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Sprent River (Tasmania)
Sprent is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Sprent Dabwido (1972–2019), Nauruan politician; former President of Nauru. * James Sprent (1808–1863), Surveyor General of Tasmania * Janet Sprent (born 1934), British botanical scientist and professor Other Uses * Sprent, Tasmania, a locality in Australia {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprent Dabwido
Sprent Arumogo Dabwido (16 September 1972 – 8 May 2019) was a Nauruan politician who served as the President of Nauru between 2011 and 2013, and was also a weightlifter. The son of a parliamentarian, Dabwido was originally elected to the Meneng Constituency in the Parliament of Nauru at the 2004 elections. Having served as Minister for Telecommunications in Marcus Stephen's government from 2009, Dabwido joined the Nauruan opposition faction in November 2011 after Stephen's resignation, and, having passed a motion of no confidence against interim president Freddie Pitcher, was elected president four days later. In his role as president, Dabwido functioned as chairman of the Cabinet of Nauru, and held various portfolios in the Nauruan government. Weightlifting career Prior to entering politics, Dabwido was a weightlifter. He was the national champion of Nauru in weightlifting in 1995 and 1996. He also represented Nauru internationally winning a silver medal for his country at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sprent
James Sprent (1808 – 22 September 1863) was a Surveyor General of Tasmania, (then the colony of Van Diemen's Land, now a state of Australia). Early life Sprent was born in Manchester, England and was educated at Glasgow University (M.A., 1825) and St John's College, Cambridge. Career in Australia In May 1830 Sprent arrived in Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania). He opened a school for boys that year, offering classes in Latin, Mathematics and French. Two years later, he extended this offering to young ladies and adult after school hours. Surveying Work After he was refused a free land grant in 1833, Sprent was appointed temporary assistant surveyor, closed his academy and began work on a trigonometrical survey - inspired by the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. Sprent and Calder located and cleared 50 mountaintop stations across the east of the state, leaving markers visibile from a distance, before work was suspended due to budget cuts in 1837. He was subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Sprent
Janet Irene Sprent, FRSE OBE (born 1934) is a British botanical scientist, and emeritus professor at University of Dundee. Education and career After graduating from Imperial College London with a BSc and ARCS, Sprent worked for a year at Rothamsted Experimental Station before undertaking a PhD at the University of Tasmania. She taught botany for two years at Rochester Grammar School before being awarded a lectureship at Goldsmiths College in 1960. Sprent moved to Dundee, Scotland in 1967 where she secured a research fellowship at the University of Dundee. She became dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in 1987, was awarded a personal chair in 1989 and served as the Head of Department of Biological Sciences from 1992 to 1995. She served as deputy principal of Dundee University from 1995 until her retiral in 1998. Research areas Sprent's primary research interests lie in the field of nitrogen fixation in legumes. Awards and recognition In recognition of the contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |