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Sergeant (surname)
Sergeant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adeline Sergeant (1851–1904), English writer * Edward Guthlac Sergeant (1881–1961), English chess master *Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965), American journalist and writer * George Sergeant (1881–1971), American attorney and mayor of Dallas, Texas * Howard Sergeant (1914–1987), British poet and editor * Jack Sergeant (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer *John Sergeant (priest) (1623–1707 or 1710), English Roman Catholic priest, controversialist and theologian *John Sergeant (missionary) (1710–1749), American missionary to the Mahicans of Stockbridge *John Sergeant (politician) (1779–1852), American politician and member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania *John Sergeant (journalist) (born 1944), British journalist and broadcaster *Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746–1793), lawyer, representative for New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777 and Attorney General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeline Sergeant
Adeline Sergeant (4 July 1851 – 4 December 1904) was an English writer. Life Born Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the second daughter of Richard Sergeant and Jane (Hall), she was home schooled until the age of thirteen, when she attended school in Weston-super-Mare. Her mother was a writer of stories for youngsters that were published under the pen name 'Adeline'; Emily later adopted this name for her own writings. At fifteen a collection of Emily's poems were published in a volume that received positive notice in Weslayan periodicals. She won a scholarship to attend Queen's College, London. Her father died in 1870, and for several years she became a governess at Riverhead, Kent. In 1882, her novel ''Jacobi's wife'' resulted in a small award of £100, and the work was published serially in London. For the next several years her writings were serialized in the Dundee newspaper, where she lived from 1885-7. Adeline then moved to Bloomsbury, London, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Walsingham Sergeant
Philip Walsingham Sergeant (27 January 1872, Notting Hill, LondonBirths, Marriages and Deaths – 20 October 1952) was a British professional writer on chess and popular historical subjects.Harry Golombek, ''Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess'', Crown Publishers, 1977, p. 292. David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' (2nd ed. 1992), p. 365. . He collaborated on the fifth (1933), sixth (1939), and seventh (1946) editions of ''Modern Chess Openings'', an important reference work on the chess openings. He also wrote biographical game collections of Paul Morphy (''Morphy's Games of Chess'' (1916) and ''Morphy Gleanings'' (1932)), Rudolf Charousek (''Charousek's Games of Chess'' (1919)), and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (''Pillsbury's Chess Career'', with W. H. Watts, 1922), and other important books such as ''A Century of British Chess'' (1934) and ''Championship Chess'' (1938). Harry Golombek writes that, "Without any pretensions to mastership, he represented Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergius (name)
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latins, Latin ''gens'' Gens Sergia, Sergia or Sergii of Roman Kingdom, regal and Roman Republic, republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Sergius (martyr), Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance languages, Romance (Serge, Sergio, Sergi) and Slavic languages (Serhii, Sergey, Serguei). It is not common in English, although the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-French name Sargent (name), Sergeant is possibly related to it. Etymology The name originates from the Ancient Rome, Roman ''nomen'' (patrician family name) ''Sergius'', after the name of the Roman ''gens'' of Latin origins Gens Sergia, Sergia or Sergii from Alba Longa, Old Latium, counted by Theodor Mommsen as one of the oldest Roman families, one of the original 100 ''gentes originarie''. It ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bertram Serjeant
Robert Bertram Serjeant, FBA (23 March 1915 – 29 April 1993) was a British scholar, traveller, and one of the leading Arabists of his generation. Background and career He was born and raised in Edinburgh and studied at the University of Edinburgh under the Quranic scholar Richard Bell. He received his MA in 1935, and moved on to Trinity College, Cambridge, completing his PhD dissertation on Islamic textiles under the supervision of Professor C.A. Storey. He won a scholarship to work at SOAS with Professor A. S. Tritton. In 1940, he was working in Aden, but with the Second World War in progress, he was commissioned into the Aden Government Guards, spending his time in the Subayhi country of southern Arabia. He returned to the UK in 1941, where he edited the "Arabic Listener" at the BBC. When the war ended, he restarted his academic career at SOAS, and in 1947 went to research the language and society of the Hadhramaut region in Arabia. He published a study called ''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Sergent
Edmond Sergent (23 March 1876 – 20 August 1969) was a French (Pied-Noir) physician and parasitologist, known for his research on malaria in Algeria. His work was often done in collaboration with his brother Étienne Sergent. Biography Edmond Sergent was born in Philippeville, today Skikda, in Algeria. He studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Algiers. He was an intern in the hospitals of Algiers in 1896. In 1899, he studied microbiology in Paris in the laboratory of Émile Roux of the Pasteur Institute. Upon returning to Algeria, he was put in charge of a permanent mission in Algiers, where he inaugurated a Pasteur Institute of which he became the director in 1912 and continued in that capacity until 1963. His time was divided between his work in Algiers and his studies of Protistology, protozoology under the direction of Félix Mesnil and of entomology under the direction of Eugène Louis Bouvier. Because of the Sergent brothers' outstanding reputatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Sergeaunt
Henry Sargeaunt (2 January 1892 – 1960) was an English footballer who played for Hull City and Durham City in the Football League. Sargeaunt was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, and worked as a slater A slater, or slate mason, is a tradesman, tradesperson who covers buildings with slate. Tools of the trade The various hand tool, tools of the slater's trade are all drop-forged. The slater's hammer is forged in one single piece, from crucib ... mechanic in Newcastle On Tyne. His father, Henry Edward George Sargeaunt, was a musician born in Toronto who served in the military. His father was killed in 1915 while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.''1911 England Census''''UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919'' References 1892 births 1960 deaths Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Felling Colliery A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Seaton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargent (name)
Sargent is a surname of Latin (possibly Etruscan), early medieval English and Old French origin, and has also been used as a given name. Background The surname of Sargent in the various ways in which it is spelled is said to have come from the Latin phrase, ''"servientes armorum"'' (men discharging a military service) and therefore, soldiers (''"Serjens d'Armes"''); and "Serjiant of the Law" (''"Serviens ad Legem"'') was also a term in very early use. The English translation of ''Serviens'' into Sargent did not appear until the reign of Henry III or Edward I. Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from ''Sargant, Sargeant'' and ''Seargeant'' to ''Sergant, Searjeant'' and ''Sergeaunt''. by |
Sargeant (surname)
Sargeant is a surname of Latin (possibly Etruscan), early medieval English and Old French origin. It may refer to: *Bob Sargeant (1947–2021), British musician and record producer. *Carl Sargeant (1968-2017), Welsh politician *Harry Sargeant III (1957), American businessman * Howland H. Sargeant (1911–1984), United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in 1952–53 * James Sargeant (1936-), Australian Olympian * Logan Sargeant (born 2000), American racing driver * Roy Sargeant, South African filmmaker and playwright, adapted the novel ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' for stage in 2003 See also *Sargent_(name) Sargent is a surname of Latin (possibly Etruscan), early medieval English and Old French origin, and has also been used as a given name. Background The surname of Sargent in the various ways in which it is spelled is said to have come from the Lat ... (surname) {{Surnames English-language surnames Occupational surnames English-language occupational surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Sergeant
William Alfred Sergeant (born 12 April 1958) is an English guitarist, best known for being a member of Echo & the Bunnymen. Born in Walton Hospital, he grew up in the village of Melling and attended nearby Deyes Lane Secondary Modern. He is the group's only constant member. Career As a solo artist, Sergeant focused on minimalism and atmospherics, and usually released entirely instrumental music. Sergeant's first solo work was in 1978, when he self-produced ''Weird As Fish'' and made a total of seven copies. The album was officially released 25 years later. Early in the life of Echo & the Bunnymen, Sergeant recorded ''La Vie Luonge'', a soundtrack piece for a short Bunnymen concert film of the same name. His first formal solo album, ''Themes for Grind'', was released in 1982, while still active with Echo & the Bunnymen, and reached number 6 on the Indie album chart. Sergeant continued with the Bunnymen even after Ian McCulloch left in 1988, bringing in Noel Burke to sing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Sergeant
Tony Sergeant (born 6 June 1977) is a retired football midfielder who last played for Cercle Brugge in the Belgian Pro League. Sergeant started his career at Antwerp, before moving to Zulte-Waregem in the summer of 2004. During the 2005-06 season, he scored 10 goals, before moving to Italian Serie B team AS Bari in 2007. This move was not a big success, and as a result, Sergeant went back to his home country only six months later. Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ... made a loan deal with Bari and thereafter completed a full transfer before Sergeant retired in 2012. Honours ;Zulte Waregem * Belgian Cup: 2005–06 References Tony Sergeant player info at Cerclebrugge.be 1977 births Living people Belgian men's footballers People from Deinze Men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sergeant
Thomas Sergeant (January 14, 1782 – May 8, 1860) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as Secretary of State, Attorney General, and as an associate justice of the state Supreme Court. Biography and career Sergeant and his twin Henry were born the sons of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret Spencer. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1798. He then read law under Jared Ingersoll, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1802. In 1812, he married Sarah Bache, a daughter of Sarah Franklin Bache, who was a daughter of Benjamin Franklin. Their children were Henry Jonathan, Emma, Frances, Thomas Jr., and William, who died in infancy. His grandson, by Frances, was the scholar and linguist, Thomas Sergeant Perry. From 1812–1814, Sergeant served in the state legislature. From 1814–1817 he was an associate judge of the District Court of Philadelphia. From 1817–1819 he was Secretary of the Commonwealth, from 1819–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
