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Charles Ezra Sprague (October 9, 1842 – March 21, 1912) was an American accountant, born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York. He was a proponent of the constructed language Volapük, for which he authored the first major textbook in English, Handbook of Volapük (1888), as well as an early organizer of the accounting profession. He was heavily involved in the development of the first state certification of accountants in the United States. In 1953 he was inducted into Ohio State University's Accounting Hall of Fame.

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  • تشارلز عزرا سبراغ (بالإنجليزية: Charles Ezra Sprague)‏ هو مصرفي أمريكي، ولد في 9 أكتوبر 1842، وتوفي في 21 مارس 1912. (ar)
  • Charles Ezra Sprague naskiĝis en , , New York 1842 kaj mortis 1912. Li estis heroo de Usona enlanda milito kaj volapukisto. Li ankaŭ partoprenis movadon por reformi la anglan lingvon. Li havas tre grandan emon al lingvoj, kiam li estis 8-jaraĝa li jam scias la hebrean. Li eniris universitaton 14-jaraĝa, kaj tie lernis facile la grekan. Li lernis la volapukon, kies unuan lernolibron en la angla li verkis: (1888). Poste li lernis Esperanton. Dum enlanda milito, li partoprenis faman Batalon de Gettysburg, en kiu li defedis la atakojn en . Li iĝis kolonelo post la batalon, kaj li servis en tiu posteno ĝis 1901 en Nacia Gvardio. Li estis kontabilisto kaj prezidento de Instituto de Kontabilismo de Novjorkio. (eo)
  • Charles Ezra Sprague (October 9, 1842 – March 21, 1912) was an American accountant, born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York. He was a proponent of the constructed language Volapük, for which he authored the first major textbook in English, Handbook of Volapük (1888), as well as an early organizer of the accounting profession. During the American Civil War, Sprague served in the 44th New York Infantry, seeing action at the Battle of Gettysburg, where his unit was instrumental in helping repulse attacks on Little Round Top. The New York State Archives stores a lengthy article Sprague wrote on his military service. He was president of both the New York Institute of Accounts and the Union Dime Savings Bank (which later became the Dime Savings Bank). Later in life, he was involved in the movement for reform of English spelling as part of the Simplified Spelling Board, of which he was the first treasurer. He was heavily involved in the development of the first state certification of accountants in the United States. In 1953 he was inducted into Ohio State University's Accounting Hall of Fame. Sprague was the maternal grandfather of science fiction author L. Sprague de Camp. (en)
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  • تشارلز عزرا سبراغ (بالإنجليزية: Charles Ezra Sprague)‏ هو مصرفي أمريكي، ولد في 9 أكتوبر 1842، وتوفي في 21 مارس 1912. (ar)
  • Charles Ezra Sprague naskiĝis en , , New York 1842 kaj mortis 1912. Li estis heroo de Usona enlanda milito kaj volapukisto. Li ankaŭ partoprenis movadon por reformi la anglan lingvon. Li havas tre grandan emon al lingvoj, kiam li estis 8-jaraĝa li jam scias la hebrean. Li eniris universitaton 14-jaraĝa, kaj tie lernis facile la grekan. Li lernis la volapukon, kies unuan lernolibron en la angla li verkis: (1888). Poste li lernis Esperanton. Li estis kontabilisto kaj prezidento de Instituto de Kontabilismo de Novjorkio. (eo)
  • Charles Ezra Sprague (October 9, 1842 – March 21, 1912) was an American accountant, born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York. He was a proponent of the constructed language Volapük, for which he authored the first major textbook in English, Handbook of Volapük (1888), as well as an early organizer of the accounting profession. He was heavily involved in the development of the first state certification of accountants in the United States. In 1953 he was inducted into Ohio State University's Accounting Hall of Fame. (en)
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  • تشارلز عزرا سبراغ (ar)
  • Charles Ezra Sprague (eo)
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