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Linc (name)
Linc is a masculine given name, usually a shortened version (hypocorism) of Lincoln. It may refer to: People: * Lincoln Alexander (1922–2012), first black Canadian Member of Parliament, first black federal cabinet minister and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario * Lincoln Linc Blakely (1912–1976), American Major League Baseball player in 1934 * Lionel Linc Chamberland (1940–1987), American jazz guitarist * Linc Darner (born 1970), American college basketball head coach * Lincoln D. Faurer (1928–2014), US Air Force lieutenant general, director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service * Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870–1925), African-American attorney and politician * Gudjon Lincoln Linc Johnson (1899–1970), Canadian curler Fictional characters: * Lincoln Case, one of the main characters on the 1950s television series ''Route 66'' * Linc Hayes, one of the main character on the 1960s and '70s television series ''The Mod Squad'' * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Alexander
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first Black Canadian to be a Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, a federal Cabinet Minister (as federal Minister of Labour (Canada), Minister of Labour), a Chair of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Worker's Compensation Board of Ontario, and the List of lieutenant governors of Ontario#Lieutenant Governors of Ontario, 1867-present, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander was also a governor of the Canadian Unity Council. Alexander was born in Toronto to Caribbean immigrant parents. After service during World War II, he received a Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University in 1949 before earning his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1953. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he became the first black Member of Parliament in Canadian h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linc Blakely
Lincoln Howard Blakely (February 12, 1912 – September 28, 1976) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He grew up in Oakland, California and attended Oakland Technical High School. He played for the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...."Linc Blakely Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2011. References External links 1912 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linc Chamberland
Lionel Victor Chamberland (13 September 1940 – 24 June 1987) was an American jazz guitarist born and based in Norwalk, Connecticut. After playing with The Orchids in the 1960s, he stopped touring, became a private teacher, and performed regionally. Career Beginning around 1962, Chamberland was the leader of an R&B band called The Orchids. Bad experiences discouraged him from touring again. In 1971 he joined the band Sawbuck. The band's members included Frank Vicari (who replaced Dave Liebman), Pee Wee Ellis, John Gatchell, John Eckert, Schuyler "Sky" I. Ford, Chris Qualles, and Jimmy Strassburg. A year later the band was renamed Gotham and recorded an album for Motown. Chamberland died from leukemia at age 46 on June 24, 1987, in New York City. Guitars Chamberland played a 1953 Fender Telecaster. In his search to get exactly the sound he wanted from the guitar, Chamberland modified it. From the top down, the guitar had Grover heads, a 1957 Stratocaster neck, Humbucker pick- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linc Darner
Linc Mitchel Darner (born December 12, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former men's basketball coach of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball, Phoenix. Darner previously spent nine seasons as the head coach at DII Florida Southern College and four seasons at Saint Joseph's College (Indiana). In 2015, Darner's Florida Southern Moccasins finished 36–1 and won the 2015 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament, NCAA Division II National Championship. Darner was named the 2015 NABC UPS DII National Coach of the Year. Darner took over at Green Bay after Brian Wardle (basketball), Brian Wardle left in 2015. In his first season, he led the Phoenix to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996. Darner was fired on May 17, 2020, after posting a 17–16 record in 2019–20. Playing career Darner played high school basketball at Highland High School (Anderson, Indiana), Highland High School in Anderson, Indiana. He then went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln D
Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincoln (name), a surname and given name * Lincoln Motor Company, a Ford brand Lincoln may also refer to: Places Canada * Lincoln, Alberta * Lincoln, New Brunswick * Lincoln Parish, New Brunswick * Lincoln, Ontario ** Lincoln (federal electoral district) (former), Ontario ** Lincoln (provincial electoral district) (former), Ontario United Kingdom * Lincoln, England ** Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency) United States * Lincoln, Alabama * Lincoln, Arkansas * Lincoln, California, in Placer County * Lincoln, former name of Clinton, California, in Amador County * Lincoln, Delaware * Lincoln, Idaho * Lincoln, Illinois * Lincoln, Indiana * Lincoln, Iowa * Lincoln Center, Kansas * Lincoln Parish, Louisiana * Lincoln, Maine, a New England to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Henry Lincoln Johnson (July 27, 1870 – September 10, 1925) was an African-American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He is best remembered as one of the most prominent African-American Republican Party (United States), Republicans of the first two decades of the 20th century and as a leader of the dominant black-and-tan faction of the Republican Party of Georgia. He was appointed by President William Howard Taft as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, at the time regarded as the premier political patronage position reserved for black Americans, and one of four appointees known as Taft's "Black Cabinet". Following the Democratic administration of Woodrow Wilson, Johnson was again appointed Recorder of the Deeds for the District in June 1921 by Republican President Warren G. Harding, but his appointment was rejected by the United States Senate, meeting in executive session and based largely on the opposition of the two Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
