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Wren (name)
Wren is both an English surname and a gender neutral given name, both derived from the English name of the songbird. It has recently increased in popularity as a name for girls and boys in the Anglosphere along with other names derived from the natural world. It has been ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborns in the United States since 2013 and among the top 500 names for girls in England and Wales since 2014. Wrenlee and Wrenley, which are elaborations of the name, have both increased in usage for girls in the United States as well. People Surname * Alan Wren (born 1964), English rock drummer * Bob Wren (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Caroline Wren, political campaign worker * Christopher Wren (1632–1723), English architect and scientist * Christopher Wren (priest) (1589–1658), Anglican cleric, Dean of Windsor and father of the architect * Christopher Wren the Younger (1675–1747), English Member of Parliament, son of the architect * Daniel A. Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blackburne
Anna Blackburne (1726 – 30 December 1793) was an English people, English naturalist. Life Anna Blackburne was born at Orford Hall, Orford, Warrington, Lancashire, the daughter of John Blackburne (botanist), John Blackburne and Jane (born Ashton). Her father was a wealthy Salt in Cheshire, Cheshire salt dealer, who studied natural history and had famous greenhouses admired by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798). Inspired by her father, she devoted herself to study natural history in a more systematic way. To improve her understanding of the system developed by Carl von Linné (1707–1778), she learned Latin language, Latin. She corresponded with Carl Linnaeus and Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), who encouraged her to publish her Entomology, entomological observations and devote herself to the museum of Oxford Hall. . Her additions to the insect collections were especially notable, thanks to specimens sent to her by Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811). Her brother Ashton Blackbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Wren
Kyle Patrick Wren (born April 23, 1991) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He is the son of former Atlanta Braves' general manager Frank Wren. Amateur career Wren attended Landmark Christian School in Fairburn, Georgia, where he played for the school's baseball team. During his career at Landmark, he had a .455 batting average. In 2010, Wren enrolled at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he played college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team. Wren led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in hits during his freshman year, and earned the titles of All-ACC and freshman All-American during this first year. After the 2011 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Once he became eligible for the 2012 MLB Draft after his sophomore year, the Cincinnati Reds selected Wren in the 30th round. However, he chose not to sign and instead, returned to Georgia Tech for his junior year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Blues (comic Strip)
''Baby Blues'' is an American comic strip created and produced by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott since January 7, 1990. Distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995 until January 2022, and distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication as of January 2022, the strip focuses on the MacPherson family and specifically on the raising of the three MacPherson children. When the strip debuted, the MacPherson family consisted of Darryl and Wanda and newborn Zoe. The first strip took place in the hospital room shortly after Zoe was born. Later, two more children—Hammie, the middle child and the only son, and Wren, the youngest child—were added to the family. Both Kirkman and Scott have drawn from their own parenting experiences as a source for the strip's content. Characters and story The strip features three families. The MacPhersons are the main focus. Butch and Bunny together with Yolanda and Mike make occasional appearances. Main family (MacPhersons) * Darryl MacPherson: The father. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantasy Star IV
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in Japan in 1993 and Europe and North America in 1995. It is the fourth and final game in the original ''Phantasy Star'' series, concluding the story of the Algol Star System. ''Phantasy Star IV'' kept many of the gameplay elements of the previous game, including turn-based battles, overhead exploration, and magic spells. It received mixed reviews upon its release, but has since been subject to much more positive retrospectives, and it is considered one of the greatest video games of all time. The game was also released for the Wii Virtual Console in 2008, and the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in 2021, and has also been included in various Sega emulated collections. Gameplay ''Phantasy Star IV'' is an archetypal role-playing video game, featuring the staples of exploration, NPC interaction, and turn-based combat. Like the previous games in the ''Phantasy Star'' series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantasy Star III
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega. It was released for the Sega Genesis in Japan in April 1990 and worldwide the following year. It is the third game in the original ''Phantasy Star'' series, and is a distant sequel to the previous games. However, gameplay is similar to the previous games, with turn-based combat and random encounters. Players explore various overworld maps and dungeons in order to progress through the game. It was later re-released on the Virtual Console and on retro collections such as the ''Phantasy Star Collection'', ''Sega Genesis Collection'', and ''Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection''. Gameplay ''Phantasy Star III'' mostly follows the traditional roleplaying game formula seen throughout the series, with the exploration of several 2-D worlds, character recruitment, and random enemy encounters using a turn-based battle system. Unlike previous games, the "technique" magic system plays a somewhat diminished role in combat. New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherwood Smith
Sherwood Smith (born 1951) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer for young adult literature, young adults and adults. Smith is a Nebula Award finalist and a longtime writing group organizer and participant. Smith's works include the YA novel ''Crown Duel''. Smith also collaborated with Dave Trowbridge in writing the ''Exordium (book series), Exordium'' series and with Andre Norton in writing two of the books in the ''Solar Queen'' universe. In 2001, her short story "Mom and Dad at the Home Front" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Smith's children's books have made it on many library Best Books lists. Her ''Wren's War'' was an Anne Spencer Lindbergh Honor Book, and it and ''The Spy Princess'' were Mythopoeic Awards, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award finalists. Biography Sherwood Smith was born May 28, 1951, in Glendale, California. On her website, Smith describes herself as a middle-aged woman who has been married for over thirty years. Besides writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wren Elessedil
''The Elfstones of Shannara'' is a 1982 in literature, 1982 high fantasy, epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to ''The Sword of Shannara'' and the second book in ''Original Shannara Trilogy, The Original Shannara Trilogy''. It expands upon the history of the Elves (Shannara), Elves, which was only hinted at in the preceding story, and follows Wil Ohmsford, grandson of Shea Ohmsford, Shea (the hero of the first book) and inheritor of the Shannara Elfstones. The novel, set in a fictional universe, fictional world called the The Four Lands, Four Lands, consists of two intertwining plotlines. The first plotline follows the quest of protagonists Wil Ohmsford and Amberle Elessedil to create a new Ellcrys, a magical tree that serves to banish all Demons (Shannara), Demons from the Four Lands. To do this, they must locate a specific place in the Four Lands called Safehold, where the process of creating a new Ellcrys can begin. The second plotline foc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Resurrection
''Alien Resurrection'' is a 1997 American science fiction horror film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It is the fourth installment of the ''Alien'' franchise, and was filmed at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California. Set 200 years after the preceding installment, ''Alien 3'' (1992), Ellen Ripley is cloned, and an Alien queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military (USM) hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM ''Auriga'', using human hosts abducted and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, and Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the ''Auriga'' before it reaches Earth. Additional roles are played by Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott. ''Alien Resurrection'' had its premiere in Paris on November 6, 1997, and was released to the public on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wren Dixon
Wrens are a family of brown passerine birds in the predominantly New World family Troglodytidae. The family includes 88 species divided into 19 genera. Only the Eurasian wren occurs in the Old World, where, in Anglophone regions, it is commonly known simply as the "wren", as it is the originator of the name. The name ''wren'' has been applied to other, unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae) and the Australian wrens (Maluridae). Most wrens are visually inconspicuous though they have loud and often complex songs. Exceptions include the relatively large members of the genus ''Campylorhynchus'', which can be quite bold in their behaviour. Wrens have short wings that are barred in most species, and they often hold their tails upright. Wrens are primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small invertebrates, but many species also eat vegetable matter and some eat small frogs and lizards. Etymology and usage The English name "wren" derive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
