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Marc Smith (other)
Marc Smith may refer to: *Marc Smith (poet) (born 1949), American creator and founder of the poetry slam movement *Marc Smith (bridge) (born 1960), British bridge player, columnist, and book author *Marc Smith (palaeographer) Marc H. Smith (born 25 July 1963) is a French historian and palaeographer. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in England, he has both French and British citizenship. Education Marc Smith obtained his archivist palaeographer degree as major (valedic ... (born 1963), French palaeographer See also * Mark Smith (other) * Marcus Smith (other) {{hndis, Smith, Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Smith (poet)
Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949) is an American poet and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi. Smith was born in 1949 and grew up on the southeast side of Chicago. He attended/graduated Charles P. Caldwell Elementary School and James H. Bowen High School. Smith spent most of his young life as a construction worker, but has written poetry since he was 19. He considers himself a socialist. Uptown Poetry Slam Smith started at an open mic night at the Get Me High lounge in November 1984 called the Monday Night Poetry Reading. Even as poets scoffed at artists "performing" their work, rather than genteelly "reading" it, the event grew in popularity. Smith saw his approach as an " up yours" to establishment poets he considered snooty and effete, because at their events, "no one was listening". According to Smith, who once attended a conventional reading with his manuscripts concealed inside a newspaper, With a like-minded troupe, Smith hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Smith (bridge)
Marc Smith (born 1960) is a British bridge player, columnist and writer. Marc Smith represented Great Britain as a junior, winning the 1985 European Union Junior Teams Championship. He has a host of wins in national events, and reached the final of the World Mixed Pairs Championship playing with his wife, Charlotte. His book, co-authored with Barbara Seagram Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. She is co-author of thirty-two published bridge books, including co-writing with Marc Smith '' 25 Bridge C ..., ''25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know'', won the American Bridge Teachers' Association 1999 Shirley Silverman Award for Best Student Book. Bridge columns * Bridge (Britain) * Bridge Plus (Britai* The OKbridge Spectator* ACBL Bridge Bulletin (US Publications * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Smith (palaeographer)
Marc H. Smith (born 25 July 1963) is a French historian and palaeographer. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in England, he has both French and British citizenship. Education Marc Smith obtained his archivist palaeographer degree as major (valedictorian) of the 1988 class of the École Nationale des Chartes with a thesis entitled ''La France et sa civilisation vues par les Italiens au XVIe'', then started his career as curator at the Archives nationales (1988–1994). Career A former member of the École française de Rome (1990–1993), doctor of the École pratique des hautes études with a thesis on ''Les Italiens à la découverte de la France au XVIe : géographie, voyages et représentations de l'espace'' (1993), he was general secretary of the École nationale des chartes (1995–1998), and since professor of medieval and modern palaeography. In 2013, he was also elected director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, section of Historical and Philological Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Smith (other)
Mark Smith may refer to: Politics *Mark Smith (Iowa politician) (born 1952), American state representative *Mark Smith (South Carolina politician), American state representative-elect *Mark Smith (Canadian politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Mark W. Smith (born 1968), American author, attorney, and political analyst *Marcus A. Smith (1851–1924), known as Mark, U.S. Senator from Arizona Arts and entertainment *Mark Smith (actor) (born 1969), English bodybuilder and participant on the UK television show ''Gladiators'' *Mark Smith (sound engineer) (active since 1987), American sound engineer who won an Academy Award *Mark Coles Smith (born 1987), Australian actor *Mark L. Smith (born 1996), American director and screenwriter *Mark Landon Smith (born 1964), American playwright and actor * Mark T. Smith (born 1968), American painter Literature *Mark Smith (author), British author of fantasy game books * Mark Smith (journalist), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |