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Shears
Shears may refer to: Cutting devices * Scissors, also called shears * Hair-cutting shears * Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals * Grass shears, for lawn trimming * Kitchen shears, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation * Pinking shears, scissors where the blades are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge * Pruning shears, for cutting branches and stems * Snips, for cutting metal * Trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing People * Albert Shears (born 1900), English footballer * Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman * Curtis Shears (1901–1988), American Olympic fencer * Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa * George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jake Shears (born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters * Philip James Shears (1887–1972), British Army officer * Stevie Shears (born c. 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Shears And Sons
James Shears and Sons was a firm of London coppersmiths and braziers who were active from c1785 to 1891. The firm was founded by James Shears (c1750-1820) and continued by his two sons Daniel Towers Shears (1782–1860) and James Henry Shears (1788–1855) and subsequently by William Shears. The origins of the company James Shears was born in about 1750, the son of Thomas Shears (1709–1778) and Sarah Towers (? – 1766). He was baptised at All Saint's Church, Ockham, Surrey, on 2 September 1750. James Shears was married to Ann Pitcher on 16 June 1772 at St Giles-without-Cripplegate, London. His death on 25 June 1820 at the age of 70 is recorded in the ''Morning Chronicle'', 26 June 1820. He entered the copper trade at the age of about 12, probably in the workshop of the coppersmith William Gore. Gore first appears in London directories in 1768 with premises at Fleet-ditch (an earlier name for Fleet Market). In 1770 the first mention occurs of William Gore at 67 Fleet-market, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Shears
Jake Shears (born October 3, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the male lead singer of pop-rock band Scissor Sisters. Early life Shears was born in Mesa, Arizona, the son of an entrepreneur father and a Baptist mother (Freida Sellards). He grew up on San Juan Island, San Juan Island, Washington, where he attended school at Friday Harbor High School and was bullied. His "first real concert was Siouxsie and the Banshees". At the age of 18, he moved into a dorm at the Northwest School, Seattle, Northwest School in Seattle, Washington, to finish high school. Shears later attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 19, he traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, to visit a classmate, who introduced him to Babydaddy, Scott Hoffman. Shears and Hoffman hit it off immediately and moved to New York a year later. Career Early work Shears attended New York's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, where he studied fiction writing and was a classm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Shears
The Golden Shears International Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing event. It was founded in Masterton, New Zealand, and been held in the town's War Memorial Stadium each March since 1961. It initially comprised competition in three shearing classes, including the Open championship, which is the most revered of all single shearing titles worldwide. In the final, sometimes referred to as shearing's equivalent of the Wimbledon Open in tennis, six shearers each shear 20 second-shear sheep, for which the fastest time was 15min 27.4sec, shorn in 2003. But the competition is about more than just the fastest time, and the winner is decided on time and quality penalty points, the winner being the shearer with the lowest score. Other events have expanded the programme over the years, with competition now held in five shearing classes, four woolhandling classes and three woolpressing classes, along with other events. The McSkimming Memor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Shears
Tara Georgina Shears (born 1969) is a Professor of Physics at the University of Liverpool. Early life Shears was born in Salisbury in Wiltshire. She remained in Wiltshire, living in Wootton Rivers and attending the co-educational comprehensive school Pewsey Vale School, where she was inspired by her chemistry teacher. The school had no sixth form, and her parents moved to Wedhampton (near Urchfont), where she attended the co-educational independent school Dauntsey's School, which offered many state scholarships at the time — many of the pupils were state-funded. At A-level she studied Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English, where she was the only female in her Physics class — not uncommon in British co-educational schools, even independent schools. She obtained A grades in all her sixth form exams. Her experience of being the only female in the Physics class would have been an advantage when she attended Imperial College London to study Physics. She obtained a 1st Class honou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevie Shears
Stevie Shears (born 1954/1955) is an English musician known for playing in the rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox! (later Ultravox), as well as being part of the bands Faith Global and Cowboys International. Biography Tiger Lily and Ultravox! Working in a paint factory and playing in different bands in Dagenham, Essex, he made contact with John Foxx and formed Tiger Lily in 1973 (together with bassist Chris Cross). Later, Tiger Lily changed its name to Ultravox! (later known simply as Ultravox). Between February and March 1978, after releasing with this band the ''Ultravox!'' (early 1977) and ''Ha! Ha! Ha!'' (1977) albums Shears was replaced by Robin Simon. Post-Ultravox! bands After Ultravox!, Shears formed a band with his friend Ice, real name Roland Oxland, bassist of Gloria Mundi. Gloria Mundi and Ultravox! were friends from the UK live music scene. Gloria Mundi featured Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patterson who, as Eddie & Sunshine, would support Ultravox on their 1981 Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Shears
The Reverend Augustus Shears (25 July 1827 - 25 May 1911) was the sixth and youngest son of Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860), a partner of James Shears and Sons, and Frances Spurrell (1788–1834), daughter of John Spurrell of Bessingham, Norfolk. Born in Wimbledon, he was educated at Rugby and St John's College, Cambridge, and in 1851 was ordained a deacon in the Church of England. After serving as Curate of the parishes of Lutterworth, Leicestershire (1851–1853), Escrick, Yorkshire (1853–1855), and Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire (1855–1859), he worked as a missionary in Moulmein, Burma (1859–1862), where he set up a school and translated part of the Book of Common Prayer into Burmese.http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Muss-Arnolt/part4c.htm - Retrieved on 31 December 2010 Having returned to England due to ill health, he became Curate of Ardingly, Sussex (1862–1864), Heathfield, Sussex (1864–1866), Southover, Sussex (1866–1868), and then St. Bartho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Shears
The Reverend Ernest Henry Shears (1849, Streatham – 20 February 1917, Stafford) was an Anglican clergyman in South Africa. Ernest Henry Shears was the ninth son of James Henry Shears (1788-1855), a partner of James Shears and Sons, and Mary Mann (1810-1893). He was educated at King's College London and St John's College, Cambridge, and in 1871 was ordained a deacon in the Church of England. After being ordained, he went to Natal in South Africa, where he became Archdeacon of Durban (1887-1892). He then returned to England and eventually retired to Stafford, where he died on 20 February 1917. On 14 January 1875 Ernest Shears married Mary Seawell Boulger, by whom he had three children, one of whom, Cuthbert Shears, also entered the Church. He was a cousin of Rev. Augustus Shears and Rev. Frederick Spurrell Frederick Spurrell (2 August 1824 – 23 February 1902) was an Anglican priest and archaeologist. Early life and education Frederick Spurrell was born at 23, Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip James Shears
Major-General Philip James Shears CB (1887–1972) was a senior officer in the British Army. He was born on 6 April 1887 in Surbiton, Surrey, the only son of James Charles Shears, a mechanical engineer from Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and Beatrice Jane Margaret Dumas. He was also a great-grandson of coppersmith Daniel Towers Shears, a partner of James Shears and Sons. He went on to serve as Colonel of The Border Regiment The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. After service ... (now part of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment) from 1947 to 1952. In 1948 Philip Shears published ''The Story of the Border Regiment, 1939-1945''. He died on 7 April 1972. References Military record 1887 births 1972 deaths Royal Dublin Fusiliers officers Royal Hampshire Regiment officers Border Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shears
George Penfield Shears (April 13, 1890 – November 12, 1978) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. In 1912, Shears played for the New York Highlanders. In 4 career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 5.40 ERA. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. George Shears was a Doctor of Chiropractic who led the G.P.C. chiropractic movement in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Shears was born in Marshall, Missouri Marshall is a city in Saline County, Missouri, United States. The population was 13,065 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saline County. The Marshall Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Saline County. It is home to Missouri Val ..., and died in Loveland, Colorado. References External links 1890 births 1978 deaths New York Highlanders players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Missouri Paris Bourbonites players Brockton Shoemakers players Hamilton Hams players Jersey City Skeeters players Erie Sailors players L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Shears
Curtis Shears (July 4, 1901 – July 30, 1988) was an American fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri .... References External links * 1901 births 1988 deaths American male épée fencers Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in fencing Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics {{US-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitchen Shears
Scissors are hand-operated shearing tools. A pair of scissors consists of a pair of metal blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles (bows) opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutting various thin materials, such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, cloth, rope, and wire. A large variety of scissors and shears all exist for specialized purposes. Hair-cutting shears and kitchen shears are functionally equivalent to scissors, but the larger implements tend to be called shears. Hair-cutting shears have specific blade angles ideal for cutting hair. Using the incorrect type of scissors to cut hair will result in increased damage or split ends, or both, by breaking the hair. Kitchen shears, also known as kitchen scissors, are intended for cutting and trimming foods such as meats. Inexpensive, mass-produced modern scissors are often designed ergonomically with composite thermoplastic and rubber handles. Terminology The noun ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Shears
Albert Edward Shears (12 May 1900 – April quarter 1954) was an English association football, footballer who played as a defender. References External links LFC History profile 1900 births 1954 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English Football League players Preston North End F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Aberdare Athletic F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Wigan Borough F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Aldershot F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Leyland Motors F.C. players Men's association football defenders {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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