Ker
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People
- Allan Ebenezer KerAllan Ebenezer KerMajor Allan Ebenezer Ker VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- Ker Chien-mingKer Chien-mingKer Chien-ming , is a member of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan.He is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and has represented the electoral district of Hsinchu since 1 February 2005.-External links:*...
- Crawford KerCrawford KerCrawford Francis Ker is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Ker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Dallas...
- David KerDavid KerDavid Ker was the first presiding professor of the University of North Carolina.-Notes:...
- George KerGeorge KerGeorge "Geordie" Ker was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s.Kerr played for Queen's Park juniors, Kerland FC, and Alexandra Athletic before joining Queen's Park in 1877. Until 1878, Ker had played as a defender but converted to a striker in 1878...
- Humphrey KerHumphrey KerHumphrey Ker is a British actor and an award winning comedian. He is one third of comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls.-History:Between 2001 and 2005, Humphrey performed with Edinburgh based improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts...
- John KerJohn KerJohn Ker was a Scottish spy during the Jacobite risings.-Biography:Ker was born in Ayrshire. His true name was Crawfurd, his father being Alexander Crawfurd of Crawfurdland, but having married Anna, younger daughter of Robert Ker, of Kersland, Ayrshire, whose only son Daniel Ker was killed at the...
- Lucas Arnold KerLucas Arnold KerLucas Arnold Ker is a professional tennis player from Argentina.Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell....
- Neil Ripley KerNeil Ripley KerNeil Ripley Ker, FBA, was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature. He is known especially for his Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, which is praised as a milestone in Anglo-Saxon manuscript study.-Legacy:...
, a scholar of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts - Richard KerRichard KerRichard Ker was a British politician. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Downpatrick in 1847, resigning through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 August 1851. He was again elected in 1857 for the same seat, but failed to be reelected in the 1859 general...
- Robert KerRobert KerRobert Ker was the first Auditor General of the Colony and then the Province of British Columbia....
- William KerWilliam KerWilliam Ker was a Scottish footballer who played in the first ever international football match for Scotland against England in 1872.Ker also played for Scotland against England the following year. He played for Scottish amateur club .-External links:...
- William Paton KerWilliam Paton KerWilliam Paton Ker was a Scottish literary scholar and essayist.-Life:He was born in Glasgow in 1855. He studied at Glasgow Academy, the University of Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford....
- Ker, family name of the Dukes of RoxburgheDuke of RoxburgheThe Duke of Roxburghe is a title in the peerage of Scotland created in 1707 along with the titles Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Kelso and Viscount Broxmouth. John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe became the first holder of these titles...
- Ker (king)Ker (king)Ker was the king of the Libyans. His rule lasted from 750 BC to 745 BC....
, king of the Libyans
Mathematics
- Ker or ker is an abbreviation of kernelKernel (mathematics)In mathematics, the word kernel has several meanings. Kernel may mean a subset associated with a mapping:* The kernel of a mapping is the set of elements that map to the zero element , as in kernel of a linear operator and kernel of a matrix...
- Ker is one of the Kelvin functionsKelvin functionsIn applied mathematics, the Kelvin functions Berν and Beiν are the real and imaginary parts, respectively, ofJ_\nu,\,where x is real, and J_\nu\, is the νth order Bessel function of the first kind...
Other
- Ker, airport code of KermanKerman- Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :...
, Iran - Ker, singular of Keres (Greek mythology)
- KerKer (tribe)The Ker are a Muslim Rajput community found in the state of Gujarat in India and a province of Sindh in Pakistan. They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch.-History and origin:...
, a tribe found in the Kutch region of India - Ker for CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
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