Sanger (surname)
Sanger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander C. Sanger (born 1947), American reproductive rights activist * Andrew Sanger (born 1948), British travel writer * Carol Sanger (born 1948), American reproductive rights legal scholar * Casper Sanger (1836–1897), American politician * Clyde Sanger (1928–2022), English journalist, first Africa correspondent for ''The Guardian'' newspaper * David Sanger (organist) (1947–2010), English organist * David Sanger (drummer), American drummer * David E. Sanger (born 1960), American journalist, with ''The New York Times'' * Eleanor Sanger (1929–1993), American Television Sports Producer * Elliott Sanger (1897–1989), American radio station founder * Esther R. Sanger (1926–1995), American humanitarian * Frederick Sanger (1918-2013), English biochemist * Lord George Sanger, (1825-1911), English circus proprietor * George Sanger (musician), American video game music composer * Jedediah Sanger (1751-18 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander C
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jedediah Sanger
Jedediah Sanger (February 28, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was the founder of the town of New Hartford, New York, United States. He was a native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, and the ninth child of Richard and Deborah Sanger, a prominent colonial New England family. During the Revolutionary War he attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant having fought in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston (1776), and during the New York Campaign. After the war, he settled in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he began farming, trading, and running a tavern. He was involved in several civic activities and was appointed Lt. Colonel of the New Hampshire militia. After a fire destroyed his property, leaving him bankrupt, he started over in the frontier of New York. Sanger settled in what was then called Whitestown. He became a land agent or speculator, buying large tracts of land on both sides of Sauquoit Creek and reselling smaller lots. He was involved in land ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Senger
Senger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander von Senger (1880–1968), Swiss-born architect in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler *Brittney Senger, Canadian politician * Dante Senger (born 1983), Argentine footballer *Darlene Senger (born 1955), American politician *Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin (1923–1987), German soldier and jurist *Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (4 September 1891 – 9 January 1963) was a general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Biography Fridolin Rudolph von Senger und Etterlin was born on 4 September 1891, in Waldshut near the Swiss bo ... (1891–1963), German general during World War II * Hayden Senger (born 1997), American baseball player * Marvin Senger (born 2000), German footballer * Werner Senger, German handballer See also * Senger Line or Hitler Line, German defensive line in central Italy during the Second World War * Sanger (other) {{Common ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saenger (other)
Saenger or Sänger may refer to: People with the surname * Carsten Sänger (b. 1962), German former footballer * Eugen Sänger (1905–1964), Austrian aerospace engineer * Eugene Saenger (1917–2007), American physician * Maria Renata Saenger von Mossau (1680–1749), Bavarian nun executed for heresy and witchcraft * Max Saenger (1853–1903), German obstetrician and gynecologist * Oscar Saenger (1868–1929), singing teacher * Willi Sänger (1894–1944), German Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis * Wolfram Saenger (b. 1939), German biochemist and protein crystallographer Other uses * Saenger (spacecraft) (or Sänger), a spaceplane named after Eugen Sänger * Saenger (crater) Saenger is an ancient lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the eastern limb. It was named after Austrian rocketry scientist Eugen Sänger. To the west-northwest is the crater Erro, and due north lies Moiseev. T ..., a lunar crater named after Eugen Sänge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sanger (other)
Sanger may refer to: Places Romania * Sânger, a commune in Mureș County United States * Sanger, California, a city in the San Joaquin Valley * Sanger, North Dakota, a ghost town * Sanger, Texas, a city * Sanger, West Virginia, an unincorporated community People * Sanger (surname), including a list of people with the name Other uses * Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a genome research centre in Cambridgeshire, England * Sanger (fortification) or sangar, a small temporary fortified position * Sandwich A sandwich is a Dish (food), dish typically consisting variously of meat, cheese, sauces, and vegetables used as a filling between slices of bread, or placed atop a slice of bread; or, more generally, any dish in which bread serves as a ''co ..., colloquially called a "sanger" in Australian and Scottish English See also * Sanger-Harris, a former department store * * * Sänger (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Sanger
William Sanger (November 12, 1873 – July 23, 1961) was a German-born and American-educated architect and artist. He was the first husband of Margaret Sanger. Early life and education Born in Berlin, Germany, Sanger came from a devoutly Jewish family which moved to the United States in about 1878. He was educated in architecture from 1893 to 1895 at The Cooper Union in New York City. He later studied architecture at Atelier Masquery and the Society Beaux-Arts Architects. Sanger was further educated in painting at the Art Students League of New York and the Artists-Artisans Institute. Personal life and activism Sanger married Margaret Sanger (née Higgins) on August 18, 1902. Together they joined the Socialist Party of New York and were involved in labor actions such as the 1913 Paterson silk strike. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for New York City Board of Aldermen in 1911, coming in a distant third place. William Sanger was arrested for handing out a copy of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stephen Sanger
Stephen W. Sanger (born April 10, 1946) is a former chairman and chief executive officer of General Mills, former chairman of Wells Fargo, as well as a director of Target Corporation, and Pfizer. Early life A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sanger received a BA degree in history from DePauw University in 1968 and an MBA degree from the University of Michigan in 1970. He joined Procter & Gamble in the marketing and sales department in Cincinnati. Career In 1974, Sanger joined General Mills in marketing, rising to the post of vice president and general manager of Northstar Division in 1983. He was the president of Yoplait USA from 1986 to 1988 and president of Big G Cereal Division from 1988 to 1991. Sanger was named senior vice president of General Mills in 1989 and executive vice president in 1991. He was elected to the board of directors as vice chairman in 1992. Named president of General Mills in September 1993, he held this post until May 1995 when he became chairman and chief exe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruth Sanger
Ruth Ann Sanger (6 June 1918 – 4 June 2001) was an Australian immunogeneticist, haematologist and serologist. She was known for her work on human red cell antigens and for the genetic mapping of the human X chromosome. She was Director of the Medical Research Council Blood Group Unit, of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine from 1973 to 1983. She worked closely with Robert Russell Race from the 1940s, and they married in 1956. They co-authored many papers after 1948, and co-wrote six editions of a leading work on blood groups, ''Blood Groups in Man'', which helped make blood transfusions safer. The book was known as "Race and Sanger", which were published between 1950 and 1975. Education and early life Sanger was born in Southport, Queensland, Australia and had four siblings. Her father, Rev. Hubert Sanger, became headmaster of Armidale School in New South Wales. She was first cousins with Frederick Sanger, the biochemist and two-time winner of the Nobel prize ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Sanger
Peter Sanger (born 1943) is a Canadian poet and prose writer. Sanger, who is also described as a critic and an editor, was born in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1953. He was educated at the University of Melbourne, University of Victoria, and Acadia University. He lived and worked in Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland before settling in Nova Scotia in 1970 and teaching at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, where he became Head of the Humanities and Professor Emeritus. Sanger's first book, ''The America Reel'', was published by Pottersfield Press in 1983. This collection was followed by five poetry collections including ''Earth Moth'' (1991), ''Ironworks'' (2001) and ''Kerf'' (2002). Sanger has published collections of poetry and essays and has edited the works of Canadian poet John Thompson. He has also reviewed work by Douglas Lochhead, Richard Outram, Robert Bringhurst, Thompson, Emily Carr and Elizabeth Bishop. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Percival Sanger
Percival Bertram Sanger (19 October 1899 – 17 September 1968) was an English first-class cricketer, polo champion and British Army officer. In a military career which spanned from 1918–1947, he served in both the British Army and the British Indian Army. Additionally, he played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team, as well as winning the prestigious Hurlingham Club Championship in polo. Life and military career Sanger was born at Reading and was educated at Cheltenham College. From there he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, graduating in June 1918 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery and serving in the latter stages of the First World War. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against the Royal Navy at Lord's in July 1925. Batting once in the match, he scored 2 runs in the Army's only innings, before being dismissed by Dallas Brooks. Playing as a wicket-keeper, he also took tw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger ( Higgins; September 14, 1879September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the Birth control movement in the United States, birth control movement. In the early 1900s, contraceptives, abortion, and even birth control literature were illegal in much of the U.S. Working as a nurse in the slums of New York City, Sanger often treated mothers desperate to avoid conceiving additional children, many of whom had resorted to unsafe abortions, back-alley abortions. Sanger was a First-wave feminism, first-wave feminist and believed that women should be able to decide if and when to have children, leading her to campaign for the legalization of contraceptives. As an adherent of the Eugenics in the United States, eugenics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Larry Sanger
Lawrence Mark Sanger (; born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined Wikipedia's name, and provided initial drafts for many of its early guidelines, including the "Wikipedia#Policies and content, Neutral point of view" and "Ignore all rules" policies. Prior to Wikipedia, he was the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, another online encyclopedia and the predecessor of Wikipedia. He later worked on other encyclopedic projects, including ''Encyclopedia of Earth'', Citizendium, and Everipedia, and advised the nonprofit American political encyclopedia Ballotpedia. While in college, Sanger began using the Internet for educational purposes and joined the online encyclopedia Nupedia as editor-in-chief in 2000. Disappointed with the slow progress of Nupedia, Sanger proposed using a wiki to solicit and receive articles to put through Nupedia's peer-review process; this change led to the development and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |