(Slang) A male customer of prostitutes.
(1876-1939) Welsh painter. She lived in France for most of her life. Many of her paintings depict young women or nuns (she converted to Catholicism 1913), but she also painted calm, muted interiors.
Her style was characterized by a sensitive use of color and tone
1. St (lived 1st century AD) New Testament apostle. Traditionally, he wrote the fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles (when he was bishop of Ephesus), and the Book of Revelation (while exiled to the Greek island of Patmos). His emblem is an eagle; his feast day 27 Dec.
St John is identified with the unnamed “disciple whom Jesus loved”. Son of Zebedee, born in Judea, he and his brother James were Galilean fishermen. Jesus entrusted his mother to John at the Crucifixion, where John is often shown dressed in red, with curly hair. Another of his symbols is a chalice with a little snake in it.
2. Disciple of Jesus; author of the 4th Gospel; Also called: Saint John, Saint John the Apostle.
3. (1167-1216) Youngest son of Henry II and King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta.
Adopted name of Reginald Kenneth Dwight (1947-)
English pop singer, pianist, and composer. His best-known album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973, includes the hit ‘Bennie and the Jets’. Among his many other highly successful songs are ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Crocodile Rock’, and ‘Daniel’ all 1972, ‘Candle in the Wind’ 1973, ‘Pinball Wizard’ 1975, ‘Blue Eyes’ 1982, ‘Nikita’ 1985 and ‘Sacrifice’ 1989, the latter from his album Sleeping with the Past. His output is prolific and his hits have continued intermittently into the 1990s
He enjoyed his greatest popularity, especially in the US, from his second album, Elton John 1970 to Blue Moves 1976, working exclusively with the lyricist Bernie Taupin (1950– )
(Edwin) (1878-1961) Welsh painter. He is known for his portraits, including The Smiling Woman 1910 (Tate Gallery, London) of his second wife, Dorelia McNeill. His sitters included such literary and society figures as Thomas Hardy, Dylan Thomas, W B Yeats, and Cecil Beaton
The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament; Also called: Gospel According to John.