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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Sperry

Scott Sperry jotted his name down on a sign-up sheet.

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

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

He is survived by his wife, Ann Logan Sperry, and their five children.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

Mrs. Sperry in responding expressed her great pleasure that Northern and Southern California would now work together for woman suffrage.

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

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