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Bering (surname)
Bering is a surname. Notable people with the name surname include: *Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish navigator and cartographer, namesake of the Bering Sea and Bering Strait *Vitus Bering (1617–1675), Danish poet and historian *Jesse Bering (born 1975), American psychologist and author *Jonas Bering (born 1975), French musician and songwriter *Myka Bering, fictional character in the TV series ''Warehouse 13'' See also *Bering (other) *Baring (surname) Baring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Baring family, a German-British banking family *Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848), British banker *Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), British landown ... * Behring (other) {{Surname, Bering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitus Bering
Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741),All dates are here given in the Julian calendar, which was in use throughout Russia at the time. also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were all named in his honor. Taking to the seas as a ship's boy at the age of fifteen, Bering travelled extensively over the next eight years, as well as taking naval training in Amsterdam. In 1704, he enrolled with the rapidly expanding Russian navy of Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great). After serving with the navy in significant but non-combat roles during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitus Bering (1617–1675)
Vitus Pedersen Bering (6 October 1617 – 20 May 1675) was a Danish poet and historian. He served as Danish Historiographer Royal and was the great uncle of the explorer Vitus Bering (1681–1741). Early life and education Vitus Pedersen Bering was born in Viborg, Denmark. Bering was the son of the city mayor Peder Pedersen Bering and Maren Vitusdatter Brun. He graduated from Viborg Katedralskole in 1635. He soon attracted attention for his poems in Latin and was called to serve as steward for Otte Thott, son of Scania county governor Tage Thott (1580–1658). He subsequently conducted a seven-year foreign trip to Leiden (1639), Orléans (1640), Siena (1642), Rome and Padua (1647) and Strasbourg and Basel (1648). Career After their return to Denmark, he took a Master's degree at the University of Copenhagen in 1649. He immediately assumed a position as at the University of Copenhagen. Later that same year he was appointed to professor in history at Sorø Academy and Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Bering
Jesse Michael Bering (born May 6, 1975) is an American psychologist, writer, and academic. He is a professor in Science Communication at the University of Otago (where he serves as Director of the Centre for Science Communication), as well as a frequent contributor to ''Scientific American'', ''Slate'', and ''Das Magazin'' (Switzerland). His work has also appeared in ''New York Magazine'', ''The Guardian'', and ''The New Republic'', and has been featured on ''NPR'', the ''BBC'', ''Playboy Radio'' and elsewhere. Early life and education Bering was born in 1975 in New Jersey, the son of a secular Jewish mother and a non-religious Lutheran father. Having grown up in a highly conservative culture, he reports feeling anxiety about his sexual orientation during his childhood. This experience led to his interest in academic disciplines like human sexuality and the cognitive science of religion. He attended graduate school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he earned his M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Bering
Jonas Bering (born 9 November 1975) is a French electronic music songwriter, from Lille, France. Jonas Bering emerged from the techno scene of Cologne, Germany, through his works released on the German label Kompakt, run by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Juergen Paape. Selected discography *Bienfait ( CD, Album), Kompakt (2000) *Emballages ( 12", Kompakt (2000) *From The Nape Of The Neck (12"), Logarythm (2001) *Marine (12"), Kompakt (2002) *Normandie (12"), Kompakt (2003) *Sketches For The Next Season (12", CD, Album), Kompakt (2003) *Diva (12"), Defrag Sound Processing (2004) *Behind This Silence (12"), Kompakt (2006) *Lost Paradise (12"), Kompakt (2006) *Cityscape (12"), Kupei Musika (2007) w/ Kate Simko *Can't Stop Loving You (12"), Kompakt (2008) w/ Aubelia Petit *Behind The Silence ( CD, Album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myka Bering
Myka Ophelia Bering is a fictional character on the U.S. television science fiction series, ''Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014), portrayed by Joanne Kelly. In common with co-protagonist Agent Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock), Bering is a U.S. Secret Service agent. Both have been seconded to the titular Warehouse 13, where their work involves collecting artifacts under conditions of highest classification secrecy. In opposition to her partner's happy-go-lucky attitude and reliance on intuition, Myka is smart, organized, and has a careful eye for detail. Character history Bering (born c.1982) is from Colorado Springs, Colorado, where her parents live. Early on in her life, Myka's parents open a bookstore called, "Bering and Sons," even though she has no brothers; the 'and Sons' is only added to make the establishment sound classier. She has one sister, Tracy, who Myka describes as "the pretty one" that all the boys were crazy about. Unlike her sister, Myka is a tomboy, and thus, inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bering (other)
Bering may refer to: * Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy * Maritime features of Alaska/Siberia region: ** Bering Sea, body of water in the North Pacific Ocean ** Bering Strait, sea strait between Russia and Alaska ** Bering Island, off Kamchatka Peninsula in Bering Sea ** Bering land bridge, Pleistocene-ice-ages route between continents * Bering (surname) * Bering (horse), Thoroughbred racer * Bering, East Sikkim, small village in East Sikkim, India * Bering Truck, former American truck manufacturer and distributor See also * Baring (other) * Bearing (other) Bearing(s) may refer to: * Bearing (angle), a term for direction * Bearing (mechanical), a component that separates moving parts and takes a load * Bridge bearing, a component separating a bridge pier and deck * Bearing BTS Station in Bangkok * ' ... * Behring (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baring (surname)
Baring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Baring family, a German-British banking family *Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848), British banker *Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), British landowner and politician * Arnulf Baring (1932–2019), German historian *Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799–1864) *Charles Baring (1807–1879), Bishop of Durham *Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale (born 1937), English horticulturalist *Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897), British banker *Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), British colonial administrator *Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903–1973), Governor of Kenya *Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (1740–1810), English merchant banker who established merchant house of Barings *Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796–1866), British Whig politician, First Lord of the Admiralty * Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook (born 1954), Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
