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Sears (other)
Sears may refer to: Department store chains *Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, a chain of department stores in the US *Sears Mexico, a chain of department stores in Mexico * Sears Canada, a chain of department stores in Canada Related and unrelated businesses * Sears Holdings, former parent of Sears and other companies * Sears plc, a former British holdings company * Sears Seating, also known as Sears Manufacturing, an American designer and manufacturer Buildings * Sears Building, the name of several buildings * Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. * Sears Tower, the former name of the Willis Tower, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. People *Eleonora Sears (1881–1968), American national tennis champion *Ernest Robert Sears (1910–1991), American plant geneticist *Francis Sears (1898–1975), American physicist *Fred F. Sears (1913–1957), American film actor and director *Freddie Sears (b. 1989), English professional footballer *James T. Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box discount chain Kmart, which upon completion of the merger, formed Sears Holdings. Through the 1980s, Sears was the largest retailer in the United States. In 2018, it was the 31st-largest. After several years of declining sales, Sears's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. It announced on January 16, 2019, that it had won its bankruptcy auction, and that a reduced number of 425 stores would remain open, including 223 Sears stores. Sears was based in the Sears Tower in Chicago from 1973 until 1995, and is currently headquartered in Hof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Sears
Leslie Daniel Sears (12 January 1901 – 27 June 1992) was an English cricketer who played as a left-handed batsman. He was born at Wokingham, Berkshire. Sears made two first-class appearances for Essex against Worcestershire and Derbyshire in the 1925 County Championship, scoring 18 runs at an average of 4.50, with a high score of 16. He later played for Berkshire, making his debut for his native county against Wiltshire in the 1933 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1934 and 1935, making thirteen appearances. He died at Amesbury Abbey care home, Wiltshire on 27 June 1992. His son, also Leslie, played for Berkshire and later served as the county's chairman from 1983 to 2004. His grandsons, Jamie and Richard, also played for Berkshire. References External linksLeslie Searsat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland's Environmental And Rural Services
Scotland’s Environment and Rural Services (SEARS) is a partnership between eight public bodies aiming to improve experience among Scotland's land managers by working together to provide an efficient and effective service. The SEARS partners are: * Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency * Cairngorms National Park Authority * Crofters Commission * Forestry Commission Scotland * Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority * Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) * Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate * Scottish Natural Heritage History SEARS launched as a partnership of nine organisations in 2008. The Deer Commission for Scotland, which was formerly a member, was abolished and its functions transferred to Scottish Natural Heritage on 1 August 2010. SEARS marked its first anniversary by publication of its first annual review at the Royal Highland Show 2009 by Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham MSP. Among the key service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winsome Sears
Winsome Sears (née Earle; born March 11, 1964) is a Jamaican-born American politician serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Sears served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2004. She also served on the Virginia Board of Education, and she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2004 and for U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2021, Sears was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia. Sears is the first woman to serve as lieutenant governor of Virginia, and is the first woman of color and first Jamaican-born American citizen elected to statewide office in Virginia. Early life, education, and career before politics Sears was born in Kingston, Jamaica on March 11, 1964, and she immigrated to the United States at the age of six. She grew up in the Bronx, New York City. Sears earned an A.A. from Tidewater Community College, a B.A. in English with a minor in economics from O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sears (other)
William Sears may refer to: *William Sears (Baháʼí) (1911–1992), American author, sportscaster and prominent member of the Baháʼí Faith *William Sears (physician) (born 1939), American pediatrician and author *William Sears (politician) (died 1929), Irish politician *William J. Sears (1874–1944), U.S. Representative from Florida *William R. Sears William Rees Sears (March 1, 1913 – October 12, 2002) was an aeronautical engineer and educator who worked at Caltech, Northrop Aircraft, Cornell University (as the J. L. Given Professor of Engineering), and the University of Arizona. He was a ... (1913–2002), American aerodynamicist * William R. Sears (New York politician) (1928–1998), New York politician {{hndis, Sears, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varley F
Varley is a surname. The surname is either an English surname of Norman origin or an Irish surname of native Irish ( Gaelic) origin. In Irish the surname is ''Mac an Bhearshúiligh'' (for a man) and ''Nic an Bhearshúiligh'' (for a woman) (but also sometimes in Irish it is written as ''Ui Bhearshúiligh'' (O'Varley) or ''Mac / Ní / Uí Bhearsula or Mac / Ní / Uí an Bhearlaigh.'' Origins As a northern English surname, it has Norman origins having arrived into England from the original Norman French ''de Verley'' during the Norman conquest of England in 1066, originating as an habitational name from the Gallo-Roman personal name Virilius + the locative suffix -acum, from Vesly (Manche) or Vesly (Eure), or Verly (Aisne), or Vrély (Somme), all in Normandy or Hauts-de-France in France. The English version of the name is overwhelmingly found in West Yorkshire and Lancashire in northern England. As an Irish surname, it is a Connacht name, found particularly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Sears
Edward M. Sears (born April 6, 1977) is an American actor, known for his roles as Richard Patrick Woolsley on the TNT legal drama series '' Raising the Bar'', Patrick on the first season of FX anthology horror drama ''American Horror Story'' (retroactively titled '' Murder House''), Dr. Austin Langham on the ''Showtime'' period drama series ''Masters of Sex'', and DC Comics supervillain Hunter Zolomon / Zoom on ''The Flash''. Early life and education Sears was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He attended high school at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD. Sears played varsity football for the University of Maryland, but transferred and graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in business management in 1999. Career Sears' business career in New York was put on hold as he won a role on his first audition, with a two-year contract role on the daytime series ''One Life to Live''. Then, after several appearances on the ''Law & Order'' fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Sears
Simon Sears (born 25 January 1984) is a Danish actor. Early life and education Sears was born in Roskilde to an Italian father and Danish mother. He was raised in the town of Solrød Strand, and has two older siblings. When he was younger, Sears was interested in dance, training at the Solrød Centre and performing at Bella Centeret and dance championships. As his father grew up financially unstable due to his grandfather being a painter, Sears explored a few careers options before settling on theatre. He briefly moved to Hjørring before going on to train at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen, graduating in 2014. Career In 2015, Sears had stage roles in ''Koks i kulissen'', ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'', and ''Ødipus Laboratoriet'' at the Royal Danish Theatre and ''Visen om sidsel'' at Grønnegårds Teatret. He starred in his first feature-length film ''9. April'' alongside Pilou Asbæk. The following year, he received the prestigious Reumert Prize, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sears (other) (1908–1989), American psychologist
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Robert Sears may refer to: * Robert Sears (sportsman) (1884–1979), American fencer and modern pentathlete * Robert Sears (physician), contemporary American pediatrician * Robert Richardson Sears Robert Richardson Sears (; August 31, 1908 – May 22, 1989) was an American psychologist who specialized in child psychology and the psychology of personality. He was the head of the psychology department at Stanford and later dean of the Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Warren Sears
Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American manager, businessman and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Early life Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota. His father was James Warren Sears, born circa 1828 in New York, a blacksmith and wagon-maker; his mother was Eliza Burton, born in Ohio circa 1843. The family was living in Spring Valley, Minnesota, by June 1870, where his father served as a city councilman and eventually sold his wagon shop in 1875. Both of his parents were of English descent. During his boyhood in Spring Valley, he befriended Almanzo Wilder, the future husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder. In 1880, he started working as a telegraph operator in the town of North Branch, Minnesota, for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway, and was later transferred to North Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to be station agent there. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sears (other) (born 1943), Vermont state senator
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Richard Sears may refer to: * Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), founder of Sears, Roebuck and Co. * Richard Sears (pilgrim) (1595–1676), early settler of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts *Richard Sears (tennis) (1861–1943), American tennis player *Richard W. Sears Richard Warden Sears Jr. (born April 22, 1943) is a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Bennington senate district. Richard Sears was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1992 and continues to serve in tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Earl Sears
Minnie Earl Sears (17 November 1873 – 28 November 1933) formulated the Sears List of Subject Headings, a simplification of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named her one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century". Life and work Sears was a native of Lafayette, Indiana, and was awarded a B.Sc. from Purdue University at age 18, the youngest graduate in her class. She received an M.Sc in 1893. In 1900 the University of Illinois awarded to her a Bachelor of Library Science degree. Sears had a long career as a cataloguer and bibliographer at a variety of libraries (Bryn Mawr College, University of Minnesota, New York Public Library), before she joined the publishing company H. W. Wilson Company in 1923 to publish her ''List of Subject Headings for Small Libraries''. The book provides a list of subject headings for small libraries to use in lieu of Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress headings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
