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Gery (other)
Géry is the customary French form of Saint Gaugericus. French communes named for the saint include: *Géry, Meuse, France *Saint-Géry (other), several French communes *Saint-Géry Island, former island in Brussels, Belgium People with the surname Gery or Géry: *Jacques Géry (1917–2007), French ichthyologist *Jean Gery (also spelled Jean Jarry, Yan Jarri or Jean Henri) (before 1638–1690, French explorer *Marcel Gery (born 1965), Slovakian and Canadian swimmer *Wade-Gery: **Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965), British business executive **Sir Robert Wade-Gery (1929–2015), British diplomat **Theodore Wade-Gery (1888–1972), British classical scholar, historian and epigrapher Gery and Géry are also male given names, including: *Géry de Ghersem Géry de Ghersem (also Géry Gersem) (1573 to 1575 – 25 May 1630) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active both in Spain at the court of Philip II and Philip III, and in his native from Low countries. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaugericus
Saint Gaugericus, in French language, French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon language, Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France. Biography He was born to Roman Empire, Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present Carignan, Ardennes, Carignan).Van der Essen, Léon. "St. Géry." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 3 June 2018 Tradition states that Bishop Magnerich of Trier, Magnerich, successor of Saint Nicetas as Bishopr of Trier was so impressed with the piety of the young man that he ordained him deacon, but not before Gaugericus had memorized the entire psalter. Magnerich entrusted Gaugericus with the pastoral care of the city of Cambrai. Bishop When the see o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géry
Géry () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Meuse department The following is a list of the 499 communes of the Meuse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Meuse (department) {{Meuse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Saint-Géry (which refers to Saint Gaugericus) may refer to: * Saint-Géry, Dordogne, France * Saint-Géry, Chastre, Belgium * Saint-Géry, Lot, France * Île Saint-Géry, a former island in Brussels, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Géry Island
Saint-Géry Island (french: île Saint-Géry) or Sint-Goriks Island (Dutch: ) was the largest island in the river Senne in Brussels, Belgium. It was named after Saint Gaugericus, nl, Sint-Goriks, link=no of Cambrai, who according to legend, built a chapel there around 580. It ceased to exist as an island when the Senne was covered over in the late 19th century, and a former covered market; the /, was built in its centre. Since the late 20th century, this building has been rehabilitated as an exhibition space. Location and accessibility Saint-Géry Island's easternmost edge was located more or less due west across today's Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan from the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein and the former Brussels Stock Exchange building. The island was roughly round, and was originally centred on the Church of St. Gaugericus, then following the church's demolition in 1798–1802, on the /, a former covered market, which has since become one of Brussels' trendiest districts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Géry
Jacques Géry (12 March 1917, Paris – 15 June 2007, Sarlat, France) was a French ichthyologist. He was also a scientist and a Doctor of Medicine. The most notable species he described are: * Green neon tetra, ''Paracheirodon simulans'' (Géry, 1963) * Black neon tetra, ''Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi'' (Géry, 1961) * Royal tetra, '' Inpaichthys kerri'' (Géry & Junk, 1977) * Rummy-nose tetra, ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' (Géry & Mahnert, 1986) * Red phantom tetra, ''Hyphessobrycon sweglesi'' (Géry, 1961) * ''Brittanichthys axelrodi'' (Géry, 1965) * ''Brittanichthys ''Brittanichthys'' is a genus of characins endemism, endemic to the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro basin in South America. The currently described species are: * ''Brittanichthys axelrodi'' Jacques Géry, Géry, 1965 * ''Brittanichthys myersi'' G ... myersi'' (Géry, 1965) See also * :Taxa named by Jacques Géry References * Jacques Géry: ''Characoids of the world.'' T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, . Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gery
Jean Gery (before 1638 – 1690?) (also spelled Jean Jarry, Yan Jarri or Jean Henri) was a French explorer and a deserter from the La Salle expedition of 1685. After leaving the expedition, Gery became chief of a group of Coahuiltecan Indians, claiming that he had been sent by God to rule over them. He was brought to Monclova, and later to Mexico City, by Alonso de León, the Spanish governor of Coahuila. Gery was interrogated by Spanish officials, and could not tell a coherent tale, though he consistently claimed to have originally come from a French fort to the east. Despite the fact that the Spanish had concluded that Gery was insane, he was sent along with de León on an expedition to locate this French fort. Despite Gery's mental instability, he was invaluable as a translator and guide, eventually leading de León to the remains of Fort St. Louis on April 20, 1689. After returning to Coahuila, de León sent Gery to rendezvous with representatives of an Indian tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Gery
Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions. At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Gery won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle. He later emigrated to Canada and competed for the Canadian national team at the in Barcelona, Spain. There he won bronze medal with the men's 4×100-metres medley relay team, alongside , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wade-Gery
Wade-Gery is a British surname. People with the name include: *Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965), British business executive *Sir Robert Wade-Gery (1929–2015), British diplomat *Theodore Wade-Gery (1888–1972), British classical scholar, historian and epigrapher See also *Wade (surname) *Gery (other) Géry is the customary French form of Saint Gaugericus. French communes named for the saint include: *Géry, Meuse, France *Saint-Géry (other), several French communes *Saint-Géry Island, former island in Brussels, Belgium People with t ... * {{surname Compound surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Wade-Gery
Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965) is a British business executive. Early life Wade-Gery (daughter of the late Robert Wade-Gery, Sir Robert Wade-Gery) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied history and also achieved an ice-hockey Blue (university sport), blue.Bolland lures Tesco's Laura Wade-Gery to run M&S's online operation ''The Guardian'', London, 7 February 2011 As a student she accompanied William Dalrymple (historian), William Dalrymple on a journey across Asia which is described in Dalrymple's book ''In Xanadu''. Dalrymple has said of Wade-Gery: “Stories of her feats of endurance were common currency; if half of them were true, she had by the age of 21 made Freya Stark look like a dilet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wade-Gery
Sir Robert Wade-Gery (22 April 1929 – 16 February 2015) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India 1982–87. Biography Wade-Gery was born in Oxford on 22 April 1929. His father, Theodore Wade-Gery was an ancient historian and fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and his mother was Vivian Whitfield, an archaeologist. Wade-Gery was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he achieved a double first class degree. He then passed the examination to become a Fellow of All Souls 1951–58; subsequently he was a "Fifty-Pound Fellow" 1959–73 and a "Two-Year Fellow" 1987–89; he was an Honorary Fellow from 2011 until his death in 2015. On 16 June 1962, he married Sarah Marris and they had two children together. He died, after having a stroke, on the 16 February 2015 in Gloucestershire. Wade-Gery was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1979, knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1983 and given the additional knighthood of KCVO in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wade-Gery
Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatchewan People * Theodore (given name), includes the etymology of the given name and a list of people * Theodore (surname), a list of people Fictional characters * Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, on the television series ''Prison Break'' * Theodore Huxtable, on the television series ''The Cosby Show'' Other uses * Theodore (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse * Theodore Racing, a Formula One racing team See also * Principality of Theodoro, a principality in the south-west Crimea from the 13th to 15th centuries * Thoros (other), Armenian for Theodore * James Bass Mullinger James Bass Mullinger (1834 or 1843 – 22 November 1917), sometimes known by his pen name Theodorus, was a British author, historian, lecturer and scholar. A l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
