Prosper
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Prosper may refer to:
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In people:
- Prosper de MestreProsper de MestreProsper de Mestre was a prominent businessman in Sydney from 1818 until near his death in 1844. He was French born, but also a "citizen of the world", who played an important role in the development of commerce and banking in the English Colony of New South Wales. He became a successful merchant...
Sydney businessman fom 1818 to 1844 - Prosper of AquitaineProsper of AquitaineSaint Prosper of Aquitaine , a Christian writer and disciple of Saint Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle.- Life :...
, also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian writer and disciple of St Augustine - Prosper of Catenanuova, martyr, patron saint of CatenanuovaCatenanuovaCatenanuova is a town and comune in the province of Enna, in the region of Sicily in southern Italy. It belongs to the Diocese of Nicosia.-Geography:...
- Prosper of ReggioProsper of ReggioSaint Prosper of Reggio is an Italian saint. Tradition holds that he was a bishop of Reggio Emilia for twenty-two years. Little is known of his life, but documents attest that he was indeed bishop of Reggio Emilia in the fifth century....
, bishop of Reggio Emilia, 5th century - "Prosper" was the codename of Francis SuttillFrancis SuttillMajor Francis Alfred Suttill DSO was a British special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive inside France. He organized and coordinated the Physician network, better known by his own code name Prosper...
, Special Operations Executive agent in WWII Occupied France - Prosper MériméeProsper MériméeProsper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
, French writer - Prosper, the fictional orphaned protagonist of the children novel The Thief LordThe Thief LordThe Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company...
by Cornelia Funke
In computer software:
- LaTeX prosper class for making presentations, later superseded by HA-prosper, which was eventually made into PowerdotPowerdotPowerdot is a LaTeX class for making professional-looking presentations. It is in some way a continuation of HA-prosper class by the same author, which is a modified version of prosper class.-External links:* *...
- PROSPER, is a computer programming language invented by Earl IsaacEarl IsaacEarl Judson Isaac , along with friend Bill Fair, set up the company Fair Isaac in a small studio apartment on Lincoln Ave. in San Rafael, California in the year 1956. He was born in Buffalo, NY and died in 1983 in Novato, California...
in the early 1970s.
In other uses:
- Prosper Marketplace, a business, that allows online person-to-person lending and borrowing