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Fern (name)
Fern is an English topographic name from the Old English ''fearn''. It refers to someone who lives among ferns. The name is used as a given name and a surname. The name is in use primarily in Anglosphere, English-speaking countries. It has been in use since the 1800s and has also occasionally been in use for boys, though it is primarily a feminine name. There were 133 newborn American girls named Fern in 2020, 140 in 2021, 148 in 2022, and 156 in 2023. There were 26 newborn girls given the name in Canada in 2021. Notable people with the name Fern or Ferns include: Given name * Fern Andra (1893–1974), American actress * Fern Battaglia (1931–2001), American baseball player * Fern Bell (1913–2000), American baseball player * Fern Brady (born 1986), Scottish comedian * Fern Britton (born 1957), English television presenter * Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956), Canadian poet * Fern Schumer Chapman (born 1954), American journalist * Fern Coppedge (1883–1951), American painter * Fern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Sillem Lidderdale
Charles Sillem Lidderdale (September 28, 1830, St.Petersburg - June 7, 1895, London) was a British artist whose work often focused on portraits of young women in outdoor settings. Selected paintings Charles Sillem Lidderdale - A Girl's Head.jpg, ''A Girl's Head'' 1895-lidderdale charles sillem petulance.jpg, ''Petulance'' 1895-lidderdale charles sillem pensierosa.jpg, ''Penseriosa'' Charles Sillem Lidderdale The Gleaner 1890.jpg, ''The Gleaner'' Charles Sillem Lidderdale A country maid.jpg, ''A Country Maid'' Charles Sillem Lidderdale - The farmer's daughter.jpg, ''The farmer's daughter'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lidderdale, Charles Sillem 1830 births 1895 deaths 19th-century British painters British male painters 19th-century British male artists Expatriates in the Russian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Ferguson
Fern E. Ferguson (born c.1925) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Madden, W. C. (2005) ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland & Company. She was from Wayland, Missouri. Career Ferguson joined the Racine Belles club in the 1945 season and was assigned as a pitcher. She posted a 4.90 ERA in 11 innings of work, allowing 10 runs (six earned) on 12 hits and nine walks without strikeouts and did not have a decision. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request. Madden, W. C. (2000) ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book''. McFarland & Company; Recognitions and awards In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Michaels
Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir; April 9, 1933) is an American writer of romance and thriller novels. Her books include ''Family Blessings'', ''Pretty Woman'', and ''Crown Jewel'', as well as the Texas quartet and the Captive series. Biography Fern Michaels is the pen name of Mary Ruth Kuczkir, who was born in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1933.Fern Michaels Biography. http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography.html Michaels married, moved to New Jersey, and had five children. When the youngest entered school in 1973, her husband told her to get a job. Since she was unsure of how to get a job, Michaels decided to try writing a book. Her husband was not very supportive of her efforts, and consequently, they separated. Although her first manuscript did not sell, the second did. Since then, Michaels has sold over 150 best-selling books, 110 million copies in print along with 153 New York Times best sellers of them ''New York Times'' bestsellers. She has been quoted as sayin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Mallis
Fern Mallis (born March 26, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York) was the executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) from 1991 to 2001, and created 7th on Sixth productions or New York Fashion Week as it is known today. She was also senior vice president of IMG Fashion from 2001 to 2010. Mallis is currently president of her own international fashion and design consultancy, Fern Mallis LLC. She received her BFA from University at Buffalo. Career During an interview with ''Fashion Week Online'', Mallis mentioned that she was one of 20 winners of a Mademoiselle guest editing competition that she entered while attending college. She stated that she "'was the only one of the 20 asked to come back and get a full-time job with the magazine.'" Mallis attributed that her publishing career began at the now-defunct company. The New York Social Diary stated that she "worked at the magazine for six years." In 1993, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Majeau
Joseph Adelard Fernand Majeau (May 3, 1916 – June 17, 1966) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 56 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt .... The rest of his career, which lasted from 1935 to 1949, was spent in the minor leagues. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1916 births 1966 deaths Canadian ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Montreal Montreal Canadiens players Montreal Royals (QSHL) players People from Verdun, Quebec Place of death missing Stanley Cup champions Valleyfield Braves players Verdun Maple Leafs (ice hockey) players 20th-century C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern LeBlanc
Fernand LeBlanc (born January 12, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 34 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings between 1976 and 1978. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 1989, was mainly spent in the Swiss National League B. As a youth, he played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey Minor ice hockey or minor hockey is an umbrella term for amateur ice hockey which is played below the junior age level. Players are classified by age, with each age group playing in its own league. The rules, especially as it relates to body c ... team from Baie-Comeau. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1956 births Living people Canadian ice hockey left wingers Cincinnati Stingers draft picks Detroit Red Wings draft picks Detroit Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Kupfer
Fern Lee Kupfer is an American author and retired professor of creative writing at Iowa State University. She has written several novels and as well as memoirs reflecting on her life experiences, the discovery that she is a carrier of the BRCA gene, and the loss of her son to Canavan disease. Life and career Kupfer was born in 1946 and grew up in Plainview, Long Island. In 1968 she received her BA from State University of New York at Cortland. She moved to Iowa with her first husband in the early 1970s after having been a high school English teacher and working at a day care center in Rochester, New York.Balk, Brenda and Mitchell, Jeff (11 March 2002)"Kupfer maintains connections" ''Iowa State Daily''. Retrieved 27 December 2012. She received her master's degree in English from Iowa State University in 1975, with a thesis on the concept of androgyny in the novels of D. H. Lawrence and later taught creative writing at the university for many years. She has written several novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Kinney
Fern Kinney (born Fern Kinney-Lewis, July 11, 1949) is an American R&B and disco singer, who is best remembered for her releases, " Groove Me" and "Together We Are Beautiful". Career Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Kinney originally sang in The Poppies with Dorothy Moore. In the early 1970s, she began working as a session musician and backing vocalist. Among the songs she sang on were King Floyd's " Groove Me", and her former "Poppie" bandmate Dorothy Moore's 1976 Top 10 single, " Misty Blue". By 1979, then having settled as a housewife, Kinney decided to attempt a comeback, and she recorded her own version of "Groove Me", but changed the rhythm on the song to turn it into a disco dance track. The song reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' dance chart. Her next single "Together We Are Beautiful", released in 1980 was another disco song, but with a slower and more sultry beat. It had been recorded by the British vocalist, Steve Allan, eighteen months earlier. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Jones
Fern Jones (1923–1996) was an American singer from Arkansas who blended traditional gospel music with elements of country and rockabilly. Jones got married at 16 to Ray Jones, and with her husband she toured the Southern revival circuit. The only album she ever recorded was ''Singing a Happy Song'', released in 1959 on Dot Records. The album, with additional songs, was released in 2005 as ''Fern Jones/The Glory Road'' and music from the album is heard in movies and on television. ''The Glory Road'' was later reissued by The Numero Group. ''Glory Road'' tracklist #I Am A Pilgrim (2:30) #You Ain't Got Nuthin' (2:40) #I Do Believe (2:05) #I Was There When It Happened (2:06) #Be Thankful You're You (2:26) #Strange Things Happening Every Day (2:26) #I Ain't Got Time (2:14) #Just A Little Talk With Jesus (2:19) #Keeps Me Busy (2:33) #Take My Hand, Precious Lord (2:40) #Let Tomorrow Be (1:59) #Didn't It Rain "Didn't It Rain", sometimes given as "Oh, Didn't It Rain", is a spiritua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Hunt
Fern Yvette Hunt (born January 14, 1948) is an African American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics and mathematical biology. She currently works as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where she conducts research on the ergodic theory of dynamical systems. Early life and education Hunt was born in New York City on January 14, 1948, to Daphne Lindsay and Thomas Edward Hunt. Her sister, Erica Hunt, is a published poet and author. Hunt's grandparents immigrated to the United States from Jamaica before World War I. Her family lived in a primarily black housing project in Hampton. Her father did not graduate from high school, and though her mother attended Hunter College for two years, she did not earn a degree. When Hunt was 9 years old, her mother gifted her a chemistry set for Christmas, which sparked her early interest in science. Hunt's middle school science teacher, Charles Wilson, further encouraged Hunt to pursue math and sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Holland
Fern Leona Holland (August 5, 1970 – March 9, 2004) was an American lawyer who was killed in the Iraq conflict that began in 2003. Holland died on March 9, 2004, while working for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq. Professional work Holland was born in Oklahoma in 1970. After birth she lived in Bluejacket, Oklahoma, which is a small town between Vinita and Miami, Oklahoma. In 1992, she graduated from the University of Oklahoma. In 1996, she graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law. After graduation, she worked at two law firms in Tulsa before joining the Peace Corps and traveling to Namibia. In July 2003, Fern was hired by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to investigate human rights abuses under Saddam Hussein's regime. She was part of that agency’s Abuse Prevention Unit, whose purpose is to protect victims of abuse occurring during times of war or conflict. At the conclusion of her tour with USAID, she was retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Hobbs
Fern Hobbs (May 8, 1883 – April 10, 1964) was an American Lawyer, attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and Private Secretary to Governor of Oregon, Oregon Governor Oswald West. She was noted for her ambition and several accomplishments as a young woman, and became the highest-paid woman in public service in America in her mid-twenties. Hobbs made international news when Governor West sent her to implement martial law in the small Eastern Oregon town of Copperfield, Oregon, Copperfield. The event was considered a strategic coup for West, establishing the State's authority over a remote rural community and cementing his reputation as a proponent of prohibition. Hobbs later worked for the American Red Cross in Europe and at ''The Oregon Journal'' newspaper. She died in Portland in 1964. Early life and career in public service Hobbs was born on May 8, 1883, in Bloomington, Nebraska, to John Alden Hobbs and Cora Bush Hobbs.Kirby, Jo Ann. Hillsboro lady pursues career in politics, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
