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Picker (surname)
Picker is a surname found in the English-speaking world. Many people with this surname are Jewish and emigrated, or are descendants of those who emigrated, from parts of eastern Europe, including current-day Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Poland, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The surname is principally derived from the Yiddish word for the occupation "baker" and is synonymous with the surnames Peker, Baker, and Becker since the letters "p" and "b" have the same Yiddish pronunciation. People with this surname * Arnold Picker (1913–1989), American film industry executive * David V. Picker (1931–2019), American motion picture executive and producer *Harvey Picker (1915–2008), American businessman, educator, inventor, and philanthropist *Joe Picker (b. 1987), Australian rugby league player * Lester Picker (radio operator) (1905–1930), American amateur radio operator; district superintendent of the American Radio Relay League *Tobias Picker (b. 1954), American composer See al ... [...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] |
David V
David V ( ka, დავით V, ''Davit' V''; died 1155), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was a 7th king of Georgia in 1154 before his death in 1155 He was an elder son of King Demetre I. Fearing that Demetre would make his younger son Giorgi an heir to the throne, David attempted a revolt in 1130. Ultimately, he forced his father to abdicate and David became a king in 1154 or 1155. The Georgian and Armenian chronicles are confused about the length and nature of David V’s reign and disagree over the circumstances of his mysterious death. According to the Armenian chronicler Vardan Areveltsi, he ruled for a month and was murdered by his nobles, Sumbat and Ivane Orbeli, who had made a secret agreement with George, David’s younger brother. The Armenian Stepanos Orbelian, a descendant of the Orbeli clan, writing shortly after Vardan, claims David reigned for two years and denies any family involvement in the murder of the king and says that George had sworn to his reigning brother th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker (surname)
Baker is a common surname of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin and Scotland where Gaelic was anglicized. From England the surname has spread to neighbouring countries such as Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and also to the English speaking areas of the Americas and Oceania where it is also common. The gaelic form of Baker in Scotland and Ireland is ''Mac a' Bhacstair''. Some people with the surname have used DNA to trace their origins to Celtic countries and specifically to the Baxter sept of the Clan MacMillan in Scotland. It is an occupational name, which originated before the 8th century CE, from the name of the trade, baker. From the Middle English ''bakere'' and Old English ''bæcere'', a derivation of ''bacan'', meaning "to dry by heat". The bearer of this name may not only have been a baker of bread. The name was also used for others involved with baking in some way, including the owner of a communal oven in humbler communities. The female form of the name is '' Baxter'', which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickering (surname)
Pickering is an English toponymic surname derived from the town Pickering, North Yorkshire. People * Adrienne Pickering (born 1981), Australian actress * Alice Pickering (1860–1939), English tennis player * Andrew Pickering, sociologist and science historian * Bill Pickering (footballer, born 1901), English former footballer * Calvin Pickering (born 1976), American baseball player * Charles Pickering (other) * Charlie Pickering (born 1977), Australian comedian * Chip Pickering (born 1963), US Representative from Mississippi and son of Charles W. Pickering * Christopher Pickering (MP) (c. 1556–1621), MP for Cumberland * Chris Pickering, Australian alt.country musician * Christopher Pickering (1842–1920), British businessman and philanthropist * Craig Pickering (born 1986), British sprinter * David Pickering (rugby union) (born 1960), former Wales international rugby union player * David Pickering (writer) (born 1958), reference books compiler * Donald Pickering (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picker (other)
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Picker may refer to: * Picker (surname), including a list of people so named * A farmworker at harvest time * Picker, a slang word for a player of a string instrument such as a guitar or banjo * A common job title for order picking in a warehouse * A person who finds valuable items in other people's junk, as featured in the TV show '' American Pickers'' See also * * * Pick (other) * Piquer (other) Piquer is a Spanish surname, and may refer to: * Andrés Piquer (1711–1772), Spanish physician, philosopher, logician and writer * Bernardo López Piquer (1799–1874), Spanish painter * Concha Piquer (1908–1990), Spanish singer * Francisco Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Picker
Tobias Picker (born July 18, 1954) is an American composer, artistic director, and pianist, noted for his orchestral works ''Old and Lost Rivers'', ''Keys To The City'', and ''The Encantadas'', as well as his operas ''Emmeline'', ''Fantastic Mr. Fox'', ''An American Tragedy'' and ''Awakenings,'' among many other works. Biography 1954–1975: Early years, influences, and education Picker was born in New York City on July 18, 1954, the son of painter and fashion designer Henriette Simon Picker and news-writer Julian Picker, and the cousin of film executive David V. Picker, businessman Harvey Picker, former CEO of The American Film Institute Jean Picker Firstenberg, art-patron Stanley Picker, producer Jimmy Picker, and economist Kenneth Rogoff. At the age of eight, he began composing and studying the piano: Picker started composing in 1962, and, that same year, began corresponding with composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who encouraged his studies. Three years later, Picker was taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Picker (radio Operator)
Lester Picker (September 26, 1905 – May 10, 1930) was an American amateur radio operator famous in the early 1920s. Picker achieved fame when he fell when erecting an aerial for his radio. He broke his neck as a result of the fall and was paralyzed. Picker, who operated under the call signs of 6AJH and 6ZH and lived in San Diego, California, was also the District Superintendent for the American Radio Relay League. Prior to his fall, Picker was slated to graduate high school. By the use of his radio he was able to graduate from Roosevelt Memorial High School Roosevelt may refer to: *Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president *Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president Businesses and organisations * Roosevelt Hotel (other) * Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank * Roosevel ... in San Diego. References * * * 1905 births 1930 deaths American radio personalities Amateur radio people {{US-radio-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Picker
Joe Picker (born 7 December 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer from Crookwell, New South Wales. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. Picker has represented the Prime Minister's XIII and Australian Schoolboys. Picker's position was in the . Picker was a part of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney squad that won the 2014 NRL Premiership but did not play in any finals matches or the grand final itself. Professional playing career Canberra Raiders After a break-out season in 2008 picker was named on the bench in the Prime Minister's XIII and scored a try. Picker went on to play 110 times for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. South Sydney Rabbitohs On 18 November 2013, Picker signed with the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2014 NRL season. Picker played his first match for South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney in the 2014 Rugby League Charity Shield (Australia), Charity Shield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Picker
Harvey Picker (December 8, 1915 – March 22, 2008) was an American businessman, educator, inventor, and philanthropist. He was the founder, along with his wife, Jean, of the Boston-based ''Picker Institute'', whose goal was to promote patient-centered healthcare. In 2000, they founded the Picker Institute Europe. His wife, Mrs. Jean Sovatkin Picker (Smith College, 1942), who died in 1990, served as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations and was a journalist for Life Magazine. They "funded the development of survey methods widely used in America and Europe to gauge patient satisfaction." Picker X-Ray company Picker's father, James, founded ''Picker X-ray'', which was acquired by General Electric Co. Ltd. of England in 1981. It produced air-dropped X-ray labs for the Army in World War II and the Korean War. The younger Harvey led the company into such pioneering fields as cobalt treatment for cancer and ultrasound and nuclear imaging diagnostics; he remained with the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Picker
Arnold M. Picker (September 29, 1913 – October 11, 1989) was a United States film industry executive, mayor of Golden Beach, Florida and the number one enemy on Richard Nixon's list of targets. Early life and education Picker was born in New York City. He had two brothers, Eugene Picker (father of David Picker) and Sidney Picker. He was of Jewish descent. Picker attended the City College of New York and the London School of Economics. Career Picker began his career by following in his father's footsteps. In 1935, he started with Columbia Pictures, where his father had been an executive, and later became head of international distribution. He then joined United Artists where his nephew, future UA president David worked, and in 1961 he was made an executive vice president in charge of all production. His brother Eugene joined UA the same year. His motion picture career ended and political career began when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to the International Commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-speaking World
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers. England and the Scottish Lowlands, countries of the United Kingdom, are the birthplace of the English language, and the modern form of the language has been being spread around the world since the 17th century, first by the worldwide influence of England and later the United Kingdom, and then by that of the United States. Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional contexts such as science, navigation and law. The United Kingdom remains the largest English-speaking country in Europe. The United States a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, its worldwide peak was 11 million, with the number of speakers in the United States and Canada then totaling 150,000. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hambu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
