Robert Pierce (other)
Robert Pierce is founder of the charity World Vision. Robert Pierce may also refer to: * Robert Pierce (physician) (1622–1710), English physician * Robert W. Pierce (1821–1914), Wisconsin state assemblyman *Robert L. Pierce (1901–1968), Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin *Robert Pierce (basketball), head coach for USC * Rob Pierce, musician with the Dead Rabbits See also * Bobby Pierce (other) * Robert Peirce (other) *Robert Pearce (other) Robert Pearce may refer to: * Robert Pearce (politician) (1840–1922), British Member of Parliament for Leek, 1906–1910 and 1910–1918 * Bobby Pearce (rower) (1905–1976), Australian-Canadian sculler * Robert Pearce (wrestler) (1908–1996), A ...

Robert Pierce
Robert Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and relief worker. He is best known as the founder of the international charity organizations World Vision International in 1950 and Samaritan's Purse in 1970. Early life and education Pierce was born on October 8, 1914, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He moved with his family to southern California in the mid-1920s. He attended Pasadena Nazarene College and studied for the ministry. From 1937 to 1940 he spent time traveling across California working as an evangelist. In 1940 he was ordained a Baptist minister and soon thereafter he became involved with the Los Angeles branch of the WWII-era “Youth for Christ” (YFC) movement. Ministry During several visits in the late 1940s until the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War in 1950, Robert Pierce worked with the Youth for Christ, in a series of evangelical rallies held in China and witnessed the wartime destruction of hospitals, schools, and churches. On one trip, he me ...
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Robert Pierce (physician)
Robert Pierce, also spelt Peirce, (1622 – June 1710) was an English physician. Biography Pierce was the son of a clergyman in Somerset. He was born in that county in 1622. After attendance at a preparatory school at Bath, he was sent to Winchester, and thence to Lincoln College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 26 October 1638. He graduated B.A. on 15 June 1642, M.A. and M.B. on 21 October 1650, and M.D. on 12 September 1661. His boyhood and youth were sickly, for at ten he had general dropsy, at twelve smallpox, at fourteen tertian ague, and at twenty-one measles with profuse bleeding from the nose. After a short residence in Bristol he settled in practice in a marshy part of Somerset, where in 1652 he had a severe fever, then epidemic, followed by a quartan ague, which weakened him so much that he decided to leave the district. His fellow-collegian, Dr. Christopher Bennet, advised him to try London; but, though there were then three physicians in full practice at Bath, he dec ...
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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 ...
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Robert L
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 ...
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Robert Pierce (basketball)
Robert Pierce (born August 1, 1960) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hitachi, Shiga, Akita, and Sendai in Japan and a former college basketball assistant coach for University of Southern California. He can speak English, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean languages. Currently he is a Director of Instruction for the Five-Star Sports China, coaches the international school of Beijing men's basketball team, and serves for the Miami Heat of the NBA as the scout in China. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Hitachi , style="text-align:left;", 1999-00 , 16, , 5, , 11, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="text-align:left;", Hitachi , style="text-align:left;", 2000-01 , 21, , 6, , 15, , , , style="text-align:center;", 7th , , , , , , , , , , style="text-align:center;", Missed playoffs , - , style="text-align:left;", Shiga , style="text-align:left;", 2008-09 , 52, , 19, , 33, , , , style="text-align:center;", 5th in Western, , ...
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Rob Pierce
Dead Rabbitts are an American metalcore supergroup from Phoenix, Arizona. The band is a side project of Escape the Fate's lead vocalist, Craig Mabbitt. Dead Rabbitt's debut EP, ''Edge of Reality'', was released in 2012. The band's second EP, ''Break the Static'', was released in 2019. The band's debut album, '' Shapeshifter'', was released in 2014. The album debuted at No. 127 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band's second studio album, ''This Emptiness'', was released in 2017. The band's third studio album, ''Rumination'', was released in 2022. History Formation and ''Edge of Reality'' (2011–2013) In late 2011, lead vocalist Craig Mabbitt announced an upcoming side-project, along with an upcoming album for Escape the Fate. Mabbitt revealed that a single from the side-project would be released in February 2012, and the album would be produced by Caleb Shomo Caleb Joshua Shomo (born December 1, 1992) is an American singer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and songwr ...
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Bobby Pierce (other)
Bobby Pierce may refer to: *Bobby Pierce (baseball coach, born 1959), American college baseball coach *Bobby Pierce (baseball coach, born 1978), American college baseball coach * Bobby Pierce (politician), American politician from Arkansas * Bobby Pierce (racing driver) (born 1996), American dirt race car driver See also *Robert Pierce (other) * Bobby Pearce (other) *Pierce (surname) Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French ''Pierre'' ('Peter'). Notable people with that surname include: Disambiguation pages * Andrew Pierce (other), several people *Benjamin Pierce (disambiguatio ...

Robert Peirce (other)
Robert Peirce may refer to: * Robert B. F. Peirce (1843–1898), U.S. Representative from Indiana * Robert Peirce (engineer) (1863–1933), British-born civil engineer in Malaysia and Singapore * Bob Peirce (born 1955), British businessman and diplomat * Robert Peirce III (born 1970), attorney at Robert Peirce and Associates See also *Robert Pierce (other) *Robert Pearce (other) Robert Pearce may refer to: * Robert Pearce (politician) (1840–1922), British Member of Parliament for Leek, 1906–1910 and 1910–1918 * Bobby Pearce (rower) (1905–1976), Australian-Canadian sculler * Robert Pearce (wrestler) (1908–1996), A ...