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Spence (given Name)
Spence is a masculine given name or nickname, often a short form of Spencer. It may refer to: * Spence M. Armstrong (born 1934), retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and test pilot * Spence Broughton (c. 1746–1792), English highwayman * Spence Caldwell (1909–1983), Canadian broadcasting pioneer * Spence Moore II (), American actor * Spence Powell (1903–1970), Australian politician * Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two conse ... (1900–1967), American actor {{given name English-language masculine given names Hypocorisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer (given Name)
Spencer is a given name of British origin, that means "steward" or "administrator". It is a shortened form of the English word ''dispenser'', which derives from Anglo-French ''dispensour'', from Old French ''dispenseor'', from Latin ''dispensatorem'', the agent noun of ''dispensare'', meaning "to disperse, administer, and distribute (by weight)". The name originated as the surname Spencer, but later gradually came to be used as a given name as well. From its origin as a surname, it has been given to both males and females, but it has historically been more common as a name for males. According to the Social Security Administration of the United States, its popularity as a male given name began increasing steadily in the early twentieth century and spiked dramatically in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. Its usage peaked in 1998 with 4,619 baby boys named Spencer in that year. In the late 2000s, the name's popularity for male infants declined and plateaued between roughly 1,40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Spence may refer to: Places * Spence, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * Division of Spence, a federal electoral division in Australia * Spence, South Australia, a locality * Spence, Ontario, Canada, a ghost town People * Spence (surname), a list of people with the surname Spence * Spence (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname Maritime vessels * , two ships of the Royal Navy * , a World War II destroyer * ''Spence'' (tugboat), a tugboat that sank in 2015 Other uses * Spence Diamonds, a Canadian jewelry retailer * Spence School, a day school for girls in New York City * Spence Air Base, Georgia, United States, a United States Air Force base from 1941 to 1961, reopened as: ** Spence Airport, Georgia, United States, a public-use airport * Spence Kovak, a fictional character played by Jeremy Piven See also * Spence Shale, the middle member of the Langston Formation in southeastern Idaho and northeastern Utah, United States * Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spence Broughton
Spence Broughton (''c''. 1746 – 14 April 1792) was an English highwayman who was executed for robbing the Sheffield and Rotherham mail. After his execution he gained notoriety because his body was gibbeted at the scene of the crime on Attercliffe Common between Sheffield and Rotherham, where it hung for 36 years. Biography Little is known of Broughton's early life. He is thought to have been born near Sleaford in Lincolnshire. The son of a farmer, he took up farming too, married and had three children. He developed a gambling habit and left his wife for the cockfighting scenes of Sheffield, Grantham and Derby. The crime The robbery took place on 29 January or 9 February 1791 (sources differ) at Ickles, on the Rotherham edge of Attercliffe Common. Broughton and his accomplice John Oxley stayed in Sheffield the night before the robbery and then walked out of the town on the Rotherham road where they met the mail coming towards Sheffield. However, they intended to rob it on its wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spence Caldwell
Spencer Wood Caldwell (1909 – December 10, 1983) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer and the founder of CTV. Amongst his notable achievements are as manager of the Dominion Network, S.W. Caldwell Ltd. (a TV and radio programme and equipment distributor), an advertising agency created to air Canadian advertisements into the broadcasting of CBS TV show ''Westinghouse Playhouse''. Caldwell was one of the first to apply for a television station licence A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit). A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ... to the Board of Broadcast Governors, but was turned down. After being turned down for a television station, Caldwell applied for a licence to create Canada's first private television network. With the licence approved, Caldwell created CTV, Canada's first commercial TV network. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spence Moore II
Spence Duane Moore II (born December 16, 1997) is an American actor best known for his main or recurring roles in a number of television series debuting in 2018: '' Five Points'' (2018), '' A.P. Bio'' (2018–2021) and '' All American'' (2018–present). Early life Moore was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the youngest of two children. Moore realized that he wanted to become an actor while preparing for his sixth grade talent show. He later starred in several short films before moving on to more mainstream roles. Career In 2017, Moore was cast in the Facebook Watch series '' Five Points'' as part of the main cast alongside Hayley Kiyoko and Madison Pettis. Moore stated that working with Kerry Washington on the series was "life-changing". He was cast in '' A.P. Bio'' as Dan Decker. In 2018, Moore began appearing as a recurring character in the CW ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spence Powell
Arthur Thomas (Spence) Powell (8 August 1903 – 9 July 1970) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1962. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Powell was born in Pyrmont, New South Wales, and was the son of a bridge builder. He was educated at Marist Brothers High School Darlinghurst and worked as a fitter for a number of employees including the New South Wales Government Railways. He was an official with the Amalgamated Engineering Union and became involved with community organisations including the Greyhound Racing Association and the board of Bankstown Hospital. Powell was elected as a councillor at Wyong Shire in 1962–5. He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the seat of Bankstown at the 1950 state election after the sitting Labor member and Premier James McGirr decided to stand for the new seat of Liverpool. He retained the seat for the Labor Party at the next three ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations. During his career, he appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. His breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in '' The Last Mile'' caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in John Ford's '' Up the River'' (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Masculine Given Names
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
