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Stringer (name)
Stringer (pronounced to rhyme with "ringer") is an English occupational surname and occasionally used as a given name. It originally denoted a maker of rope or strings, and especially those for the famous English longbows used for both hunting and war. It is based on an agent derivative of the Old English ''streng'', meaning "string," which is in turn based on the Old Norse '' strengr''. In Yorkshire, where it is still particularly common, George Redmonds argues that the surname may have been connected with ironworking, a stringer having operated some form of specialist hearth. Early examples of the surname recorded in authentic registers and charters of the medieval period include: :''Roger le Strenger'' in 1293, Yorkshire; :''Lady Godwyna Strenger'' in 1328, Somerset; :''Richard Stringer'', in 1679, a footsoldier of Barbados. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Walter Stringere, which was dated 1194, in the Curia Regis Rolls for Wiltshire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jake Stringer
Jake Stringer (born 25 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs from 2013 to 2017. Stringer was selected in the All-Australian team in 2015 and won an AFL premiership with the Bulldogs in 2016, the club's first in 62 years. He has also led his clubs' goalkicking on six occasions (three for the Western Bulldogs and three for Essendon). Early life Stringer played junior football with the Eaglehawk Football Club and played for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup. After suffering a leg fracture in 2011, he was still able to show strong form for the Bendigo Gold in the VFL. He was drafted by the Bulldogs with the fifth overall selection in the 2012 national draft. AFL career Stringer made his AFL debut against Adelaide in round 4 of the 2013 AFL season. In 2014, Stringer's abilities improved dramatically, and he began to be known as "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Michael Stringer
John Michael Stringer (26 July 1924 – 7 March 2004) was a film production designer, art director, painter and illustrator. Stringer's work as art director on ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), involving much shooting in Yugoslavia, earned him an Academy Award nomination shared with the Hollywood production designer Robert Boyle and set decorator Peter Lamont, but they lost to Nicholas and Alexandra. His later assignments included ''The Greek Tycoon'' (1978), '' The Awakening'' (1980), ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (1980), and '' The Jigsaw Man'' (1983) before he moved into television with excellent sets for the Ian Richardson version of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1983). He designed the TV series Paradise Postponed (1986) and, as in the earlier Inspector Clouseau, his resemblance to Harold Wilson led to his making a cameo appearance as the former prime minister. Stringer explained much about art direction generally and his own approach, in contributing to a textbook, Film D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lew Stringer
Lew Stringer (born 22 March 1959 in England) is a freelance comic artist and scriptwriter. Biography Stringer began his career from the late 1970s with a series of fanzines, many featuring his popular ''Brickman'' character; these were read by several professional creators (including Kevin O'Neill, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons) who encouraged Stringer to try comics as a profession and Stringer recalls that "Alan Moore actually introduced me to one of the editors at Marvel UK – Bernie Jaye who was editor on '' The Daredevils''". He sold his first professional cartoon to Marvel UK (the British branch of Marvel Comics) in 1983 where it appeared in '' The Daredevils'' comic, after which he worked for a short time as art assistant to the cartoonist Mike Higgs (creator of ''Moonbird'' and ''The Cloak''). Since then Stringer has freelanced for numerous British comics for various companies and audiences. His best remembered creations are ''Tom Thug'' and ''Pete and His Pimple' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lee Stringer
Lee Stringer is a writer who lived unhoused with a substance use disorder in New York City from the early eighties until the mid-nineties. He is a former editor and columnist of ''Street News''. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including ''The Nation'', ''The New York Times'', and ''Newsday''. He currently lives in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the author of ''Sleepaway School'' and ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street''. Stringer also took part in a discussion on writing with Kurt Vonnegut for a book entitled '' Like Shaking Hands With God''. Stringer was a winner of the Doe Fund 2nd Annual Murray Kempton Award in 1998, and ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street'' was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book that same year. ''Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street'' was also nominated for a Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award. He discovered his talent when he was searching for an instrument with which to push the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Korey Stringer
Korey Damont Stringer (May 8, 1974 – August 1, 2001) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football at the Ohio State University and was recognized as an All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. On August 1, 2001, Stringer died from complications brought on by heat stroke during the Vikings' training camp in Mankato, Minnesota. Early years Stringer was born in Warren, Ohio.National Football League, Historical PlayersKorey Stringer Retrieved February 6, 2012. He attended Warren G. Harding High School in Warren,databaseFootball.com, PlayersKorey Stringer. Retrieved February 6, 2012. and was a member of the Harding Raiders high school football team. The Raiders won the football state championship in 1990. College career Stringer decided to attend Ohio State University, where he played for the Ohio State Buckeyes fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John Bentley Stringer
John Bentley Stringer (17 February 1928 – 4 May 1979) was a British computer pioneer. At Cambridge Maths Lab he worked with Maurice Wilkes creating the concept of microcode. He then became a civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ... firstly at the National Physical Laboratory then at the Government Communications Headquarters. Publications * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stringer, John Bentley 1928 births 1979 deaths Members of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory British computer scientists Computer designers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Howard Stringer
Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation from 2005 to 2012. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC. He was knighted in 1999. Early life Stringer was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Marjorie Mary (née Pook), a Welsh schoolteacher, and Harry Stringer, a sergeant in the Royal Air Force. His younger brother, Rob Stringer, was president of Sony Music Label Group. Stringer attended 11 secondary schools by the time he was 16, including Oundle School in Northamptonshire. He received a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford in Modern History. Career Stringer moved to the United States in 1965. After working at CBS's flagshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Graham Stringer
Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician serving as MP for Blackley and Broughton since 1997. Before entering Parliament, he served as leader of Manchester City Council from 1984 to 1996, and chair of Manchester Airport plc from 1996 to 1997. Stringer is a prominent Eurosceptic. Early life Stringer attended Christ Church Primary School in Beswick, Manchester, and Openshaw Technical High School for Boys in Openshaw, Manchester. After graduating in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield in 1971, Stringer worked as an analytical chemist in the plastics industry. Stringer became a local councillor in Manchester in 1979, and was Manchester City Council leader from 1984 to 1996. He was also chair of Manchester Airport from 1996 to 1997. Parliamentary career Stringer was first elected in 1997 taking over the Blackley seat of the retired Kenneth Eastham. He is only the third Member of Parliament (MP) in the constituency since 1964, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jimmy Stringer
James Stringer (1879–1933) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Ro .... References 1879 births 1933 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Dudley Town F.C. players Sportspeople from Sandwell {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jesse Stringer
Jesse Stringer (born 3 April 1991) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with pick number 61 in the 2010 Rookie Draft having played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL. He made his debut in round 4, 2012, against . On 20 June 2012, Stringer was banned from 2012 AFL season due to unacceptable behaviour involving a woman. Victoria Police said police arrived at a street in Grovedale, where they received a report about an alleged assault. He was arrested and released pending further inquiries. Stringer was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season The 2014 AFL season was the 118th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured ei .... References External links * * 1991 births Living people Geel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George Stringer
George Stringer VC (24 July 1889 – 22 November 1957) from Miles Platting, Manchester 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. Early life Upon leaving school, Stringer worked for a local cloth dyer and bleacher. In 1905, he joined the Lancashire Fusilier Volunteers, a militia unit, and just before the outbreak of World War I he joined a territorial unit of the Manchester Regiment, then went on active duty with the 1st Battalion. Military career His unit fought in France until December 1915, then was posted to Mesopotamia in January 1916. He was awarded the VC for heroic actions during the Battle of Es Sinn on 8 March 1916. During the effort to relieve the besieged garrison of British and Indian Army troops at Kut-el-Amara. His citation in the ''London Gazette'' read: Stringer was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and also aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |