintained property in Edinburgh, where he was involved with several organisations. In 1874 he became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and in 1882 he was admitted as a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Dr Rattray was club President 1881–82, and he was one of three members of the club present at the founding of the Scottish Chess Association in Glasgow in 1884 (the others were Christopher Meikle and John Fraser). He played in six of the East of Scotland matches versus the West.
Perthshire Advertiser, 26 February 1896.
Richardson, Ralph (1845–1933)
Falkirk Herald 15 Nov 1916: sent letter to him congratulating him on 50 years membership
Member 1866–1933.
Richmond, George William (1877–1941)
Scottish ch 1910. Richardson teams 1910, 1912, 1920
Robertson, Alexander Lambie (1794–1868) W.S. A.I.A.
One of original 31 members.
Author of …Periodical Savings, applied to provident purposes 1852 Defects in the Practice of Life Assurance 1848.
Robertson, Colonel James A. (1803–1874)
James Alexander Robertson served with the 82nd Regiment of Foot, (Prince of Wales's Volunteers). He was promoted from Captain to Major on 27th October 1848; Appointed Lieutenant Colonel. 1st Played at Dundee 1867.
Robertson, Walter Wood (1845–1907)
1885 Scottish ch – Minor Tournament, 4½/7, finishing =2-3 with Berwick, behind Galloway 5½. Mr Robertson won a deciding play-off game for 2nd place.
1886 Scottish ch – Minor Tournament, scored 9/12, finishing =2-3 behind JM Finlayson 9½. Mr Robertson won a deciding play-off game for 2nd place.
1887 Scottish ch – Minor Tournament, scored 8½/11, finishing =2-3 behind W. Black 9
He also composed problems.
Robertson, Dr William M.D. (1818–1882)
Joined 1843 (p 13)
Rose, James (1797–1864)¬W.S.
Secretary 1825-1848 [?] and President 1852-63.
With firm Horne & Rose.
Ross, Captain David William (1787–1851) E.I.C.S.
Ross, John
1840 scan
Rush, V. B. [Victor Brentnall] 1874-1951
English-born. Richardson team 1939. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter170.html Item 11008
Simpson, James (c1744–1826)
Original member. Baker.
Spens, Walter Cook (1842–1900)
Joined 1862 (p18) Appears on Council records for 1865–66 season. 1870-transferred to Hamilton Sheriff Ct.
Stirling, Sir Samuel, Bart.
Swinton,George (1780–1854) F.R.S.E.
Civil Servant and Botanist. Member 1834 (page 12) He was born at Swinton House, near Swinton, Berwickshire, the son of advocate John Swinton. He had a distinguished career with the East India Company, including positions as Persian Secretary and Chief Secretary of Bengal. During his time in India he collected and donated many specimens to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was admitted as a member of the society in 1827, having been sponsored by David Brewster, the noted scientist, inventor and author. When Swinton retired in 1833 he returned to Scotland and lived at 4 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh. In botany, he is remembered by the name of a flowering plant, swintonia.
Council member 1840 and 1841
A small collection of 29 problems with a Knight's tour, translated by Mr George Swinton for George Walker from a modern Persian (?Indian) original. It is of little value, but was the source of a couple of papers by George Walker in the CPC; 1844, p180 and 1845, p240. MURRAY
UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939 for George Swinton
Thomson, John Graham (1856–1932)
Club Secretary 1924–28
1901 Richardson team
BCM 1922, p23 President of Edinburgh CC made a gift to the club of £200, and a further loan of £400. Enabled the club to purchase rooms at 1 Alva St.
BCM 1932, p202 Obituary. Died at his residence in Edinburgh on March 23 at the age of 76. One of the oldest and most generous supporters of chess in Scotland. Joined Edinburgh CC in April, 1888. Won the club championship 1890/91 and again in 1899/1900 and 1901/2. Twice filled the office of president of the club and was secretary for several years. He gave generous financial support and was largely instrumental in the purchase of the present club premises. Presidency of the local chess league was filled by him from 1929 until his death. Former president of the SCA and a life member of the BCF.Solicitor by profession. Accomplished mathematician, author of several inventions, and was much interested in astronomy.
F Herald 1932, April 6. Obit of Thomson, a lawyer.
Watkins, Captain James (1787–1871) E.I.C.S.
Wauchope, Andrew (?–1835)
Original member.	Membership closed 1835.
Merchant – Ivory turner and toy shop manager
Webb, Patrick Robert (ca 1809–1886)
Members Roll-p16. Says Pres 1868-9. On club council 1864 President 1868–69
One of several Edinburgh CC members on the local committee for Dundee 1867. Others were Dr JC Fraser, John Macfie, Col Robertson. 1861 census – in Edinburgh. 1871 census – in England. Member of the Celtic Society.
Whytock, Richard Barnett (1784–1857)
Furnishings, Upholstery, Carpet Manufacturer.
Wylie, D. (1793–1864)
Treasurer 1822–23
Depute-Clerk of Session (a post previously held by his father, Henry Johnston Wylie)
A.I.A.	Associate of the Institute of Actuaries
C.A. Chartered Accountant
D.D.	Doctor of Divinity
D.L	Deputy Lieutenant
F.F.A.	Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries
F.R.C.S	Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
F.R.S.E.	Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
K.C.	King's Counsel
M.A.	Master of Arts
M.D.	Doctor of Medicine
M.I.P.E.	Member of the Institute of Production Engineers
J.P.	Justice of the Peace
S.S.C.	Solicitor to the Supreme Courts of Scotland
W.S.	Writer to the Signet
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"Just add three letters to Paris, and you have paradise." — Jules Renard. Here are 50 Beautiful Paris Quotes.
Paris Quotes
1. "Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art."― Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2. "We'll always have Paris."― Howard Koch
3. "I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace."― Natalie Lloyd
4. "Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past."― Michael Simkins
5. "Paris is always a good idea." — Audrey Hepburn
6. "To know Paris is to know a great deal." – Henry Miller
7. "In Paris, our lives are one masked ball." — Gaston Leroux
8. "He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime." — Victor Hugo
9. "When good Americans die, they go to Paris." — Oscar Wilde
10. "Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris." — Paula McLain
11."Paris is not a city; it's a world." — King Francis I
12. "You stumble, you soar. And if you're lucky, you make it to Paris for a while." — Amy Howard
13. "In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing… but that's impossible." — Christian Louboutin
14."The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant." — T.S. Eliot
15. "Secrets travel fast in Paris." — Napoleon Bonaparte
16. "Breathe Paris in. It nourishes the soul." — Victor Hugo
17. "I had forgotten how gently time passes in Paris. As lively as the city is, there's a stillness to it, a peace that lures you in. In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be." — Kristin Hannah
18. "In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator." — Jean Cocteau
19. "Just add three letters to Paris, and you have paradise." — Jules Renard
20. "That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me." — Midnight in Paris
21."The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature, and Music… it is worth anyone's while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything." — James Thurber
22."It's true, you never forget your first love, and for me, that will always be Paris." — Caitriona Balfe
23."A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on a last strand of daylight fading quietly, like a sigh." — Kate Simon
24. "London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation." – G. K. Chesterson
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Breathtaking images, some in gatefold format, convey the beauty and essence of the French capital• Special features and interesting facts bring to life the city's past and present• An inspiring gift or the perfect souvenir shaped by emperors, architects, and artists, Paris is a city of splendor, elegance, and romance; cosmopolitan and colorful, its streets pulse with life.
25. "There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you're in Paris and you already miss it." — Rosecrans Baldwin
26. "Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness."
― Willa Cather
27. "When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise." — Henry Miller
28. "I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles."― Cole Porter
29. "A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life." – Thomas Jefferson
30. "There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris." — Ernest Hemingway
31. "Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant." — Honoré de Balzac
32."And trade is art, and art's philosophy, In Paris."― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
33. "Paris is a city where time is best to spend by doing nothing"― Erich Maria Remarque
34."It is Paris that makes one feel poetic, Rome that makes one feel heroic, yet it is Miami that makes one feel young."― Pietros Maneos
35." No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind." — John Vinocur
36."There's something about Paris, people just don't have anything else do there but love each other." — Louis Garrel
37."If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memoires!." — Mehmet Murat ildan
38."Paris has always seemed, the only city where you can live and express yourself as you please." — Natalie Clifford Barney
39."I stared at absurd Paris, which was as cluttered now, under the scalding sun, as the landscape of my heart."
― James Baldwin
40. "Paris, viewed from the towers of Notre Dame in the cool dawn of a summer morning, is a delectable and a magnificent sight; and the Paris of that period must have been eminently so."― Victor Hugo
41. "I head in the direction of the Eiffel Tower when I exit the alley, relieved to be out of the dark."― Ashley Earley
42. "The breath of Paris pushes at my shutters. From the Balcony"― Jennifer Reeser
43. "To breath, the air of Paris preserves the soul."― Victor Hugo
44. "Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity. In two thousand years, Paris had seen it all."― Edward Rutherfurd
45. "Paris at night is a street show of a hundred moments you might have lived."― Courtney Maum
46. "There's nowhere that life feels more eternal, your dimwit youth more important, than Paris."― Charles Finch
47."The scent of flowers is the glory of gardens and the scent of art is the glory of Paris!"― Mehmet Murat ildan
48. "If you were in Paris your food might as well glitter."― Michelle Gable
49."You can't ever get too much of Paris."― Vicki Lesage
50. "Skinny-dipping is like Paris. It's always a good idea."― Rebecca Paula
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A city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography.It was on the banks of the Seine that Niépce and Daguerre officially gave birth to this new art that has flourished ever since, developing a distinctive language and becoming a vital tool of knowledge.Paris: Portrait of a City leads us
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College Park, Md. — Discipline-defying combustion experiments aboard the International Space Station. New, advanced technologies that help farmers tap the economic potential and environmental benefits of shellfish aquaculture. Wood transformed into something bouncy, bulletproof, and that might help save our planet.
For these reasons and more, the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) is ranked a Top 10 program for graduate-level engineering among the United States' public institutions in U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Graduate Education Rankings, released March 30. The 2022 rankings mark the Clark School's third consecutive year in the Top 10 for public engineering schools.
"What drives us at Maryland is training engineers and designing solutions that promote the public good, from batteries less prone to catching fire to drones that deliver life-saving organs. We're proud our students and faculty do work that improves people's lives and appreciate today's recognition of that commitment," says Robert Briber, interim dean of the Clark School. "Keep your eye on Maryland engineering: it's going to be an exciting year, and we're looking forward to sharing new discoveries and partnerships with the world."
The college ranks #20 overall among more than 200 public and private graduate engineering programs. The school's overall ranking rose from #24 in 2018 to #20 in 2021, maintaining that ranking in 2022's report.
Chemical engineering on the rise.
In the 2022 rankings, chemical engineering at Maryland climbed four spots among public institutions, to #19 from #23. Reasons for the increase include:
In the research lab of Associate Professor Akua Asa-Awuku, graduate students play a fundamental role in research on atmospheric nanoparticles (also known as aerosols) as they pertain to air quality, climate, and health. Projects range from a U.S. Army Lab (ARL)-funded initiative to classify aerosols with continuous, real-time measurements; to a National Science Foundation-funded effort to visualize the dynamic nanoscale processes that drive cloud droplet formation and influence climate; to a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded exploration of the measurement and transport of COVID-19 and other airborne disease aerosols.
"My mentees will one day become my peers, and I want them to be empowered to share their ideas, cultivate their voices, and use their personal strengths so that we can collaborate together," says Asa-Awuku.
Chunsheng Wang is one of the globe's most recognized experts in energy storage technology. Wang—who directs the Clark School's Center for Research in Extreme Batteries—also mentors a large team of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers working on solutions to accelerate non-flammable, high-energy batteries for commercial and military use. Their work is supported by large-scale grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, Army Research Lab, and other partners in innovation.
Wang's mentees are already achieving excellence, too. In just the past few years, students in his research group published high-impact papers on aqueous lithium-ion batteries in Science and Nature, organic electrolyte li-ion batteries in Nature Energy, Nature Nanotechnology, and solid state electrolyte lithium batteries in Nature Energy. A few of them later went to work for academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. For instance, Wang's former postdoctoral researcher Chongyin Yang joined Dalhousie University in Canada as assistant professor and Tesla Canada Chair to create the next generation of energy storage solutions for electric vehicles.
"My philosophy is encouraging my students to think creatively and solve challenges posed by the need to develop safer high-energy li-ion batteries. It's critical for their future careers to have this opportunity to innovate while being supported by DOE and ARL funding," says Wang.
Computing, drones, COVID, diversity: reasons for a top ranking.
Other key work that contributed to the Clark School's high ranking includes:
Leading the quantum revolution.
The Clark School supports engineers and scientists working on technologies poised to revolutionize the quantum industry. Graduate students work alongside experts in quantum science and systems engineering in the Quantum Technology Center (QTC), which takes promising quantum advances from the lab to the marketplace. Not only does QTC translate quantum research into innovative technologies; the center is training students in the development and application of quantum technologies to produce a workforce educated in quantum-related engineering.
Alireza Seif (Ph.D. '20) studied quantum information theory, quantum optics, and the application of machine learning in physics as a doctoral student at Maryland. Along with Associate Professor Mohammad Hafezi and fellow graduate student Hwanmun Kim, Seif received the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) award last year from Google to support research identifying and developing problems that simple quantum computers might help solve. He interned at IonQ, the first publicly traded pure-play hardware and software company in the quantum computing space co-founded in 2015 by QTC Fellow Christopher Monroe. Today, Seif is the Chicago Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.
"Our program at QTC encourages exploration into new areas of quantum technology and opportunities for hands-on experiences to advance students' careers," says QTC Founding Director and UMD Professor Ronald Walsworth.
Advancing drone capabilities and safety.
Flight safety software developed by UMD researchers and students could help unmanned aircraft respond to anomalies, malfunctions, and collision risks.
In the Clark School's Department of Aerospace Engineering, Assistant Professor Mumu Xu has been developing ways to help unmanned aircraft avoid collisions and respond effectively to unexpected situations, such as low visibility caused by dust or rain. This isn't just an academic exercise: with support from the Maryland Industrial Partnership (MIPS) program, she's partnering with Arlington-based Millennium Engineering and Integration (MEI) to test and implement the systems she and her students are developing.
"It's been a great opportunity for students to learn about how industry works by interacting with MEI employees and their summer interns," Xu says. "It also provides a real-life application that they can see in action."
Shaping policy response to COVID-19.
A team of graduate students is powering the development of a vital tool for researchers, policymakers, and journalists.
"I've not only been able to learn about cutting-edge technologies, but also to apply them to real-world applications in a way that benefits my career while also serving the general public. I feel really proud and that our work has helped inform the public about the spread of COVID-19," says Clark School doctoral student Mofeng Yang of his involvement with the Maryland Transportation Institute's COVID-19 Impact Analysis Platform, which harnesses cell phone data to track mobility trends during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The resource is maintained by a team of 11 graduate students in the transportation engineering program under the supervision of UMD Assistant Research Professor and project leader Chenfeng Xiong. Through the project students gain extensive, hands-on experience with industry-leading cloud computing technologies and big data/machine learning algorithms. Experience of this kind is rarely available at a graduate research program, but it is at the Clark School thanks to UMD's leadership in the transportation engineering and data mobility fields.
With the dashboard also tracking social and economic trends related to the pandemic, graduate students have the chance to work with leading experts in epidemiology, public health, economics, and the social sciences. "Standing up the platform in a timely manner to provide insights both to the public and to decision-makers and see the real-world impacts of this effort has been both thrilling and encouraging for the researchers working on this tool," says Ph.D. candidate Aref Darzi. He, Yang, and other team members have been interviewed by CNN, The Washington Post, and other media outlets covering trends tracked by the platform.
Confronting health disparities.
According to a 2017 study commissioned by the American Neurological Association, neurological diseases impact an estimated 100 million Americans every year. But many such diseases vary significantly in incidence, progression, or treatment depending on the patient's sex—for example, women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, yet men are 1.5 times more likely than women to be diagnosed with Parkinson's.
To address these disparities, Ph.D. student Callie Weber, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and Clark Doctoral Fellow, works in the lab of Associate Professor Alisa Clyne to investigate how the differences between male and female cells affect the development of neurological diseases. As research increasingly points to the benefits of personalized medicine, scientists and drugmakers alike can move towards developing targeted therapeutics based on sex or other demographic categories to improve treatment efficacy. In addition to these studies, Weber and Clyne are working with collaborators in public health to shed new light on how exercise changes the way that brain vascular cells from male and female donors metabolize glucose.
"Sex biases are introduced when researchers fail to consider sex as a biological variable, which can have broad impacts on the efficacy of our treatments," Weber says. "By studying sex differences at a cellular level, we can pinpoint mechanisms that may differ with sex." The team's case for including sex as a biological variable in cell-based experiments was highlighted in APL Bioengineering earlier this month.
Investing in diversity.
In October, the Clark School and Amazon announced the Amazon Lab126 Robotics and Diversity Initiative, a strategic collaboration to advance diversity and robotics research and education.
Amazon Lab126 is Amazon's research and development team for consumer electronic devices, software, and operations such as the Fire, Kindle, and Echo. The lab is committed to advancing robotics through both cutting-edge research and increasing the pipeline for underrepresented minority talent entering the field. The initiative includes funding for two Ph.D. fellowships in robotics through the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC), as well as funding for the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering and UMD's chapters of the Black Engineers Society and the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers.
"Amazon Lab126 has shown a tremendous commitment to supporting diversity through this partnership," says Derek Paley, MRC director and Willis H. Young Jr. Professor. "These fellowships will give deserving Ph.D. students the resources they need to to conduct state-of-the-art robotics research while completing their degrees."
Top 10 Highlights:
Maryland Graduate Engineering: 10 public; 20 overall
Aerospace: 8 public; 13 overall
Electrical: 8 public; 16 overall
Mechanical: 9 public; 17 overall
Computer: 10 public; 18 overall
Biomedical/Bioengineering: 14 public; 32 overall
Materials: 17 public; 26 overall
Chemical: 19 public; 30 overall
Civil: 19 public; 30 overall
The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland serves as the catalyst for high-quality research, innovation, and learning, delivering on a promise that all graduates will leave ready to impact the Grand Challenges of the 21st century. The Clark School is dedicated to leading and transforming the engineering discipline and profession, to accelerating entrepreneurship, and to transforming research and learning activities into new innovations that benefit millions.
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First-ever B.C. Limmud
Yiddish erotic poetry. It's not a phrase that trips off the tongue, perhaps because Celia Dropkin may have been its only practitioner. There were Yiddish poets and writers in Eastern Europe and America who addressed risqué topics, but few, if any, in ways as explicit as Dropkin.
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Faith Jones, a Vancouverite who teaches library science and who was previously a Yiddish bibliographer in the New York Public Library's Jewish division, will discuss Dropkin and the craft of translating Yiddish erotic poetry at the first-ever Limmud Vancouver Feb. 9, one of 42 presentations on a hugely diverse array of topics over a full day. With two other scholars, Jones translates Dropkin's work into English.
Dropkin (1887-1956) came to New York from Belarus in 1912, and immersed herself in the Bohemian life that was thriving there. It was at this time, as well, that she shifted from writing in Russian and began a career as a noted Yiddish poet and writer. This switch in vernacular appears to have been for practical reasons, not cultural or political ones, Jones explained.
"She wrote in Russian because she was educated in the gymnasium, in the Russian education system, and her literary influences were largely Russian," said Jones. "To her – she came from a very poor family – being able to go to gymnasium was really quite an accomplishment and the Russian language was itself a status symbol. Her ability to use it artistically was something that she would have been very proud of."
Once in New York, though, her audience would have been overwhelmingly Yiddish-speaking, and so it was probably a practical decision to switch. "I don't think Yiddish to her was the beginning and end of being Jewish," said Jones.
While nobody appears to have become rich writing poetry in Yiddish, Dropkin was comparatively a "commercial" success in terms of being widely read. She made some cash, particularly during the Depression, writing relatively mainstream short stories. Nevertheless, said Jones, "Her poetry was her real art, but you could not make a living on Yiddish poetry."
Why, though, was this traditionally educated woman so apparently ahead of her time on sexual matters?
"She was educated in this different way – she was educated in a Russian way, not in a Jewish way," Jones noted. "She also had a fair bit of freedom." Dropkin's father died when Celia was a child, and her mother was not particularly religious. The household appears to have been fairly open-minded and attuned to modernity. Her writing was different as well, Jones speculates, because she was a woman and also because she did not have the traditional Hebrew education that male poets of her time did.
"She was kind of freed because of being a woman," said Jones. "She didn't have a classical Hebrew education and so she was able to make up a different way of being a writer and wasn't as constrained by expectations that, if you are a Jewish writer, your writing would be laced with references to the Bible and things like that."
There were other poets writing about sexual matters, but in a much more veiled manner. A female Orthodox poet, for example, expressed her sensual ideas through depictions of hair, which would have resonance from an Orthodox female perspective. Dropkin was not so subtle.
"Dropkin had a poem, for example, in which it certainly seems to me that what she is describing is sadomasochistic sex. I don't think she's at all attempting to cover that up," Jones said. "Other poets would just refer to the bed and some longing and maybe there is a stroke."
Dropkin was published in the Yiddish journals of the day, despite the sometimes-scandalous nature of her work. "A scandal is always good for circulation," Jones laughed. "So they were happy to have it. They were Bohemians, so they were going to publish that sort of thing." There was a sense, among male critics and other poets, Jones said, that Dropkin's work might bring disrepute to the Jews – even though, because it was written in Yiddish, only Jews could have read it. But criticism of Dropkin from other Jews, mostly male, was probably due to more straightforward reactions.
"It was shocking, a woman speaking about her physical body, her desires, her lust," Jones said. "That was too much for them."
Dropkin's art, it seems, imitated her life. "She was really, really a Bohemian," Jones said. "She really lived that life pretty fully, notwithstanding being married, which did not appear to have been any kind of difficulty. So, for example, I was able to meet with [Dropkin's now deceased oldest son] many times and interview him, and I asked at one point, 'Was your father at all upset by your mother's sort of freewheeling life, having lovers, having a social life that was sort of separate from his?' He said, 'No it didn't really bother him,' and I had the impression that, you know, it went both ways."
Jones warns attendees at next month's Limmud conference that her session will not be appropriate for those who blanch at strong language and sexual imagery. But while the topic is erotic poetry and the craft of translating it, Jones said she has a broader ambition in presenting the topic.
"I would like people to think about re-envisioning our forbearers as people who were more like us. We need to really explore the people in our past and, as a historian, this is what I hope for most: that people will explore the past, understanding that these people were not like us, but in other ways were very much like us."
About the same time that Dropkin was writing steamy poems in New York, the klezmer scene was heating up Montreal. Emily Lam, an independent researcher dedicated to the history of Jewish music in Montreal, will present on the subject at the Limmud conference – and some of her findings will surprise.
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One of the first things to understand about klezmer music is that those who traditionally played it didn't call it klezmer, Lam said. The word klezmer simply means musician. So when musicians were performing a tune, they called it by the kind of tune it was – a freylech, a doyna, a hora. For present-day practitioners of the traditional Jewish tunes, however, as for the rest of us, klezmer is a handy shorthand.
"It's what they call it because everybody calls it that these days," said Lam, who has interviewed as many Montreal musicians from the early part of the 20th century as she has been able to track down. Among these artists, mostly now in their 80s and 90s, the "true" klezmorim were those from Eastern Europe and the musicians who learned directly from those masters. What we call klezmer, according to Lam, is a music that represents "homeland and folk … synonymous with a particular place and time that was physically left behind, yet … instantly accessible through the music's soundscapes, which connected the Jewish immigrant to their shtetl and the Yiddishkeit of their ancestral past."
As klezmer has seen a dramatic revival in recent decades, Lam said her interviewees are pleased that the music is being performed and heard again, but they invariably say something is missing.
"Everybody is very happy that more people know about this kind of music, more people know about the history of it," Lam said. "My interview subjects are happy that they still get to hear it if they choose to. They can go to concerts, they can go to festivals and events. They're really happy about that. However, they feel that when they hear it, something about it isn't the same. They always express that there is a lack of a certain feeling, a feeling within the music that they can't hear, that they did hear with other musicians – their predecessors, their mentors. So when they hear things from the so-called revival, while they enjoy it, something about it is lacking and they always express … there's just this feeling that's missing."
The progression of klezmer involved the original immigrants teaching it to their children, with a predictable downturn as the decades passed. "New immigrants want to carry on those traditions because that's what they know," Lam said. "There was a tradition that you learn this music and how to play it from your father and your uncles, relatives. The people that I interviewed were the children of the true klezmorim [the immigrants who brought the music from Eastern Europe]. They carried out the tradition but, obviously, as times change, people's interests, especially children of new immigrants, what they wanted, how they see their lives, was different from Eastern Europe."
Second-generation Canadians might have wanted the traditional tunes at their weddings, perhaps because their parents wanted it, but they also wanted more contemporary, popular music.
"As time progressed, there were less traditional tunes and more contemporary tunes," said Lam. "It's part of being an immigrant and having children in a new country. You try to instil these traditions. They're going to choose their own path."
But traditions can morph in unexpected ways. Weddings and bar mitzvahs may be a showcase for klezmer, but making a living in early- to mid-20th century Montreal as a musician meant being ready to take any gig that came along. Fortunately, klezmer can be a heavily improvisational musical form, similar to the vibrant jazz scene that was emerging in Montreal.
"If you were a klezmer, you were a versatile musician," Lam said. "So [for] lots of Jewish musicians, especially going into the '30s and onward, there's lots of crossing over with jazz music in Montreal."
Lam started her research during her undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa, mentored by Prof. Rebecca Margolis, who specializes in Yiddish culture in Canada, among other topics. Lam, who grew up in Peterborough, Ont., is the daughter of immigrants who fled Vietnam during the war there. She does not directly attribute her interest in this subject to her family's experience, but she sees a parallel. "I certainly can understand this sort of looking for something that reminds you of your homeland," Lam said.
Many people can name the most famous Jewish baseball players – precisely because there have been so few of them. Despite this, there are striking parallels between the practice of Judaism and the practice of baseball, according to Vancouver rabbi and University of British Columbia faculty member Hillel Goelman, who will present at the Limmud conference.
Hillel Goelman (photo from Hillel Goelman)
"I'm not going to just talk about Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg," he said. "That's not what the discussion is about. The discussion is that there are aspects of Jewish spiritual understandings, about deeper meanings of Judaism and some of the deeper meanings of baseball and that we can learn about one from the other."
There is a teaching in Jewish spirituality that views everything as being at an intersection of time and space and a journey of the soul, said Goelman. "Our whole history is about a journey through space, whether it's Abraham to Egypt, or the Jewish people coming out of Egypt, or making aliyah to the Land of Israel," he said. "In Jewish spirituality, in kabbalah, we believe that there are different realms of reality and that each of those can correspond to another level of reality that you can get higher and higher and higher until you end up at the highest, which is getting back home, and home is in the wholeness and the holiness of the home space."
Baseball is also about an individual's odyssey, he said. "Baseball is really about the individual, where it's the individual who scores the points, scores the runs. The ball doesn't have to go into a hoop or a net or anything like that. It's the individual who goes through a journey through space," he said.
There's also an intergenerational aspect, he added, in that Judaism is passed down from parents to children. The love of baseball is also conveyed transgenerationally. In addition, Judaism and baseball both have "two aspects of gaining knowledge," Goelman said. One aspect focuses on the legalistic proscriptions – "what you're commanded to do, commanded not to do, the appropriate behaviors" – the other is a very rich mythological lore.
"There is a mythology in Judaism, there is a mythology in baseball, that goes beyond the literal meaning of what's happening," he said. "Judaism gives us some very powerful metaphors and images and practices, which really resonate very deeply with us in terms of what is the Sabbath and why is that important and what are the High Holidays and why are they important, what is a bar mitzvah and why is that important, why is a wedding ceremony important. There is a lot of symbol and symbolism and mythology. And in baseball, as well, there's a lot of symbol and symbolism and mythology. I think that's why many of us find it so riveting."
The recent news of New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez's use of performance-enhancing drugs offers a vignette into another aspect of mythology.
"Here's another giant among us who has fallen, who has succumbed to whatever kind of temptation it was, of ego, of achievement, of seeing himself above and beyond the rules," Goelman said. "And this is sort of the karmic consequences of someone who exceeds the boundaries and doesn't really understand the beauty and the mythology of the game."
LimmudVan '14 is the first annual Limmud event here. The phenomenon, which began in London, has spread to dozens of cities worldwide. The Vancouver conference, which sold out weeks in advance, will feature more than 40 separate presentations on a huge array of topics. See next week's issue for more on Limmud. Full details at limmudvancouver.ca.
Pat Johnson is a Vancouver writer and principal in PRsuasiveMedia.com.
Posted on January 24, 2014 April 27, 2014 Author Pat JohnsonCategories LocalTags Celia Dropkin, Emily Lam, Faith Jones, Hillel Goelman, Jews in baseball, klezmer, Limmud, LimmudVan
Children's Hearing and Speech Centre celebrates 50th
The Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of British Columbia. (photo from childrenshearing.ca)
Imagine not being able to hear. The silence. The isolation. Now imagine the sounds of kids singing, playing, asking questions at story time – even though they are deaf or hard of hearing. These and other happy sounds filled the halls and classrooms of the Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of British Columbia when the Jewish Independent recently toured the centre, which just celebrated its 50th year.
Founded in 1963 as the Vancouver Oral Centre for Deaf Children by a group of parents with educator Hilda Gregory, CHSC's mission statement describes the facility as "a family-focused clinical and educational centre that teaches deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen and talk, giving them the skills and confidence they need to achieve their fullest potential."
According to the centre's website, "Gregory was one of a handful of deaf educators who believed that even children with profound hearing losses, wearing hearing aids, had enough residual hearing that they could learn to listen and talk. The model of small classes and individual sessions … is the one we still use today."
When the centre was started by Gregory, explained Janet Weil, executive director/principal of the CHSC, "There were no services for children under the age of 5. Hilda opened the first preschool for deaf children in Western Canada. What she did wasn't radical. There were programs throughout the world teaching deaf children how to speak. What she did do was create a place where deaf children, with the very best amplification (hearing aids) available and focused educational strategies, could learn to listen and talk. Parents were key, and so parent education was a requirement. Parents were very involved. They knew [it was] something special, and they did everything they could to support the well-being and sustainability of the centre.
"Things have changed," she said about developments over the last 50 years. "Children with profound hearing losses weren't being identified as DHH [deaf or hard of hearing] until they were sometimes 3 or 4 years old; and, with a more moderate loss, until they were in school and it was obvious they were missing things." Technological changes since the centre was started, however, "include newborn screening, which identifies a hearing loss at birth, [and has been] mandated in B.C. for all newborns as of 2009. There is a small window of learning when the child is very young. Neural plasticity means a child can access auditory information with prescriptive hearing aids and cochlear implants. The first three years are critical to get information to the brain that can be processed with relative ease. It makes all the difference for typical language and speech development – [it] impacts everything, especially reading."
Weil's uncle, born in the early part of the 20th century, was deaf. There was "no access to amplification, but my grandmother worked diligently with him to learn to talk," said Weil. "He went to Stanford, graduated with a degree in English literature and became an editor of college textbooks. [He] never learned to sign, was a lip-reader and talker; very active in the San Francisco Jewish community. My mother was also a teacher of the deaf, so it's really the family business."
About how she landed in Vancouver, Weil said, "I was recruited to the centre in 2010. I had been a teacher of the deaf in the SF [San Francisco] Bay area for many years, a consultant to schools for the deaf in the U.S., and was the early childhood education director at the Brotherhood Way JCC in San Francisco for six years."
The Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of British Columbia offers programs that are not offered anywhere else in Western Canada, she said. "We see children from birth through Grade 12," she said about what makes CHSC unique. She explained that its "various programs address individual needs," and the goal "is to integrate the children into the mainstream of school and society with learning readiness skills and confidence."
"What we know about the brain and sensory learning underscores our commitment to a team approach that includes occupational therapy; weekly sessions for identified children to address processing, balance, motor skills, learning differences. On-site audiology services make sure children have ongoing access to sound."
The centre has a "cognitively based curriculum that fosters critical thinking and independence," she added. As well, it recognizes that many of the deaf or hard-of-hearing children at the centre – more than 40 percent, she said – have additional learning needs. "What we know about the brain and sensory learning underscores our commitment to a team approach that includes occupational therapy; weekly sessions for identified children to address processing, balance, motor skills, learning differences. On-site audiology services make sure children have ongoing access to sound."
Weil sent the Independent a document she had written about CHSC's work with sensory integration. About the children who have additional learning needs, she wrote, "In addition to having a hearing loss, they also have vestibular dysfunction. The vestibular system, which sits insides the cochlea or inner ear, can be compromised when there is a hearing loss. The vestibular system influences nearly everything we do. That is why it is often referred to as 'sensory motor integration.'
"For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, it impacts auditory language processing so that children have difficulty discriminating likenesses and differences in what they hear, as well as an inability to comprehend what is being said in a noisy environment, follow directions and express themselves with ease.
"Occupational therapists work with children to strengthen their vestibular systems, which improves their ability to play and learn," she wrote.
In addition to occupational therapy, CHSC offers "speech and language therapy, parent education and support, before- and after-school care, music education and summer camp," according to its website. First Words is CHSC's program for children from birth to age 3; preschool and "language acceleration programs provide group and one-to-one sessions addressing each child's specific learning needs. Small, individually focused, on-site classes begin at age 3 and continue, if recommended, through the primary grades."
To help with children's transition out of the centre, into public school or post-Grade 12, Weil explained that there are social groups for the kids, there are workshops for the high school to post-secondary jump, and the centre provides itinerant teaching services to children in independent schools. Some graduates participate in fundraising activities, she added.
One of CHSC's itinerant students is Rina Pinsky, 15, who is in Grade 10 at King David High School. The youngest of four children, Pinksy told the Independent that she was diagnosed when she was 2 years old. "The type of hearing I have is called bilateral profound hearing loss, which means I am completely deaf in both ears," she said. "On my left ear, I have a cochlear implant and I use an FM system at school, which helps me hear teachers better."
She started going to the Children's Hearing and Speech Centre when she was 3 years old, and left after Grade 1. "Since then," she said, "I've had a hearing resource teacher from there. I still go back to the school to visit or volunteer for events."
"I went to CHSC to learn how to talk, listen, and how to interact with other people. Now, with all of that support, I am doing well in school and I'm able to be independent. I read from the Torah at my bat mitzvah in 2011, I am part of United Synagogue Youth (USY) and I have been to two Jewish summer camps (Camp Solomon Schechter, 2007-2012, and Camp Miriam, 2012-present). All of this would never have happened if it weren't for the staff at CHSC."
About how the CHSC has impacted her life, Pinsky said, "I went to CHSC to learn how to talk, listen, and how to interact with other people. Now, with all of that support, I am doing well in school and I'm able to be independent. I read from the Torah at my bat mitzvah in 2011, I am part of United Synagogue Youth (USY) and I have been to two Jewish summer camps (Camp Solomon Schechter, 2007-2012, and Camp Miriam, 2012-present). All of this would never have happened if it weren't for the staff at CHSC. I see Tricia [Eckels] twice a week at my school. We work on homework, editing papers, talking about my cochlear implant and FM system. Sometimes, we talk about current events."
When asked to share something about her interests and/or extracurricular activities, Pinsky told the Independent, "I love to cook and bake, which makes me want to go to culinary school after high school. Once a week, I do hip-hop at the Jewish Community Centre [of Greater Vancouver]. Traveling is one of my favorite things to do."
Pinsky is one of the hundreds of students that CHSC has taught since it opened. Among Weil's "blue sky" plans for the centre is reaching out to more children, with more training programs for new teachers and satellite programs (classes outside of Metro Vancouver). This would be in conjunction, of course, with maintaining the services currently being offered. The third annual Family Concert, for example, will raise funds to support CHSC's audiology program. "We do not receive government funding for this critical service," explained Weil, "so we must fundraise to be able to provide this vital service that ensures our children are always able to hear."
The family event has grown from one to two performances, both of which this year will feature children's entertainer Jennifer Gasoi, a two-time Juno nominee whose Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well was nominated for a 2014 Grammy for best children's album. (For interested readers, the Grammy ceremony takes place this Sunday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m., and will be televised.)
"What an idea," said Weil about the fundraiser, "having a music concert to support children who are deaf and hard of hearing because they can listen and sing and make music. A great way to highlight what is possible…. A great way to reach out to families in the community for a fun day and to let them know something about what we do." The event at the JCCGV's Rothstein Theatre will also feature clowns, games, auction items and face painting.
Weil said the suggestion to invite Gasoi came from committee member Marla Groberman.
"Marla worked with Jennifer's parents, Dr. Ivan and Laurie Gasoi, and it was agreed upon," said Weil. Given the local connection and the fact that many of the production committee members are involved in the Jewish community, Weil said that the JCCGV "seemed like the perfect place to have the concert."
The concerts will take place on April 12, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Early-bird tickets (until Feb. 28) are $13.50/$16.50, or $50 for a family of four (two adults and two children under 17). For tickets and information, visit childrenshearing.ca.
Format ImagePosted on January 24, 2014 April 27, 2014 Author Cynthia RamsayCategories LocalTags Children's Hearing and Speech Centre of British Columbia, Hilda Gregory, Janet Weil, Jennifer Gasoi, Rothstein Theatre, Vancouver Oral Centre for Deaf Children
PM Harper visits Israel
Left to right: Laureen Harper looks on as her husband receives a ceremonial souvenir key from the Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein in the Knesset's Chagall Room. (photo by Ashernet)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, to Israel earlier this week, acclaiming him as "a great friend of the Jewish state." During his official four-day visit to Israel, Harper addressed the Knesset and also held a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. This was Harper's first visit to Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at Ben Gurion Airport.
(photo by Ashernet)
During his speech to the Knesset, Harper spoke out strongly in defence of Israel. "People who would never say they hate and blame the Jews for their own failings or the problems of the world, instead declare their hatred of Israel and blame the only Jewish state for the problems of the Middle East," he said. "This is twisted logic and outright malice. Some civil-society leaders today call for a boycott of Israel – most disgracefully of all, some openly call Israel an apartheid state. Think about that. Think about the twisted logic and outright malice behind that. A state, based on freedom, democracy and the rule of law, that was founded so Jews can flourish as Jews and seek shelter from the shadow of the worst racist experiment in history," he said.
"But what else can we call criticism that selectively condemns only the Jewish state and effectively denies its right to defend itself while systematically ignoring – or excusing – the violence and oppression all around it? This is the face of the new antisemitism. It targets the Jewish people by targeting Israel and attempts to make the old bigotry acceptable for a new generation."
The Canadian prime minister received a standing ovation after addressing the members of Knesset on Monday, Jan. 20.
He continued, "Canada will defend Israel's right to exist, because Jewish people deserve their own homeland after generations of persecution. Jewish people deserve to live safely and peacefully in that homeland. And, just as Canada supports Israel's right to self-defence, Canada supports a just and secure future for the Palestinian people." Earlier that day, Harper announced a $66 million aid package for the Palestinians.
Format ImagePosted on January 24, 2014 April 7, 2014 Author Edgar AsherCategories IsraelTags $66 milion, Binyamin Netanyahu, Laureen Harper, Stephen Harper, Yuli Edelstein
Stamp collector Ed Kroft wins awards
Collect postal history and you learn not just how mail has traveled in years past, but also how people lived and functioned. Just ask Ed Kroft, a collector and historian of postal history from Israel who was recently awarded the 2013 Leslie Reggel Memorial Award by the Society of Israel Philatelists (SIP) for his outstanding contributions to Israel philately.
Lawyer Ed Kroft, an avid stamp collector, was granted the 2013 Leslie Reggel Memorial Award by the Society of Israel Philatelists.
Kroft is a Vancouver tax lawyer and ardent collector of postal history who started collecting stamps at the tender age of 10. "My teacher at Associated Hebrew Day Schools in Toronto, Ed Deutsch, would bring his stamp collection to school to show us, and he focused on the stamps of Israel," he recalled. "We formed a stamp club at school and later, I worked at a stamp store to put myself through university."
Stamp collecting has changed significantly over the years, as many people have moved from soaking stamps off the paper they were used on, to collecting postal history and learning to understand the postmarks and information on the envelopes that contain those stamps.
"Postal history tells a story about how mail has traveled, which requires you to learn about the area, the population, how to read postmarks and envelopes," he said. "The beauty of collecting postal history as opposed to collecting stamps is that you're collecting different pieces of mail and trying to describe the history of the postal services."
In a room filled with bookshelves containing the vast collection he's amassed, Kroft has binders containing mail that originated in Israel but was destined for many different corners of the world, from New Zealand and Australia to South Africa, Argentina, the Caribbean islands, Brazil and Chile.
"As a Jew, I care about this because it's interesting to see where Jews were at that time," he said. "This collection gives me connections to Jewish culture and identity, Jewish history, geography, events, places, buildings and customs. This is part of our heritage, and we can't let this history disappear."
Kroft's collection of mail from the Holy Land dates from the 1870s to the present day. From one binder, he pulled out an envelope inscribed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky to one of his relatives in 1918, and another written to Jabotinsky by his mother. There's an envelope written by Captain Joseph Trumpeldor and another by Sir Moses Montefiore. While the letters are often no longer in those envelopes, the envelopes offer evidence about the passage of mail, Kroft explained.
The Society of Israel Philatelists is a nonprofit dedicated to studying and promoting Israel philately, with members all over the world. Kroft joined SIP in the mid-1970s and has been an active member ever since, currently serving as its president.
"My collection of Holy Land philately has helped me make many friends around the world who have common interests," he said. "It's taught me a lot about Judaism and brought to life things I learned when I was much younger."
His collections include the history of Rishon LeZion from settlement through statehood, 1882-1948, a history of prisoners of war in 1948-1949, and the history of the Carmel Wine Co., among others. Each one tells a story through postal history, a story about which Kroft is passionate, eager to learn more about and committed to teaching others. "I'm honored to win the award," he said. "The people who preceded me were extremely knowledgeable and great collectors."
For now, he is intent on keeping the future of SIP bright by spreading information about its members and their work, and he is hoping to attract new collectors to its ranks.
Kroft will be speaking on The Relevance and Enjoyment of Philately, the Hobby of Stamp Collecting, to Jews in the 21st Century, on Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Sholom Synagogue.
Lauren Kramer, an award-winning writer and editor, lives in Richmond, B.C. To read her work online, visit laurenkramer.net.
Posted on January 17, 2014 May 1, 2014 Author Lauren KramerCategories LocalTags Leslie Reggel Memorial Award, Society of Israel Philatelists, Temple Sholom Synagogue
Nicholas Winton's kindertransport
The Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society will mark Vancouver Raoul Wallenberg Day on Jan. 19 with the screening of the documentary Nicky's Family, about Holocaust hero Nicholas Winton.
Now 104 years old, Winton lives in England (where he was born). The story of his heroism during the Holocaust starts in 1938, when he was a stockbroker. Receiving a letter from a friend in Prague about the plight of Jews in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, he traveled there to assess the situation for himself. Shocked at what he witnessed, he established an organization to aid children from Jewish families, setting up office in his hotel room in Prague, from which he eventually expanded.
Nicky's Family will be screened in Vancouver on Jan. 19.
The director of Nicky's Family, Matej Minac, said in an interview on Czech Radio in 2003: "When he came here to Prague, and wanted to rescue all these children, and he had a plan how to do it, everybody was telling him – you know, it's absurd. You can never manage it. The British won't let the children in. The Gestapo won't let the children out. You don't have the money, so how do you want to do it? It's crazy. And Winton said that anything that is reasonable can be achieved."
After Kristallnacht, in November 1938, the British Parliament approved the entry of refugees younger than 17 into the country, if they had a place to stay and a warranty was paid. Knowing this, Winton left his friends in Prague to manage the gathering of the children there and returned to London, where he started a campaign to find foster homes and the necessary guarantees for as many children as he could.
Winton also organized for the Jewish children to be transported on trains and then on to ferries to England, where the foster families met them. The operation later became known as the Czech Kindertransport. It lasted until the official start of the Second World War on Sept. 1, 1939, by which time 669 of "his children" had arrived in England. He kept records of the names and addresses of the children, their parents and their foster families. Most of the Jewish parents in Prague perished during the Holocaust.
Winton never told anyone of this enterprise. Fifty years after the fact, his wife found a suitcase in the attic with all his wartime documentation. She contacted the BBC, and they sent letters to the addresses of the foster families. Several dozen people responded. Most of them didn't know the identity of their rescuer. His "children" and their children and grandchildren now number more than 6,000.
A 1988 TV program about the reunion of Winton and dozens of the children he had saved started a snowball of recognition; among the honors, Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
In the late 1990s, Minac was searching for a theme for his next film. The Czech director read Pearls of Childhood by Vera Gissin, in which she mentions Winton and his rescue operation.
"I was astonished," said Minac in the aforementioned radio interview. "That's exactly what I needed for my story. I wrote a film treatment and I asked one lady, Alice Klimova, whether she could translate it into English. She said: 'Matej, I think you have a few mistakes in your treatment, especially the scene in the train station, when the children are leaving for Britain.' I said: 'How do you know?' And she said: 'I know because I was one of those children, of Winton's children…. I was only four-and-a-half years old. I don't remember it so well. Why don't you call Nicky, Nicky Winton?' And I said: 'How do you mean Nicky Winton? He's still alive?' She said: 'Yes. He'd be very happy to talk to you, he's a nice person, and I'm sure he would help.' Two months later, I visited Nicky. We spent a beautiful afternoon together, and I knew that I can't do only one film … but I will have to do also a documentary…."
In the end, Minac made three movies about Winton: one feature, All My Loved Ones (1999), the documentary The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (2002), which won an Emmy Award, and Nicky's Family (2011), which includes reenactments and never-before-seen archival footage, as well as interviews with Winton and a number of those he rescued.
The Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society, which is hosting the Nicky's Family screening and reception here, incorporated in April 2013, Deborah Ross-Grayman, one of the society's founding members, told the Independent. "This was the natural outgrowth of the Raoul Wallenberg Day event, which began in 1986 with the placement of a plaque in Queen Elizabeth Park. It was revived on the 20th anniversary in 2006, as a cooperative event sponsored by the honorary Swedish consul, Anders Neumuller, and the Vancouver Second Generation Group…. We formed the society in order to be able to formally present an award for civil courage, and so acknowledge and support such heroic acts today."
She added that approximately 50 diplomats from different countries risked their lives and careers to save the lives of Jews during the Second World War. "We have shown films highlighting the acts of Wallenberg, Sweden, and Chiune Sugihara, Japan, [whose visa saved Ross-Grayman's mother's life] as well as people from Chile, Portugal and Spain. Wallenberg saved approximately 100,000 people and Sugihara saved approximately 6,000. Their names stand as a symbol for all such courageous and heroic acts."
Nicky's Family will screen at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver's Rothstein Theatre on Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m.
Olga Livshin is a Vancouver freelance writer. She can be reached at [email protected].
Posted on January 10, 2014 March 28, 2014 Author Olga LivshinCategories LocalTags Deborah Ross-Grayman, kindertransport, Kristallnacht, Matej Minac, Nicholas Winton, Nicky's Family, Pearls of Childhood, Raoul Wallenberg Day, The Power of Good, Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society


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