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Lera Masskva Commune, Buzău County, Romania
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Lera may refer to: Given name * Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Russian classical pianist * Lera Boroditsky (born 1976), Belarusian scientist * Lera Kudryavtseva (born 1971), Russian television presenter * Lera Loeb, Ukrainian writer * Lera Lynn (born 1984), American singer-songwriter * Lera Millard Thomas (1900-1993), American politician Surname * Antonio F. Lera (born 1952), Spanish writer * Joe Lera (born 1961), Papua New Guinean politician * Marie Léra (1864-1958), French journalist, novelist, translator * Thomas Lera, American philatelist Places * Lera, Bitola, a village in North Macedonia * Monte Lera, a mountain in Italy * Lera, a village in Chiojdu Chiojdu () is a commune in the northwestern hill and mountainside region of Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania. Made up of six villages (Bâsca Chiojdului, Cătiașu, Chiojdu, Lera, Plescioara and Poenițele) on the bank of the river Bâsca Chiojd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach (russian: Лера Авербах, born Valeria Lvovna Averbakh, russian: Валерия Львовна Авербах; October 21, 1973) is a Soviet-born American classical composer and concert pianist."A Dream Fulfilled: Women who emigrated from the former Soviet Union are now making a significant mark in the U.S." , by Susan Josephs. Spring 2014 issue of ''Jewish Woman Magazine'' Early life and education Auerbach was born to a family in , a city in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Boroditsky
Lera Boroditsky (born c.1976) is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is one of the main contributors to the theory of linguistic relativity. She is a Searle Scholar, a McDonnell Scholar, recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award, and an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist. She is Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. She previously served on the faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Stanford. Early life and education Boroditsky was born in Belarus to a Jewish family. When she was 12 years old, her family emigrated to the United States, where she learned to speak English as her fourth language. As a teenager she began thinking about the degree to which language differences could shape an argument and exaggerate the differences between people. She received her B.A. degree in cognitive science at Northwestern University in 1996. She went to gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Kudryavtseva
Valeria Lvovna Kudryavtseva (russian: link=no, Валерия Львовна Кудрявцева, Лера Кудрявцева; born May 19, 1971), best known as Lera Kudryavtseva, is a Kazakhstani-born Russian television presenter, actress, singer, and dancer. Biography Kudryavtseva was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1971 in an ethnic Russian family. Although initially dreaming of a career as a doctor, Kudryavtseva enters the local cultural institute. While her sister moves to Moscow, Kurdyavtseva stays in her hometown and starts working at the local House of Culture, organising concerts. One of the concerts happens to be with the then popular boy band Laskovyi Mai. After marrying the band's drummer Sergei Lenyuk in 1990, Kudryavtseva starts working as a backing vocalist and dancer for several bands and artists, including Evgeny Osin. Moving to Moscow, Kudryavtseva starts studying at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. In 1995, Kudryavtseva passed a screen test to become the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Loeb
Lera Loeb ( uk, Лера Лоб) is a Ukrainian-born writer, producer, actress and film maker, most notable for directing and producing high-end fashion films, short format narrative and digital branded content. Life Early life Born Valeriya Sorokina in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, to a family of doctors. Move to the United States In 2000, she received a cultural exchange scholarship to study in New York City. While living with an American host family, she decided to permanently move to the United States. She eventually met American music producer Steve Loeb. New York City and later life She earned her bachelor's degree at City University of New York. Lera became a successful writer, and was described by ''The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Lynn
Lera Lynn (born December 5, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Early life Born in Houston, Texas, Lynn was raised in Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Georgia. Before attending the university, she briefly attended Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia. Career Lynn's first LP, ''Have You Met Lera Lynn'', was released in 2011. In 2014, she released an EP entitled ''Lying in the Sun'' and also began creating music for the second season of the crime drama series ''True Detective''. Working with songwriter and music producer T Bone Burnett, the two collaborated with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at Burnett's home in Los Angeles, California with two of the resulting tracks being included on Cash's 2018 album ''She Remembers Everything''. After approving the musical tracks, series creator Nic Pizzolatto cast Lynn as a recurring character who performs the songs in a dive bar frequented by the main charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera Millard Thomas
Lera Millard Thomas (August 3, 1900 – July 23, 1993) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative in Congress representing the Eighth District of Texas from 1966 to 1967, after the death of her husband, Congressman Albert Thomas. She was the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. She also founded Millard's Crossing Historic Village. Early life Thomas was born Lera Millard on August 3, 1900, in Nacogdoches, Texas, the daughter of Jesse Waldington and Annie Donnell (née Watkins) Millard. She attended Brenau College in Gainesville, Georgia, and the University of Alabama. She married Albert Thomas in 1922, and they had three children: James Nelson, Anne, and Lera. Albert was elected to Congress in 1936, and they lived in Washington, DC after that. Lera was a member of the Houston League of Women Voters. Elected to Congress On February 15, 1966, her husband died and a special election was called for March 26, 1966 to elect another Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio F
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio (name), Tonio, Tono (other), Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino (other), Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Toto (other), Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito (name), Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lera
Joe Lera (born 18 January 1961) was a Papua New Guinean politician from 2012 to 2020. He was a United Resources Party member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, representing the Bougainville Regional seat. Although regional members generally assume the position of Governor, due to the existence of the devolved Autonomous Bougainville Government Lera was referred to as the "Regional Member for Bougainville". He was Minister for Bougainville Affairs in the government of Peter O'Neill. Lera is from Siwai in South Bougainville. He trained as a teacher at Vunakanau in East New Britain before returning to Bougainville to work as a teacher in 1976. Lera undertook adult matriculation at the University of Papua New Guinea, studied a Bachelor of Education degree at UPNG and Macquarie University in Australia before studying a master's degree in education at UPNG and the University of Goroka. He worked for the UPNG Open College flexible learning system for fifteen years, with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Léra
Marie Lera (, Héliard; pen names, Jean D'Anin and Marc Hélys; 2 June 1864 – 9 October 1958) was a French journalist, novelist, and translator. She is best known for her book, ''Le secret des "Désenchantées"''. Lera died in 1958. Biography Hortense Marie Héliard was born on 2 June 1864, in Saint-Nazaire.Archives de la Loire Atlantique, commune de Saint-Nazaire, acte de naissance no 147, année 1864 (avec mention marginale de décès) (page 17/48) From childhood, she was taught English and Italian and, thanks to her nanny, Swedish too.Odoevsky Maslov, Loup. "Marc Hélys femme de lettres nazairienne", ''Histoire et Patrimoine n°97'', March 2020, p. 63 She started her career in journalism by writing a report on Scandinavia, adopting the pen names "Jean D'Anin" and "Marc Hélys" when publishing her works. During her two stays in Constantinople, Lera created relationships and spent time with two women, which opened doors for her and helped her understand the ideological debates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lera
Thomas M. Lera is an American philatelist who was the Winton M. Blount Research Chair at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum until 2021. He is also an expert on the preservation and the conservation of bats and caves and has been a vice-president of the National Speleological Society. Early life Lera received his advanced education at the University of Illinois from where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 and the University of Pennsylvania from where he received a Master of Science degree in 1971.Thomas Lera Winton M. Blount Chair in Research. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 10 October 2016. Philately Lera was appointed the Winton M. Blount Research Chair at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in 2008. H[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lera, Bitola
Lera ( mk, Лера, sq, Lerë) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Capari. Demographics The Albanian population of Lera are Tosks, a subgroup of southern Albanians. "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk." According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 122 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion'' The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 187. *Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Maced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Lera
Monte Lera is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the Graian Alps, with an elevation of 1,368 m. It is located between the Val Casternone and the Ceronda valley in the communes of Val della Torre, Varisella and Givoletto. It houses a sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna of the Snow, included in a regional reserve instituted in 1984 to protect the rare '' Euphorbia gibelliana''. SOIUSA classification According to the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part = Western Alps * major sector = North Western Alps * section = Graian Alps , it, Alpi Graie , photo = , photo_caption = , country_type = Countries , country = , subdivision1_type = Provinces/Regions , subdivision1 = , parent = Alps , borders_on = ... * subsection = Southern Graian Alps * supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel * gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
