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Beckert
Beckert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Franz Beckert (1907–1973), German gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics * Glenn Beckert (1940–2020), American baseball player * Jens Beckert (born 1967), German sociologist * Lothar Beckert (1931–2017), German long-distance runner *Patrick Beckert Patrick Beckert (born 17 April 1990) is a German Olympic speed skater. He was named Erfurt’s Athlete of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2020 and is the brother of olympic champion Stephanie Beckert. Beckert was able to win medals at national and ... (born 1990), German Olympic speed skater * Stephanie Beckert (born 1988), German speed skater * Sven Beckert, American historians and Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University * Tom Beckert, American sound engineer See also * Groz-Beckert, is part of the Groz-Beckert Group based in Albstadt-Ebingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany References German-language surnames {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Beckert
Jens Beckert (born 21 July 1967, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German sociologist with a strong interest in economic sociology. The author of books on inherited wealth and the social foundations of economic efficiency and imagined futures in the economy, he focuses on the role of the economy in society – especially based on studies of markets – as well as organizational sociology, the sociology of inheritance, and sociological theory. He is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, Germany, and a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Education and career Beckert earned his MA in sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1991 and his MBA at Free University of Berlin in 1993. He earned his doctorate with a dissertation in the field of economic sociology in 1996 at Free University of Berlin and his habilitation at the same university with a book on the sociology of inheritance in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Beckert
Glenn Alfred Beckert (October 12, 1940 – April 12, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs for nine seasons from 1965 to 1973, before ending his career with the San Diego Padres in 1975. He was a four-time All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner. Baseball career Beckert attended Perry Traditional Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1958. He was named All-City in baseball and basketball. He attended Allegheny College, where he played college baseball, graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1962. The Boston Red Sox signed Beckert as an amateur free agent in 1962. He was selected later that year by the Chicago Cubs from the Red Sox in the First-Year Player Draft on November 26. He spent three years in the minors as a shortstop, where he led the Pacific Coast League in putouts and assists in 1964. Following the sudden death of Cubs second baseman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groz-Beckert
The Groz-Beckert is a German manufacturing company that makes industrial needles and precision components for joining textiles. The company is part of the ''Groz-Beckert Group'' based in Albstadt-Ebingen in Baden-Württemberg. Groz-Beckert is the world's leading provider of industrial needles, precision components and fine tools as well as systems and services for the production and joining of textiles. Founded in 1852, the company is still family-owned. , the group of companies had around 8,700 employees, of which 2,203 worked at the headquarters in Albstadt. Groz-Beckert is the largest employer of the Zollernalbkreis. In the business year 2021 the company generated a turnover of 742 mil. Euro. History In 1852 Theodor Groz opened a store for toys and fashion accessories with an attached needle workshop in Ebingen, today part of Albstadt. In the same year he produced needles for warp knitting and hosiery production for the first time. In 1871 Ernst Beckert founded the identical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Beckert
Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. With Christine A. Desan, he is the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. He was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow in 2008. He was a Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Fellow. He was a New York Public Library Fellow. He is a Guggenheim Fellow. Early and personal life He studied history, economics and political science at the University of Hamburg, Germany and then graduated from Columbia University with a PhD in History. Beckert is married to Lisa McGirr, a fellow history professor at Harvard. They have two children. Career In 2003, Beckert worked at the University of Konstanz as a Humboldt Research Fellow. In 2020, an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award named by Carnegie Corporation of New York The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Beckert
Patrick Beckert (born 17 April 1990) is a German Olympic speed skater. He was named Erfurt’s Athlete of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2020 and is the brother of olympic champion Stephanie Beckert. Beckert was able to win medals at national and international levels as well as in the junior category. In the junior category, Beckert competed in the World Championships in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2007 in Innsbruck and 2009 in Zakopane, he and his team secured 2nd place in the men’s team competition. He is a multiple-time German junior champion and a 24-time German champion in the men’s category. In the World Cup, he has stood on the podium ten times with two second and eight third-place finishes. In his first year in the adult category in the 2009/10 season, he ranked 23rd in the overall World Cup over 5/10 km. His best overall World Cup placements are 3rd place in the team event in 2011/12 and 2nd place in the long distance 5/10 km in the winter of 2013/14, a feat nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Beckert
Stephanie Beckert (born 30 May 1988) is a long-distance speed skater from Germany. She had a fourth place standing at the 2008–09 women's 3000/5000 m World Cup. isuresults.eu At the she won one gold and two silver medals. Her mother Angela and five younger brothers and sisters all did speed skating, and one of the brothers, Patrick Patrick may refer to:
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Tom Beckert
Thomas Austin Beckert (December 6, 1926 – September 13, 2017) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. Selected filmography * '' The Deep'' (1977) * ''The Witches of Eastwick ''The Witches of Eastwick'' is a 1984 novel by American writer John Updike. A sequel, '' The Widows of Eastwick'', was published in 2008. Plot The story, set in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick in the early 1970s, follows the witc ...'' (1987) References External links * 1926 births 2017 deaths American audio engineers {{US-audio-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Beckert
Lothar Beckert (26 July 1931 – 28 April 2017) was a German long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References External links * 1931 births 2017 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics German male long-distance runners German male marathon runners Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Athletes from Saxony 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Beckert
Franz Ernst Beckert (13 March 1907 – 7 September 1973) was a German gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References Sports links * 1907 births 1973 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Germany Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen People from Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Gymnasts from Freiburg (region) People from the Republic of Baden {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
