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Schank
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Schank may refer to: * John Schank (c. 1740–1823), officer of the British Royal Navy * Roger Schank (1946 – 2023), American artificial intelligence theorist and cognitive psychologist * Marco Schank (born 1954), Luxembourgian politician * Mike Schank (1969–2022), American actor and musician See also * Schack * Schanck (other) * Schenk * Shank (other) * Shenk Shenk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Thomas Shenk, professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University * Henry Shenk, American football coach * David Shenk, American writer, lecturer, and filmmaker See also *Schenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Schank
Mikel Joseph Schank (August 3, 1969 – October 13, 2022) was an American actor and musician. He was close friends with independent filmmaker Mark Borchardt and helped Borchardt make the 1997 short horror film ''Coven (1997 film), Coven''. He appeared with Borchardt in the 1999 documentary film ''American Movie'', for which Schank also provided music. A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Schank later appeared in the films ''Storytelling (film), Storytelling'' (2001) and ''Hamlet A.D.D.'' (2014), and made a cameo appearance as himself alongside Borchardt in a 2006 episode of ''Family Guy''. As a musician, Schank recorded three homemade CDs, including ''Dreams I Know—Yesternight'' (2009), which features Schank playing acoustic guitar along with drum loops, Sampling (music), samples, and spoken recollections of his dreams. Schank died on October 13, 2022, at the age of 53. Career Schank began learning how to play guitar at the age of six. Schank is best known for his appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Schank
Roger Carl Schank (born 1946) is an American artificial intelligence theorist, cognitive psychologist, learning scientist, educational reformer, and entrepreneur. Beginning in the late 1960s, he pioneered conceptual dependency theory (within the context of natural language understanding) and case-based reasoning, both of which challenged cognitivist views of memory and reasoning. In 1989, Schank was granted $30 million in a 10-year commitment to his research and development by Andersen Consulting, through which he founded the Institute for the Learning Sciences (ILS) at Northwestern University in Chicago. Academic career For his undergraduate degree, Schank studied mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA, and later was awarded a PhD in linguistics at the University of Texas in Austin and went on to work in faculty positions at Stanford University and then at Yale University. In 1974, he became professor of computer science and psychology at Yale University. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schank
Admiral John Schank (6 February 1823) was an officer of the British Royal Navy known for his skill in ship construction and mechanical design. Biography He was the son of Alexander Schank of Castlerig, Fife, Scotland. He entered the Royal Navy when young. His remarkable skills at mechanical design earned him the nickname "Old Purchase" following his design and construction of a cot fitted with pulleys that allowed it to be adjusted by the person lying in it. As a lieutenant in 1776, he was placed in charge of assembling ships to battle the American Revolutionaries on Lake Champlain. In less than six weeks, he constructed , which he then commanded as part of a fleet that defeated General Benedict Arnold's fleet in October 1776. His talents as an engineer were applied in General John Burgoyne's expedition to the building of floating bridges. After being made a captain in 1783, he brought before the Admiralty his design for ships with a sliding keel which allowed navigation of sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Schank
Marco Schank (born 10 October 1954 in Ettelbruck) is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and author. He is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Nord Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to: Acronyms * National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization * New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Film and televisi ... constituency since 2 February 1999. He has been the mayor of Heiderscheid since 1 January 1994. Prior to that, he was a councillor in Heinerscheid (1982–1993). Schank is the President of the Upper Sûre Natural Park, and has been President of the National Tourism Office since 13 March 2000 to 2009. He has been the Secretary-General of the CSV since 2006, having first joined the party in 1994. Footnotes External links *Chamber of Deputies official biography 1954 births Living people Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schanck (other)
Schanck may refer to: *John Schanck (1750–1823), captain in the New Jersey Militia during the American Revolutionary War *Cape Schanck, locality in the Australian state of Victoria *Cape Schanck Lighthouse, built in 1859 as the second coastal lighthouse in the Australian state of Victoria *Daniel S. Schanck Observatory, former astronomical observatory on the Queens Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States See also *Schack *Schank * Schenk *Shank (other) *Shenk Shenk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Thomas Shenk, professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University * Henry Shenk, American football coach * David Shenk, American writer, lecturer, and filmmaker See also *Schenc ... * Shanklin {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shank (other)
Shank may refer to: Objects * Shank (footwear), part of a shoe or boot * Shank (sewing), a spacing device * Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon * Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses * Tang (tools), the back portion of the blade component of a tool * Drill bit shank, the non-cutting end of a drill bit * Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope Art and entertainment * ''Shank'' (video game), an action game * ''Shank'' (2009 film), a British drama * ''Shank'' (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London * ''Shank'', a play by Richard Vincent * Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series ''Space Cases'' * "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from ''Bo Diddley's a Twister'' Places * Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia * Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia * Forward Operating Base Shank, a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank) * Shanksville, Pennsylvania Other uses * Another name for the lower leg in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schack
Schack may refer to: People * Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894), a German poet and historian of literature * Adolph Wilhelm Schack von Staffeldt (1769–1826), a Danish poet * Anna Sophie Schack, née Rantzau (1689–1760), a Danish noblewoman, landowner and builder. * Benedikt Schack (1758–1826), a Bohemian composer and tenor * Bo Schack (born 1955), a Danish lawyer * Friedrich-August Schack (1892–1968), a German general of World War II * Gertrude Guillaume-Schack, born ''Gertrud Gräfin Schack von Wittenau'' (1845–1903), a German women's rights activist * Günther Schack (1917–2003), a World War II German aviator * Hans Schack (1608–1676), a Danish privy councillor and field marshal * Otto Wilhelm Christian Schack (1818–1875), Danish born American financier * ''Roberta Arline Schack'' (born 1929), an American actress better known as Roberta Haynes * Sophus Schack (1811–1864), Danish painter and soldier * Thore Schäck (born 1985), German economist and politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schenk
Schenk is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German occupational surname derived from ''schenken'' (to pour out or serve) referring to the medieval profession of cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper). At one time, only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why Shenk (Russian) and its later surname variants are very common.http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?te=5&surname=schenk People with this surname include: * Ard Schenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: Ard Schenk Award) * August Schenk (1815–1891), German botanist and paleobotanist * Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustrator * Bel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poet * Bert Schenk (born 1970), German boxer * Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor * Charles Schenk Bradley (1853–1929), American electrical engineer, inventor, pioneer of early electric motors * Christian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
