Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ ˈ b æ z əl dʒ ɛ t /; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was a 19th-century English civil engineer.As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewerage system for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics, …

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (/ ˈ l ɛ f ən. j uː /; 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction.He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".

Joseph Augustus Zarelli (January 13, 1953 – February 1957), previously known as the "Boy in the Box", was a boy whose naked, extensively beaten body was found on the side of Susquehanna Road, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 1957.He appeared to have been cleaned and freshly groomed, with a recent haircut and trimmed fingernails, although he had suffered …

Joseph Fiennes ist der Sohn des Fotografen Mark Fiennes und der Schriftstellerin Jennifer Lash, sein Zwillingsbruder Jacob Mark ist Förster. Sein ältester Bruder ist der Schauspieler Ralph Fiennes, weitere Geschwister sind Magnus Fiennes (Komponist und Musikproduzent), Martha Fiennes (Regisseurin) und Sophie Fiennes (Dokumentarfilmregisseurin).

Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. (Italian: Giuseppe da Copertino; 17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint.According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced miraculous levitation and ecstatic visions throughout his life which made him the object of scorn.

Joseph Hubertus Pilates (9 December 1883 – 9 October 1967) was a German physical trainer, credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. Biography Early life. Joseph Hubertus Pilates was born on 9 December 1883 …

In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council, …

Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director. Biography. Born in New York City, Pevney made ... in their 1996 book Star Trek The Real Story, of Pevney: Joseph Pevney was an ex-actor turned director. Some former actors become good directors; some become hack directors. Pevney was the former ...

The story of Joseph in the Qurʾān is a continuous narrative. There are more than one hundred verses, and in totality, they encompass many years and "present an amazing variety of sciences and characters in a tightly-knit plot, and offer a dramatic illustration of some of the fundamental themes of the Qurʾān."

Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 – 3 December 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter. Life and work. Bust of Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1783, by ... In Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", ...