Pierce County is the name of five counties in the United States Pierce County, Georgia Pierce County, Nebraska Pierce County, North Dakota named after Gilbert Ashville PiercePierce County, Washington Pierce County, Wisconsin Templates geodis uscounty Interwiki de Pierce County es Condado de Pierce fr Comt de Pierce it Contea di Pierce nl Pierce County ja no Pierce County nds Pierce County pl Hrabstwo Pierce pt Condado de Pierce ro Comitatul Pierce ru sv Pierce County zh ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Pierce Site image caption latitude 29.73 location approximate, due to being a protected archaeological site, and to prevent vandalism of the site longitude 85.01 locmapin Florida location Apalachicola, Florida Apalachicola , Florida area added January 11, 1974 visitation num visitation year governing body Private refnum 74000624 ref name nris NRISref version 2010a ref The Pierce Site also known as Pierce Mounds and Middens and 8FR14 is a Pre Columbian archaeology archaeological site in Apalachicola, Florida Apalachicola , Florida . It is located approximately 1 mile northwest of Apalachicola on 12th Street. On January 11, 1974, it was added to the United States U.S. National Register of Historic Places . It was occupied during the Swift Creek culture Swift Creek period. ref cite thesis url http etd.fcla.edu SF SFE0000498 eeylesthesis.pdf title Prehistoric Shell Artifacts from the Apalachicola River Valley Area, Northwest Florida degree Masters author Eric Eyles year 2004 ref References reflist External links http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com FL Franklin state.html Franklin County listings at http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places http www.flheritage.com facts reports places index.cfm?fuseaction ListAreas&county FranklinFranklin County listings at http www.flheritage.com Florida s Office of Cultural and Historical Programs Hopewellian peoples Pre Columbian North America Category Swift Creek culture Category Archaeological sites in Florida Category Mounds in the United States Category Native American history of Florida Category Archaeological sites in Florida Category Geography of Franklin County, Florida Category National Register of Historic Places in Florida Florida NRHP struct stub NorthAm native stub ... more details
Infobox person name Wendell Pierce image WendellPierceJan07.jpg caption Pierce in January 2007 birth ... School BFA 1985 occupation Actor years active 1986 present Wendell Pierce born December 8, 1962 ... Pierce was born in New Orleans , Louisiana , possibly in 1962, possibly in 1963 according to IMDB.com where he attended Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, Louisiana Benjamin Franklin ... cite web url http movies.nytimes.com person 56769 Wendell Pierce biography title Wendell Pierce work ... Pierce starred in all five seasons of the HBO drama The Wire TV series The Wire as Detective Bunk Moreland ... link date February 2012 bot RjwilmsiBot ref Pierce also played a crooked policeman on Third Watch named ... The Wire, Pierce managed to pick up a recurring role as an FBI clinical psychologist in Numb3rs ... by David Simon , creator of The Wire . Pierce plays Antoine Batiste , a trombone player, for which ... File Wendell Pierce.JPG thumb left Pierce with Baltimore Stephanie Rawlings Blake Mayor Stephanie Rawlings ... 2010 Pierce appeared in Spike Lee s 1996 film Get on the Bus , and Forrest Whitaker s Waiting ... A Rage In Harlem , and had a small role in the 1998 film Bulworth . Pierce also had a part in the 1996 film Sleepers film Sleepers , playing Rizzo s older brother, Little Caesar. In addition, Pierce ... Gross in the film A Matter of Degrees released in 1990. Pierce is also in the 2003 film The Fighting ... by HBO. In May 2010, Pierce earned the lead role in the independent horror thriller film ... Hagan. ref http www.imdb.com name nm0682495 ref Pierce also played band manager Wilbur Brassfield ... Pierce is the host of the Peabody Award winning radio program, Jazz at Lincoln Center , which features ... food in many post Katrina New Orleans neighborhoods, Wendel Pierce along with 2 partners started a chain ... 2012 03 07 dining wendell pierce to open a grocery store in new orleans.html title In New Orleans ... External links IMDb name 682495 Wendell Pierce http www.popeater.com 2010 06 19 wendell pierce treme ... more details
Pierce Township is the name of the following places in the United States Pierce Township, DeKalb County, Illinois Pierce Township, Washington County, Indiana Pierce Township, Page County, Iowa Pierce Township, Texas County, Missouri Pierce Township, Stone County, Missouri Pierce Township, Lawrence County, Missouri Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota Pierce Township, Clermont County, Ohio See also lookfrom Pierce Township geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages de Pierce Township ... more details
For those of a similar name Robert Pearce disambiguation Robert Bob Pierce 1914 1978 is best known as the founder of the international charity organization World Vision now one of the largest Christian relief and development organizations in the world in 1950. He is also the founder of Samaritan s Purse 1970 , another international charity organization, currently headed by Franklin Graham . Biography In 1947, Robert Pierce worked for a religious non profit organization called Youth for Christ, whose mission was to evangelize the world with the gospel of Christ . The young evangelist started toward China with only enough money to buy a ticket to Honolulu . On the trip, he met Tena Hoelkedoer, a teacher. She introduced him to a battered and abandoned child named White Jade. Unable to care for the child herself, she asked Pierce, What are you going to do about her? Pierce gave the woman his .... ref http www.worldvision.ca About Us History Pages History.aspx ref Pierce eventually made it to China ... rallies. While there Pierce saw widespread hunger. It is said that he felt compassion for others. Pierce later wrote these words in the flyleaf of his Bible Let my heart be broken with the things ... a movie camera across Asia China was soon closed Pierce showed the resulting pictures to church ... Richard Gehman wrote that Pierce cannot conceal his true emotions. He seems to me to be one of the few ... wrote that Pierce prayed more earnestly and importunely than anyone else I have ever known. It was as though prayer burned within him. Bob Pierce functioned from a broken heart. Pierce was a close ... An Historical Study of Bob Pierce and World Vision s Development of the Evangelical Social Action ... Pierce, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1914 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pierce, Robert Category 1914 births Category 1978 deaths Category Christian ... ministers Category Humanitarians de Robert Pierce ... more details
Larry Pierce may refer to Larry Pierce figure skater died 1961 , American ice dancer Larry S. Pierce 1941 1965 , American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Larry Pierce singer born 1950 , American singer See also Lawrence W. Pierce born 1924 , American federal judge hndis Pierce, Larry ... more details
Pierce Lyden January 8, 1908 October 10, 1998 was an United States American actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns. Early life Pierce Lyden was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska Hildreth in rural Franklin County, Nebraska , on January 8, 1908. Son of a horse buyer for the U.S. Army cavalry, he acquired as a youngster riding skills that later made it possible for him to do his own stunts as an actor in Hollywood westerns. Education He attended the Naponee, Nebraska , High School, and acted in several plays there he graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Music and Fine Arts in 1927 and later studied at the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston. Lyden supported himself in these early years by playing romantic leads in stock company productions in Lincoln and on the road he appeared in a few Chautauqua presentations. Hollywood When talking movies eclipsed live theater presentations in small towns, Pierce Lyden went on to Hollywood in 1932. There he played villains roles in B Western films, quickly becoming typecast as a bad guy, specializing in fight scenes. He appeared in Saturday serials called cliffhangers as well as in feature films and television series. The number of his movie roles has been estimated at between 300 and 400 actors who did not have major parts were not listed in film credits he also appeared in about 150 episodes of The Cisco Kid , Wild Bill Hickok , The Lone Ranger , and other television series. He worked ... for him and held a Pierce Lyden film festival in 1997 he received Nebraska s Buffalo Bill Award. He died on October 10, 1998, at his California home. References The Internet Movie Database Pierce Lyden ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lyden, Pierce ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1908 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1998 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lyden, Pierce ... Category Film serial actors Category People from Franklin County, Nebraska Category 1908 births ... more details
Richard Pierce , Rich Pierce , Rick Pierce , or Dick Pierce may refer to Dick Pierce 1896 ? , American football player Richard Pierce publisher , printer of Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick Richard S. Pierce, co author of the Pierce Birkhoff conjecture Richard Pierce historian 1918 2004 , American historian Rick Pierce, American musician, member of TKO band Richard Pierce, a character in the 2004 novel Little Children novel Little Children novel and the 2006 film adaptation Richard Pierce, a character in the 1969 novel The Venom Business See also Richard Pearce disambiguation Richard Pearse 1877 1953 , New Zealand farmer and inventor hndis Pierce, Richard ... more details
Jack Pierce may refer to Jack Pierce athlete born 1962 , American hurdler Jack Pierce makeup artist 1889 1968 , Hollywood makeup artist Jack Pierce baseball born 1948 , former Major League Baseball player Jack Pierce Ontario politician born 1937 , former politician in Ontario, Canada See also Jack Pearce footballer and manager John Pierce disambiguation hndis Pierce, Jack de Jack Pierce ... more details
John Pierce is the name of John J. Pierce b. 1941 , writer John M. Pierce 1886 1958 , American amateur astronomer John R. Pierce 1910 2002 , American engineer, Professor, and author John Pierce, member of the group Pablo Cruise See also Jack Pierce disambiguation John Pearce disambiguation hndis Pierce, John de John Pierce ... more details
Shanghai Pierce may refer to Mark Canterbury , American wrestler Abel Head Shanghai Pierce 1834 1900 , Texas rancher and cattleman hndis Pierce, Shanghai ... more details
Charles Pierce may refer to Charlie Pierce also known as Charles P. Pierce born 1953 , American sportwriter and author Charles Pierce female impersonator 1926&ndash 1999 , American female impersonator Charles B. Pierce born 1938 , American film director Charles D. Pierce, better known as Chuck Pierce , head of a ministry in Denton, Texas Charles H. Pierce , Philippine American War Medal of Honor recipient Charles Wilson Pierce 1823&ndash 1907 , U.S. Representative from Alabama See also Charles Sanders Peirce 1839 1914 , American logician, mathematician, scientist, philosopher, whose family name is often misspelled Pierce Charles Pearce disambiguation Charles Pearse 1884 1953 , South African cricketer hndis Pierce, Charles de Charles Pierce ... more details
Pierce Lake may refer to United States Pierce Lake, a lake in Martin County, Minnesota Pierce Lake, a lake in McLeod County, Minnesota Pierce Lake, a man made lake in Rock Cut State Park , Illinois Pierce Lake Montana , a lake in List of lakes in Missoula County, Montana Missoula County, Montana Canada Pierce Lake Ontario a lake on the Waterhen River Saskatchewan geodis ... more details
Doctor Pierce may refer to Hawkeye Pierce , lead fictional character of the book, film, and television series M A S H William Luther Pierce founder of the white separatist National Alliance organization See also Doctor Peirce Bill Peirce economist and 2006 Ohio gubernatorial candidate hndis Pierce, Doctor Surname is sorted before the title ... more details
William Pierce may refer to William Pierce politician ca. 1753&ndash 1789 , Continental Congressman from Georgia William G. Pierce born 1952 , engineer, Republican candidate for Senate from Ohio in 2006 William Luther Pierce 1933&ndash 2002 , white nationalist, founder of the National Alliance William S. Pierce born 1937 , surgeon and chemical engineer, a pioneer in the development of the artificial heart Billy Pierce Walter William Pierce, born 1927 , American baseball player See also Bill Pierce disambiguation Bill Peirce b. 1938 , economist and 2006 Ohio gubernatorial candidate William Pearce disambiguation hndis name Pierce, William ... more details
Image Daniel pierce illinois 1902.png thumb Daniel Pierce Daniel Pierce born 1814 was an American banker. Pierce lived in Sycamore, Illinois . In 1867 he founded the bank Daniel Pierce & Co., today known as National Bank & Trust Co. The National Bank & Trust Company . Daniel Pierce was the great grandfather of Frederick B. Townsend , county judge and mayor of Sycamore. Sources Halliday Witherspoon Men of Illinois . Chicago H. Witherspoon, c 1902. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pierce, Daniel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1814 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pierce, Daniel Category American bankers Category People from Sycamore, Illinois Category 1814 births Category Year of death missing ... more details
Orphan date April 2012 Use British English date April 2012 Use dmy dates date March 2012 The Pierce Baronetcy , of Pierce Court in the County Cavan County of Cavan , was British nobility title in the List of extant baronetcies Baronetage of England . It was created on 21 June 1622 for Henry Pierce. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1649. Pierce Baronets, of Pierce Court 1622 Sir Henry Pierce, 1st Baronet d. 1638 Sir George Pierce, 2nd Baronet 1624 1649 References Rayment bt date March 2012 DEFAULTSORT Pierce Category Baronetcies Category Extinct baronetcies UK noble stub ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Pierce Courthouse nrhp type image Piercecourthouse.jpg caption Pierce Courthouse, 1920 location ID 11, Pierce, Idaho lat degrees 46 lat minutes 29 lat seconds 25 lat direction N long degrees 115 long minutes 47 long seconds 48 long direction W locmapin Idaho area built 1862 architect architecture No Style Listed added November 03, 1972 governing body State refnum 72000100 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Pierce Courthouse , also known as Pierce Historic Site , is a historic wooden building located in Pierce, Idaho Pierce , Idaho . It was built in 1862 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. ref name nris The courthouse, and the town of Pierce itself, is named after Elias D. Pierce , a local metal Prospecting prospector active in the mid 19th century. Later the town of Pierce became the Shoshone County Washington Territory seat. The Pierce Courthouse housed governmental functions until 1885. ref http history.idaho.gov pierce.html Idaho State Historical Society Pierce Courthouse, retrieved April 26, 2011. ref The site is operated by the Idaho State Historical Society . References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category Courthouses in Idaho Category Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho Category Buildings and structures in Clearwater County, Idaho Category Visitor attractions in Clearwater County, Idaho Idaho NRHP stub ... more details
Aaron Pierce may refer to Aaron Pierce 24 character , a fictional character on the television series 24 Aaron Pierce American football born 1969 , former professional American football player Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. hndis Pierce, Aaron ... more details
Steve Pierce born 1950 , has been the president of the Arizona State Senate since 10 November 2011. A native of Phoenix, Pierce was largely raised in Prescott, Arizona . Pierce is a graduate of the University of Arizona and spent his career as a rancher. Sources http www.azleg.gov MembersPage.asp?Member ID 94&Legislature 49&Session ID 87 Arizona State Senate bio page for Pierce Current U.S. State Senate Presidents Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pierce, Steve ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pierce, Steve Category 1950 births Category Arizona State Senators Category University of Arizona alumni Category Living people ... more details
other people Infobox cyclist name Jeff Pierce image fullname Jeff Pierce nickname birth date Birth date and age 1958 8 28 birth place USA height weight currentteam Retired discipline Road role Rider ridertype amateurteams amateuryears proyears proteams majorwins 1 stage Tour de France updated July 21, 2008 Jeff Pierce born August 28, 1958 in La Mesa, California , USA is a retired United States American professional road bicycle racer . At the 1987 Tour de France , Pierce gained fame by becoming the third American after Davis Phinney and Greg Lemond to win a stage in the Tour de France , winning the Champs lys es stage in Tour de France final stage on the Champs lys es while riding for 7 Eleven Cycling Team Team 7 Eleven . In 1991 Jeff Pierce appeared in a video with Cycling Master, John Howard cyclist , entitled John Howard s Lessons in Cycling, produced by New & Unique Videos of San Diego, California. File Jeff Pierce Demonstrates Turn 1991 Photo by Patty Mooney.jpg thumb Jeff Pierce Demonstrates Turning and Cornering in John Howard s Lessons in Cycling Videotape, 1991 Photo by Patty Mooney After his retirement from competitive cycling, Pierce served as USA Cycling s Vice President of Athletics. External links cycling archives 3854 http www.letour.fr HISTO TDF riders us 4815.html Official Tour de France results for Jeff Pierce Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Pierce, Jeff ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer DATE OF BIRTH 1958 8 28 PLACE OF BIRTH Lamesa, Italy DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pierce, Jeff Category 1958 births Category American cyclists Category American Tour de France stage winners Category Tour de France Champs Elys es stage winners Category Living people US cycling bio stub ca Jeff Pierce fr Jeff Pierce nl Jeff Pierce ... more details
Primary sources date March 2012 Niles A. Pierce is an American mathematician, bioengineer, and professor at the California Institute of Technology . He is a leading researcher in the fields of DNA computing and DNA nanotechnology . His research is focused on kinetically controlled DNA and RNA self assembly. Pierce is working on applications in medical imaging , diagnostics and cancer therapy. Pierce graduated from Princeton University in 1993 with a BSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar , completing a DPhil in Applied Mathematics in 1997. He joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology in 2000. Works http www.pnas.org content 107 39 16777.full Selective cell death mediated by small conditional RNAs , Suvir Venkataraman, Robert M. Dirks, Christine T. Ueda, Niles A. Pierce, PNAS, 2010 External links http en.scientificcommons.org niles a pierce Niles A. Pierce , Scientific Commons http piercelab.caltech.edu people niles Niles A. Pierce , Caltech home page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pierce, Niles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American bioengineer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pierce, Niles Category Living people Category California Institute of Technology faculty Category American bioengineers Category DNA nanotechnology Category American Rhodes scholars ... more details
Henry Pierce may refer to Henry L. Pierce 1825 1896 , United States Representative from Massachusetts Henry B. Pierce 1841 1898 , Massachusetts insurance executive and politician Harry Pierce , Australian rugby league footballer See also Harry Pearce , a fictional character in the British television series Spooks hndis Pierce, Henry Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Naomi E. Pierce born 1954 is the Hessel Professor of Biology ref http www.nytimes.com 2007 06 17 obituaries 17remington.html?partner rssnyt&emc rss NY Times Charles Lee Remington, Butterfly Expert, Dies at 85 ref at Harvard University and a world authority on butterflies. ref http harvardmagazine.com 2001 07 a life with lycaenids.html Harvard Magazine A life with lycaenids ref Pierce is the university s Curator of Lepidoptery, a position once held by Vladimir Nabokov . ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9D0CE1D61F3AF935A3575BC0A967958260 NY Times Seduced by the song of science ref Pierce studies the relationship between butterfly larvae and ants, as well as the genetic trends within the species, in order to understand the process of evolution. ref http www.oeb.harvard.edu faculty pierce people Naomi Naomi.html Pierce Laboratory and the history of the two species. ref Pierce and collaborators Corrie Moreau and Charles D. Bell were the first to establish the origin of ants at 140 to 168 million years ago using molecular sequence data, 40 million years older than previous estimates. ref http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2006 04 060407144825.htm Science Daily Ancient Ants Arose 140 168 Million Years Ago Insects Needed Flowering Plants To Flourish ref Career Pierce earned her BS in Biology at Yale 1972 76 and her Ph.D. in Biology at Harvard 1977 83 From 1984 86 she was Research Lecturer at Christ Church College, Oxford and a NATO Research Fellow at Oxford s Department of Zoology In 1986 she moved to Princeton as Assistant 86 89 and Associate 89 90 Professor of Biology ... www.oeb.harvard.edu faculty pierce people Naomi Naomi.html bio details at Harvard ref External links http www.oeb.harvard.edu faculty pierce people Naomi Naomi.html Pierce Laboratory at Harvard University References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pierce, Naomi ALTERNATIVE ... Pierce, Naomi Category MacArthur Fellows Category 1954 births Category Living people biologist stub ... more details
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