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Biggers is an Old English surname, and derives from an Old Norse word for a Barley field. Notable people with the surname include: * Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player *Cliff Biggers, comic-book writer and journalist * Clyde Biggers, American college football coach *Dan Biggers, American television actor * Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), American novelist and playwright * E. J. Biggers (born 1987), American football cornerback * Jeff Biggers (born 1963), American writer and journalist *John T. Biggers (1924–2001), American muralist during the Harlem Renaissance *Sissy Biggers (born 1957), American television personality *Trenesha Biggers (born 1981), American professional wrestler * W. Watts Biggers (1927–2013), American novelist and television writer * William Biggers (18741935), English footballer {{surname, Biggers Biggers can also refer to: *Biggers, Arkansas Biggers is a town in Randolph County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 305 at the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English in England and Early Scots in Scotland. Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Biggers
Caleb Biggers (born November 2, 1999) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Bowling Green and Boise State. Early life Biggers grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and attended high school at Calvert Hall College. Biggers was a dual threat player being a running back and cornerback. In his career on offense he rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns, and on defense he recorded 42 tackles, four going for a loss, a sack, two interceptions, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Biggers would decide to commit to Bowling Green to play college football. College career Biggers would play at Bowling Green for three years. In those three years he totaled 100 tackles, with four going for a loss, four pass deflections, a fumble recovery, and a touchdown. After those three years with Bowling Green, Biggers would decide to transfer to Boise State. In Biggers first season with Boise State he totalled 34 tackles and five pass deflections. In the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Biggers
Cliff Biggers is a comic book writer and journalist. His first published writing appeared in fanzines in the mid-1960s. He was a founding member of the amateur press alliance (APA) Myriad and was active in the Southern Fandom Press Alliance, a southeastern-based science fiction amateur press association. He was also involved in Galaxy, CAPA-Alpha, Apa-5, and other amateur press alliances. Career Biggers' first professional writing was done for Jim Steranko's ''Mediascene'' magazine in 1972; he worked intermittently for Steranko for two years. At the same time, he and his wife Susan H. Biggers co-edited and published the science fiction review magazine ''Future Retrospective''. He and Susan Biggers received the 1977 Rebel Award for outstanding Southern science fiction fan achievement for their work with ''Future Retrospective''. Biggers was a founding member of the Atlanta Science Fiction Club (ASFiC) in 1977. He wrote and edited ''Atarantes'', the ASFiC publication, until 1982, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Biggers
Clyde W. Biggers (March 6, 1925 – December 23, 1976) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Catawba College from 1953 to 1958 and at Eastern Illinois University from 1965 to 1971, compiling a career college football record of 45–70–6. Biggers was then the athletic director at University of Nebraska Omaha from 1971 to 1974 and at the University of Richmond from 1974 until his death in 1976. Biggers played football and baseball at Catawba College, from which he graduated in 1948. He coached football at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina before serving as the line coach for the football team at East Carolina College—now East Carolina University—in 1952. Between his tenures as head coach at Catawba and Eastern Illinois, Biggers was an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina. He died of a heart attack at his home in Richmond, Virginia (Thus do we reach the stars) , i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Biggers
Daniel Upshaw Biggers (January 18, 1931 – December 5, 2011) was an American college official and actor best known for his role as Frank "Doc" Robb on the television series '' In the Heat of the Night''. Life and career Biggers was born in Newton County, Georgia in 1931. He was an English instructor at Toccoa High School in the late 1950s. In 1963 he became headmaster of Thornwood (Darlington Lower School) in Rome, Georgia."Actor and director of Historic Berry, Dan Biggers has died," '' Rome News-Tribune'', December 6, 2011. Beginning in 1967, he was dean of students at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Derr Biggers
Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. Biography The son of Robert J. and Emma E. (Derr) Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University in 1907, where he was a member of The Lampoon. He worked briefly as a journalist for ''The Plain Dealer'' in 1907, and then for the Boston Traveller until 1912, before turning to fiction. Many of his plays and novels were made into movies. His first novel, ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'', was popular in 1913, and George M. Cohan quickly adapted the novel as a hit Broadway stage play of the same name. Cohan starred in the 1917 film version, one of seven film versions of the play, and a 1935 revival.Warburton, Eileen"Keeper of the Keys to Old Broadway: Geroge (sic) M. Cohan's ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1913)" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Biggers
Jeff Biggers (born in 1963) is an American historian, journalist, playwright, and monologist. He is the author and editor of ten books. His most recent book,Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy, is a cultural history and travelogue of the island. According to Yale Climate Connection, Biggers is "prominent author and activistwriting extensively about environmental and climate issues", performing and lecturing frequently at festivals, theatres, conferences, universities and schools across the United States. As the founder of the Climate Narrative Project, he has served as th Writer-in-Residence in the Office of Sustainability at the University of Iowa, and as the Campbell-Stripling Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Wesleyan College in Georgia. As part of his climate narrative work, Biggers is the author and performer of the "Ecopolis Monologues," in which he envisions ways for regenerative city initiatives. Adapted to local initiatives and history, the Ecopolis monologues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John T
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissy Biggers
Martha "Sissy" Cargill Biggers (born Martha Lyons Cargill on July 3, 1957) is an American television personality and lifestyle expert. She has hosted the Food Network's '' Ready.. Set... Cook!'' and Lifetime's ''Biggers & Summers'' and ''Live from Queens'' talk shows. In 2001 Biggers also served as floor reporter on the short-lived reality television series Iron Chef USA. She has been a regular lifestyles contributor for ''The Today Show''. Personal life Biggers graduated from Barnard College. She is married to Reeve Kelsey Biggers Jr., a grandson of John David Biggers, former chief executive officer of the Libbey-Owens-Ford The Libbey-Owens-Ford Company (LOF) was a producer of flat glass for the automotive and building products industries both for original equipment manufacturers and for replacement use. The company's headquarters and main factories were located in T ... company who conducted the first unemployment census in 1938 at the request of President Franklin D. Roo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenesha Biggers
Trenesha Biggers (born December 25, 1981) is an American former model and professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Rhaka Khan; she also appeared with WWE as Trenesha, competing in the 2005 WWE Diva Search. Early life Biggers played volleyball and basketball in high school while in Jacksonville, Illinois and later while attending Illinois Central College in the 2000–01 season. She continued to play in both sports after transferring to the College of Southern Idaho for the 2001–02 season. In 2002, Biggers transferred to Florida State University where she lettered in volleyball. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment developmental (2005–2006) Biggers entered the WWE Diva Search, but was eliminated during the top 25. World Wrestling Entertainment later expressed interest in Biggers and signed her to a developmental contract. After signing a developmental contract with WWE, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Biggar
William Biggers (16 October 1874 – 11 July 1935), known during his playing career as William "Billy" Biggar, was an English professional footballer who made over 210 appearances as a goalkeeper in the Southern League for Watford. In all competitions for the Hornets, he made 283 appearances and scored two penalties. Earlier in his career he appeared in the Football League for Sheffield United. During his long playing career, he also acted as trainer at Rochdale and coached at Earlestown Earlestown is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. It forms the western part of the wider Newton-le-Willows urban area. At the 2011 Census the ward population was 10,830. History Earlestow .... Career statistics References 1874 births English footballers Brentford F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players People from Mexborough Footballers from Doncaster Association football goalk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
