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Spike (surname)
Spike is the surname of: * John Spike (born 1951), American art historian, curator and author * Michèle Kahn Spike, American lawyer, historian, and prominent lay figure in the Episcopalian church * Paul Spike, American author, editor and journalist * Robert W. Spike (1923–1966), American clergyman, theologian and civil rights leader See also * Spike (nickname) Spike is a nickname of the following people: Arts and entertainment * Spike Feresten (born 1964), television writer and talk show host * Spike Jones (1911–1965), American musician and bandleader * Spike Jonze (born 1969), American filmmaker and ... * Spikes (surname) {{surname, Spike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spike
John Thomas Spike (born November 8, 1951, in New York City) is an American art historian, curator, and author, specializing in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods. He is also a contemporary art critic and past director of the Florence Biennale. Spike earned his B.A. at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His doctoral dissertation was a study of Mattia Preti, a painter of the Caravaggio school. In 1999, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Taverna, Italy, Preti's birthplace. In recognition of his studies of two Knights of St. John, Mattia Preti and Caravaggio, in 2013 Queen Elizabeth II appointed Spike to the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Childhood, youth, and personal life Spike grew up in New York City and Tenafly, New Jersey where he graduated from Tenafly High School. His father was the Rev. Robert W. Spike, a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and his brother i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Kahn Spike
Michèle Kahn Spike is an American lawyer, historian, and lecturer. She graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1976 and became a member of the Bar of the State of New York in 1977, concentrating in international corporate law. From the late 1980s until 2011, she lived in Florence, Italy together with her husband, art historian John Spike. Since fall 2012 she has been teaching at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, and she was appointed as Visiting Professor of the Practice of Law in 2017. Spike grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and attended Tenafly High School and Connecticut College. She is known for her biography of Matilda of Tuscany, ''Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa'', which was published in 2004. She also collaborated with John Spike on his study of Caravaggio and Mattia Preti. Spike has been a member of the Bar of the State of New York since 1977 and during those 40 years engaged in the practice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Spike
Paul Robert Spike is an American author, editor in chief and journalist. He is best known as the author of the 1973 memoir ''Photographs of My Father'' about the murder of his father, civil rights leader Robert W. Spike, in 1966. Career Spike is the author of five books. His memoir ''Photographs of My Father'' (Knopf, 1973) is the most widely known; an autobiographical account of the murder of his father, civil rights leader Rev. Robert W. Spike, the book received exceptional praise and was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its "Ten Best Books of The Year." His four other works include a collection of short stories, two political thrillers, and the cult novelization of Terry Gilliam's ''Jabberwocky''. (Spike composed under the pseudonym "Ralph Hoover.") In 1997, Spike became the first American editor of the 150-year-old British humour magazine ''Punch'' which he relaunched as a weekly investigative and satirical gadfly, but soon left after falling out with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike (nickname)
Spike is a nickname of the following people: Arts and entertainment * Spike Feresten (born 1964), television writer and talk show host * Spike Jones (1911–1965), American musician and bandleader * Spike Jonze (born 1969), American filmmaker and photographer * Spike Lee (born 1957), American filmmaker * Spike Milligan (1918–2002), Irish satirist, creator of ''The Goon Show'' * Spike Robinson (1930–2001), jazz musician * Spike Spencer (born 1968), American voice actor * Spike Stent (born 1965), English record producer and mixing engineer * Spike Trotman, American cartoonist and publisher * Sports * Spike Albrecht (born 1992), American college basketball player * Spike Gehlhausen (born 1954), American race car driver * Spike Jones (American football) (born 1947), American former National Football League punter * Spike McRoy (born 1968), American golfer * Spike Pola (1914–2012), Australian rules footballer Military * William H. P. Blandy (1890–1954), US Navy admiral * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
