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Herst (other)
Herst may refer to: People * Alison Herst (born 1971), Canadian sprint kayaker * Herman “Pat” Herst, Jr. (1909–1999), philatelist and writer of books on philately. * Jerry Herst (1909–1990), American songwriter, co-writer of "So Rare" * Richard Herst († 1628), a well-to-do yeoman in England of the 17th century. See also * Hearst (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Herst
Alison Herst (born March 7, 1971) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-1990s. She won two medals in the K-4 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1995 and a bronze in 1994. Herst was born in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ..., Ontario. Herst also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth on two occasions ( 1992: K-2 500 m, 1996: K-4 500 m). References * * * 1971 births Canoeists from Toronto Canadian female canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Herst, Jr
Herman may refer to: People * Herman (name), list of people with this name * Saint Herman (other) * Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman Places in the United States * Herman, Arkansas * Herman, Michigan * Herman, Minnesota * Herman, Nebraska * Herman, Pennsylvania * Herman, Dodge County, Wisconsin * Herman, Shawano County, Wisconsin * Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Place in India * Herman (Village) Other uses * ''Herman'' (comic strip) * ''Herman'' (film), a 1990 Norwegian film * Herman the Bull, a bull used for genetic experiments in the controversial lactoferrin project of GenePharming, Netherlands * Herman the Clown ( fi, Pelle Hermanni), a Finnish TV clown from children's TV show performed by Veijo Pasanen * Herman's Hermits, a British pop combo * Herman cake (also called Hermann), a type of sourdough bread starter or Amish Friendship Bread starter * ''Herman'' (album) by 't Hof Van Commerce See also * Hermann (other) * Arman (na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Herst
Jerome Philip Herst (May 28, 1909, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois – November 27, 1990, in Alameda, California), known as Jerry Herst, was a lawyer and a songwriter best known for his collaborations with Jack Sharpe on a number of compositions, notably "So Rare", a much-recorded song that was published in 1937. Early life In 1909, was born in Chicago to Abraham and Dora Schwartz. On December 24, 1947, he married Jeannde Lucille Taylor. Education His early education was in Townsend Hall in New York, followed by Western Military, in Alton Illinois. He attended college at Northwestern University and University of California, Berkeley. In 1934, he received his JD from University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris, and later studied composition privately with Joseph Schillinger, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Alexandre Tansman. Career Music While in college and law school he performed as a radio and night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Herst
Richard Herst (Hurst) (died 29 August 1628) was an English Roman Catholic recusant layman. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Life Herst is thought to have been born at Broughton, near Preston, Lancashire, England, where he was a well-to-do yeoman, farming his own land. He was arrested while out ploughing his fields. As he was a recusant, Norcross, a pursuivant, was sent by the Bishop of Chester to arrest him. The pursuivants had a fracas with Hurst's servants, in the course of which one of the pursuivant's men, by name Dewhurst, in running over a ploughed field, fell and broke his leg. The wound mortified and proved fatal, and before his death Dewhurst made a solemn oath that his injury was the result of an accident. Nevertheless Hurst was indicted for murder, as the Government wished at that time to make severe examples of recusants. Through Hurst's friends a petition was sent to King Charles I of England, also supported by Queen Henrietta Maria. No evidence contradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |