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Merry (surname)
Merry is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Abdelkrim Merry (born 1955), Moroccan footballer * Ann Brunton Merry (1769–1808), English actress * Anthony Merry (1756–1835), British diplomat * Arlette Merry (1918–2015), French actress and singer * Cyril Merry (1911–1964), West Indies cricketer * David Merry (cricketer) (1923–1944), Tobagonian cricketer and Royal Air Force officer * David Merry (born 1945), British ambassador * Diana Merry (1970s–80s), American computer programmer * Eleanor Merry (1873–1956), English poet, artist, musician and anthroposophist * Emma Merry (born 1974), English discus thrower * Frederick Carles Merry (1837–1900), American architect * George Merry (born 1929), Canadian skier * Gus Merry (1888–1942), Welsh dual-code international rugby player * Isabelle Merry (1908–2002), Australian Congregational minister and chaplain * James Merry (Scottish politician) (1805–1877), MP for Falkirk Burghs 1859–74 * Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelkrim Merry
Abdelkrim Merry (born 13 January 1955), nicknamed Krimau, is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Krimau spent his entire professional career in France, reaching the 1978 UEFA Cup Final with SC Bastia. International career Krimau was part of the Morocco national team's squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and scored one goal in a 3–1 win against Portugal. In 13 international matches from 1976 to 1989, Krimau scored five goals. Coaching career In the summer of 2012, Krimau started his coaching career with Olympique Marrakech. Retirement Krimau appears every week in a TV Show called ''Prolongation'' on Arryadia Arryadia is a Moroccan public television sports channel. It is a part of the state-owned SNRT Group along with Al Aoula, Athaqafia, Al Maghribia, Assadissa, Aflam TV, Tamazight TV and Laayoune TV. The channel was launched on 16 September 2006. A ... TV. References 1955 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Merry (Scottish Politician)
James Merry (1805 – 3 February 1877 ) was a Scottish ironmaster and race-horse breeder and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1874. Merry was the son of James Merry, merchant of Glasgow, and his wife Janet Creelman daughter of W. Creelman. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and became an ironmaster in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. He was an influential member of "the Turf", and breeder of some of the best English race-horses including Thormanby which won the Derby in 1860, Dundee, Buckstone and Scottish Chief. He also won the Derby in 1873 with Doncaster. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Inverness-shire' Merry stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Glasgow in February 1857. He was elected MP for Falkirk Burghs in April 1857 but was unseated on petition the following July. At the 1859 general election Merry was elected MP for Falkirk Burghs and held the seat until 1874. In 1857 Merry bought the Belladrum Estate, near Beauly Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Merry (other)
William Merry may refer to: * William Merry (priest) (1835–1918), English scholar and clergyman * William L. Merry (1835–1911), American diplomat * William E. Merry (1861–1941), American politician * Bill Merry (William Gerald Merry, born 1955), English cricketer {{hndis, Merry, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Merry
Thomas Merry (c. 1605 - 1682) was an English landowner, mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Biography Merry was the son of Sir Thomas Merry of The Winns, Walthamstow, Essex, and his wife Mary Freeman. His father was clerk-comptroller of the green cloth who received large grants of crown lands from James I which were plundered during the Civil War for his Royalist support. Merry matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 6 December 1626, aged 21. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1627. He was a J.P. for Leicestershire from 1641 to 1650. In 1654 he succeeded to the estates including Gopsall on the death of his father. In March 1660 he was commissioner for militia and became J.P. for Leicestershire again until 1680. In April 1660, Merry was elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire in the Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment from August 1660 to 1664, commissioner for oyer and terminer for Lincoln in 1661 and comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Engle Merry
Sally Starr Engle Merry (December 1, 1944 – September 8, 2020) was an American anthropologist. She was the Silver Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the New York University School of Law. In the past, Merry had also been president of the American Ethnological Society, the Law and Society Association, and the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. She served as a member of the editorial board of PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. Early life and education Sally Engle was born on December 1, 1944, in Philadelphia's western suburbs to Robert F. Engle Jr. and Mary Phillips Engle. Her father worked as a research chemist for DuPont. Her mother taught French at Media Friends School and later, served as its director. Robert's family were Quakers who migrated from England to Pennsylvania in the 1600s. Mary's family had come to Philadelphia from Wales in the late 1800s, and established a succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Merry
Robert Merry (1755–1798) was an English poet and dilettante. He was born in London. Both his father and grandfather were involved in the governance of the Hudson's Bay Company. His mother was the eldest daughter of Sir John Willes (judge), John Willes, Lord Chief Justice. Education and early career Merry's education was entrusted to his father's sister, who sent him to Harrow School, Harrow, where his tutor was Dr.Samuel Parr, Parr, and then to Christ's College, Cambridge. He lived irregularly (according to ''Monthly Magazine''), did not graduate, and on his return to London was entered of Lincoln's Inn, in accordance with his father's wishes. On the latter's death he immediately purchased a commission in the Royal Horse Guards. After squandering a large part of his fortune on high living and heavy gambling, he sold his commission, went abroad, and apparently spent some three or four years travelling in France, the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. He finally jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Merry
Peter Merry (born January 15, 1969 in Seattle, Washington) is an American author, public speaker, and a DJ in the wedding entertainment industry. He served as the national president of the American Disc Jockey Association in 2003–2004, and is the founder and current CEO of the Wedding Entertainment Director's Guild. Background Peter Charles Merry Jr. was educated in his church's private Christian school. His retired parents are serving in ministry in a church in Leon, Mexico. His entertainment background is varied and includes teaching classes at his church, serving as a morning host for Christian talk radio KBRT AM 740 in Los Angeles, and training to do stand-up comedy at The Improv in Irvine, California. In 1994 he started his own Wedding DJ company which was later to become Merry Weddings. Public speaker Merry has presented seminars on wedding entertainment performance techniques, wedding marketing, sales consultation skills, and the value of ethics in business to wedding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Merry
Olivia Merry (born 16 March 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam .... She competed in the women's hockey tournament at the where she won a bronze medal. She also attended the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where she and her team won gold. References External links * 1992 births Living people New Zealand female field hockey players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players from Christchurch Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Female field hockey forwards Commonwealth Games gold medallists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Merry
Nicholas Merry (born Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England) is a British businessman who made his money in the United States running a now defunct Florida-based dental biotechnology company called MicroDenteX as well as investment in gemstones in Guinea. Until 2 October 2008, Nick Merry was chairman of Oxford United Football Club, the club he has supported all his life. He played youth football for the club in the 1970s before a knee injury ended his career prematurely. He also played football for England at schoolboy level. Merry was part of Woodstock Partners Limited (or WPL), a consortium headed up by Ian Lenagan that bought the club for £1 from former chairman Firoz Kassam Firoz Kassam (born 1955) is a British businessman. Born and brought up in Tanzania, of Indian descent, he came to Britain at the age of 19. He owned Oxford United F.C. from 1999 to 2006, and was named the 309th wealthiest person in the UK in th .... Notes References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Merry
Mustafa Merry, also spelled Mustapha Merry (born 21 April 1958) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, Merry spent his most of his professional career in France and was also part of the Moroccan squad at the 1986. He also competed for Morocco at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... External links and references Living people 1958 births Association football forwards Moroccan footballers Footballers from Casablanca Moroccan expatriate footballers Morocco international footballers Valenciennes FC players Ligue 2 players Nîmes Olympique players FC Rouen players Olympic footballers of Morocco Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1986 FIFA World Cup players Calai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Merry
Katharine Merry (born 21 September 1974) is an English former sprinter. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was the fastest woman in the world over 400 m in 2001, with her career best of 49.59 seconds. She also represented Great Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and won the 200 metres at the 1993 European Junior Championships. Career Born in Dunchurch, Warwickshire, Merry had a career that spanned 20 years. A member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club, at the age of 12 she topped the UK Under 13 rankings in seven different events. She was the fastest girl in the world aged 14 years, and started her international GB career aged just 13, staying on the junior team for a record six years, winning five Junior Championships and a total of six medals. She became a successful senior athlete with her Olympic medal in Sydney in the "Race of the Games", winning bronze behind the Australian favourite, Cathy Freeman, in front of 112,000 peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
