Gulbenkian

(ɡʊlˈbɛŋkɪən)

1. (Biography) Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education

2. (Biography) his son, Nubar Sarkis (ˈnuːbɑː ˈsɑːkɪz). 1896–1972, British industrialist, diplomat, and philanthropist

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After the First World War, Gulbenkian installed himself in a large hotel on the Avenue d'Iena in Paris, which he obsessively remodelled.

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[USA], Feb 28 (ANI): In a new, a research team from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), led by Jose Escandell and Miguel Godinho Ferreira, discovered a key aspect of the regulation of telomeres aAC" structures that appear at the tips of our chromosomes.

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Thanks to local firms and the generous Gulbenkian Foundation the Theatre was finally opened by Sir John Gielgud in October 1957 at a cost of PS54,357.

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He has participated in festivals in Poland and abroad, and has performed with such orchestras as Sinfonia Varsovia, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Gulbenkian.

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They include philanthropists from the US, UK, Germany, Portugal, South Africa, and Japan: Nathaniel Mayer, Sir Moses Montefiore, Betty de Rothschild, philanthropists in the cities of the Rhineland and Westphalia during the Kaiserreich, Sammy Marks, Ei'ichi Shibusawa, King Edward VII, Andrew Mellon, and Calouste Gulbenkian. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

Great Philanthropists: Wealth and Charity in the Modern World 1815-1945

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal December 1-2, 2014, http://www.molinsight.net/4isa

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Now on stage at Lebanese American University's Gulbenkian Theater, the play features a metaphoric set design.

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Stripe has performed with Portugal's Ballet Gulbenkian, London City Ballet, and the West Australian Ballet, and he has been Alberta Ballet's ballet master since 2002.

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Eduardo Marcal Grilo is the administrator of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a Lisbon -based charitable foundation involved in developing and supporting projects and initiatives in the fields of education, science, health, and fine arts.

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17 (ONA) The preventive maintenance team at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Museu Calouste Gulbenkian of Portugal today reviewed the programme for maintenance and restoration of museum articles.