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Spain (surname)
Spain a surname English, Norman, French, Irish in origin, but linked to expatriates, or colonialists, who either had origins in Spain or had spent a significant amount of time there. The evolution of the name came about when the government of each European country introduced personal taxation, known as Poll Tax in England, and surnames became necessary for record keeping. Earliest usage The earliest recorded use of the surname; :*in the form of ''de Espaigne'' is from 1179 in the Pipe Rolls of Essex during the reign of King Henry II :*in the form of ''Espáine''... :*in the form of ''Spane'' is from 1302 in Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire :*in the form of ''Spaigne'' is from 1318 in the Calendar of Letter Books of London :*in the form of ''Spayne'' is from 1327 in the Subsidy Rolls of Cambridgeshire :*in the form of ''de Hispania'' is from 1086 in the Domesday Book of 1086, came from Espaignes :*in the form of ''Spaine'' is from 1579 in the Recordings from London Church Registers :*i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Languages
The Goidelic or Gaelic languages ( ga, teangacha Gaelacha; gd, cànanan Goidhealach; gv, çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ('), Scottish Gaelic ('), and Manx ('). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree. Nomenclature ''Gaelic'', by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and so it is ambiguous. Irish and Manx are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word "Gaelic" is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer to those languages. This is in contrast to Scottish Gaelic, for which "Gaelic" distinguishes the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christale Spain
Christale Spain is an American politician currently serving as Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, the first black woman to hold the role. Education Spain graduated from W. J. Keenan High School in Columbia, South Carolina. She then attended the University of South Carolina Aiken where she became one of the institutions premier Women's Basketball Players, becoming the first player (male or female) in the university's history to score over 1000 career points and pull down over 1000 career reboundsShe also attended Columbia College (South Carolina), Columbia College, and is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. Political career Spain worked as political director for the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign and was state director for the Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign. She was also the Senior Advisor for Black Engagement at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She announced her campaign for state party chair in February 2023. Spain was endor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Spain (politician)
Robert Spain (born June 26, 1956) is a former Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives and former town manager of Millbury, Massachusetts. Biography Robert James Spain Jr. was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 26, 1956, a son of Robert J. Spain and Patricia A. (Quirk) Spain. He attended the schools of Worcester, and graduated from Burncoat Senior High School. Spain received a Bachelor of Arts degree in management and public administration from Worcester State University in 1978 and a Master of Arts degree in business management from Webster University in 1985. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force, and served in the Intelligence field, including postings to Turkey and Germany. He later served in the Vermont Army National Guard. Spain moved to Bradford, Vermont in 1988, where he owned and operated the Bradford Village Store. He also became a member of the village board of trustees and served on the board of directors of the Bradford Senior Independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinton Spain
Quinton Lamar Spain (born August 7, 1991) is an American football guard who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He played college football at West Virginia. Professional career Tennessee Titans 2015 season Spain signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent following the 2015 NFL Draft. He made the Titans final roster as a rookie, playing in seven games with six starts at guard. The Titans finished with a league-worst 3-13 record. 2016 season In 2016, Spain won the starting left guard spot and started 13 games, missing 3 due to injury. The 2016 Titans offensive line was heralded as one of the best in the league, which blocked for DeMarco Murray as he led the AFC in rushing yards. The Titans finished with a 9-7 record. 2017 season Spain started the 2017 season as the Titans' starting left guard. He started 14 games for the Titans and missed two, who finished with another 9-7 record and qualified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Spain
Patrick J. Spain (born 1952) is a serial entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of First Stop Health, LLC., a Chicago-based provider of telemedicine services. He is also the Executive Chairman and co-founder of the news curation site Newser. Spain is the former Chairman and CEO Hoover's, which he co-founded; and the founder and former CEO of HighBeam Research. Hoover's was sold to Dun & Bradstreet in 2003, and HighBeam Research was purchased by Cengage Learning in 2008. History Spain attended the University of Chicago and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in Ancient Roman History in 1974. He worked for Gladstone Associates, now part of Accenture from 1974 to 1977. He subsequently attended law school at Boston University, and graduated in 1979. Intrigued by the opportunities in the emerging intersection of information and technology, Spain then joined the Extel Corporation, a telex manufacturer, as an associate counsel.Howard Wolinsky. "Chicago keeps calling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Spain
Nancy Brooker Spain (13 September 1917 – 21 March 1964) was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist for the '' Daily Express'', ''She'' magazine, and the '' News of the World'' in the 1950s and 1960s. She also appeared on many radio broadcasts, particularly on ''Woman's Hour'' and ''My Word!'', and later as a panelist on the television programmes ''What's My Line?'' and ''Juke Box Jury''. Spain died in a plane crash near Aintree racecourse while travelling to the 1964 Grand National. Early life Spain was born in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger of the two daughters of Lieutenant-Colonel George Redesdale Brooker Spain, a freeman of the city and prominent figure in local military and antiquarian affairs. Her father was a writer himself and appeared in a number of radio plays as well as broadcasting commentaries on Newcastle United games. Her mother, Norah Smiles, was the daughter of Lucy Dorling (a half-sister of Isabella Beeton) and Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Spain
Mark Spain is a weekday television news anchor at WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Virginia. Formerly, Spain worked alongside Paige Kelton on ''Action News'' at WJAX-TV/WFOX-TV in Jacksonville, Florida, anchoring all evening newscasts (5, 5:30, 6, 11 on WJAX-TV and an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast on WFOX-TV). Early life and education Spain's career began as a paper carrier for ''The Cleveland Press'', while he was still in junior high school. After graduating from high school, he worked for WVIZ- Public TV as he studied communications and received a BA from Cleveland State University. Career Before his move to the Florida television market, Spain worked in the Cleveland area television market, initially as a news reporter for WEWS-TV, the local ABC affiliate. He then later served as the 5:00 pm co-anchor with Macie Jepson at WJW-TV, the local Fox TV The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Spain
John Kenneth Spain (October 6, 1946 – October 11, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. Spain was selected by the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls with the 20th overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1969 ABA Draft. He played in eleven American Basketball Association games during the 1970-71 season for the Pittsburgh Condors. A 6'9" center, Spain played college basketball at the University of Houston with Elvin Hayes from 1966-1969. Spain graduated from Austin High School in Houston.Distinguished HISD Alumni ." '' Houston Independent School District< ...
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Karl Spain
Karl Spain (born 20 October 1971) is an Irish comedian from Limerick. He is from the Corbally area of the city and was educated at CBS Sexton Street. In 2000, Spain won the RTÉ award for Best New Act. Spain appeared at the Montreal '' Just for Laughs'' comedy festival in 2003, which was later repeated on RTÉ Television. He is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival. Spain later ran a series on RTÉ entitled ''Karl Spain Wants a Woman''.http://www.rte.ie/tv/karlspain/ He appeared as master of kung-fu on the fifth series of ''Killinaskully'' in October 2008. In 2009 he had yet another TV show on RTÉ Two (RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while ..., ''Karl Spain wants to Rock''. In March 2010 Karl began a tour as supporting act to fellow Irish comedian, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James W
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank K
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Spain
Francis Jones Spain (February 17, 1909 – June 23, 1977) was an American amateur ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Frank Spain was born on an ancestral plantation in Brooks County, Georgia, but later moved to Waban, Massachusetts, where he learned to play hockey on frozen ponds. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy prep school and then Dartmouth College, where he majored in philosophy and played baseball and ice hockey as a member of the class of 1934. He left Dartmouth to play for the Boston Olympics, where he was the team captain for the 1933–1934 season. After his amateur ice-hockey career, he served as a naval officer and toured Europe. Following his marriage in 1941, he settled in Rochester, New York, where he began a business and a family. In 1936 he was a member and captain of the United States ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. The medal currently resides at the United States Hockey Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
