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Laur (surname)
Laur is an Estonian surname, the 50th most popular. Notable people with the surname include: * Jarno Laur (born 1975), politician * Katrin Laur (born 1955), film director, producer and scenarist * Mati Laur (born 1955), historian * Tiido Laur (1882–1930), politician and archivist * Uno Laur (born 1961), musician * Ferdinand Samuel Laur, Swiss composer, conductor, choirmaster, and music teacher See also * Lauer (surname) * Lau (other) * Laura – Laure – Lauri – Lauro – Laurus ''Laurus'' () is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus contains three or more species, including the bay laurel or sweet bay, ''L. nobilis'', widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and a cul ... References {{Surname Estonian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Naming Conventions
Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of personal and family names. Although conventionally referred to as the ''tria nomina'', the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in fact represent a continuous process of development, from at least the seventh century BC to the end of the seventh century AD. The names that developed as part of this system became a defining characteristic of Roman civilization, and although the system itself vanished during the Early Middle Ages, the names themselves exerted a profound influence on the development of European naming practices, and many continue to survive in modern languages. Overview The distinguishing feature of Roman nomenclature was the use of both personal names and reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Samuel Laur
Ferdinand Samuel Laur (22 February 1791 – 2 July 1854) was a Swiss composer, conductor, choirmaster, and music teacher. He founded the Basel Choral Society in 1824. A hymnal he composed that was published in 1820 is now used in the national anthem of Lesotho, " Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona". Career "Freiheit" (), a hymn he composed that was published in 1820 is now used in the national anthem of Lesotho, " Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona". Between 1830 and 1840 he published the hymnbook ''Vierstimmige Chorgesänge und Chorlieder ohne Begleitung für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, für Kirchen, Schulen und Singanstalten''. He founded the Basel Choral Society in 1824. Death Laur died in , near Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. Personal life Laur had a grandson, . References Further reading * Albert Burckhardt und Rudolf Wackernagel: Basler Jahrbuch 1890. C. Detloffs Buchhandlung, Basel 1890, S. 94. * Hermann Mendel: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon. Eine Encyklopädie der gesam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauro (other)
Lauro is a town in Italy. Lauro may also refer to: * Lauro, an ancient town in Hispania that has been identified by some historians as modern-day Lora de Estepa * Antonio Lauro, a guitar player and composer * Lauro (footballer, born 1973), Lauro Antonio Ferreira da Silva, Brazilian football midfielder * Lauro (footballer, born 1980), Lauro Júnior Batista da Cruz, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Lauro de Mello (born 1944), Brazilian football midfielder See also * Laur (surname) Laur is an Estonian surname, the 50th most popular. Notable people with the surname include: * Jarno Laur (born 1975), politician * Katrin Laur (born 1955), film director, producer and scenarist * Mati Laur (born 1955), historian * Tiido Lau ... {{disambiguation Portuguese masculine given names Spanish masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri (other)
Lauri may refer to: * Lauri (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lauri (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lauri, Põlva County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Rapla County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Võru County, a village in Estonia See also * Lauria (other) * Laurie (other) * Lauris (given name) * Laur (surname) * Lorry * Lurie Lurie is often a Jewish surname, but also an Irish and English surname. The name is sometimes transliterated from/to other languages as Lurye, Luriye (from Russian), Lourié (in French). Other variants include: Lurey (surname), Loria, Luria, L ... * Villa Lauri {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure (other)
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Laure may refer to: * ''Laure'' (film), a 1976 Italian erotic film in the Emmanuelle universe * '' Doxocopa laure'', commonly known as the Laure, a butterfly People * Laura (given name) (French variant) * Laure (art model) (fl. 1859–1867), French model for Édouard Manet * Laure (Nepalese rapper), Aashish Rana (born 1989), Nepalese rapper and actor * Laure (footballer) (born 1985) or Laure, Spanish football player * Colette Peignot (1903–1938), pen name Laure, French author See also * * Lauer (other) * Laur (surname) * Laura (other) * Laurel (other) * Lauren (other) * Laurer * Lauret (other) * Laurey (other) * Laurie (other) Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura (other)
Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula ** Laura Bay, South Australia, a locality ** Laura Bay Conservation Park, a protected area * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Canada * Laura, Saskatchewan Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany Marshall Islands * Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands Poland * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland United States * Laura, Illinois * Laura, Indiana * Laura, Kentucky, a city * Laura, Missouri * Laura, Ohio, a small village Arts, media, and entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau (other)
Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebanese American University, an America university in Lebanon * Lau, Estonia, a village in Estonia * Lau, Gotland, a locality on Gotland, Sweden * Lau, Nigeria, a local government area * Lau (crater), a crater on Mars * Lau Islands, Fiji * Lau Province, Fiji * Laurel station (Mississippi), a passenger railway station in Laurel, United States * LAU, IATA code for Manda Airport, a public airport on Manda Island, Kenya Languages * Lau language of Nigeria * Lauan language, also called Lau, spoken in Fiji, ISO 639-3: llx * Lau language (Malaita), spoken in the Solomon Islands, ISO 639-3: llu Other uses * Lau Chan, fictional character in video game ''Virtua Fighter Series'' * Lau (band), a British folk music group * Lambda Alpha Upsilon, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauer
Lauer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Lauer (born 1965), American filmmaker * Bonnie Lauer (born 1951), American golfer * Brad Lauer (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey coach * Bruno Lauer (born 1965), American professional wrestling manager known as Harvey Wippleman * Christof Lauer (born 1953), German jazz saxophonist * Chuck Lauer (1865–1915), American baseball player * Dutch Lauer (1898–1978), American football player * Edward Lauer, American athletic director, 1929–1934 * Eric Lauer (born 1995), American baseball player * Franz von Lauer (1736–1803), Austrian military officer * Fred Lauer (1898–1960), American water polo player * Frederick Lauer (1810–1883), American brewer * Georgius Lauer, German printer in the late fifteenth century * Gerhard Lauer (born 1962), German literary scholar * Heather Lauer, American writer * Hilde Lauer (born 1943), Romanian sprint canoer * Jean-Philippe Lauer (1902–2001), French architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uno Laur
Uno Laur (born 8 June 1961 in Rakvere), also known as Kohtla-Järve Uno (a nickname derived from his hometown Kohtla-Järve), is an Estonian anarchist and the iconoclastic ex lead singer of the Must Mamba and Röövel Ööbik, "the oldest punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ... in Estonia". References External links"The first band included Kuldar Poska, Allan Hmelnitski and Uno Laur." Röövel Ööbik [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentius
Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' ("laurel"). People with the name include: In Early Christianity: * Lawrence of Rome, Saint Laurentius of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and saint, born in Spain In Catholicism: * Antipope Laurentius (r. 498-506), antipope of the Roman Catholic Church * Laurence of Canterbury, archbishop of Canterbury known as Saint Laurentius * Lárentíus Kálfsson (1267-1331), bishop of Hólar, Iceland, 1324–1331 * Laurentius Abstemius, Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI * Laurentia McLachlan, Benedictian nun, Great Britain, 1866–1953 In Byzantium: * Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects In Poland: * Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki, Laurentius Grimaldius Gosliscius, (1530–1607), Polish bishop, poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiido Laur
Tiido Laur (1882–1930), also known as Tiido Lauri, was an Estonian politician and archivist. Laur was born on 31 August 1882 in Kohtla, Viru County. He sat in the Estonian Provincial Assembly, which governed the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia; he served in the full session which sat between 14 July 1917 and 23 April 1919. He did not sit in the newly-formed Republic of Estonia's Asutav Kogu (Constituent Assembly) or Riigikogu (Parliament). Laur died on 1 August 1930 in Tallinn.Jaan Toomla, Valitud ja Valitsenud: Eesti parlamentaarsete ja muude esinduskogude ning valitsuste isikkoosseis aastail 1917–1999' (National Library of Estonia The National Library of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It was established as the parliamentary library () of Estonia on Decembe ..., 1999), pp. 23, 294. References 1861 births 1930 deaths Estonian archivists Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mati Laur
Mati Laur (born 17 June 1955, in Abja-Paluoja) is an Estonian historian. He has written and co-authored many textbooks about early modern Estonia. He has published a number of scholarly articles about eighteenth-century Estonia, which also was the subject of his Ph.D. thesis. Despite this narrow specialisation, he is professor of general history at the University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest .... Together with Karsten Brüggemann, Laur is editor of the historical journal Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte esearch on Baltic history External linksCV 1955 births Living people People from Abja-Paluoja 20th-century Estonian historians Historians of Estonia Academic staff of the University of Tartu Recipients of the Order of the White Star, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
