Mearns
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Mearns can refer to
in biology:
People with the last name Mearns:
- Mearns AcademyMearns AcademyMearns Academy is a secondary school in south Aberdeenshire, Scotland serving Laurencekirk and the surrounding areas . The school building was the former primary school before it moved and now has over 600 pupils...
- Mearns, AlbertaMearns, AlbertaMearns is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located approximately west of Highway 2 and northwest of Edmonton's city limits.- References :...
- Mearns CastleMearns CastleMearns Castle is a fifteenth-century tower house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, to the south of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. The castle has been restored and is now part of the Maxwell Mearns Castle Church...
- Mearns Castle High School
- Mearns FMMearns FMMearns FM is a community run radio station based in the North East of Scotland. There are transmitters in Laurencekirk, Inverbervie and Stonehaven leading to a coverage area stretching from St Cyrus to Portlethen. The studio is located in Stonehaven Town Hall.-History:The station began as...
- Mearns Primary School
- KincardineshireKincardineshireThe County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland...
, the County of Kincardine, The Mearns in Scotland - Newton MearnsNewton MearnsNewton Mearns is a suburban town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, above sea level. It has a population of approximately 22,637.The town is part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...
in biology:
- Edgar Alexander MearnsEdgar Alexander MearnsEdgar Alexander Mearns was a notable American ornithologist and field naturalist....
(1856-1916), American ornithologist and field naturalist - Mearns's Flying FoxMearns's Flying FoxThe Mearns's Flying Fox is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
- Mearns's Pouched MouseMearns's Pouched MouseMearns's Pouched Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda....
- Chihuahuan Grasshopper MouseChihuahuan Grasshopper MouseThe Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse or Mearns's Grasshopper Mouse is a grasshopper mouse found in southwestern New Mexico, west Texas, and north-central Mexico. They are similar to Onychomys torridus, but differ in karyotype and size. The Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse is smaller.They are found in...
or Mearns's Grasshopper Mouse - Montezuma QuailMontezuma QuailThe Montezuma Quail is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's Quail, the Harlequin Quail , and the Fool Quail .-Description:At about 22 cm , it is one of the shortest quails of North America, although it weighs 180 g...
or Mearns Quail - Mearns's SquirrelMearns's SquirrelMearns's Squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to pine and fir forests at altitudes of in central Baja California in Mexico. This endangered species occurs in low densities and is threatened by habitat loss...
People with the last name Mearns:
- David MearnsDavid MearnsDavid Louis Mearns, born circa 1958, is a United States-born marine scientist and deep water search and recovery expert, long resident in the United Kingdom. He is famous for locating the wrecks of several ships lost during World War II...
(b. 1958), a United States-born marine scientist - Frederick MearnsFrederick MearnsFrederick Mearns was a footballer who played for Hartlepool United and Barnsley. He was a goalkeeper. During his time with Barnsley, he was an FA Cup finalist in 1910...
(1879-1931) a British footballer - Ian MearnsIan MearnsIan Mearns is a British Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Gateshead. He was first elected at the 2010 general election....
a British Labour Party politician - Randy MearnsRandy MearnsRandy Mearns is a former lacrosse player.Mearns was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2006 following a lengthy career in the Ontario Lacrosse Association, Major Series Lacrosse and Western Lacrosse Association Canadian professional box lacrosse leagues as a player.-Junior...
(b. 1969) is a Canadianformer lacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
player - Sara Mearns, New York City Ballet principal dancer
- William Hughes MearnsWilliam Hughes MearnsWilliam Hughes Mearns , better known as Hughes Mearns, was an American educator and poet. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, Mearns was a Professor at the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy from 1905 to 1920...
(1875-1965), American educator and poet - Máel Petair of MearnsMáel Petair of MearnsMáel Petair of Mearns is the only known Mormaer of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of Peter".One source tells us that Máel Petair was the son of a Máel Coluim, but tells us nothing about this. If this weren't bad enough, other sources say that his father was a man called "Loren", and in...