Word: successor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...several seasons Mr. Eugene Ysaye has been a conspicuous figure in the music centres of Europe, where he is recognized as the successor of the great Wieniawski, with whom he studied and many of whose characteristics he possesses. The short career of this young Belgian violinist has been one of uninterrupted success, and his advent in this country has aroused an interest hardly equalled by that of any of the great artists who have visited America in the last decade...
Cabot at left end was a worthy successor to Captain Emmons. He outclassed young Hinkey, and tackled every man who came his way. His tackling was of the best order...
...American literature. Dr. Holmes was the last of the remarkable group who have represented the best that there is in the prose and poetry of New England, and whose works will have a lasting value, - Longfellow, Lowell, Emerson, Whittier and Holmes. To these writers there is now no worthy successor. With the death of Dr. Holmes the period of New England's literary preeminence comes to a close...
...meeting of the officers of the Cricket Club, A. J. Peters '95, resigned as secretary and manager, and N. P. Dodge, Jr., was elected as his successor...
Dean Hodges is the successor of Bishop Lawrence, and like him will come into close relations with many of the students. It is for this reason that the St. Paul's society gives the reception. it is hoped that many of the students will take advantage of this opportunity to meet him, both for their own sakes and also to give him a pleasant welcome to Cambridge...