Herman Melville Famous memorial
BIRTH
1 Aug 1819
"At twelve, he was forced to leave Albany Academy, and take a job as a bank clerk. In 1839, Melville shipped out as a cabin boy on the whaler "Acushnet." He lived briefly among the Typee tribe in the Marquesas Islands. In his mid-20s, he returned home and wrote of his journeys.
His early novels of South Seas adventures were quite popular, and by age thirty, he had published five books in five years.
In 1847, Melville married Elisabeth Shaw, daughter of the chief justice of Massachusetts.
___
"Maria Gansevoort Melville
1791 – 1872 • Albany Rural Cemetery
Daughter of Wessel and Maria (Gerritse) Van Schaick. Catherine and Peter's daughter, Maria Gansevoort Melville, was the mother of Herman Melville."
"Daughter of Jan Gerritse and his second wife, Maria Winne Gerritse. Maria Winne was the daughter of Adam Winne & Anna Lookermans Winne."
https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/g/magerr6009.html
"Another senior Biden political aide to depart
Jordan Finkelstein will follow Anita Dunn to the top pro-Harris super PAC."
"A special assistant to the president and Dunn’s chief of staff, Finkelstein was a liaison between various teams within the White House communications shop and helped organize messaging around Biden’s campaign launch last spring, administration responses to Supreme Court decisions and rollouts of top legislative priorities. "
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/31/senior-biden-aide-finkelstein-depart-00172009
'Typee
was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as
the "man who lived among the cannibals".
"US President Joe Biden’s apparent suggestion
his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals
during World War II
has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its leader."
Communications.
___
"According to human rights groups, at least 266 people were killed in the violence and more than 7,000 injured.
Bangladesh has arrested more than 10,000 people and banned a major opposition party as part of a crackdown on dissent after weeks of protests.
Activists have accused the government, led by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, of an authoritarian witch-hunt against student leaders and political opposition groups, who it has sought to blame for the violence."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/bangladesh-arrests-protests-crackdown
"Families of those detained said students who had attended peaceful protests
or expressed support for the movement on social media were being rounded up en masse by police
in the middle of the night, with relatives denied any information on their whereabouts.
More than 200,000 people
have been named in cases filed by police this week."
The World is Watching
No comments:
Post a Comment