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James Kerr (1 August 1737 – 17 September 1782) was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked under the East India Company service in India. While in India, he described several species of plants and described the insect that produces lac resulting in the genus Kerria named after him.
Kerr was born near Danville, Kentucky, [1] the son of a Baptist minister. Reared in Missouri, Kerr fought in the War of 1812 and was later sheriff of St. Charles County, Missouri. In 1818, he married Angeline Caldwell, the daughter of James Caldwell, Missouri's first House Speaker.
Deborah Jane Trimmer [1] CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (/ k ɑːr /), was a British actress.She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be nominated for any acting Oscar.
Moya Dodd, who played for the Matildas in the 1980s and 90s and later became one of the most influential women in world soccer as a member of FIFA's executive committee, said Kerr "was always good ...
Miranda Kerr is embracing her inner city girl, and she was looking absolutely stunning on Instagram while doing so. The 40-year-old model dropped a photo dump from her latest trip to New York City ...
James Kerr, Scottish engineer and co-founder of locomotive builders Kerr Stuart; James Kerr (surgeon) (1732-1782), Scottish surgeon and naturalist in India; James Lennox Kerr (1899–1963), British author; Jim Kerr (born 1959), Scottish musician with the group Simple Minds; James S. Kerr, Scottish music publisher; James Semple Kerr (1932–2014 ...
In the 1990s, Meaker added the pen name Mary James for a series of novels aimed at readers younger than the Kerr readership; it was not until 1994, after the publication of the third Mary James novel, that the covers indicated that the author was also known as M. E. Kerr. [19] Mary James books include Shoebag, The Shuteyes, Frankenlouse and ...
Sam Kerr, one of women's soccer's brightest stars, tore an ACL during a recent training session and will miss the rest of the 2023-24 season, her club and national team both announced Sunday.