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Flower (name)
Flower is an English surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Andy Flower (born 1968), British-Zimbabwean cricketer * Barnard Flower (died July or August 1517), Flemish glazier *Ernest Flower (1865–1926), British politician * Grant Flower (born 1970), Zimbabwean cricketer * Harry Flower (1900–1970), Australian rugby league footballer *Robert Flower (1955–2014), Australian rules Footballer *Roswell P. Flower (1835–1899), American politician * William Flower (other) Given name * Flower Mocher (c. 1729–1801), British army officer * Flower Msuya (born 1959), Tanzanian phycologist *Flower A. Newhouse (1909–1994), American Christian mystic and spiritual teacher See also * Flowers (name) * Flora (surname) * Flora (given name) * Fleur (given name) * Tzitzak, Khazar princess and Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phycology
Phycology () is the scientific study of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science. Algae are important as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Most algae are eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms that live in a wet environment. They are distinguished from the higher plants by a lack of true roots, stems or leaves. They do not produce flowers. Many species are single-celled and microscopic (including phytoplankton and other microalgae); many others are multicellular to one degree or another, some of these growing to large size (for example, seaweeds such as kelp and ''Sargassum''). Phycology includes the study of prokaryotic forms known as blue-green algae or cyanobacteria. A number of microscopic algae also occur as symbionts in lichens. Phycologists typically focus on either freshwater or ocean algae, and further within those areas, either diatoms or soft algae. History of phycology While both the ancient Greeks and Romans knew of algae, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople. It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire remained the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. The terms "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" were coined after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire, and to themselves as Romans—a term which Greeks continued to use for themselves into Ottoman times. Although the Roman state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians prefer to differentiate the Byzantine Empire from Ancient Rome a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khazar
The Khazars ; he, כּוּזָרִים, Kūzārīm; la, Gazari, or ; zh, 突厥曷薩 ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a semi-nomadic Turkic people that in the late 6th-century CE established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. They created what for its duration was the most powerful polity to emerge from the break-up of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Astride a major artery of commerce between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Southwestern Asia, Khazaria became one of the foremost trading empires of the Early Middle Ages, early medieval world, commanding the western March (territory), marches of the Silk Road and playing a key commercial role as a crossroad between China, the Middle East and Kievan Rus'. For some three centuries (c. 650–965) the Khazars dominated the vast area extending from the Volga-Don steppes to the eastern Crimea and the northern Caucasus. Khazari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzitzak
:''This individual is sometimes confused with Byzantine Empress Irene, who was her daughter-in-law.'' Tzitzak ( el, Τζιτζάκ) (died 750), baptised Irene ( el, Εἰρήνη), was a Khazar princess, the daughter of ''khagan'' Bihar, who became empress by marriage to Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). Etymology According to Gyula Moravcsik, ''Tzitzak'' is most likely a Hellenized version of a Turkic word descending from Proto-Turkic * and cognate with Chuvash and Turkish , all meaning 'flower'. However, Marcel Erdal notes that Constantine VII used ''tzitzak'' to denote the empress's garment and deems Moravcsik's idea that Tzitzak was her personal name "far-fetched". Therefore, Erdal thinks that ''tzitzak'' more likely described the colourfulness of the empress's garment; Erdal additionally reminds readers of Hebrew ṣiṣiṯ 'fringed Jewish ceremonial shawl' and 'fringes'.Erdal, Marcel, "The Khazar Language" in ''The World of the Khazars''. Brill, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleur (given Name)
Fleur is a feminine given name originated in France, eventually used in English speaking countries and other languages. It means "flower" in French. Notable people *Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealander poet and editor *Fleur Agema (born 1976), Dutch politician *Fleur Anderson, British Labour politician * Fleur Beale (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer *Fleur Bennett (born 1970), British television actress *Fleur Cowles (1908–2009), American writer and editor *Fleur East (born 1987), British singer and contestant on ''The X Factor'' * Fleur Ezekiel (fl.1959), Indian model, first Indian Miss World contestant * Fleur Faure (born 1993), French cyclist *Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (born 1973), Israeli politician *Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Swiss writer (in Italian) * Fleur van de Kieft (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player *Fleur Lombard (1974–1996), British firefighter and first female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime *Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourgian fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora (given Name)
Flora is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning ''flower'', ultimately derived from the Latin word ''flos'', which had the genitive ''florus''. Flora was a fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome. Feminine variants include Florrie or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent Flòraidh. Flora was also used as an English translation for the etymologically unrelated Scottish Gaelic Fionnaghal, a variant of the Irish Gaelic name Fionnuala. Other feminine variants include the Dutch Floor and Floortje, the English and French Florence, the French Fleur, Flore, and Florette, the Hungarian Flóra, the Italian Fiore and Fiorenza, the Occitan Flòra, the Sami Florá, the Portuguese and Spanish Flor and Florinda, the Spanish Florencia, and the Portuguese Florência, and the Welsh Fflur. Usage The name came into regular use by the 1700s in countries across Europe and elsewhere. The name was among the one hundred most popular names for girls in the United States in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora (surname) (1945-2022), American politician
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Flora is a surname. It may refer to : * Alessandra Flora (born 1975), Italian lyricist and composer * Dom Flora, American college basketball player *Don Flora, American volleyball coach * Ioana Flora (born 1975), Romanian actress * Jerry Flora, American college football coach * Jim Flora, American illustrator * Snowden D. Flora, American meteorologist, climatologist and tornado researcher *Vaughn Flora Vaughn Leonard Flora (January 17, 1945 – March 17, 2022) was an American politician who served in the Kansas House of Representatives for 14 years. Flora was born in Quinter, Kansas, where he attended local public schools. He attended Kans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers (name)
Flowers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *A. D. Flowers (1917–2001), American visual effects artist * Adam Flowers, American singer *Adrian Flowers (1926–2016), British photographer * Alfred K. Flowers (born 1947), United States Air Force officer *Angela Flowers (1932–2023), British gallerist *Ben Flowers (1927–2009), American baseball player *Bernie Flowers (1930–2011), American footballer *Bess Flowers (1898–1984), American actress *Betty Sue Flowers, American academic and writer * Bill Flowers (born 1963), Australian artist * Bob Flowers (1917–1962), American footballer *Brandon Flowers (born 1981), American singer and musician *Brandon Flowers (American football) (born 1986), American football player *Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers (1924–2010), British physicist * Bruce Flowers (born 1957), American basketball player *Buck Flowers (1899–1983), American footballer *Charlie Flowers (1937–2014), American football player * Chipman L. Flowers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower A
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) resulting from cross-pollination or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower) when self-pollination occurs. There are two types of pollination: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Self-pollination occurs when the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on the same plant. Cross-pollination is when pollen is transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on a different individual of the same species. Self-pollination happens in flowers where the stamen and carpel mature at the same time, and are positioned so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower Msuya
Flower Ezekiel Msuya (born 1959) is a Tanzanian phycologist. She specialises in algaculture (seaweed farming) and integrated aquaculture. Early life and education Flower Ezekiel Msuya was born in 1959 in Kifula (Ugweno), a division of Mwanga District in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. She earned her BSc in botany and statistics from the University of Dar es Salaam. She received an MSc in fisheries and aquaculture from the University of Kuopio in Finland. Based on a course in phycology (the study of algae and seaweed), she developed an interest in seaweed farming. She earned her PhD in seaweed-integrated aquaculture from Tel Aviv University in 2004. Her thesis, "The Influence of Culture Regimes on the Performance of Seaweed Biofilters in Integrated Mariculture", examined the use of seaweed as biofilters for fishpond effluent water. Career From 1993 to 1996, Msuya researched the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of seaweed farming. She pioneered the start of seawee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
