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Gapper Prize
Gapper may refer to: * John Gapper (born 1959), British editor and journalist *John Gapper (MP) * Gapper (mascot), a Major League Baseball mascot for the Cincinnati Reds * ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'', a.k.a. the cottonmouth, a venomous pit viper found in North America See also * Gap (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gapper
John Gapper (born 31 May 1959) is a business columnist who writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times''. Formerly, he was the newspaper's chief business commentator and opinion and analysis editor. Gapper is also co-author with Nick Denton of ''All That Glitters: The Fall of Barings'' and author of two novels, ''A Fatal Debt'' and ''The Ghost Shift''. Education Gapper was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and at Exeter College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later became a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York, studying US education and job training at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Career Gapper trained on the Mirror Group training scheme, working at the ''Tavistock Times''. He then worked for the ''Daily Mirror'', ''Daily Mail'' and ''Daily Telegraph'' before joining the ''Financial Times'' in 1987. He became in turn the ''Financial Times'' labour editor, banking editor and media editor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gapper (MP)
John Gapputh or Gapper or Gapworth (by 1519-55 or later), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament and businessman. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about above sea level on a ... in October 1553, April 1554 and October 1554. He was probably Mayor of Shaftesbury 1545–6. References 16th-century births 16th-century deaths English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 Mayors of Shaftesbury English MPs 1554–1555 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gapper (mascot)
This is a list of current and former Major League Baseball mascots, sorted alphabetically. The tradition in the Major League Baseball mascot began with Mr. Met, introduced for the New York Mets when Shea Stadium opened in 1964. Although some mascots came and went over time, the popularity of mascots increased when The San Diego Chicken started independently making appearances at San Diego Padres games in 1977. Philadelphia Phillies management felt they needed a mascot similar to the Chicken, so they debuted the Phillie Phanatic in 1978. Today, all but three major-league teams have "official" mascots (Dodgers, Yankees, and Angels). Seven team mascots – Sluggerrr (Kansas City Royals), the San Diego Chicken, the Phillie Phanatic, Mr. Met, the Oriole Bird, Slider (Cleveland Guardians), and Southpaw (Chicago White Sox) – have been inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Several others have been nominated since the Hall's creation in 2005. Mascots in MLB are often used to help marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agkistrodon Piscivorus
''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' is a species of pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the southeastern United States. As an adult, it is large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite. When threatened, it may respond by coiling its body and displaying its fangs. Individuals may bite when feeling threatened or being handled in any way. It tends to be found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes, streams, and marshes. It is a capable swimmer and, like several species of snakes, is known to occasionally enter bays and estuaries and swim between barrier islands and the mainland. Gloyd HK, Conant R (1990). ''Snakes of the ''Agkistrodon'' Complex: A Monographic Review''. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. . The generic name is derived from the Greek words ''a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
