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Reta (steamboat)
Reta may refer to: *Reta language, Papuan language *''Athyma reta'' (butterfly) People Given name *Reta Beebe (born 1936), American astronomer, author and popularizer of astronomy *Reta Cowley (1910–2004), Canadian painter *Reta Jo Lewis (born 1953), American Director of Congressional Affairs, an attorney, diplomat *Reta Mays (born 1975), American serial killer *Reta Shaw (1912–1982), American character actress *Reta Trotman (born 1989), New Zealand racing cyclist Surname *Adela Reta (1921-2001), Uruguayan lawyer and jurist *Runa Reta (born 1980), Canadian squash player See also *Retta (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Language
Retta (Reta) is a Papuan languages, Papuan language spoken on the south sides of Pura and Ternate islands, between Pantar island, Pantar and Alor in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. It is not mutually intelligible with Blagar language, Blagar, which is spoken on the north side of Pura Island, and is unrelated to Alorese language, Alorese, which is spoken on the north side of Ternate. References Alor–Pantar languages Languages of Indonesia {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athyma Reta
''Athyma reta'', the Malay staff sergeant, is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia. The species was first described by Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ... in 1858. References * * * * Cited references Athyma Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Singapore Butterflies described in 1858 {{Limenitidinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Beebe
Reta F. Beebe (born October 10, 1936 in Baca County Colorado) is an American astronomer, author, and popularizer of astronomy. She is an expert on the planets Jupiter and Saturn, and the author of ''Jupiter: The Giant Planet''. She is a professor emeritus in the Astronomy Department at New Mexico State University and 2010 winner of the NASA Exceptional Public Service medal.Associated Press (15 September 2010"NASA Medal Awarded to NMSU Astronomer"''Alubuquerque Journal'' Beebe spent many years helping to plan and manage NASA missions, including the Voyager program missions to the giant planets. Her specific research interest was the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. She designed experiments to the study and measure the clouds and winds of the giant planets. She worked interpreting the Galileo and Cassini data and used the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain additional atmospheric data on Jupiter and Saturn. She was a member of the Shoemaker/Levy team at the Space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Cowley
Reta Cowley (born Reta Madeline Summers; 1 April 1910 – 23 November 2004) was a Canadian painter. She is known for her watercolors of the prairie country around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which capture the unique qualities of space and light. Life Reta Madeline Summers was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on 1 April 1910. She grew up near Truax and in Yorkton. She attended the Saskatoon Normal School and graduated with a teacher's certificate in 1930. During the Great Depression she taught in rural schools in Saskatchewan. From 1938 to 1946 she held a permanent teaching position in Yorkton. In 1937 Reta attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops of the University of Saskatchewan. They had been founded in 1936 by Augustus Kenderdine. She returned to the Emma Lake school in 1938, 1939 and 1940. Gordon Snelgrove taught her art history, and Kenderdine taught her to paint in the Barbizon school's tradition of painting nature directly, ''en plein air''. Reta studied at the Banff School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Jo Lewis
Reta Jo Lewis (born September 22, 1953) is an American attorney, former diplomat, and politician who is the president and chair of the Export–Import Bank of the United States. Lewis was formerly the director of congressional affairs at German Marshall Fund, the German Marshall Fund to the United States. She has also previously served as the special representative for global intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of State during the Presidency of Barack Obama, Obama administration and special assistant to the president for political affairs during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, Clinton administration. Early life and education Lewis was born in Statesboro, Georgia. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Georgia, a master of arts from American University, and a Juris Doctor, juris doctor from the Emory University School of Law. She is a member in good standing of the District of Columbia and State of Georgia, Georgia bars. Career Lewis j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Mays
Reta Phyllis Mays (born June 16, 1975) is an American convicted serial killer who murdered at least seven elderly military veterans over a span of eleven months, between July 2017 and June 2018, by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin while she was employed as a nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Medical Center, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. On May 11, 2021, Mays was sentenced to seven back-to-back life sentences, consecutive life sentences for the murders, plus 20 years for one count of assault with intent to commit murder. Background Reta Mays was born in Reynoldsville, West Virginia in 1975. She was a United States Army West Virginia National Guard veteran who served from November 2000 to April 2001 and again from February 2003 to May 2004, when she deployed to Iraq and Kuwait with the 111th Engineer Brigade (United States), 1092nd Engineer Battalion. Prior to beginning her employment as a nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Medical Center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw (September 13, 1912 – January 8, 1982) was an American character actress known for playing strong, hard-edged, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series '' The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film ''Mary Poppins''.Galbraith, Jane.TV Servant Had Proper Spirit for Part. ''Los Angeles Times''. January 18, 1982, p.22. Early life Reta M. Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on September 13, 1912, to Edna M. (née Easson) and Howard Walker Shaw. Her father was an orchestra leader. Shaw's younger sister was actress Marguerite Shaw. The daughter and granddaughter of women who believed in spiritualism, Shaw reportedly once told a newspaper interviewer that she had been "brought up on a ouija board." She was a graduate of the Leland Powers School of the Theater in Boston, Massachu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reta Trotman
Reta Trotman (born 10 March 1989) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. Career highlights ;2011 : 1st in Le Race (NZL) ;2012 : 1st in Le Race (NZL) ;2014 : 1st in Le Race Le Race is a road bicycle racing event held annually in Canterbury, New Zealand since 1999. The race starts in Christchurch and finishes in Akaroa, and covers a distance of . History Le Race was first held in 1999. In the 2001 event, competitor ... (NZL) References External links * 1989 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Sportspeople from Erfurt Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Reta
Adela Reta (9 July 1921– 3 April 2001) was a Uruguayan lawyer, jurist and politician who served as Ministry of Education and Culture (Uruguay), Minister of Education and Culture from 1985 to 1990 under President Julio María Sanguinetti. Biography In 1983-1984 she took part in the Committee on Human Rights, denouncing atrocities during the civic-military dictatorship, together with other notable people like Horacio Terra Gallinal, Rodolfo Canabal, Luis Hierro Gambardella, Manuel Flores Mora, Eduardo Jaurena, Francisco Ottonelli, and Alberto Zumarán. A member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party, she was Minister of Education and Culture during the first presidential term of Julio María Sanguinetti. She s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runa Reta
Runa Reta (born December 14, 1980) is a Canadian former professional squash player, who competed on the women's tour. She has left Bermuda ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , e ... and Patrick Foster has assumed the duties of her role. External links * * * 1980 births Living people Canadian female squash players Competitors at the 2005 World Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in squash Sportspeople from Ottawa Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
