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Bruhn
Bruhn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Annika Bruhn (born 1992), German swimmer *Erik Bruhn (1928–1986), Danish choreographer *Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn (1853–1927), German inventor * Karl von Bruhn (1803–?), German journalist *Rolf Wallgren Bruhn (1878-1942), Canadian politician *Siglind Bruhn (born 1951), German musicologist and concert pianist See also *Bruun Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is ''brown'' (''brun'' in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are ''Bruhn'' an ... {{surname, Bruhn German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Bruhn
Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October 1928 – 1 April 1986) was a Danish danseur, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author. Early life Erik Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son of Ellen (née Evers), owner of a hairdressing salon, and third child of Ernst Bruhn. His parents married shortly before his birth. Bruhn began training with the Royal Danish Ballet when he was nine years old, and made his unofficial début on the stage of Copenhagen's Royal Opera House in 1946, dancing the role of Adonis in Harald Lander's ballet ''Thorvaldsen.'' Career He was taken permanently into the company in 1947 at the age of eighteen. Bruhn took the first of his frequent sabbaticals from the Danish company in 1947, dancing for six months with the short-lived Metropolitan Ballet in England, where he formed his first major partnership, with the Bulgarian ballerina Sonia Arova. He returned to the Royal Danish Ballet in the spring of 1948 and was promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siglind Bruhn
Siglind Bruhn (born October 11, 1951 in Hamburg) is a German musicologist, writer and concert pianist. Biographical Sketch Siglind Bruhn was born in Hamburg. Her father was the engineer Ernst Bruhn, her mother the interpreter Leonore Bruhn née Kieberger. During the last two years before her high school graduation (Abitur 1970), she was a student in the piano class of Professor Eckart Besch at the Musikhochschule Hamburg. She completed her studies in the master class of Vladimir Horbowski at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart; 1975 State Examen (equivalent to a Master of Music) in piano performance and piano pedagogy. Concurrently she read Romance studies, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy at Munich University; 1976 Magister Artium (M.A.) with a thesis on the drama of Ramón del Valle-Inclán. During this time she met her future husband, the philosopher Gerhold K. Becker. In 1976-78 Siglind Bruhn wrote her first book, which links the pedagogical heritage of her teacher Horbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Wallgren Bruhn
Rolf Wallgren Bruhn (September 4, 1878 – August 30, 1942) was a Swedish-born farmer, lumberman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Salmon Arm in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1924 to 1942 as a Conservative. He was born Rolf Wallgren in Resterod parish, in 1878, the son of Axel Wallgren. His father, a Crown Reeve in Sweden, was accused of embezzlement in 1890 and subsequently adopted the surname Bruhn and went to Canada, leaving his family behind. The family moved to Gothenburg, where his mother operated a bakery. In 1894, Rolf left school and worked as a deckhand on freighters. He won a sailboat in a raffle in 1895; he gave most of the money to his mother and bought a ticket to Canada. There, like his father, he adopted the surname Bruhn. Bruhn worked as a sailor on the Great Lakes; moving west, he worked on the railway and as a miner and logger. In 1898, he settled in Malakwa, British Columbia. Bruhn married Anna Treat in 1902. Bruhn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Von Bruhn
Johann Karl Balduin von Bruhn (16 March 1803, Herzhorn – 9 August 1877, Altona) was a German journalist and revolutionary. Due to his philosophical beliefs, Bruhn joined the League of Outlaws and the League of the Just. When the League of the Just dissolved into the Communist League The Communist League (German: ''Bund der Kommunisten)'' was an international political party established on 1 June 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper, and th ..., Bruhn joined the Communist League. However, in 1850, Bruhn was expelled from the Communist League. Later from 1861-1866, Bruhn was the editor of the Lassallean newspaper ''Nordstern'' in Hamburg, Germany.Biographical note contained in the ''Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10'' (International Publishers: New York, 1978). References 1803 births 1877 deaths German male writers German revolutionaries German social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn (11 November 1853 – 1927) was a German inventor. Life Bruhn invented modern taximeter in Berlin. He worked for German company Westendarp & Pieper Hamburg. In 1920 he became leader of this company. Bruhn was married and had three children. His daughter Adele married architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His son Wolfgang Bruhn Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ... was an art historian. Literature *Zeitschrift für das gesamte Local- und Straßenbahn-Wesen, Bde. 8–10, Bergmann 1889, S. 158. * Der Motorwagen. Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift, 25:1922, S. 123. * Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschifffahrt, Bd. 9:1918, S. XXIII External links Depatisnet:Bibliographische Daten (Deutsches Patent und Markenamt References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Bruhn
Annika Bruhn (born 5 October 1992) is a German swimmer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ..., finishing 20th in the heats and failing to qualify for the semifinals. She was a member of the women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. She was also a member of the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. References External links * * * * Living people Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany German female swimmers German female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruun
Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is ''brown'' (''brun'' in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are ''Bruhn'' and ''Brun''. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway (c. 0.02% of the population), the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic countries (even less frequent). In the Danish translation of ''Peanuts'', Charlie Brown is called Søren Brun. Abundance As of 2007, the numbers of bearers of the surnames Bruun, Bruhn and Brun in the Nordic countries are: The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., is due to immigration from the Nordic countries; in Germany possibly as a variation over the given name ''Bruno''. Notable people Persons with Bruun as their surname * Anders Bruun (born 1979), a Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
