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Gaige is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Amity Gaige (born 1972), American novelist * Frederick McMahon Gaige (1890–1976), American entomologist and herpetologist * Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige (1890–1976), American herpetologist * Jeremy Gaige (1927–2011), American chess archivist and journalist See also * Gaige Homestead, a historic home in Schenectady County, New York *Gaige the Mechromancer, a character in the video game '' Borderlands 2'' * Gage (other) *Gauge (other) Gauge ( or ) may refer to: Measurement * Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments * Gauge (firearms) * Wire gauge, a measure of the size of a wire ** American wire gauge, a common measure of nonferrous wire diameter, e ...
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Amity Gaige
Amity Gaige (born 1972) is an American novelist, known for her books ''O My Darling'', ''The Folded World'', ''Schroder'', and ''Sea Wife''. She is a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction. Early life Amity Gaige was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, to an academic father and a psychologist mother. The Gaige family moved several times before settling in Reading, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Brown University, where she studied English and theater. She later obtained an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (1999). Career Her first novel, ''O My Darling'' (Other Press, 2005) won her a place in the inaugural year of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Awards. Her second novel, ''The Folded World'', was published in 2007 (Other Press, Random House), and garnered independent publishing awards that year. Her third novel, ''Schroder'' (Twelve Books, 2013) was a shortlist nominee for Britain's inaugural GB£40,000 Folio Prize in 2014. The novel stirred contr ...
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Frederick McMahon Gaige
Frederick McMahon Gaige (3 July 1890, Ann Arbor – 20 October 1976, Keystone Heights) was an American entomologist and herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep .... Sources External links * 1890 births 1976 deaths American entomologists American herpetologists 20th-century American zoologists {{US-entomologist-stub ...
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Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige
Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige (November 24, 1890 – October 24, 1976) was an American herpetologist, curator of Reptiles and Amphibians for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, and a specialist in neotropical frogs. Gaige was born in Bad Axe, Michigan, and studied at the University of Michigan with Frank Nelson Blanchard, under professor Alexander Grant Ruthven. From 1910 until 1923 she was an assistant curator of reptiles and amphibians for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan. In 1923 she became curator of amphibians. In 1928, she co-authored ''The Herpetology of Michigan'' with Ruthven. In 1937 she became editor in chief of the ichthyological and herpetological periodical ''Copeia'', and wrote extensively on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Her research chiefly concerned the geographical distribution, habitats, and life histories of amphibians. In 1917 she discovered the salamander genus ''Rhyacotriton','' which would later be divided ...
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Jeremy Gaige
Jeremy Gaige (October 9, 1927 in New York – February 19, 2011) was an American chess archivist and journalist. He was best known for his work collecting and publishing tournament results and basic biographical data on chess players. Hooper and Whyld called his works "scrupulously written" and "a source of reference for chess journalists and writers all over the world". Gaige's 1969 book, ''A Catalog of Chess Players and Problemists'', contained about 3000 names with dates and places of birth and death. Chess writers soon began sending him information, and ''Chess Personalia'' (1987), his greatly expanded follow up, listed about 14,000 names with dates and places of birth and death, along with references to sources of biographical information. He died of emphysema on 19 February 2011, at his home in Philadelphia. Gaige graduated from Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Good ...
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Gaige Homestead
Gaige Homestead is a historic home located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. The house was built about 1830 and is a rectangular two story, five bay frame building in a vernacular Federal style. It has a one-story, gable roofed side wing. It features a gable roof with cornice returns, a recessed central entrance, and two brick interior end chimneys. Also on the property are two sheds, a carriage house, and a shop building. The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1984. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses in Schenectady County, New York Federal architecture in Ne ...
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Borderlands 2
''Borderlands 2'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. Taking place five years following the events of ''Borderlands'' (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora. The story follows a new group of Vault Hunters who must ally with the Crimson Raiders, a resistance group made up of civilian survivors and guerrilla fighters, to defeat the tyrannical Handsome Jack before he can unlock the power of a new Vault. The game features the ability to explore the in-game world and complete main missions and optional side quests, either in offline splitscreen, single-player or online cooperative gameplay. Like its predecessor, the game features a procedurally generated loot system which is capable of generating numerous combinations of weapons and other gear. With the unexpected success of the first game, Gearbox was able to secure a budget of $30–35 million to develop the sequel. Like its predecessor, the ...
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Gage (other)
Gage may refer to: Measurement * Gage is a variant spelling of the word ''gauge'' *Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made People * Gage (surname) *Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress Places Hong Kong *Gage Street, Hong Kong United States * Gage, Kentucky *Gage, New Mexico *Gage, Oklahoma * Gage, West Virginia *Gage County, Nebraska *Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois Other uses *Gage (finance) a medieval financial instrument, and the origin of the word mortgage *Gage Educational Publishing Company *Gage Roads, a sea channel near Perth, Western Australia * A. S. Gage Ranch, in west Texas *Great American Gymnastics Express, a gymnastics academy located in Missouri *Greengage or gage, a plum-like fruit *Nathaniel Parker Gage School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D. C. * USS ''Gage'' (APA-168), US attack transport ship *Weather gage, in military sea tactics, a windward position relative to an enem ...
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