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Sperling
Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning " sparrow" in English. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Sperling (1890–1973), German gymnast * Andrea Sperling, American film producer * Bert Sperling (born 1950), American author * Bodo Sperling (born 1952), German artist * Daniel Sperling (born 1951), American professor * Dee Dee Sperling, musical entertainer * Eduard Sperling (1902–1985), German wrestler * Edward Sperling (1889–1946), official in the British Mandate of Palestine, and Zionist * Elliot Sperling (1951–2017), American associate professor * Fritz Sperling (born 1945), Austrian bobsledder * Gene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and attorney * George Sperling (born 1934), American cognitive psychologist * Gerhard Sperling (born 1937), East German race walker * (1800s-1900s), German wrestler * Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908–1981), German tennis player * Jack Sperling (1922–2004), American musician * James Sperling, governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Sperling
Eugene Benton Sperling (born December 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who was director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He is the only person to serve as national economic advisor under two presidents. Outside of government, he founded the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in 2002. In February 2021, as the nomination of Neera Tanden for OMB director faced opposition, Sperling was considered to be one of the leading contenders to assume the top position. He authored ''Economic Dignity'', which was released on May 5, 2020. Sperling currently serves as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Implementation Coordinator of the American Rescue Plan. Early life and education Sperling was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Doris Louise (née Hyman) and Lawrence Sperling. He is of Jewish descent. He attended Pioneer High School and then Community High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sperling
Peter V. Sperling (born 1960) is one of the 400 wealthiest Americans, and the son of John Sperling. He was the Chairman of Apollo Group, and a co-founder and chairman of CallWave, Inc. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his MBA from the University of Phoenix. Sperling sponsored and financially backed Proposition 7 of California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...'s November 2008 general election. In 2021, Mr. Sperling placed one of his homes up for sale, with an asking price of $74 million. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperling, Peter 1960 births Living people American billionaires American chairpersons of corporations University of California, Santa Barbara alumni University of Phoenix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old World Sparrow
Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family, ''Passer''. They are distinct from both the New World sparrows, in the family Passerellidae, and from a few other birds sharing their name, such as the Java sparrow of the family Estrildidae. Many species nest on buildings and the house and Eurasian tree sparrows, in particular, inhabit cities in large numbers. They are primarily seed-eaters, though they also consume small insects. Some species scavenge for food around cities and, like gulls or pigeons, will eat small quantities of a diversity of items. Description Generally, Old World sparrows are small, plump, brown and grey birds with short tails and stubby, powerful beaks. The differences between sparrow species can be subtle. Members of this family range in size from the chestnut sparrow (''Passer eminibey''), at and , to the parrot-billed spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jody Sperling
Jody Sperling is an American dancer, choreographer, and dance scholar based in New York City. She is the Founder/Artistic Director of Time Lapse Dance, a dance company that gives a postmodern twist to vintage genres, from the fin de siècle spectacles of Loie Fuller, to circus and music hall entertainments. Biography A dancer-choreographer from New York, Jody Sperling is the founder and Artistic Director oTime Lapse Dance She has created more than 40 works and has performed and taught in the US, Bahrain, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Scotland and north of the Arctic Circle. In 2014, Sperling participated in a polar science mission to the Arctic as the first-ever choreographer-in-residence aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy. During the expedition, she danced on the polar ice cap and made the award-winning dance film ''Ice Floe''. Time Lapse Dance's production Bringing the Arctic Home transports Sperling's experience in the icescape to the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland Sperling
Sir Rowland Arthur Charles Sperling KCMG CB (1874–1965) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Finland, Bulgaria, and Switzerland. Early life Sperling was born in 1874 in London, England the son of Commander Rowland Money Sperling (1841–), RN, and Marian Charlotte, daughter of Charles Keyser. He was educated at Eton College and New College Oxford in 1892. He left New College in 1899 without a degree and went to work as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Diplomat He was sent to Russia in 1902 to learn Russian before becoming acting third secretary in St Petersburg in the Diplomatic Service. He returned to the Foreign Office in 1905 first as an assistant clerk, then a senior clerk and in 1914 Head of the Western Department. He stayed in the Foreign Office during the first world war and was an attached to the Paris Peace Conference : assistant secretary Foreign Office 1919.Kelly's Handbook, 1938. In 1920, he represented the United Kingdom at a conference on internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Sperling
Rolf Sperling (born 25 April 1940) is a German diver. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1940 births Living people German male divers Olympic divers of the United Team of Germany Olympic divers of East Germany Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) 20th-century German people {{Germany-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Sperling
__NOTOC__ Norman Sperling (born March 19, 1947) is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California. Sperling received a BA from Michigan State University after graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He followed that with an MA in History of Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught astronomy and related courses at Sonoma State University, California State University, Hayward, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. Publisher and author Sperling founded astronomical supplier and publisher Everything in the Universe in 1977. He has been assistant editor for Sky & Telescope magazine and was science editor for AltaVista. , Sperling is the editor and publisher of the Journal of Irreproducible Results, a science humor magazine. He authored ''What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You'' and ''Any Parent's Recipe for Great Baseball'' He edited and published John Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Sperling
Milton Sperling (July 6, 1912 – August 26, 1988) was an American film producer and screenwriter for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., where he had his own independent production unit, United States Pictures. Biography After leaving the City College of New York, Sperling entered the film industry by working at Paramount's Astoria Studios as a shipping clerk. He later became a personal secretary for Darryl F. Zanuck and Hal Wallis at Warner Bros. in 1931. After Zanuck resigned his position as Head of Production of Warner Bros. studios in 1933 and was offered a position with Twentieth Century Pictures (later merged with Fox Pictures), Sperling became an assistant to Edward Small, an independent film producer who released his Reliance Pictures and Edward Small Productions through United Artists. Sperling learned as much about an independent low-budget film production unit as he had about high-budget major studio films from Zanuck and Wallis at Warner Bros. Zanuck hired Sperli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Sperling
__NOTOC__ Max Sperling (4 September 1905 – 6 June 1984) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who briefly commanded the 9th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as '' Major'' and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11Fellgiebel 2000, p. 328. References Citations Bibliography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperling, Max 1905 births 1984 deaths People from Chełmno People from West Prussia German Army personnel Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Reichswehr personnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Sperling
Matthew Sperling is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include top eights at both ''Core Set'' Pro Tours and a win at Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ... San Jose 2012 alongside Paul Rietzl and David Williams. Achievements References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sperling, Matthew Living people American Magic: The Gathering players People from San Francisco Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Berlin (1894)
SS ''Berlin'' was a steel ship, which was owned by the Great Eastern Railway and built for use on their ferry service from Harwich and the Hook of Holland, which the company had initiated in 1893. The Great Eastern Railway ordered three steamships to operate the service. The ships were named ''Amsterdam'', ''Berlin'', and ''Vienna'' to publicise some of the rail connections from the Hook of Holland. ''Berlin'' was built in 1894 by Earles Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Kingston upon Hull, Hull. She had berths for 218 first- and 120 second-class passengers. Sinking At 0500 on Thursday, 21 February 1907, the Hook lighthouse keeper recorded that ''Berlin'' was navigating the channel when she suddenly veered off course northward after a huge wave struck her on her port quarter. Sea captain, Captain Precious and Maritime pilot, pilot Bronders managed to return the ship to her original course, but another wave struck ''Berlin'' and she swung northward again, causing her to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Von Sperling
Marcos Von Sperling is a Brazilian professor in Environmental Engineering at Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is known for writing some of the most influential textbooks for wastewater treatment in Brazil and other warm climate regions, known as "Biological wastewater treatment series". These books was later released under the Creative Commons license at IWA Water Wiki. Education Von Sperling graduated from Federal University of Minas Gerais with a Civil Engineering degree in 1979. He received a master's degree in Sanitary Engineering from Federal University of Minas Gerais in 1983. He completed his PhD studies in Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ... in 1990. Bibliography * Volume 1: ''Wastewater Character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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