Grant, Cary

Japanese: グラント（英語表記）Grant, Cary

Born January 18, 1904 in Bristol, England
[Died] November 29, 1986. Davenport, Iowa, United States. British-born American film actor. Real name Archibald Alexander Leach. For many years he was one of Hollywood's most popular leading men. To escape his family's difficulties and poverty, he ran away from home at age 13. He became an acrobat in a traveling troupe and moved to the United States in 1920 to perform in the United States. In 1932 he signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, where management gave him the stage name Cary Grant. In 1941 he adopted this stage name as his real name. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he established his popularity with romantic comedies and action-adventure films. His Girl Friday (1940) is considered one of the greatest comedies in the history of film. His collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock were both great successes, producing masterpieces such as To Catch a Thief (1955), in which he and Grace Kelly improvised their acting, and North by Northwest (1959), which could be called his greatest work. He was nominated twice for an Academy Award but did not win, and in 1969 he received an Honorary Academy Award.

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Grant, Ulysses S.

Born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio
[Died] July 23, 1885. Mount McGregor, New York. American soldier and politician. Real name Hiram Ulysses Grant. 18th President (in office 1869-77). Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he recruited and trained Union soldiers at the request of President Abraham Lincoln, and directed operations in the Western region. In March 1864, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army. In May and June 1864, he divided the Confederate Army led by General Robert E. Lee along the Mississippi River line, pinning Lee's army in Peterborough near Richmond, and in April 1865, he broke Lee's Peterborough defense line and forced him to surrender at Appomattox. After the Civil War, he was recommended by the radical Republicans and became president in 1869. During his two terms as president, however, the government and business ties deepened, and corruption became widespread. In 1884, he began writing, and the memoirs he contributed to Century Magazine were published as The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant (2 volumes, 1885-86).

Grant
Grant, James Augustus

Born: April 11, 1827, Nairn
[Died] February 11, 1892. Nairn British soldier and African explorer. From 1861 onwards, he accompanied his friend J. Speke in his search for the source of the Nile River. He explored the equatorial regions of Africa. His travelogue is A Walk Across Africa (1864). In 1868, he participated in the Ethiopian expedition.

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Grant, Duncan James Corrowr

Born January 21, 1885, Marcus Rosie, Scotland
[Died] May 10, 1978. Aldermaston British painter. After studying in Paris, he became one of the leading figures of the Bloomsbury Group from 1913 to 1919. Along with R. Fry, he is considered one of the first painters to introduce Post-Impressionism to the British art world.

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Grant, Sir Francis

[Born] 1803
[Died] 1878
British painter. He gained fame for his many miniature paintings of hunting subjects. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1851 and its president in 1866. His major work is "Walter Scott with Two Staghounds" (1831, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh).

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[生]1904.1.18. イギリス，ブリストル
[没]1986.11.29. アメリカ合衆国，アイオワ，ダベンポート
イギリス生まれのアメリカ合衆国の映画俳優。本名 Archibald Alexander Leach。長年にわたりハリウッド映画界きっての二枚目スターとして人気を誇った。すさんだ家庭と貧しさから逃れるため，13歳で家出。旅芸人一座の曲芸師となり，1920年に巡業先のアメリカに移住した。1932年パラマウント・ピクチャーズと契約を結び，経営陣からケーリー・グラントの芸名を与えられた。1941年，この芸名を本名とした。1930年代後半から 1940年代初めにかけて，ロマンチック・コメディとアクション・アドベンチャー映画で人気を確立。『ヒズ・ガール・フライデー』His Girl Friday（1940）は，映画史上最高の傑作コメディに数えられる。また，アルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督と組んだ作品群は両者にとって会心作となり，グレース・ケリーとのアドリブの演技が評判を呼んだ『泥棒成金』To Catch a Thief（1955）や，集大成と呼ぶにふさわしい『北北西に進路を取れ』North by Northwest（1959）などの名作を生み出した。アカデミー賞には 2回ノミネートされたが受賞にはいたらず，1969年アカデミー賞名誉賞を受賞している。

グラント
Grant, Ulysses S.

[生]1822.4.27. オハイオ，ポイントプレザント
[没]1885.7.23. ニューヨーク，マウントマックグレゴール
アメリカ合衆国の軍人，政治家。本名 Hiram Ulysses Grant。第 18代大統領 (在任 1869～77) 。南北戦争時の連邦軍総司令官。南北戦争勃発の際，エブラハム・リンカーン大統領の要望により北軍兵士の徴募，訓練にあたり，西部地域の諸作戦を指揮し，1864年3月北軍の総司令官に任じられた。同 1864年5～6月，ロバート・E.リー将軍の率いる南軍をミシシッピ川の線で分断し，リーの軍団をリッチモンド付近のピーターバラに固定させ，1865年4月，リーのピーターバラ防衛線を破ってアポマトックスで降伏させた。南北戦争後，共和党急進派から推されて，1869年大統領に就任。しかし，2期にわたる大統領在任中に政府と実業家との癒着が深まり，不正腐敗が続出した。 1884年以降文筆生活に入り，『センチュリー・マガジン』誌に寄稿した回想録は『グラントの回想録』 The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (2巻，1885～86) として出版された。

グラント
Grant， James Augustus

[生]1827.4.11. ネアン
[没]1892.2.11. ネアン
イギリスの軍人，アフリカ探検家。 1861年以降，友人 J.スピークに同行して，ナイル川の源を求めるのに協力。アフリカの赤道地帯を踏査した。その旅行記が，『アフリカ徒行』A Walk Across Africa (1864) である。 68年エチオピア遠征に参加。