Barry, Sir Charles

Japanese: バリー（英語表記）Barry， Sir Charles

Born: May 23, 1795, London
[Died] May 12, 1860, London. British architect. Representative of the Gothic Revival style. Traveled to Italy, Greece, Egypt, Palestine, etc. to study architecture, and returned to Japan in 1820. In 1823, he won the design competition for St. Peter's Cathedral, Brighton. His designs for the Traveller's Club (1829-31) and the Reform Club (1837-41) were in the classical style. He is especially known for designing the Houses of Parliament (1840-65) together with A. Pugin. He was made a member of the Royal Academician in 1841 and a knight in 1852. His three sons, Alfred (1826-1910), Edward Middleton (1830-80), and John Woolf (1836-1918), were also famous architects, but Edward was especially known for designing the National Gallery in London and was a professor at the Royal Academy (1873-80).

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Barry

A city in the southeast of the Vale of Glamorgan in southeast Wales, England. It is the seat of the Vale of Glamorgan government. In Welsh, it is called Y Barri. It is a port city on the Bristol Channel, located about 10 km southwest of Cardiff. In 1881, it was a small village with a population of only 85, but it developed rapidly after a coal port was built in 1889 for the South Wales coalfields behind it. When the coal industry in the region declined after World War I, the city's economy was hit hard, but since the 1960s it has recovered by handling a variety of goods. It also handles imported goods such as bananas and oil. It is the commercial and service center of the Vale of Glamorgan. It is also known as a seaside resort with beautiful sandy beaches and various entertainment facilities. Population: 50,661 (2001).

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Barry, John

Born: 1745. Wexford, Ireland
Died September 13, 1803. Philadelphia. American military officer. At the age of 21, he became captain of a merchant ship in Philadelphia. With the start of the American War of Independence, he organized the first American fleet in the fall of 1775, and served as captain of frigates such as the Lexington, Effingham, and Raleigh. In 1780, he sailed for France as captain of the Alliance, defeating two British ships at sea. He retired once, but was ordered back to the United States in 1894. During the conflict against France from 1898 to 1800, he commanded the West India Squadron. In his later years, he trained the next generation of sailors, including S. Decatur and R. Summers, and was called the "father of the navy."

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Barrie, Sir James (Matthew)

Born: May 9, 1860, Angus
[Died] June 19, 1937, London. British playwright and novelist. Born in Scotland. Studied at the University of Edinburgh. After working as a journalist in Nottingham for two years, he went to London, where his novels were well received and he then moved into playwriting. His representative plays include the satirical comedy of manners The Admirable Crichton (1902), the fantasy work Peter Pan (04) which deals with the eternal innocence of childhood, and Dear Brutus (17). In 1930 he became Honorary Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.

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Barry, James

Born: October 11, 1741, Cork
[Died] February 22, 1806. London. British painter. He studied painting in Italy from 1766 to 1770, and in 1771 exhibited "Adam and Eve" (National Gallery, Dublin) in London. He became a member of the Royal Academician in 1773, and was appointed professor of painting at the academy in 1782, but was expelled in 1799 due to differences with his colleagues. His other major works include "The Death of General Woolf" (1776) and "The Development of Human Culture" (1777-83), which he created for the hall of the Royal Society.

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Barry, Philip

Born June 18, 1896 in Rochester, New York
[Died] December 3, 1949. New York. American playwright. After graduating from Yale University, he studied playwrighting under G. Baker at Harvard University, and left behind excellent works of high comedy that ironically depicted problems of love and marriage. His representative works are The Animal Kingdom (1932) and The Philadelphia Story (39).

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Barye, Antoine Louis

Born: September 24, 1796 in Paris
Died June 25, 1875. Paris. French sculptor. Representative of Romantic sculpture in the first half of the 19th century. Known for his dynamic and tense animal sculptures, he made use of the experience he gained in his youth when he was employed as a metalworker creating animal specimens at the Botanical Gardens in Paris. His representative works include "Lion Fighting a Snake" (1833, Louvre Museum) and "Seated Lion" (1847, Musée d'Orsay).

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Barre

A city in central Vermont, USA. Settled in 1788, incorporated in 1894. Granite quarrying has been the main industry since the early 19th century, and it remains the main industry today. Other industries include the manufacture of electrical appliances. Population 9,482 (1990).

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[生]1795.5.23. ロンドン
[没]1860.5.12. ロンドン
イギリスの建築家。ゴシック・リバイバル様式の代表者。イタリア，ギリシア，エジプト，パレスチナなどを建築の研究のために旅行し，1820年に帰国。 23年にブライトンのセント・ピーター聖堂の設計コンクールに当選。トラベラーズ・クラブ (1829～31) ，リフォーム・クラブ (37～41) の設計は古典様式によった。特に A.ピュージンとともに英国国会議事堂 (40～65) の設計者として知られる。 41年ロイヤル・アカデミー会員，52年ナイト爵。3人の息子，アルフレッド (26～1910) ，エドワード・ミドルトン (1830～80) ，ジョン・ウルフ (36～1918) もそれぞれ建築家として知られるが，特にエドワードはロンドンのナショナル・ギャラリーなどの設計者として知られ，ロイヤル・アカデミーの教授をつとめた (1873～80) 。

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イギリス，ウェールズ南東部，ベールオブグラモーガン南東部の都市。ベールオブグラモーガンの行政府所在地。ウェールズ語では Y Barri。ブリストル海峡に臨む港湾都市で，カーディフの南西約 10kmに位置する。1881年には人口わずか 85の寒村であったが，1889年背後の南ウェールズ炭田のための石炭積出港が建設されてから急速に発展。第1次世界大戦後にこの地域の石炭産業が衰えると，市の経済も大きな打撃を受けたが，1960年代以降はさまざまな貨物を扱うようになり再興を果たした。バナナや石油などの輸入品も扱う。ベールオブグラモーガンの商業やサービスの中心地。美しい砂浜海岸や各種の娯楽施設があり，海浜保養地としても知られる。人口 5万661（2001）。

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Barry， John

[生]1745. アイルランド，ウェクスフォード
[没]1803.9.13. フィラデルフィア
アメリカの軍人。 21歳でフィラデルフィアの商船の船長となり，アメリカ独立戦争の開始とともに，1775年秋，最初のアメリカ艦隊を整え，『レキシントン』『エフィンガム』『ローリー』などのフリゲート艦長として活躍。 80年『アライアンス』の艦長としてフランスに向い，洋上でイギリス艦2隻を破った。一度退役したが，94年に再び『ユナイテッド・ステーツ』の艦長を命じられた。 98～1800年の対仏紛争では西インド艦隊を指揮。晩年は S.ディケーター，R.サマーズらの後進を育成，「海軍の父」と呼ばれた。

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Barrie， Sir James (Matthew)

[生]1860.5.9. アンガス
[没]1937.6.19. ロンドン
イギリスの劇作家，小説家。スコットランド出身。エディンバラ大学に学ぶ。ノッティンガムで2年間ジャーナリストとして働いたのち，ロンドンに出，小説で好評を博し，さらに劇作に進出。代表的戯曲は，風刺的風習喜劇『あっぱれクライトン』 The Admirable Crichton (1902) ，永遠の童心を扱った幻想的作品『ピーター・パン』 Peter Pan (04) ，『親愛なるブルータス』 Dear Brutus (17) など。 1930年エディンバラ大学名誉総長。

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Barry， James

[生]1741.10.11. コーク
[没]1806.2.22. ロンドン
イギリスの画家。 1766～70年イタリアで絵を学び，71年ロンドンで『アダムとイブ』 (ダブリン，ナショナル・ギャラリー) を発表。 73年にロイヤル・アカデミー会員となり，82年にアカデミーの絵画教授に指名されたが，同僚と折合わず 99年に除名された。その他の主要作品『ウルフ将軍の死』 (1776) ，ロイヤル・ソサエティの広間のために制作した『人類文化の発展』 (77～83) 。

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Barry， Philip

[生]1896.6.18. ニューヨーク，ロチェスター
[没]1949.12.3. ニューヨーク
アメリカの劇作家。エール大学卒業後ハーバード大学の G.ベーカーのもとで劇作を学び，愛情と結婚の問題をアイロニカルに描いた高級喜劇 (ハイ・コメディー) にすぐれた作品を残した。代表作『動物王国』 The Animal Kingdom (1932) ，『フィラデルフィア物語』 The Philadelphia Story (39) 。

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Barye， Antoine Louis

[生]1796.9.24. パリ
[没]1875.6.25. パリ
フランスの彫刻家。 19世紀前半のロマン派彫刻を代表する。青年時代にパリの植物園で動物標本制作の鋳金工として雇われていたときの経験を生かした，動感と緊張をもった動物彫刻で有名。代表作『蛇と戦う獅子』 (1833，ルーブル美術館) ，『すわる獅子』 (47，オルセー美術館) 。