First Ballet Master of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres Petipa (1818-1910) was a French ballet dancer and teacher, and widely and enduringly celebrated as ballet master and choreographer. His role as First Ballet Master also made him Ballet Master and principal choreographer of the Russian Imperial Ballet (now the Mariinsky Ballet).
As well as being a spy, for which brief career she was both celebrated and then executed, in what other profession did Mata Hari engage?
Which English football (soccer) player, whose career playing first class football ran from 1956 to 1973, was England's most capped player (106) when he retired from the England team in 1970?
Which career soldier and inventor was personally thanked by the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo for the effect of one of his inventions?
Which English soccer player, whose career in first class soccer ran from 1958 to 1976, was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup and was England's most capped player (108) when he retired from the England team in 1973?
