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Samuel Spencer

Samuel R. Spencer (1871–1961), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut


58534 Logos

Logos' companion was discovered on 17 November 2001 from Hubble Space Telescope observations by K. S. Noll, D. C. Stephens, W. M. Grundy, J. Spencer, R. L. Millis, M. W. Buie, D. Cruikshank, S. C. Tegler, and W. Romanishin and announced on 11 February 2002.

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie

Mackenzie was captain of the USS Somers when it became the only U.S. Navy ship to undergo a mutiny which led to executions, including Philip Spencer, the nineteen-year-old son of the Secretary of War John C. Spencer.

Anna Huber

She has appeared in numerous ads such as Azzaro 'Visit' fragrance, Canderel, Calzedonia, Damier Azur, Daniel Swarovski, Devernois, House of Fraser, Hugo Boss 'Intense Shimmer' fragrance, John Galliano, Kérastase, Laura Biagotti, Lavazza, Linea, Liska, Marks & Spencer, Naf Naf, Nannini, Nina Ricci, and others.

Barbara J. Spencer

Since 1985 she has been a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and, since 1988, she has been the Asia Pacific Professor in Trade Policy at the University of British Columbia.

:For the curler, see Barb Spencer

Black science fiction

Writers such as Samuel R. Delany, Nalo Hopkinson, Minister Faust, Nnedi Okorafor, N. K. Jemisin, Tananarive Due, Andrea Hairston, and Nisi Shawl are among the writers who continue to work in black science fiction.

Charles R. Spencer

Charles R. Spencer (generally called the Spencer) was a steamboat built in 1901 to run on the Willamette and Columbia rivers from Portland, to The Dalles, Oregon.

Chester Business Park

One of the first major businesses to occupy a new building was Shell Chemicals U.K., and other businesses included Marks & Spencer Financial Services, MBNA International Bank, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Trinity International.

CKPG-TV

On December 12, 1970, Brian "Spinner" Spencer, a rookie hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from Fort St. James, was called up to play with the Leafs in what would be his first NHL game on television.

Donation Land Claim Act

The passage of the law was largely due to the efforts of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress.

Eastline Marketing

Eastline has developed campaigns for Middle Eastern and global brands such as Toyota, AZADEA Group, DHL, Kimberly-Clark, Bank Audi, Fransabank, Henkel, Avis, AXA Insurance, Marks & Spencer, JoueClub, and Waterfront City.

Ed vs. Spencer

In the US, Ed vs. Spencer has been broadcast on BBC America as part of its programming lineup entitled "The Underground" on Thursday nights.

Feminism and equality

Genders (usually distinguished from sexes) are counted as other than two in some feminist utopian literature, according to Karin Schönpflug, analyzing works by Gabriel de Foigny (1676), Ursula le Guin (1969), Samuel Delany (1976), Donna Haraway (1980), and Alkeline van Lenning (1995).

Frank Morey

His election in 1876 was contested and he lost his seat in June of that year to Democrat William B. Spencer.

George E. Spencer

Born in Champion, New York, Spencer was the son of Gordon Percival and Deborah Mallory Spencer.

Grodzinski Bakery

By the mid-1960s Grodzinski was the largest kosher bakery in Europe, preparing both fine pastries and a range of breads, and adding to their retail business a thriving wholesale operation distributed through such British institutions as Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and Harrods.

Invisible theater

A similar form of "micro-theater" was portrayed by Samuel R. Delany in his science-fiction novel Triton.

Julia Hailes

She is an environmental campaigner and a sustainability consultant advising a number of multi-national companies, including Marks & Spencer, Reckitt Benckiser, Morrisons, McDonalds, Shell, Numis Investment Bank and Procter & Gamble.

Kenneth Spencer

Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), American philanthropist and businessman in the chemical industry

Kingston Park

Aside from the large Tesco Extra superstore, other Shops in Kingston Park include, Boots, The Carphone Warehouse, Matalan, T.K. Maxx, Halfords, Currys, PC World, McDonalds, William Hill bookmaker and a Marks & Spencer food store.

Malinda Lo

Malinda Lo was made a member of the faculty of the Lambda Literary Foundation's 2013 Writer Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices, along with Samuel R. Delaney, Sarah Schulman and David Groff.

Marietta Earthworks

The complex was again surveyed and drawn in 1838 by Samuel R. Curtis (at the time a civil engineer for the state of Ohio).

Mark Dery

In it, he interviews three African-American thinkers—science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany, writer and musician Greg Tate, and cultural critic Tricia Rose—about different critical dimensions of Afrofuturism in an attempt to define the aesthetic.

Michael Jack

From 1975-80 he worked at Marks & Spencer, being PA to Managing Director Lord Rayner from 1975-6, National Chairman of the Young Conservatives from 1976–77, Sales Director at LO Jeffs Ltd (a fresh produce supply company and part of Northern Foods) from 1981-7.

Nathan Spencer

Nathan "Rad" Spencer, the main protagonist of the Bionic Commando series

National Policy Institute

In September 2011, NPI hosted its first national conference, entitled "Towards a New Nationalism." Speakers included Richard B. Spencer, Keith Preston, Byron Roth, Alex Kurtagic, Tomislav Sunic, Jared Taylor and his associate Sam Dickson.

National Registry of Exonerations

The editor of the registry is Michigan Law professor Samuel R. Gross, who with Michael Shaffer wrote the report Exonerations in the United States, 1989-2012.

Nocton Dairies controversy

Supermarket chains Sainsbury, Tesco, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer, as well as online food retailer Ocado, all indicated they did not intend to buy milk from 'super-dairies', while Morrisons and American-owned Asda seemed to support them.

Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design

In the field of art and design, NTU has links with a wide range of companies, professional bodies and institutions on an international level, including Apple, Arcadia Group, Broadway, Fashion Institute of Technology, Marks & Spencer, Ralsey Group Limited, Association of Illustrators, Sony, and Sophie Stellar.

Percival H. Spencer

He was born on April 30, 1897 to Christopher Miner Spencer (1833-1922), the inventor of, among other things, the Spencer repeating rifle.

In April 1943, Spencer left Republic Aircraft for the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago, Illinois, which wanted to use his Air Car to promote the company.

Samuel Caldwell

Samuel R. Caldwell (1880–1941), first American citizen convicted under the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act

Samuel M. Spencer

He was postmaster in the area, which is why some sources say the post office for Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii is called "Kamuela", the equivalent of Samuel in the Hawaiian language.

Samuel R. Thayer

He then relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, studied law with Francis R. E. Cornell, attained admission to the bar, and established a practice in Minneapolis.

Spencer Brown

G. Spencer-Brown (born 1923), polymath best known as the author of Laws of Form

Spencer Foundation

The Spencer Foundation was established in 1962 by Lyle M. Spencer.

Stella Rimington

Rimington's work after leaving MI5 has been as a non-executive director for companies such as Marks & Spencer and BG Group.

The Last Angel of History

The film bases its concepts around George Clinton's Mothership Connection and features interviews with George Clinton, Derrick May, Samuel R. Delany, Nichelle Nichols, Juan Atkins, DJ Spooky, Goldie and others to explore the link between black music as a way of exploring the future.

The Very Best of Macy Gray

On December 1, 2008, the album was re-released in the United Kingdom including "Winter Wonderland" (which first appeared as a B-side to the "Sexual Revolution" single), featured in the Marks & Spencer Christmas ads.

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones – The BBC Sessions 1979–1984

The name of the album was taken from a short story by science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany.

Type II string theory

The mathematical treatment of type IIB string theory belongs to algebraic geometry, specifically the deformation theory of complex structures originally studied by Kunihiko Kodaira and Donald C. Spencer.

World Jewish Relief

Founding members included Simon Marks, chairman and managing director of Marks & Spencer, Sir Robert Waley Cohen, managing director of Shell Oil, Lionel and Anthony de Rothschild, managing partners of N M Rothschild & Sons, and Dr Chaim Weizmann, who would later become the first President of Israel.


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