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Bessey (surname) (born 1961), NASCAR owner and driver
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Bessey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles A. Bessey (1848–1909), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915), American botanist * Ernst Bessey (1877–1957), American botanist, son of Charles Edwin Bessey * Joanna Bessey (born 1976), Asian film and television actress *Joe Bessey Joseph W. Bessey (born June 25, 1961) is a former NASCAR owner/driver. He won one career Busch Series race before heading back to the Busch Grand National North Series in 2001, where he continues to field teams. In his driving career in that serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles A
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edwin Bessey
Charles Edwin Bessey (21 May 1845 – 25 February 1915) was an American botanist. Biography He was born at Milton, Wayne County, Ohio. He graduated in 1869 at the Michigan Agricultural College. Bessey also studied at Harvard University under Asa Gray, in 1872 and in 1875–76. He was professor of botany at the Iowa Agricultural College, today known as Iowa State University from 1870 to 1884. In 1884, he was appointed professor of botany at the University of Nebraska and became head dean there in 1909. He also served as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska from 1888 to 1891 and again from 1899 to 1900. , UNL Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved on July 10, 2009. He served as |
Ernst Bessey
Ernst Athearn Bessey (February 20, 1877 – July 17, 1957) was an American mycologist, botanist and plant pathologist who served as professor of mycology and botany and dean of the graduate school at Michigan State University. He was the son of another famous botanist, Charles Edwin Bessey. Bessey was born in Ames, Iowa, where his father was professor of botany at Iowa State University, Iowa Agricultural College. In 1884 he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska when his father moved to the University of Nebraska. Bessey attended the University of Nebraska, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1896, a Bachelor of Science in 1897, and a Master of Arts in 1898. He then moved to Germany where he did his doctoral work at the University of Halle under the supervision of Georg Klebs. After completing his Ph.D. in 1904 he served as an agricultural explorer United States Department of Agriculture visiting Russia, Central Asia and Algeria. After returning to the United States he worked for the USDA and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Bessey
Joanna Bessey (born 1976) is an actress and director from Malaysia. She is best known for her role as Marie Tan in the situation comedy Kopitiam (TV series), Kopitiam which ran for 7 seasons. Early life Bessey was born in West Sussex to a British people, British father and Malaysian mother of Malays (ethnic group), Malay descent with Minangkabau lineage. Career Bessey has appeared in over 200 episodes of television, 6 TV movies, 5 feature films, commercials with 2 major celebrity endorsements, voice-over work for commercials and animated series and numerous theatre productions, over the last 10 years. Other TV credits include ''La Dolce Amira'', ''Bilik 13'', ''All Mixed Up'' and Island FM. She has been in feature films such as Lips to Lips, Buli, ''1957: Hati Malaya, 1957- Hati Malaya'' and ''Waris Jari Hantu''. Bessey appeared on BBC World News hosting the travel documentary "Exploring Malaysia". She is also an environmentalist. In 2020, Bessey made her videogame debut by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |