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Seager
Seager is a surname, and may refer to: *Alexandra Seager (1870–1950), businesswoman and philanthropist in South Australia *Allan Seager (1906–1968), American novelist and short-story writer * Charles Allen Seager (1872–1948), Anglican Bishop of Ontario *Christopher Seager (b. 1951), Zimbabwean cricketer *Corey Seager (b. 1994), American baseball player with the Texas Rangers *Edward Seager (1812–1883), British Army officer in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny *Gavin Seager (b. 1978), stock car racing driver *Henry Rogers Seager (1870-1930) - American economist *Kyle Seager (b. 1987), American baseball third baseman *Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons (1896–1963), Welsh shipping magnate *Michael Seager (b. 1947), Zimbabwean cricketer *Ryan Seager (b. 1996), English professional footballer who plays as a forward *Samantha Seager (b. 1974), British actress in soap opera Coronation Street *Sara Seager (b. 1971), Canadian-American astronomer and planetary scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Seager
Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994), nicknamed "Seags", is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Seager was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his major league debut in 2015. He was the 2016 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was an MLB All-Star in his first two seasons in the majors. He was named the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the World Series MVP while leading the Dodgers to the 2020 World Series title over the Tampa Bay Rays. After seven years with the Dodgers, he entered free agency and signed a ten-year deal worth $325 million with the Rangers. Early life Corey Seager was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Jeff and Jody Seager. He is the youngest of three brothers. His oldest brother Kyle Seager was a third baseman who played for the Seattle Mariners. The middle brother, Justin, was drafted in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rogers Seager
Henry Rogers Seager (July 21, 1870 – August 23, 1930, Kiev, Russia) was an American economist, and Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University, who served as president of the American Association for Labor Legislation. Inspired by the work of the Austrian School, Seager published his main work "Principles of Economics" in 1913. Inline with the institutional economics this textbook was typical "empirical and institutional in applied work, that dealt with real markets." In 1929 he published his most cited work, entitled "Trust and corporation problems." Biography Seager was born to Schuyler Fiske Seager and Alice (Berry) Seager in Lansing, Michigan, where his father worked as a lawyer. He studied at the University of Michigan, where he obtained his P.h.B. in 1890. He continued his studies at Johns Hopkins University under Herbert Baxter Adams and Richard T. Ely for a year, in Europe at Halle, Berlin, and Vienna for two years, obtaiting his PhD back in the US from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Seager
Kyle Duerr Seager (born November 3, 1987) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2011 to 2021. He was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2009 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2011. In 2014, Seager was an All Star and won a Gold Glove Award. Early life and amateur career Seager is the eldest of three sons born to Jeff and Jody Seager. His brother Corey was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 draft, while brother Justin was selected by the Mariners in 2013. He grew up a New York Yankees fan and idolized Derek Jeter. Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he earned Co-North Carolina Player of the Year honors. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he played college baseball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. With UNC, he had a career .353 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Seager
Sara Seager (born 21 July 1971) is a Canadian-American astronomer and planetary scientist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. She is the author of two textbooks on these topics, and has been recognized for her research by ''Popular Science'', ''Discover Magazine'', ''Nature'', and ''TIME Magazine''. Seager was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2013 citing her theoretical work on detecting chemical signatures on exoplanet atmospheres and developing low-cost space observatories to observe planetary transits. Background Seager was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is Jewish. Her father, David Seager, who lost his hair when he was 19 years old, was a pioneer and one of the world's leaders in hair transplantation and the founder of the Seager Hair Transplant Center in Toronto. She earned her BSc degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Toronto in 1994, assisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Seager
Ryan Paul Seager (born 5 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League side Dorking Wanderers. He has been capped twice for England U17. Club career Southampton Seager made his debut for the club in an FA Cup fourth round tie against Crystal Palace on 24 January 2015, replacing Shane Long in the 72nd minute of a 3–2 home defeat. On 29 January 2016, Seager signed for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a one-month youth loan deal. He scored his first career goal for Crewe on 16 February in a 2–2 draw at Rochdale, but was badly injured in the same game; the injury was subsequently diagnosed as a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, and Seager returned to Southampton for rehabilitation. In July 2017, he signed a new two-year contract with the club, before completing a season-long loan switch to League One club Milton Keynes Dons. Seager scored his first goal for Milton Keynes Dons in a 1–4 home EFL Cup second round defeat to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Seager
Alexandra Seager, (; 10 November 1870 – 12 March 1950), generally known as Mrs. A. Seager, was a businesswoman and philanthropist in South Australia, remembered as the founder of the Cheer-Up Society which provided comforts for servicemen in World War I. History Seager, whose birthname may have been Alexandrine or Alexandrina, was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the eldest daughter of William Laidlaw ( – ) and his wife Helen Mickel Laidlaw, née Dickson ( – ) who married in 1869. Laidlaw had a previous marriage on 2 March 1864 to Alexandrina Marjory Fraser, who died shortly after giving birth to a son. She married Clarendon James Seager (c. 1857 – 1941) on 16 June 1891 and settled in Adelaide in 1908. She opened a governess and domestic servant placement business "Scholastic Agency, Royal Exchange" on King William Street, Adelaide in 1911 or earlier. The South Australian first contingent of the 1st AIF was the subject of a great deal of public excitement and media attention. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Seager
Allan Seager (February 5, 1906 – May 10, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer based in Michigan. His stories were published in such leading magazines as ''The New Yorker'' and ''Esquire''. He also taught creative writing to generations of students at the University of Michigan from 1935 to 1968. Seager won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. After returning to the United States, he worked for a time as an assistant editor at '' Vanity Fair'' magazine in New York City. He returned to the university at Ann Arbor to teach creative writing and write his own works. He published five novels, more than 80 short stories, some of which are collected in two books; and a biography of poet Theodore Roethke. Early life and education Born and raised in Adrian, Michigan, Seager attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate. There he was a member of two national championship swimming teams. Among his classmates and lifelong friends was Theodore Roethke, who lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Seager
Sir William Henry Seager (1862 – 10 March 1941) was a Welsh shipping magnate and Liberal Party politician who spent four years as a Member of Parliament (MP). Life The Seager family were originally from Ilfracombe, Devon, but moved to Cardiff in the 1850s. William Henry Seager was born in Cardiff and initially worked as a clerk but established his own business, W. H. Seager & Company, ship's chandlers, at 109, Bute Street, Cardiff in 1892. In 1904 he bought a new ship, the 'Tempus'. By 1910 he was buying more ships, another new ship which Seager called the ''Amicus'', then three older ships which he renamed ''Beatus'', ''Salvus'' and ''Virtus'', and also by 1914 the ''Campus'' had been added to the line. After the First World War three vessels were sold, but more were bought, and by 1928 W. H. Seager & Co. had a total of seven.W.H.SEAGER ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Seager
Christopher Paul Seager (born 5 April 1951) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. Seager was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe). Seager made his debut in English county cricket for Berkshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. He made three further appearances for the county, all coming in that season's competition. While attending the University of Cambridge, Seager made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Leicestershire in 1970. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university, all of which came in the same season. In his eight first-class appearances, he scored a total of 104 runs at an average of 10.40, with a high score of 23. His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer. References External linksChristopher Seagerat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Seager
Sarah Seager (born in 1958 Springfield, Massachusetts) is a conceptual artist associated with the California Conceptualism movement of the late 1980s through mid-1990s based out of Los Angeles, California. She is known for making "clean works, many of them white, in which objects seem not so much removed from function as between functions" as described by Michael Brenson of ''The New York Times''. She is also known for her published art work by the title "Excuse my Dust" that was done in conjunction with the curators of the Smithsonian Institution. Life Sarah Seager was born in January, 1958, and is the second child of David and Gretchen Seager. She lived for brief periods in Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, then Southern California, where she currently resides. Sarah received her Bachelor of Arts with Honors, at the University of California, Berkeley, in Spring of 1982. She was awarded a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in the spring of 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Seager
Michael Anthony John Seager (born 8 December 1947) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. Seager was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe). Seager made his debut in English county cricket for Berkshire in the 1969 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. He played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire in 1969 and 1970 seasons, making a total of ten appearances. Back in Rhodesia, he later made a single first-class appearances for Rhodesia B against Natal B in February 1979. In this match, Seager scored 7 runs in Rhodesia B's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ismail Ebrahim, while in their second-innings he scored 41 runs, before being dismissed by Peter Williams. Natal B won the match by 37 runs. His brother, Christopher, was also a first-class cricketer. References External linksMichael Seagerat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton Of St Mellons
(George) Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons CBE (11 January 1896 – 17 October 1963), known as Sir George Leighton Seager, 1st Baronet, from 1952 to 1962, was a Welsh shipping magnate. Leighton of St Mellons was the son of Sir William Henry Seager, of Cardiff, the founder of W. H. Seager & Company, shipowners. He was a director of the family firm and also served as President of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce from 1934 to 1945 and of the Council of Shipping in 1944. Apart from his business career he also held the posts of High Sheriff of Monmouthshire for 1938 and Vice-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire from 1957 to 1963. He was knighted in 1938, created a Baronet, of St Mellons St Mellons ( cy, Llaneirwg) is a district and suburb of southeastern Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Prior to 1996 St Mellons was the name given to the community largely north of Newport Road (B4487) which included the old St Mellons village. ... in the County of Monmouth on 1 July 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
