Loel Guinness
Loel Patrick Guinness (born 22 October 1957)[1] is an Irish philanthropist, film producer and adventurer. He is descended from Samuel Guinness, a Dublin goldsmith (1727–1795), the younger brother of the Guinness brewery's founder Arthur Guinness.
Family life[edit]
He is the son of Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965) and Dolores Guinness, born as Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936–2012). He has two sisters – Maria Alexandra and Victoria Christina.[citation needed]
His grandfather was Group Captain Thomas "Loel" Guinness (1906–1988) and his grandmother was Mexican-born Gloria Guinness (1912–1980), writer, fashion icon and socialite.[citation needed]
He is a nephew of Betsy von Furstenberg-Herdringen, Aga Khan IV, Franz-Egon, Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Hedringen, William Loel Seymour Guinness and Lindy Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, widow of Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.[citation needed]
Education[edit]
Loel Guinness was educated in Switzerland, before going on to complete a BA at Trinity College, Connecticut and an MPhil at the University of Oxford (Oriental Institute).[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
Socialite Maria "Mimi" Lambert, the Palm Beach stepdaughter of the Izod Lacoste clothing empire founder sued Guinness in 1996 for allegedly giving her the AIDS virus.[2] She later pulled her suit and filed criminal charges against him. Guinness's lawyer claimed at the time that he was not infected with the virus.[3][4]
Kalpa Group[edit]
In 2000, he established the Kalpa Group,[5] which supports research projects that integrate ancient ideas and cultures with contemporary scientific technologies. In the field of artistic and architectural diagnostics, and in collaboration with Dr Maurizio Seracini, an expert on Florence's cultural heritage, projects have included:
- Recreating the underdrawing of Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi.[6]
- Utilised architectural diagnostics to recreate the Hall of Five Hundred in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, and discovering the location of Leonardo's The Battle of Anghiari.[7]
- Uncovering the Leonardo's initial sketches for The Annunciation.
In the field of cultural preservation, Loel Guinness established the Oxford Bön Project in conjunction with the Kalpa Group and the University of Oxford, sponsoring a multi-faceted approach to the study of Bön, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet. Projects have included:
- Documentary film In Search of ZhangZhung (2003), which he produced.[8]
In conjunction with Dr. Herbert Benson of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard University, a pilot study was conducted on the bodies of monks engaged in an advanced form of meditation yoga known as Tum-mo.[9][not in citation given]
He has also sponsored a number of key Bönpo monasteries, including Lubrak monastery in Mustang, Nepal, and the purchase of Shenten Dargyé Ling monastery in Blou, France.
Loel Guinness continued his grandfather’s sponsorship of the oceanic explorer, Jacques Yves Cousteau, participating in the restoration of the R/V Calypso and culminating in the sale of the vessel to The Cousteau Society in 2005 for the symbolic sum of one Euro.[10][not in citation given]
Ancestry[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1695.
- ↑ Stowers, Carlton (2014). Girl in the Grave: And Other True Crime Stories. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1622880539. Search this book on
- ↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-11/news/9902100790_1_polo-magazine-palm-beach-aids
- ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/guinness-suit-dropped-charges-remain-tap-article-1.719818
- ↑ "The Kalpa Group". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ See, M. Seracini, "Diagnostic Investigations on the Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci (2006) in The Mind of Leonardo – The Universal Genius at Work, exhibit catalogue edited by P. Gauluzzi, Giunti Florence, 2006, pp. 94–101
- ↑ Tierney, John (6 October 2009). "A High-Tech Hunt for Lost Art". The New York Times.
- ↑ Gabbay, Alex. "in search of zhang zhung". Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ↑ Cromie, William J. (18 April 2002). "Meditation changes temperatures: Mind controls body in extreme experiments". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ↑ "History of Calypso | About Us". Cousteau. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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