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Wake (surname)
Wake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Wake (born 1982), English footballer * Bronwyn Wake, Australian scientist *Cameron Wake (born 1982), American football linebacker * David B. Wake (1936–2021), American biologist and herpetologist *Harry Wake (1901–1981), English footballer *Hereward the Wake (born 1035), 11th-century Anglo-Saxon leader *Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet (1876-1963), British Army general *Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet (1916–2017), British Army officer and countryman *Isaac Wake (1580–1632), English diplomat and political commentator * Jenny Wake, New Zealand actor and theatre director *John Wake (born 1953), English cricketer *Jehanne Wake (born 1966), British biographer *Joan Wake (1884–1974), British historian *Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell (1297–1349), wife of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent *Marvalee Wake (born 1939), American biologist *Melissa Anne Wake, New Zealand paediatric academic *Nancy Wake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Wake
Brian Wake (born 13 August 1982) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He is currently works as a youth coach at Viborg. Playing career Wake's notable contributions in football have been a hat-trick at Shrewsbury to keep Carlisle in The Football League, winning a first division title medal with Hamilton Accies (although he had left for Morton in January 2008) and four goals in Morton's last three games of season 2007–08 (including a double at Firhill against Partick Thistle) to keep them in Division One. Wake signed a new contract in May 2009, along with Alex Walker, for another year at Morton. Wake scored the fiftieth league goal of his career against Airdrie United in November 2009. Wake signed for Gateshead on 26 January 2010, making his debut as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Kettering Town. Wake scored his first goals for Gateshead on 6 February against Mansfield Town. He was made available for transfer by Gateshead on 13 January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvalee Wake
Marvalee Hendricks Wake (born July 31, 1939) is an American zoologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, known for her research in the biology of caecilians (limbless amphibians) and vertebrate development and evolution. A 1988 Guggenheim Fellow, she has served as president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, International Union of Biological Sciences, and the International Society of Vertebrate Morphology. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the California Academy of Sciences, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Life Marvalee Hendricks was born in Orange, California on July 31, 1939. She attended the University of Southern California (USC), earning a B.A. 1961; M.S. in 1964; and completing her Ph.D. in 1968 under herpetologist Jay Savage. While at USC she met and married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wake (cricketer)
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William Robert Wake (21 May 1852 – 14 March 1896) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1881. Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Wake was a right-handed batsman, who scored only thirteen first-class runs at 4.33, with a best score of 11. His right arm slow bowling was not called upon, although he did take two catches. The son of a solicitor, he played cricket as an amateur, and qualified as a solicitor himself. He played cricket for Pitsmoor C.C. and football for Sheffield F.C. Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, although now based in nearby Dronfield, across the county boundary in Derbyshire. They currently compete in the . Founded in October 1857, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet
Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784. Wake was the son of Sir William Wake, 7th Baronet of Courteenhall and his wife Sarah Walker of Weston, Yorkshire. He was educated at Eton College in 1755 and admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 2 February 1760. On 6 March 1764, he was admitted at Lincoln's Inn. He married Mary Fenton, daughter of Richard Fenton of Banktop, Yorkshire on 6 June 1765 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 25 September 1765. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1771–2. In the 1774 general election Wake was elected as Member of Parliament for Bedford. He is reported as making only three speeches in that Parliament. He was re-elected for Bedford in 1780. He was described as "a very independent Member" with "a small mixture of tenaciousness, or perhaps obstinacy, in his disposition". He decided not to stand again in 1784 but was active in the election at Bedford. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wake
William Wake (26 January 165724 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737. Life Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador Richard Graham, Viscount Preston (1648–1695). Here he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs. He also collated some Paris manuscripts of the ''Greek New Testament'' for John Fell, bishop of Oxford. He returned to England in 1685; in 1688 he became preacher at Gray's Inn, and in 1689 he received a canonry of Christ Church, Oxford. In 1693 he was appointed rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly. Ten years later he became Dean of Exeter, and in 1705 he was consecrated bishop of Lincoln. He was translated to the see of Canterbury in 1716 on the death of Thomas Tenison. Tenison had been his mentor, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wake (other)
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Thomas Wake may refer to: * Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (1297–1349) * Thomas Wake (MP) for Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) * Thomas Wake (pirate), a late 17th-century privateer and pirate * A fictional character played by Willem Dafoe in the 2019 film '' The Lighthouse'' See also * Thomas Wakeman (1846–1886), a Native American who organized the first Sioux Indian YMCA * Thomas Wakefeld (died 1575), an English academic * Wake (surname) Wake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Wake (born 1982), English footballer * Bronwyn Wake, Australian scientist *Cameron Wake (born 1982), American football linebacker * David B. Wake (1936–2021), American biologist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake Of Liddell
Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (129731 May 1349), English baron, belonged to a Lincolnshire family which had lands also in Cumberland, being the son of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (died 1300), who was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1295, and the grandson of Baldwin Wake (died 1282), both warriors of repute. Among Thomas Wake's guardians were Piers Gaveston and Henry, Earl of Lancaster, whose daughter Blanche (died 1380) he married before 1317. This lady was the niece of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and her husband was thus attached to the Lancastrian party, but he did not follow Thomas of Lancaster in the proceedings which led to his death in 1322. Hating the favourites of Edward II, Wake joined Queen Isabella in 1326 and was a member of the small council which advised the young king, Edward III; soon, however, he broke away from the queen and her ally, Roger Mortimer, and in conjunction with his father-in-law, now earl of Lancaster, he joined the malconten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Scripps National Spelling Bee Champions
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The competition began in 1925, and was initially organized by ''The Courier-Journal'' of Louisville, Kentucky, until the Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company (now the E. W. Scripps Company) assumed sponsorship in 1941. Every speller in the competition has previously participated in a local spelling bee, usually organized by a local newspaper. The first champion was Frank Neuhauser of Louisville, who beat eight other finalists to win the inaugural competition. He was honored with a parade in his hometown, where and when he was presented with bouquets of gladioli in commemoration of the winning word "gladiolus", and returned to the Bee a number of times as a guest of honor. The first girl to win was Pauline Bell, also of Louisville, the following year. Girls won nine consecutive competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ric Wake
Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor Dayne, Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, Barry Manilow, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. He has worked with Greek composer Yanni to help produce ''Yanni Voices''. Credits *Brie Larson - "Life After You" * Dee Snider's Widowmaker - Blood and Bullets * Monica - “Just Another Girl” * Diana Ross * Mariah Carey *Taylor Dayne - " Tell It to My Heart", "Don't Rush Me", "With Every Beat of My Heart", " Love Will Lead You Back" * Go West * Anastacia *Celine DionCeline Dion official website . Retrieved January 30, 2010. * |
Neil Vincent Wake
Neil Vincent Wake (born July 2, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Wake received a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1974. He was in private practice in Arizona from 1974 to 2004. Federal judicial service On October 22, 2003, Wake was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2004, and received his commission three days later. Wake has presided over a number of notable cases: *In 2008, Wake upheld an Arizona law, the "Legal Arizona Workers Act," barring businesses from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and providing for the revocation of business licenses for businesses who twice violated the law. The ruling rejected the argu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Wake
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry. The official historian of the SOE, M. R. D. Foot, said that "her irrepressible, infectious, high spirits were a joy to everyone who worked with her". Many stories about her World War II activities come from her autobiography, ''The White Mouse'', and are not verifiable from other sources. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wake grew up in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. By the 1930s, Wake was living in Marseille with her French industrialist husband, Henri Fiocca, when the war broke out. After the fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940, Wake became a courier for the Pat O'Leary escape network led by Ian Garrow and, later, Albert Guérisse. As a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Anne Wake
Melissa Anne Wake MBChB MD FRACP FAHMS is a New Zealand paediatrician and Scientific Director of the Generation Victoria initiative, aiming to create very large, parallel whole-of-state birth and parent cohorts in Victoria, Australia, for Open Science discovery and interventional research. She is Group Leader of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute’s Prevention Innovation Research Group and holds Professorial positions with the University of Melbourne and the University of Auckland (the Liggins Institute). Her "population paediatrics" research spans common childhood conditions and antecedents of diseases of ageing. She leads the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children's biophysical repository (the Child Health CheckPoint) and has led/co-led 20 community-based randomised trials. A major focus is on building large-scale platforms to support faster, better observational and interventional children’s research. Early life and education Melissa Wake was born in Levin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
