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Lehmann Family
Lehmann is a German surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 75.3% of all bearers of the surname ''Lehmann'' were residents of Germany, 6.6% of the United States, 6.3% of Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ..., 3.2% of France, 1.7% of Australia and 1.3% of Poland. In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states: * 1. Brandenburg (1:90) * 2. Saxony (1:206) * 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:227) * 4. Berlin (1:228) * 5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:408) * 6. Thuringia (1:493) In Switzerland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following cantons: * 1. Canton of Bern, Bern (1:240) * 2. Canton of Solothurn, Solothurn (1:342) * 3. Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg (1:486) * 4. Canton of Basel-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehnsmann
A ''Lehnsmann'' (plural: ''Lehnsleute'' or ''Lehnsmänner'') or ''Lehnsnehmer'' (also spelt ''Lehens-'') was a nobleman in the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries, who, as a liegeman was obliged to render service, goods in kind and loyalty to another nobleman, his liege lord (''Lehnsherr''), in return for which he was rewarded either by a grant of land (a fief or ''Lehen''), which included the population living within it, or by receiving an office. A distinction was made between the gift (which was only valid for the lifetime of the liegeman) and the inheritable fee. The economic circumstances of the ''Lehnsleute'' varied greatly, but as the territorial states developed in the late Middle Ages, their fighting duties were supplanted by the creation of mercenary armies and their role in governing estates was increasingly taken over by trained, non-aristocratic administrators. The life of a ''Lehnsmann'' in the early 16th century was described by Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (officially in ), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( ; ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont. It shares borders with the canton of Basel-Landschaft, the canton of Bern, the canton of Neuchatel, the canton of Solothurn, and the French regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est. History The king of Burgundy donated much of the land that today makes up canton Jura to the bishop of Basel in 999. The area was a sovereign state within the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years. After the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the Jura had close ties with the Swiss Confederation. At the Congress of Vienna (1815), the Jura region became part of the canton of Bern. This act caused dissension. The Jura was French-speaking and Roman Catholic, whereas the canton of Bern was mostly German-speaking and Protestant. After World War II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Leo Lehmann
Erich Leo Lehmann (20 November 1917 – 12 September 2009) was a German-born American statistician, who made a major contribution to nonparametric hypothesis testing. He is one of the eponyms of the Lehmann–Scheffé theorem and of the Hodges–Lehmann estimator of the median of a population. Early life Lehmann was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine in 1917 to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. He grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, until the Machtergreifung in 1933, when his family fled to Switzerland to escape the Nazis. He graduated from high school in Zurich, and studied mathematics for two years at Trinity College, Cambridge. Following that, he emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York in late 1940. He enrolled in University of California, Berkeley as a post-graduate student—albeit without a prior degree—in 1941. Career Lehmann obtained his MA in mathematics in 1942 and his PhD (under Jerzy Neyman) in 1946, at the University of California, Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Else Lehmann
Else Lehmann (27 June 1866 – 6 March 1940) was a German stage actress. Early life The daughter of an insurance director, Lehmann attended a convent school and then took acting lessons with director Franz Kirschner. Her debut was in 1885 at the Bremer Stadttheater as Page in ''Lohengrin''. Career In 1888 she arrived at the Wallner Theater in Berlin. Otto Brahm gave her the role of Helene Krause in the (matinee) world premiere of ''Before Sunrise'' on October 20, 1889, by the Freie Bühne in the Berlin rented Lessingtheater for this purpose. This performance helped her to make a breakthrough, but she also already presented her as an interpreter of German naturalism, especially the pieces by Gerhart Hauptmann, fixed. One of her acting peculiarities was natural, gaining sympathy "in tears can laugh", for which even the contemporary theatre criticism paid tribute. In 1891 she received a commitment at the Deutsches Theater. At the world premiere of '' Die Weber'' in 1893, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Lehmann
Dirk Johannes Lehmann (born 16 August 1971) is a German former professional footballer who is currently the manager of SC 1910 Ederen. Career Lehmann was born in Aachen. He made his senior debut with 1. FC Köln, and after a brief spell with Lierse S.K., joined another Belgian side in R.W.D. Molenbeek. He played for Molenbeek in the 1996–97 Belgian First Division and made 26 League appearances plus a further two in the UEFA Cup, before returning to play in Germany with FC Energie Cottbus. He then transferred to Fulham for the 1998–99 season, making 26 League appearances for the club. At Fulham, Lehmann quickly earn a nickname 'The Porn Star' by the Fulham faithful, due to his "neat moustache and tinted hair his nickname was irresistible and typical of our supporters' sense of humour". After leaving Fulham, he moved to Scottish side Hibernian. Lehmann scored twice on his debut for Hibernian in a 2–2 draw with Motherwell. He left Hibs under freedom of contract in 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Lehmann
Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team. He is currently head coach at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005. Primarily an aggressive left-handed batsman, Lehmann was also a part-time left arm orthodox bowler, and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.''Aussie star Lehmann quits playing'' |
Danny Lehmann
Daniel Joseph Lehmann (born September 5, 1985) is an American professional baseball coach and former minor league baseball catcher. He is the bench coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Lehmann was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 8th round of the 2007 MLB Draft out of Rice University and played in their farm system until 2013. He spent the final year of his playing career with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. After his playing career ended, he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ... in 2015 as their Advance Video Scout and stayed in that role for three years. In 2018, the Dodgers promoted him to Game Planning and Communications coach. He served as a Dodgers' special assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Lehmann
Claire Lehmann (''née'' Jensen; born 18 July 1985) is an Australian journalist, publisher, and the founding editor of '' Quillette''. Early life and family Lehmann is the daughter of a former teacher and a speech pathologist who was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and English from the University of Adelaide with first-class honours in 2010. Lehmann was then a graduate student in psychology, but dropped out after having a child. She is married and has two children. She is the daughter-in-law of the poet Geoffrey Lehmann. Career Lehmann founded the online magazine '' Quillette'' in October 2015. According to the newspaper ''The Australian'', Lehmann's story about the controversy surrounding Google engineer James Damore precipitated the venture's success. Lehmann has contributed to publications including ''The Guardian'', ''Scientific American'', '' Tablet'', and ''ABC News''. She is a columnist at ''The Australian''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (June 14, 1934 – November 7, 2018) was an American journalist, editor of ''The New York Times Book Review'', critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995. Biography Lehmann-Haupt was born on June 14, 1934, in Edinburgh, Scotland, while his parents were visiting his mother's family. He was the eldest of three sons of Leticia Jane Hargrave Grierson, a Scottish teacher and editor from Edinburgh, and Hellmut Otto Emil Lehmann-Haupt, a German-born graphic arts historian and bibliographer. His family lived in New York City. Christopher had two younger brothers, Carl and Alexander (a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters). It was not until Lehmann-Haupt traveled to Berlin in 1947 to live with his father for a year that he learned about his father's Jewish ancestry. His parents had divorced, and his father had gone to Berlin in 1946 with the Allied Armies’ Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Lehmann
Christina Lehmann (born 9 December 1951), née Hölzlein, from 1975 to 2005 Domsgen, is a German chess player. She is a two-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1970, 1971). Chess career In the 1970s Christina Lehmann was one of the leading East German chess players. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships two times in row: 1970, 1971. Also she won silver (1973) and two bronze medals (1974, 1975) in this tournament. She played for East Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+1, =2, −3). Until 1973 Christina Lehmann played for ''BSG Chemie Lützkendorf''. With the ''BSG Buna Halle'', she was East Germany team champion in blitz chess in 1973. She won this title again in 1975 with the ''HSG PH Potsdam''. In 2008 she won the championship again with the ''SK Großlehna''. In the 1990s, she played for the women's team of ''SV Buna Schkopau'' and generally play operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Lehmann
Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third of four children of author and publisher Rudolph Chambers Lehmann. Her great-uncle was Henri Lehmann the artist. Her brother was publisher John Lehmann and one of her two elder sisters was the novelist Rosamond Lehmann. Career Lehmann trained at RADA and made her stage debut as Peggy in a 1924 production ''The Way of the World'' at the Lyric Hammersmith. She also appeared in films and on television. She wrote short stories and two novels, including ''Rumour of Heaven'', first published in 1934 (). In 1946 Lehmann became director and producer of the Arts Council Midland Theatre Company. She was awarded Britain's Radio Actress of the Year in 1977. In 1962 she played the matriarch Bernadette Amorelle in a Maigret episode, The Dirty House. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barthold Heinrich Brockes
Barthold Heinrich Brockes (September 22, 1680 – January 16, 1747) was a German poet. Biography He was born in Hamburg and educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. He studied jurisprudence at Halle, and after extensive travels in Italy, France and the Netherlands, settled in Hamburg in 1704. In 1720 he was appointed a member of the Hamburg senate, and entrusted with several important offices. Six years (from 1735 to 1741) he spent as ''Amtmann'' (bailiff) at Ritzebüttel. He died in Hamburg. Brockes' poetic works were published in a series of nine volumes under the fantastic title ''Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott'' (1721–1748); he also translated Giambattista Marino's ''La Strage degli innocenti'' (1715), Alexander Pope's ''Essay on Man'' (1740) and James Thomson's '' The Seasons'' (1745). His poetry has small intrinsic value, but it is symptomatic of the change which came over German literature at the beginning of the 18th century. His libretto ''Der für die Sü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
