Ankers

a more strict and solitary life than that which the monastery afforded were in the habit of immuring themselves, as anchorites, or in old English "Ankers," in little cells of stone, built usually against the wall of a church.

The Hermits Charles Kingsley 1847

According to its website, the London-based sports acquisition group is headed by co-founders Vladimir Antonov, Roman Dubov and Chris Ankers.

Portsmouth is likely 'to be sold' this week, claim sources 2011

"We don't pretend to understand the complex chemistry of it all," Mr. Ankers says.

A Superhero Scrubs the Air: The Mighty Houseplant Gwendolyn Bounds 2011

Norman Ankers , a 54-year-old trial lawyer in Beverly Hills, Mich., says he and his wife Janet have filled their 5,000-square-foot home with plants, such as ferns and orchids.

A Superhero Scrubs the Air: The Mighty Houseplant Gwendolyn Bounds 2011

Arbogast on Film: 31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers skip to main

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008

He's the good guy here, a celebrated university prof who has married exotic island (but still white) girl Anne Gwynne (Boris Karloff's daughter in BLACK FRIDAY), much to other woman Ankers' everlasting chagrin.

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008

Ankers is awfully mean to Anne Gwynne here but in real life the two were pals... so much so, in fact, that Ankers had great difficulty being cruel to her leading lady in front of the camera.

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008

Still, you can't help but sympathize with Ankers a little, as she starts to lose it big time; her karmic comeuppance (and associated timetable) point to Jacques Tourneur's NIGHT OF THE DEMON (US: CURSE OF THE DEMON, 1957) and Hideo Nakata's RING (1998).

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008

Their friendship ended only with Ankers' death in 1985.

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008

When Evelyn Ankers filed for citizenship in 1946, Gwynne stepped up as her character witness.

31 Screams: Evelyn Ankers Arbogast 2008