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Definition von avery im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A female given name of modern usage

A patronymic surname

A male given name, today often transferred back from the surname

Avery Oswald Theodore Bishop William Avery Brundage Avery

{i} first name; family name; Milton Avery (1893-1965), American painter who mainly produced landscapes and still lifes

given name, female

given name, male

Relevante Übersetzungen

Avery Brundage

born Sept. 28, 1887, Detroit, Mich., U.S. died May 8, 1975, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, W.Ger. U.S. sports administrator. He competed in the decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games. He served as president of the U.S. Olympic Association and Committee 1929-53 and as vice president (1945-52) and president (1952-72) of the International Olympic Committee. Controversial and domineering, he demanded strict adherence to the rules of amateur competition, and he often dismissed political events as unrelated to Olympic competition, most notably the 1972 murder of Israeli athletes by terrorists

Frederick (Tex) Avery

a US cartoon film animator famous for developing the character Bugs Bunny (1907-1980)

Milton Avery

{i} (1893-1965) American painter who mainly produced landscapes and still lifes

Oswald Avery

born Oct. 21, 1877, Halifax, N.S., Can. died Feb. 20, 1955, Nashville, Tenn., U.S. Canadian-born U.S. bacteriologist. He studied at Colgate University before taking a post at New York's Rockefeller Institute Hospital. There he discovered transformation, a process by which a change could be introduced into bacteria and passed on to later generations of transformed cells. He and his coworkers reported in 1944 that the substance that caused the transformation was DNA, the cell's genetic material. The discovery thus opened the door to deciphering the genetic code

Oswald Theodore Avery

born Oct. 21, 1877, Halifax, N.S., Can. died Feb. 20, 1955, Nashville, Tenn., U.S. Canadian-born U.S. bacteriologist. He studied at Colgate University before taking a post at New York's Rockefeller Institute Hospital. There he discovered transformation, a process by which a change could be introduced into bacteria and passed on to later generations of transformed cells. He and his coworkers reported in 1944 that the substance that caused the transformation was DNA, the cell's genetic material. The discovery thus opened the door to deciphering the genetic code

William Avery Bishop

known as Billy Bishop born Feb. 8, 1894, Owen Sound, Ont., Can. died Sept. 11, 1956, West Palm Beach, Fla., U.S. Canadian World War I fighter ace. Educated at the Royal Military College, he transferred from the cavalry to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. While serving in France in 1917, he shot down 72 enemy aircraft, including 25 in one 10-day period. He was appointed to the staff of the British Air Ministry and helped form the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate brigade. After the war he became a businessman and writer

Silbentrennung

A·ve·ry

Türkische aussprache

eyvıri

Aussprache

/ˈāvərē/ /ˈeɪvɜriː/

Etymologie

[ 'A-v&-rE, 'Av-rE ] (biographical name.) A medieval English form of Alfred.