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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] |
Anglo-Norman Language
Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French ( nrf, Anglo-Normaund) (Standard French, French: ), was a dialect of Old Norman French that was used in Kingdom of England, England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in Great Britain and Ireland during the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman period. When William the Conqueror led the Norman conquest of England in 1066, he, his nobles, and many of his followers from Normandy, but also those from northern and western France, spoke a range of langues d'oïl (northern varieties of Gallo-Romance languages, Gallo-Romance). One of these was Old Norman, also known as "Old Northern French". Other followers spoke varieties of the Picard language or western register (sociolinguistics), registers of general Old French. This amalgam developed into the unique insular dialect now known as Anglo-Norman French, which was commonly used for literary and eventually administrative purposes from the 12th until the 15th century. It is difficult to know much about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Armstrong
Spencer Armstrong (born June 2, 1986) is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the fourth round of the 2009 CFL Draft and signed with the team on August 5, 2013. He was traded to the Tiger-Cats on January 6, 2014. Armstrong was released by the Tiger-Cats in May 2014. He played college football for the Air Force Falcons The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The athletics department has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. The current ath .... References External linksJust Sports Stats 1986 births Living people Canadian football wide receivers Air Force Falcons football players Calgary Stampeders players Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian football people from Toronto Players of Canadian football from Ontario {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Bernard
Spencer Bernard is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He is a long-time associate of hitmakers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and a part of the Flyte Tyme Productions crew. Throughout his career he has done session work for Janet Jackson, Cherrelle, Nona Hendryx, and New Edition New Edition is an American R&B/Pop group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by Bobby Brown. Their name is taken to mean a 'new edition' of the Jackson 5. The group reached its height of popularity in the 19 .... He also wrote songs for his wife Lisa Keith (who was also a part of the Flyte Tyme Productions crew), Janet Jackson, and many others. He first joined Flyte Tyme while the bass player for Minneapolis-based band King's English. Spencer is a pastor at Evergreen Church in Bloomington, Minnesota. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male songwriters American rhythm and blues musicians American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer John Bent
Spencer John Bent, VC, MM (known as "Joe") (18 March 1891 – 3 May 1977) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Biography He was 23 years old, and a drummer in the 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On the night of 1–2 November 1914, near Le Gheer, Belgium, when his officer, the platoon sergeant and a number of men had been struck down, Drummer Bent took command of the platoon and with great presence of mind and coolness succeeded in holding the position. He had previously distinguished himself on two occasions, on 22 and 24 October by bringing up ammunition under heavy shell and rifle fire. Again, on 3 November, he brought into cover some wounded men who were lying, exposed to enemy fire, in the open. Bent was a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Spencer Gordon Bennet (January 5, 1893 – October 8, 1987) was an American film producer and director. Known as the "King of Serial Directors", he directed more film serials than any other director. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bennet first entered show business as a stunt man, when he answered a newspaper ad to jump from the Palisades of the Hudson River while wearing a suit for the serial film '' Hurricane Hutch'' (1921). The gig at that time paid $1 per foot he had to fall. He made his directorial debut in 1921's ''Behold the Man'' but made his serial directorial debut in 1925 with '' Sunken Silver''. He would keep making serials, as well as B-Western features, until the very end of the genre, directing the last two serials made in the United States, '' Blazing the Overland Trail'' (1956) and '' Perils of the Wilderness'' (1956). After the serials ended he directed a handful of features, his final directorial credit being 1965's '' The Bounty Killer'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Bell (actor)
Spencer Bell (September 25, 1887 – August 18, 1935) was an American stage and film actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in many of his silent comedy shorts from the late 1910s to 1928. Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract. Over the course of his fifteen-year film career, Bell appeared in more than seventy comedy shorts. Career Bell was born in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to his Hollywood film career, he worked as a chauffeur and performed in vaudeville and minstrel shows. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in World War I. Bell made his film debut in Larry Semon's 1919 silent comedy short, ''Passing the Buck''. As was typical for African American actors of the era, Bell was typecast in stereotypical roles. His characters were often depicted as bumbling, lazy buffoons who were prone to comedic accidents. One of Bell's most notable roles was that of Snowba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Bedford
Spencer Argyle Bedford (February 1, 1851 – December 15, 1933) was an English-born Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Moosomin from 1885 to 1888. Bedford was born at Busted, Sussex, England in 1851, the son of J. Bedford, and was raised in the vicinity of the English Channel. He came to Canada in 1877 and settled in Manitoba, purchasing land there. He worked for land offices as well as a booster for the North West Territories, to encourage immigration there, drawing settlers to the Pembina Mountains and Rock Lake areas. Bedford was also a land inspector, for Scottish Ontario, the British Canadian Loan Company, and the Canadian Northwest Land Company. He resided in Moosomin where he farmed. He married Minnie Bolton in 1880. His wife would die in the 1918 flu pandemic. He was acclaimed in 1885 to the Council of the North West Territories, and retired at the next election, in 1888. Upon his retirement he was named the first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Bayles
Spencer Bayles is the front-man and songwriter for Leeds, England-based acoustic band Last Night's TV. He was once a Guinness world record holder for having the longest appendix ever removed, at a staggering 21 cm (8.26 inches) long. The record is currently held by Safranco August 6 cm (10.24 in)in 2006 during an autopsy. See also * Appendicitis * Appendicectomy An appendectomy, also termed appendicectomy, is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed. Appendectomy is normally performed as an urgent or emergency procedure to treat complicated acute append ... References External links Full details of Spencer Bayles' appendix Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{songwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Barrett (ecologist)
Spencer Charles Hilton Barrett (born June 7, 1948) is a Canadian evolutionary biologist, formerly a Canada Research Chair at University of Toronto and, in 2010, was named Extraordinary Professor at University of Stellenbosch. Education Barrett was educated at the University of Reading and the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded a PhD in 1977Spencer Barrett's for research into the breeding systems of the plants '' Eichhornia'' and '' Pontederia.'' He was supervised by Herbert Baker. Research and career Barrett's interests are in evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics, evolutionary ecology and plant reproduction. His research seeks understanding of how flowers evolve and what mechanisms are responsible for mating system transitions in flowering plants. Since 2017, he has served as editor of the ''Proceedings of the Royal Society'' series B, the flagship scientific journal of the Royal Society. Barrett is an evolutionary biologist and a worldwide a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Fullerton Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird (; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He eventually served as assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1850 to 1878, and as Secretary from 1878 until 1887. He was dedicated to expanding the natural history collections of the Smithsonian which he increased from 6,000 specimens in 1850 to over 2 million by the time of his death. He published over 1,000 works during his lifetime. Early life and education Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1823. His mother was a member of the prominent Philadelphia Biddle family; he was a nephew of Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate Charles B. Penrose and a first cousin, once removed, of U.S. Senator Boies Penrose and his distinguished brothers, Richard, Spencer, and Charles. He became a self-trained naturalist as a young man, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Batiste
Spencer Batiste (born 5 June 1945) was educated at Carmel College (1955–1963), the Sorbonne, Paris (1963–1964), Queens' College, Cambridge (1964–1967) and the College of Law (1967–1968). He was articled at Herbert Oppenheimer Nathan & Vandyk in the City of London (1968–1970) and became a practicing solicitor in 1970 with Branson Bramley of Sheffield until 1986, and then a non-exec board member of DLA (now DLA Piper) until 1995. He was also the law clerk and a guardian of the Sheffield Assay Office and a member of the British Hallmarking Council and of Sheffield University Council. In the 1979 European Parliamentary elections, he unsuccessfully contested the Sheffield, Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire Euro-constituency. However, in 1983 he became the Conservative MP for Elmet in the United Kingdom general election, a seat which he held until his defeat in the Labour landslide in the 1997 United Kingdom general election. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Banks
Spencer Banks (born 1954 in Chesterfield) is a British television actor. He was mainly active in the 1970s, when he tended to play a geeky adolescent in glasses. He starred in two significant programmes: the popular children's science fiction serial '' Timeslip'' as Simon Randall, and the ''Play for Today'' '' Penda's Fen'' (1974) by David Rudkin directed by Alan Clarke. He also appeared in television series including '' Alexander the Greatest'', ''The Witch's Daughter'', ''Tightrope'', ''The Georgian House'', '' Crossroads'' and '' Backs to the Land'', films such as ''Diamonds on Wheels'' (1973) and ''A Christmas Carol'' (1984), and a 1981 radio version of '' The Chrysalids''. In 2015 he appeared as 'Reverend Simon Randall' in ''The Amityville Playhouse ''Amityville Playhouse'' (also known as ''The Amityville Theater'') is a 2015 horror film written and directed by John R. Walker, and co-written by Steve Hardy. It is the thirteenth film to be inspired by Jay Anson's 1977 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
