Sentence examples for notable patrons from inspiring English sources

The great tyrants were notable patrons of the arts and conspicuous builders.

As the modern era began, the English kings Henry VIII and Charles II and the French king Francis I were notable patrons of wrestling.

The influence of the Italian Renaissance in learning and culture was very limited before 1485, although there were some notable patrons, such as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who collected books and supported scholars interested in the new learning.

Notable patrons included Leon Trotsky and Mustafa Kemal, but by the 1950s the building had changed hands and fallen into disrepair, at which point a local Armenian church bought the property.

Other important patrons of Polish culture included the Roman Catholic Church and Polish aristocrats, who likewise supported artists and safeguarded Polish heritage (notable patrons included Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha and a former politician, Janusz Radziwiłł).

"An influx of techies will mean more patrons for the arts," trilled an article at the Silicon Valley news site Pando, but as of yet those notable patrons have not made an appearance.

She was also a notable patron of Josiah Wedgwood and the Sèvres porcelain factory.

A notable patron of the arts, he ordered a new translation of the bible, and drama flourished at his court.

This was despite Iran's being a notable patron of Gaza's Islamist rulers.Egypt's small Shia community has also felt a chill Sunni wind.

Humphrey Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester, (born 1391 died Feb. 23, 1447, London, Eng)., English nobleman who was the first notable patron of England's humanists.

The worldly Paul III was a notable patron of the arts and at the same time encouraged the beginning of the reform movement that was to affect deeply the Roman Catholic Church in the later 16th century.