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Wegener Medal
Wegener may refer to: Astronomy * 29227 Wegener, a main-belt asteroid * Wegener (lunar crater) * Wegener (Martian crater) Places * Wegener Range, an Antarctic mountain range * Mount Wegener, an Antarctic mountain in the Read Mountains in the Shackleton Range * Wegener Canyon, an undersea canyon * Wegener Halvo Formation, a geologic formation in Greenland Businesses * Wegener (company), a Dutch media conglomerate * Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Medicine * Wegener's granulomatosis, now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis People * Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), German geologist who originated the theory of continental drift * ''Kapitänleutnant'' Bernhard Wegener, commander of German submarine ''U-27'', killed in one of the two Baralong incidents in 1915 * Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953), Dutch composer and music educator * Bobby Wegener, American lawyer and Oklahoma's Secretary of Energy from 2008-2011 * Manuela (singer) (1943†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29227 Wegener
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Wegener
Emmy Heil Frensel-Wegener (14 June 1901 in Amsterdam – 11 January 1973 in Laren (North Holland) was a Dutch violinist, pianist, poet and composer. Life and career Wegener was the daughter of composer Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman and American insurance agent John Frensel-Wegener. She studied at the music school in Bussum and then in England, then continued her studies at the Conservatory in Amsterdam where she received a degree in violin with Felice Togni. She also studied composition with Sem Dresden, clarinet with Willem Brohm and Gregorian chant. In 1926 Wegener married Jan Heil, but the couple divorced in 1932. In 1934 she served on the jury for the evaluation of vocal quartet a cappella compositions for the Dutch Association for Contemporary Music, along with Hendrik Andriessen, Henk Badings, Anthon van der Horst and Daniel Ruyneman, but the jury awarded no first prize, finding no "composition of exemplary meaning" among the 47 submissions. In 1935 Wegener experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Wegener
Ulrich Klaus "Ricky" Wegener (22 August 1929 – 28 December 2017) was a German police officer and founding member of the counter-terrorist force GSG 9. Early life Wegener was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg. He was conscripted into the Luftwaffe as a 15-year-old during the final days of World War II and spent a brief period as a prisoner in a US POW camp at the end of the war. After 1945 Brandenburg, Wegener's home state, fell within the borders of Communist East Germany. In the early 1950s Wegener was arrested for the illegal distribution of dissident pamphlets within East Germany and was imprisoned for one year. In 1952 Wegener moved to West Germany and participated in entrance examinations for the Officer Candidate School of the German Armed Forces. Career Colonel Wegener was the ''Bundesgrenzschutz'' (Federal Border Protection) liaison officer for German Interior Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the time of the Munich Olympics. Wegener witnessed the botched attempt to rescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen T
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, ΣτÎφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wegener (Nazi)
Paul Wegener (1 October 1908 – 5 May 1993) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who served as the ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems as well as the '' Reichsstatthalter'' of both Bremen and the Free State of Oldenburg. Early life Wegener was born in Varel, the son of a physician. He attended volksschule and realschule in Varel before graduating from the Ballenstedt gymnasium in 1926. He then trained in agriculture at the Colonial Training School in Witzenhausen, receiving certification in colonial administration in 1928. He served an apprenticeship in an import/export business in Bremen for two years and then was employed until 1931 as a buyer for Daimler Benz, also in Bremen. Nazi Party functionary Wegener joined the Nazi Party on 1 August 1930 (membership number 286,225) and the Sturmabteilung (SA) on 1 February 1931. He became the ''Ortsgruppenleiter'' for the Ortsgruppe (Local Group) in Varel on 10 April 1931, and was at the time the youngest person holding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema. Acting career At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and concentrate on acting, touring the provinces before joining Max Reinhardt's acting troupe in 1906. In 1912, he turned to the new medium of motion pictures and appeared in the 1913 version of '' The Student of Prague''. It was while making this film that he first heard the old Jewish legend of the Golem and proceeded to adapt the story to film, co-directing and co-writing the script with Henrik Galeen. His first version of the tale '' The Golem'' (1915, now lost) was a success and firmly established Wegener's reputation. In 1917, he made a parody of the story called ''Der Golem und die Tänzerin'', but it was his reworking of the tale, '' The Golem: How He Came into the World'' (1920) which stands as one of the classics of German cinema and help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wegener (sport Shooter)
Otto Wegener (3 February 1881 Р2 April 1938) was a Danish sports shooter. He competed in three events at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'̩t̩ de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... References External links * 1881 births 1938 deaths Danish male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Denmark Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics People from Skanderborg Municipality Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wegener
Otto Wegener (20 January 1849, in Helsingborg – 4 February 1924, in Paris) was a Swedish-born French portrait photographer. Biography He moved to Paris to open a photographic studio when he was eighteen. Where and how he learned photography is unknown. He quickly gained a reputation as a professional; specializing in photographs of cultural and entertainment personalities. He signed his works with "OTTO", in gold letters, to match the sign above the door of his studio. He eventually came to occupy four floors of the building. He taught photography to Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke of Sweden and Edward Steichen was one of his assistants. He is most famous for his portraits of Isadora Duncan and Marcel Proust, who was also a friend, and Paul Verlaine, who posed in 1893 as part of his preparation to become a candidate for membership in the Académie Française. He participated in numerous exhibitions; in France and abroad. A fire at his studio in 1916 caused significant damage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wegener
Michael Denis Wegener (born October 8, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the Baltimore Orioles before the 1964 season, drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Orioles in the 1964 first-year draft (November 30), and later drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Phillies as the 15th pick in the 1968 MLB expansion draft. He played for the Expos from 1969 to 1970. He was born in Denver, Colorado. Wegener is perhaps best known for giving up Willie Mays's 3000th hit on July 18, 1970. He would allow eight runs in that game (four earned) as the Giants defeated the Expos 10–1. The majority of his 57 appearances were as a starter, but he did relieve in 15 games. He had "good stuff" but was prone to wildness, as evidenced by 152 bases on balls and 17 wild pitches in just 270 innings. His BB/9IP was 5.07, much higher than the National League average at that time. Career highlights include: *a four-hit, complete game shutout against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Wegener
Kurt Wegener (April 3, 1878 in Berlin - February 29, 1964 in Munich) was a German polar explorer and meteorologist. He was the brother of Alfred Wegener. He worked at the Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg near Beeskow Beeskow ( dsb, Bezkow) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Beeskow.pdf, Developm ... with his brother. References 1878 births 1964 deaths German polar explorers German meteorologists Tectonicists {{Germany-explorer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingo Wegener
Ingo Wegener (December 4, 1950 in Bremen – November 26, 2008 in Bielefeld) was an influential German computer scientist working in the field of theoretical computer science. Education and career Wegener was educated at the Bielefeld University. He earned a diploma in mathematics there in 1976, a doctorate in 1978, and a habilitation in 1981. His doctoral dissertation, ''Boolesche Funktionen, deren monotone Komplexität fast quadratisch ist'', was jointly supervised by and Rudolf Ahlswede. He was a computer science professor at Goethe University Frankfurt from 1980 until 1987, when he moved to the Technical University of Dortmund. He remained at Dortmund until his death. Contributions Wegener's dissertation research concerned circuit complexity, and he was known for his research on Boolean functions and binary decision diagrams. He wrote two books on related topics, ''The Complexity of Boolean Functions'' (Wiley, 1987, also called "the blue book") and ''Branching Programs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
