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Platnick (Genus)
Platnick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Platnick, American bridge player * Norman I. Platnick (1951–2020), American biological systematist and arachnologist * Ray Platnick Raphael Platnick (March 30, 1917 – November 1986) was an American photojournalist and newspaper photographer. Biography Raphael Platnick, known as Ray, was born in 1917, son of Samuel and Sarah (née Graubard) Platnick, and was the brother of M ... (1917–1986), American photojournalist and newspaper photographer See also * Platnick (spider) * Plotnick {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Platnick
Brian Platnick is an American bridge player. Biography Platnick was born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia, in Mercer County, West Virginia. He was taught bridge by his mother and played in tournaments with his brother as his partner throughout his school years. In 1988, he graduated from Virginia Tech with a Master's degree in engineering. After a brief but successful professional bridge career, he temporarily retired from bridge and attended the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. His full-time career is options trading. He currently lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife and two sons and continues to play bridge professionally while working as an options trader. Career Platnick, along with his longtime bridge partner John Diamond, were mentored by noted Dallas Aces captain and former president of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Bobby Wolff. He won his first major tournament victory, the World Junior Teams Championship, in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman I
Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries ** Norman dynasty, a series of monarchs in England and Normandy ** Norman architecture, romanesque architecture in England and elsewhere ** Norman language, spoken in Normandy ** People or things connected with the French region of Normandy Arts and entertainment * ''Norman'' (film), a 2010 drama film * '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'', a 2016 film * ''Norman'' (TV series), a 1970 British sitcom starring Norman Wisdom * ''The Normans'' (TV series), a documentary * "Norman" (song), a 1962 song written by John D. Loudermilk and recorded by Sue Thompson * "Norman (He's a Rebel)", a song by Mo-dettes from ''The Story So Far'', 1980 Businesses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Platnick
Raphael Platnick (March 30, 1917 – November 1986) was an American photojournalist and newspaper photographer. Biography Raphael Platnick, known as Ray, was born in 1917, son of Samuel and Sarah (née Graubard) Platnick, and was the brother of Milton and Harriet. He was educated at Hempstead High School, Long Island and took up photography. War photographer During World War II, as Chief Photographer’s Mate Platnick was one of the few Coast Guard combat photographers in the Pacific. He joined the first attackers on the beaches of Makin Island in August 1942 and in February 1944 scouted Japanese gun emplacements during the Battle of Eniwetok to warn Marines if they were occupied. He photographed young marines, exhausted after two days and two nights of fighting, downing mugs of coffee. A February 19, 1944 portrait attributed to him and made during the Battle, of United States Marine Corps Private Theodore James Miller (later killed there on March 24, 1944) boarding the Coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platnick (spider)
''Platnick'' is a genus of central Asian liocranid sac spiders. It was first described by Yuri M. Marusik and A. A. Fomichev in 2020, and it has only been found in Tajikistan. it contains only three species: '' P. astana'', '' P. sanglok'', and '' P. shablyai''. See also * List of Liocranidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Liocranidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Agraecina'' '' Agraecina'' Simon, 1932 * '' A. agadirensis'' Lecigne, Lips, Moutaouakil & Oger, 2020 — Morocco * '' A. canariens ... References Liocranidae genera Endemic fauna of Tajikistan {{Liocranidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
