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Saker
Saker may refer to: * Saker falcon (''Falco cherrug''), a species of falcon * Saker (cannon), a type of cannon * Saker Baptist College, an all-girls secondary school in Limbe, Cameroon * Grupo Saker-Ti, a Guatemalan writers group formed in 1947 * Changwon LG Sakers, a South Korean basketball team * Saker Cars, a sports car designed in New Zealand * HMS ''Saker'', a Royal Navy ship * Saker LSV, a British Army light vehicle People * Alan Saker (1921–2001), Australian rules footballer * Alfred Saker (1814–1880), British Christian missionary to West Africa * Annie Saker (1882–1932), English actress * David Saker (born 1966), Australian first-class cricketer * Dora Saker (1888–1926), cheese-maker for Somerset County Council * Edward Saker (1838–1883), British actor-manager * Frank Saker (1907–1980), Canadian flatwater canoeist * Neil Saker (born 1984), English cricketer * Rivka Saker, Israeli philanthropist and art collector * Sardar Saker (1904–1973), Indian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Saker
Alfred Saker (21 July 1814 in Wrotham, Kent – 12 March 1880 in Peckham) was a British missionary of the London Baptist Missionary Society. In 1858 he led a Baptist Mission that relocated from the then Spanish island of Fernando Po and landed in Southern Cameroons. According to the record, he bought land from indigenous Bimbia chiefs, established a seaside settlement christened Victoria after the reigning British Empress. The settlement was renamed Limbe by decree in 1982 by President Ahmadou Ahidjo of Cameroon. Alfred Saker wished to be known under no other designation than a "Missionary to Africa". He was a leader of the early British Baptist missionaries that established churches on Fernando Po Island and Cameroon. His 1844-1876 mission work included translation - between 1862 and 1872 - of the Bible into the Duala language. Biography Early life and consecration (1841 - 1842) Birthplace – Childhood – Youth Alfred Saker was born on 21 July 1814 in Borough Green, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Sakers
Don Sakers (June 16, 1958 – May 17, 2021) was an American science fiction writer and fan who lived in Maryland, and wrote several novels and edited a short story collection. In 2009 he succeeded Thomas Easton as book reviewer for Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. Sakers is probably best known in the science fiction community as a frequent guest speaker at science fiction conventions. When asked about the reaction to the diversity elements in his SF, Sakers said: Writing career and SF fandom Sakers was the author of SF novels ''Dance for the Ivory Madonna'' (2002) and companion titles ''The Leaves of October'' (1988), ''A Voice in Every Wind'' (2003), ''Weaving the Web of Days'' (2004), and ''A Rose From Old Terra'' (2007); and dark fantasy novel ''Curse of the Zwilling'' (2003). He was also author of the short story "The Cold Solution" ( ''Analog'', 1991) and other short fiction. Sakers was editor of ''Carmen Miranda's Ghost Is Haunting Space Station Three'' (1990), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saker Falcon
The saker falcon (''Falco cherrug'') is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China. The saker falcon is the national bird of Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia. Taxonomy and systematics This species belongs to the close-knit hierofalcon complex. In this group, there is ample evidence for rampant hybridization and incomplete lineage sorting which confounds analyses of DNA sequence data to a massive extent; molecular studies with small sample sizes can simply not be expected to yield reliable conclusions in the entire hierofalcon group. The radiation of the entire living diversity of hierofalcons seems to have taken place in the Eemian interglacial at the start of the Late Pleistocene, a mere 130,000–115,000 years ago; the saker falcon represents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Saker
Dora Glover Saker (1888 – 1 July 1926) was an instructor in cheese-making Cheesemaking (or caseiculture) is the craft of making cheese. The production of cheese, like many other food preservation processes, allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material, in this case milk, to be preserved in concentr ... for Somerset County Council. The rediscovery of her book, ''Practical Cheddar Cheese-making'' (1917), by cheese-makers in the twenty-first century has been credited with inspiring a revival of interest in historic cheese-making methods and to have "quickly acquired cult status amongst farmhouse cheese-makers". Early life Dora Saker was born in Redhill, Surrey, England, in 1888, to Richard Webb Saker, a solicitor's clerk, and his wife Hannah C. Saker. She had two sisters and two brothers. Career Bronwen Percival and Randolph Hodgson describe Saker as working during a period when methods of dairy production were becoming more scientific with farmers, colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saker Cars
Saker may refer to: * Saker falcon (''Falco cherrug''), a species of falcon * Saker (cannon), a type of cannon * Saker Baptist College, an all-girls secondary school in Limbe, Cameroon * Grupo Saker-Ti, a Guatemalan writers group formed in 1947 * Changwon LG Sakers, a South Korean basketball team * Saker Cars, a sports car designed in New Zealand * HMS ''Saker'', a Royal Navy ship * Saker LSV, a British Army light vehicle People * Alan Saker (1921–2001), Australian rules footballer * Alfred Saker (1814–1880), British Christian missionary to West Africa * Annie Saker (1882–1932), English actress * David Saker (born 1966), Australian first-class cricketer * Dora Saker (1888–1926), cheese-maker for Somerset County Council * Edward Saker (1838–1883), British actor-manager * Frank Saker (1907–1980), Canadian flatwater canoeist * Neil Saker (born 1984), English cricketer * Rivka Saker, Israeli philanthropist and art collector * Sardar Saker (1904–1973), Indian fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Saker
HMS ''Saker'', also known as HMS ''Saker I'', HMS ''Saker II'' and HMS ''Saker III'', has historically been the ship to which Royal Naval personnel serving in the United States of America are assigned. Consequently, it is a stone frigate, and has existed at several different locations since the Second World War. The first mention of the ship is at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, as a Royal Naval Air Station. Before the war, it was a Royal Canadian Air Force station known as . It was commissioned under the name ''Saker'' (or possibly ''Saker II'') on 1 October 1941, and paid off on 1 August 1942, being relieved by HMS ''Canada'' once more. ''Saker II'' was commissioned as an accounting base at Connecticut Avenue, Washington D.C., on 1 December 1941, and became ''Saker'' on 1 November 1942. It had a satellite unit - known originally as - which acted as shore based transit accommodation of the Royal Navy located just outside New York City. It was used by crews picking up ships allocated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Saker
David James Saker (born 29 May 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian cricket coach and former player who played first-class cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers and then the Tasmanian Tigers later on in his career. He was the fast bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He has been replaced by Chaminda Vaas as the new national fast bowling coach . Playing career A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Saker made his first class debut in the 1994–95 season. He spent six years with the Bushrangers before accepting an offer to join the Tasmanian side at the start of the 2000–01 season. As a veteran in a fairly young side he was named as their Player of the Year for 2001–02. Saker was also a handy batsman, making four first class half-centuries, even opening the batting at times for the Bushrangers in limited-overs games. He retired in 2002–03 with 247 wickets to his name at 30.10. Coaching In 2004 he became an assistant coach at Victoria under Greg Shippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Saker
Edward Sloman Saker (30 September 1838 – 29 March 1883) was a British actor-manager. He was assisted in all things by his wife Emily Saker. Life Saker was born in Bethnal Green in London, son of William Saker, a well-known low comedian at London minor theatres and later a tobacconist and news-vendor. Edward's elder brother Horatio Saker (1824–1861) also became an actor. He was placed with a firm of architects, but early showed a strong taste for a theatrical career, which he adopted when about twenty-five years of age. In 1857 he joined a theatre company in Edinburgh, then under the management of Robert Henry Wyndham, his brother-in-law. He learnt his profession here, and soon became a useful member of the company; he was also treasurer of the company for several years. He made a tour in Scotland with Henry Irving, when the latter played Robert Macaire (in Charles Selby's play of that name) to Saker's Jacques Strop. With Lionel Brough he also gave an entertainment, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changwon LG Sakers
Changwon LG Sakers are a basketball team located in the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. They play in the Korean Basketball League, and their home arena is Changwon Gymnasium which has a capacity for approximately 6,000 people. The team's main sponsor is LG Electronics which has its offices in Changwon. The professional team was established in 1997 and was named Gyeongnam LG Sakers. The name was changed to the Changwon LG Sakers after the first season. LG Sakers has yet to win a KBL championship. The closest they came was in the 2000–01 season, when they finished as runners-up, losing to Suwon Samsung Thunders in the finals. Current roster Enlisted players Season by season Honours Domestic Korean Basketball League * KBL Championship :: Runners-up: 2000–01, 2013–14 *KBL Regular Season :: Winners: 2013–14 :: Runners-up: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07 :: Third place: 2018–19 Cup *KBL Pro-Am : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivka Saker
Rivka Saker ( he, רבקה סאקר) is an art collector. Based in New York and Tel Aviv, she serves as a chairman of the Sotheby's Israel, and the founder and board chair of Artis. In 2004, Saker founded Artis, a non-profit art organization to support Israeli artists and to create opportunities for their exposure abroad. She has helped support projects by Israeli artists including Yael Bartana, Gilad Ratman, Naama Tsabar, and Ariel Schlesinger and more. Saker was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics and art history from the University of Haifa. Upon graduation, she attended Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology where she received her Master of Arts degree in Urban Planning. In 1982, Saker joined Sotheby's and established the first Sotheby's office in Israel. In 2006, Saker was appointed chair of Sotheby's Israel. She is also a board member of Sotheby's Europe. Saker serves on the board of various cultural institutions, including the Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Saker
Annie Saker (13 March 1882 – 8 October 1932) was an English actor. Annie Elizabeth Laura Mortimer was born in Edinburgh, daughter of Maria Saker (an actor) and granddaughter of Horatio Saker. Her debut on the stage was at age eleven in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of G. Stuart Ogilvie's ''Hypatia'' at the Haymarket Theatre in 1893. She later appeared under the management of Charles Wyndham in '' Under the Red Robe''. After a tour playing in comedies of the period such as ''Pink Dominoes'', ''Betsy'', and ''The Great Divorce Case'', Saker became established as a leading lady of melodrama A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exce .... Among the plays she starred in were '' The Prince and the Beggarmaid'', ''The Soldier Princess'', and ''The Silver Crucifix''. Saker a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saker (cannon)
The saker was a medium cannon, slightly smaller than a culverin, developed during the early 16th century and often used by the English. It was named after the saker falcon, a large falconry bird native to the Middle East. A saker's barrel was approximately 9.5 ft (2.9 m) long, had a calibre of 3.25 inches (8.26 cm), and weighed approximately 1,900 lb (860 kg). It could fire round shot weighing 5.25 lb (2.4 kg) approximately 2,400 yards (2.3 km) using 4 lb (1.8 kg) of black powder. The shot was intended to bounce along the ground to cause as much damage as possible, the explosive shell being rare before the 19th century. Tests performed in France during the 1950s show that a saker's range was over 3,000 yards (2.7 km) when fired at a 45-degree angle. Henry VIII amassed a large arsenal of sakers in the early 16th century as he expanded the Royal Navy and came into conflict with France. Henry's foundries used so much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
