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Pearn is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Cole Pearn (born 1982), Canadian driver * Inez Pearn (1913–1976), British novelist * Jon Pearn, English house music producer * Kris Pearn, Canadian animation director * Mark Pearn (born 1977), English field hockey player * Nancy Pearn, founder of Pearn, Pollinger & Higham * Perry Pearn Perry Pearn (born June 6, 1951) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is a former assistant coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Vancouver Canucks. In 2022, he became the head coach of the Japanese national ice ho ... (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey coach As a given name * Pearn P. Niiler (1937–2010), American oceanographer {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Pearn
Cole R. Pearn (born October 13, 1982) is a Canadian former NASCAR crew chief and stock car racing driver. He competed in CASCAR (now Pinty's Series) for three seasons from 2001 to 2003. He also was a 3 time Canadian Go-Kart Champion, Delaware Speedway Track Champion and winner of the Great Canadian 300 in 2006. He last served as the crew chief for Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Pearn led Truex to the Cup championship in 2017. Pearn was considered NASCAR's best active crew chief during his career, having turned Furniture Row Racing from a backmarker to a championship contender. Pearn was the crew chief responsible for 17 of the team's 18 race wins. Career Pearn, a three-time national kart racing champion in Canada, competed in late models. In 2000, Pearn debuted in the CASCAR Super Series at Delaware Speedway, finishing 18th. Pearn competed full-time in 2002 and 2003, driving the No. 24 Pontiac and recording a best finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Pearn
Marie Agnes Pearn (1913–1976), known as Inez Pearn and by the pen name Elizabeth Lake, was a British novelist who was acclaimed for her "remorseless interest in emotional truth", her "formidable ... characterisation", and her ability to evoke places with "almost magical clarity". The author and critic Elizabeth Bowen considered that she belonged to the school of literary realism. Early life and education Pearn was born in 1913 to Margaret Nichols, a third generation Irish immigrant, and William Pearn, a Cornishman. Her father died before she was born and she spent most of her childhood in convent boarding schools and orphanages while her mother worked as a governess in Europe. Pearn described her childhood in some detail in ''Marguerite Reilly'', her second novel, which was closely based on her family history, spanning four generations since their arrival from Ireland in the mid-1840s, and ''The First Rebellion'', which focuses on an incident during her time as a sixth-former i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Pearn
Jon Pearn is an English house music producer and a member of several successful acts including Araknofobia, Full Intention and Bodyrox. Biography Pearn, with production partner Nick Bridges formed Bodyrox. Their track " Yeah Yeah" was a hit in 2006 with the help of Luciana. "Yeah Yeah" went on to chart at number 2 in the UK Top 40 and was subsequently nominated for two International Dance Music awards, an MTV video award and the prestigious Ivor Novello awards in 2007. Working alongside Michael Gray as Full Intention, the duo has produced songs such as "America (I Love America)", "Once in a Lifetime" and "I Can Cast a Spell". Moreover, the duo provided remixes for artists including Jamiroquai, Supafly, Mariah Carey, Masters at Work, Emma Bunton and Ultra Nate. Full Intention were also nominated for a Grammy Award for their remix of "Amazing" by George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Pearn
Kris Pearn is an animation director and producer. He has directed films such as ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' (2013, and along with ''Cody Cameron)'' and ''The Willoughbys'' (2020). Early life and education Pearn was born in Ontario, Canada, where his family owns a small donkey farm. Pearn attended the Strathroy District Collegiate Institute. Career Pearn's storyboarding for '' Open Season'' (2006) earned him an Annie nomination for " Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production". Pearn and Cody Cameron co-directed ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' (2013), the first director credit for each. The duo took over from directing team Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, announced as directors in December 2011. The voices of the Shrimpanzees, Sentinel Peter, and Labcoat Jenny were provided by Pearn. The duo received a nomination for Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature. Pearn's storyboard work for ''Arthur Christmas'' earned him an Annie Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Pearn
Mark Pearn (born 21 March 1977 in Bristol, England) is a male retired English field hockey player. Hockey career Pearn was a member of the England and Great Britain squads, making his debut for England against the Netherlands in the 1995 Champions Trophy in Berlin. He scored his first international goal against India in the tournament to become the youngest player to score for England at just 18 years old. He participated in two Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, as well as in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup, the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup, the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Pearn was voted UK Player of the Year by members of the Hockey Writers' Club twice, in 2000 and 2011. He initially retired in 2005 but returned to international hockey in 2011 at the age of 34 to challenge for a place in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Having played in the 2011 London Cup, the 2011 European Championship, 2011 Champions Trophy and 2012 London Olympics Test Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearn, Pollinger & Higham
Pearn, Pollinger & Higham (Ltd) was an English firm of literary agents based in London during the early twentieth century. They were agents for Graham Greene, Paul Scott and James Herriot, among others. History The three founders, Nancy Pearn, Laurence Pollinger and David Higham, all worked at the Curtis Brown agency after the First World War. When Curtis Brown's founder Albert brought in his son to run the company, Pearn, Pollinger & Higham was created, with help from a loan from Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as "Supermac", he ..., among others. The company began trading in 1935, and continued as such until 1956, when it was renamed David Higham Associates following the death of Nancy Pearn and the departure of Laurence Pollinger. References British literar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Pearn
Perry Pearn (born June 6, 1951) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is a former assistant coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Vancouver Canucks. In 2022, he became the head coach of the Japanese national ice hockey team. Coaching career Pearn, a native of Stettler, Alberta, was an assistant with the original incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets (1995–1996), Ottawa Senators (1996–2004), New York Rangers (2004–2009), Montreal Canadiens (2009–2011) and the current Jets (2012–2014). On August 11, 2014 he was hired as an assistant coach by the Vancouver Canucks. At the end of the 2016–2017 regular season, he was let go in the dismissal of head coach Willie Desjardins and fellow assistant Doug Lidster. Pearn has also coached at the university and junior levels, including one season as head coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. Pearn served twice as an assistant coach with Canada's national junior team at the IIHF Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |