Sperry

American  

[sper-ee] / ˈspɛr i /

noun

1. Elmer Ambrose, 1860–1930, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.

2. Roger Wolcott, 1913–94, U.S. neurobiologist: Nobel Prize 1981.

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Sperry Scientific  

/ spĕr′ē /

1. American neurobiologist who pioneered the behavioral investigation of “split-brain” animals and humans, establishing that each hemisphere of the brain controls specific higher functions. He shared with American neurophysiologist David H. Hubel and Swedish neurophysiologist Torsten N. Wiesel the 1981 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

"When you try to silence a voice like this, they don't go away - you only amplify it," sophomore Scott Sperry said.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

There’s a reason a cooked J. Crew polo and slowly decaying Sperry Top Siders will always look good.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

“I don’t think that there is any public benefit for this land being given to this project. There’s certainly not anything that I can see that is good about it,” Sperry said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

In 1958, Mr. McGrath married Ann Logan Sperry, a preschool teacher whom he met on his first day in New York City.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Mrs. Swift having served four years as president declined to hold the office longer and Mrs. Mary S. Sperry retired as treasurer after serving seven years.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted