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Kerr (given Name)
While Kerr is traditionally a Scottish surname, it is also used as an English language given name. People with the given name Kerr include: *Kerr Avon, fictional character from '' Blakes 7'' * Kerr Eby (1890–1946), American illustrator *Kerr Grant (1878–1967), Australian physicist * Kerr Kriisa (born 2001), Estonian basketball player * Kerr Neilson, Australian funds manager * W. Kerr Scott (1896–1958), North Carolina governor and US senator *Kerr Smith (born 1972), American actor See also *Clan Kerr, origins of the name *Kerr (surname) Kerr is a Scottish surname. See Clan Kerr for the Scottish origins. Notable people with the surname include: A * Alan Kerr (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player * Alex Kerr (other), several people *Alexander Kerr (1892–1964), En ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr Given names Masculine given names Scottish given names English given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...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] |
English Language Given Name
English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. There can be several given names, some of these being often referred to as a second name, or middle name(s). Given names Most given names used in England do not have English derivation. Most traditional names are Hebrew ( Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Susan), Greek ( Nicholas, Dorothy, George, Helen), Germanic names adopted via the transmission of Old French/Norman (Robert, Richard, Gertrude, Charlotte), or Latin (Adrian, Amelia, Patrick). There remains a limited set of given names which have an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names); examples include Alfred, Ashley, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Harold and Oswald. A distinctive feature of Anglophone names is the surnames of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. Not all species share a common sex-determination system. In most animals, including humans, sex is determined genetically; however, species such as ''Cymothoa exigua'' change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineages, an example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Avon
This is a list of characters from ''Blake's 7'', a media franchise created by Terry Nation. Kerr Avon Kerr Avon is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series ''Blake's 7'', played by Paul Darrow (who was recreating the role for the Big Finish ''Liberator Chronicles'' and ''Classic Audio Adventures''. In the B7 audio series, Avon is played by Colin Salmon). Initially one of a character ensemble, he increasingly became a lead character. Avon quickly became the show's breakout character owing to his darker nature, unclear motives, and sardonic wit. Paul Darrow's portrayal led to the actor being permanently associated with the character, and he has written one novel ('' Avon: A Terrible Aspect'') which examined the early years of the character prior to the TV series. A child of the colonies, Avon possesses genius-level intelligence, and is an aloof and sardonic computer expert found guilty of an attempt to embezzle five hundred million credits from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blakes 7
''Blake's 7'' (sometimes styled ''Blakes7'') is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, produced by David Maloney (series 1–3) and Vere Lorrimer (series 4), and the script editor throughout its run was Chris Boucher, who wrote nine of its episodes. The main character for the first two series was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. ''Blake's 7'', which was broadcast in 25 other countries, had a low budget but featured many tropes of space opera, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the programme for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue, and accused it of lacking originality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Eby
Kerr Eby (19 October 1889 – 18 November 1946) was a Canadian illustrator best known for his renderings of soldiers in combat in the World War I, First and World War II, Second World Wars. He is held in a similar regard to Harvey Dunn and the other famous illustrators dispatched by the government to cover the First World War. Early life and education Born in Tokyo, Japan to Canadian Methodist missionary parents in 1889, Eby received formal art training at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League of New York. Career Enlisting in the Army in 1917, Eby served in an ambulance crew and later as a List of camoufleurs, camoufleur. Although unable to acquire an artist's commission to cover the war, he created many memorable and haunting images of soldiers both in combat and living their daily lives on the front. In the 1920s and 1930s, Eby continued to occasionally generate pieces related to his experience, and worked many of his early sketches into completed Lithography, li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Grant
Professor Sir Kerr Grant (1878-1967) was an Australian physicist and a significant figure in higher education administration in South Australia in the first half of the twentieth century. Kerr Grant was born in the then rural town of Bacchus Marsh, near Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria in 1878. He studied mathematics at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a B.Sc. in 1901 and M.Sc. in 1903, both with first class honours. In 1904, he studied at the University of Göttingen in Germany where he studied with American Nobel Prize winning chemist and physicist Irving Langmuir. In 1911, he was appointed Elder professor of physics at the University of Adelaide. He held this position until 1948 and his students included Dr. Douglas Allen of the British atomic research team, Professor George Eric MacDonnell Jauncey, professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, Hugh Cairns, Mark Oliphant, and Howard Florey (later Baron Florey). In 1919, he attended th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Kriisa
Kerr Kriisa (born 2 January 2001) is an Estonian college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the Arizona Wildcats and West Virginia Mountaineers. Listed at and , he plays the point guard position. A native of Tartu, he has competed with Estonian junior national teams on multiple occasions. Early career 2016–2018: Early years Kriisa played for the youth teams of his hometown club BC Tartu since he was 12 years old and debuted with Tartu Ülikool in the 2016–17 KML season at the age of 15. In September 2017 he signed with Brose Bamberg and started playing in their affiliate team Baunach Young Pikes. His stint in Germany was cut short due to periostitis and he returned to Estonia for treatment. 2018–2020: Žalgiris In August 2018, he signed with Žalgiris. In his first year with the Kaunas team Kriisa played on the Lithuanian second league (NKL) team Žalgiris-2 and also for the youth team in the Euroleague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Neilson
Kerr Neilson (born 17 October 1949) is a South African-born Australian investment manager who co-founded Platinum Asset Management. Neilson's ability to consistently choose high-performing stocks has seen him dubbed "Australia's Warren Buffett". As of February 2023, his net worth was estimated at 960 million according to ''Forbes''. Early life Kerr Neilson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 17 October 1949. Neilson first demonstrated an inclination for a future in investment management when he bought his first stock at the age of 13. In 1971, Neilson graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Cape Town. His comprehension of commerce, originated from a family steeped in invention dating from the Industrial revolution in Scotland. James Beaumont Neilson was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron. Career Neilson trained as an investment analyst under John Evans in the pensions department of Corta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerr Smith
Kerr Van Cleve Smith (born March 9, 1972) is an American actor known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series ''Dawson's Creek'', Kyle Brody in The WB supernatural drama ''Charmed'', Robert in Freeform's '' The Fosters'' and Axel Palmer in ''My Bloody Valentine 3D''. He is also known for portraying Carter Horton in ''Final Destination'' (2000). He starred in the movie ''Where Hope Grows'' (2014). Early life Smith was born in Exton, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara (Hess) and a father who works as a financial advisor. He has a sister named Allison. He attended Peirce Middle School and he graduated from Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, then studied at the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was also top of his class senior year. Career Smith began acting with roles on ''As the World Turns'' as Ryder Hughes from 1996 to 1997, the films ''Final Destination'' (2000) and a cameo in ''The Broken Hearts Club'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Kerr
Clan Kerr () is a Scottish clan whose origins lie in the Scottish Borders. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the prominent border reiver clans along the present-day Anglo-Scottish border and played an important role in the history of the Border country of Scotland. History Origins of the clan The name Kerr is rendered in various forms such as Kerr, Ker, Kear, Carr, Carre, and Cares.Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain. p. 52. The name stems from the Old Norse ' which means ''marsh dweller'', and came to Scotland from Normandy, the French settlement of the Norsemen. Another variant is found on the west coast of Scotland, particularly on the Isle of Arran, taken from the Gaelic ', meaning ''dusky''. The early Roxburghshire Kerrs had their origins in the 12th century Ayrshire bailiery of Cunninghame. During the reign of David I (1082–1153), Hugh de Morville, Lord High Constabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
