Cameron, Verney Lovett

Japanese: カメロン（英語表記）Cameron， Verney Lovett
Cameron, Verney Lovett
Born: July 1, 1844. Dorset, Radipole
[Died] March 27, 1894. British explorer from near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Also spelled Cameron. The first European to cross equatorial Africa. Selected as a member of the expedition dispatched by the Royal Geographical Office in 1872 to seek news of D. Livingstone and to conduct his own exploration. After leaving Zanzibar, learning of Livingstone's death, he went to Lake Tanganyika and explored the southern part of the lake. He then explored the headwaters of the Congo River and the Zambezi River, finding the source of the latter. On November 7, 1875, he finally reached the west coast of Africa near Benguela (now Angola). In 1877, he wrote Across Africa. To the Gold Coast for Gold (1883) was co-written with R. Burton.

Cameron
Cameron(Camero), John

Born: 1580. Glasgow
[Died] 1625
A Calvinist theologian born in Scotland and active in France. After graduating from the University of Glasgow, he went to France and served as professor at the Saumur Seminary (1618), rector of the University of Glasgow (22), and professor of theology at the University of Montauban (24). He is considered a pioneer of covenant theology, which emphasizes the relationship between God and humans through the covenant, and is based on Calvinism with a strong humanistic color. His moderate views were opposed by radical Calvinists, and he was stabbed in the street. His main work is These de gratia et libro arbitrio (18), on grace and free will.

Cameron
Cameron, Julia Margaret

Born: June 11, 1815, Calcutta
[Died] January 26, 1879. A British female photographer born in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. She began taking photographs with a camera given to her by her daughter on her 42nd birthday. Her works include portraits of famous Victorian artists such as Wordsworth, Longfellow, and Tennyson, and she frequently used close-ups to dynamically express the personalities of her subjects, eschewing techniques such as retouching and enlargement.

Cameron
Cameron, James Donald

Born May 14, 1833 in Middleton, Pennsylvania
[Died] August 30, 1918. Lancaster. American politician. Also spelled Cameron. Son of S. Cameron (1799-1889), a banker and politician based in Pennsylvania, he succeeded his father as leader of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. Secretary of War from 1876 to 1877, and U.S. Senator from 1877 to 1897.

Cameron
Cameron, Richard

[Born] Around 1648
[Died] July 22, 1680.
Cameron, founder of the Cameronians, a sect of the Church of Scotland. He organized the Covenanters, who believed in the principle of the covenant to protect the presbyterian system of the Church of Scotland, and became their leader. When Charles II broke the covenant, he issued the Declaration of Saint-Quarre (1680) to depose the king, and was killed in battle against the royal army.

Cameron
Cameron, Donald

Born 1695. Lochiel, Inverness
[Died] 1748
Cameron, the chief of the Cameron tribe of Scotland. He became a Jacobite and participated in the Forty-five Years Rebellion. He was wounded at the Battle of Culloden and fled to France.

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Japanese:
[生]1844.7.1. ドーセット，ラディポール
[没]1894.3.27. ベッドフォードシャー，レイトンバザード近郊
イギリスの探検家。キャメロンとも表記される。ヨーロッパ人として初めて赤道下のアフリカを横断した。 D.リビングストンの消息を求めるとともに独自の探検を行うため，1872年王立地理院が派遣した探検隊の一員に選ばれた。ザンジバル出発後リビングストンの死が判明したので，タンガニーカ湖へ行き湖の南部を探検。次いでコンゴ川とザンベジ川の源流地帯を踏査，後者の源を見出した。 75年 11月7日ついにアフリカ西岸ベンゲラ (現アンゴラ) 付近に到達。 77年『アフリカ横断』 Across Africaを著わした。『黄金を求めて黄金海岸へ』 To the Gold Coast for Gold (1883) は R.バートンとの共著。

カメロン
Cameron(Camero)， John

[生]1580. グラスゴー
[没]1625
スコットランドに生れ，フランスで活躍したカルバン派神学者。グラスゴー大学卒業後フランスに渡り，ソミュール神学校教授 (1618) ，グラスゴー大学学長 (22) ，モントーバン大学神学教授 (24) を歴任。人道主義的色彩の濃いカルバン主義に立ち，契約における神と人間との関係を強調する契約神学の先駆者とみなされる。その穏健な主張は，急進的カルバン主義者の反対を受け，そのため路上で刺された。主著『恩寵と自由意志論』 These de gratia et libro arbitrio (18) 。

カメロン
Cameron， Julia Margaret

[生]1815.6.11. カルカッタ
[没]1879.1.26. スリランカ，カルータラ
インド出身のイギリスの女性写真家。 42歳の誕生日に娘から贈られたカメラで撮影を始める。作品にはビクトリア朝時代の著名な芸術家，ワーズワス，ロングフェロー，テニソンなどの肖像写真が多く，クローズアップを多用し，修整や引き伸ばしといった技巧を退けて人物の個性を躍動的に表現した。

カメロン
Cameron， James Donald

[生]1833.5.14. ペンシルバニア，ミドルトン
[没]1918.8.30. ランカスター
アメリカの政治家。キャメロンとも表記される。ペンシルバニア州を地盤とする銀行家，政治家の S.カメロン (1799～1889) の子で，父を継いでペンシルバニア州の共和党組織の指導者となる。 1876～77年陸軍長官，77～97年連邦上院議員。

カメロン
Cameron， Richard

[生]1648頃
[没]1680.7.22.
スコットランド教会の分離小派であるカメロン派の創始者。スコットランド教会で長老制を守る契約 covenantの原理を信奉するカベナンターを組織し，その指導者となった。チャールズ2世が契約を守らなかったため，国王を廃位する旨のサンクアール宣言を発し (1680) ，王軍と戦って戦死した。

カメロン
Cameron， Donald

[生]1695. インバーネス，ロキール
[没]1748
スコットランドのカメロン族の長。キャメロンとも表記される。心ならずもジャコバイトになり，「四十五年の反乱」に参加，カロデンの戦いで負傷し，フランスに亡命。

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