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Behrend (surname)
Behrend is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Henry Behrend (1853–1935), Polish-born song composer * Felix Behrend (1911–1962), German and Australian mathematician * Friedrich Jacob Behrend (1803–1889), German physician * Genevieve Behrend (1881–1960), French-born author * Gustav Behrend (1847–1925), German dermatologist * Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (1898–1987), German military officer during World War II * Hilde Behrend (1917–2000), German-born English economist * Jacob Friedrich Behrend (1833–1907), German jurist * Jeanne Behrend (1911–1988), American pianist and composer * Jelena Behrend (born 1968), Serbian-born jewelry designer * Kai Behrend, German mathematician * Katharina Behrend (1888–1973), German-born Dutch photographer * Louise Behrend (1916–2011), American violinist and academic * Marc Behrend (born 1961), American ice hockey goaltender * Rita Behrend, German slalom canoer * Robert Behrend (1856–1926), German ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France ( Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland ( Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary ( Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Behrend
Katharina Eleonore Behrend (July 22, 1888 – November 15, 1973) was a German-born Dutch photographer who is remembered for a wide variety of photographic genres including a nude self-portrait. Biography Born in Leipzig, she grew up in a well-to-do family as the daughter of Robert Behrend, a chemistry professor, later moving to Hanover. She carefully recorded the photographs she took from 1904 with her father's 9 x 12 cm camera, noting shutter-speed, aperture, location and the names of the people photographed. , Nederlands Fotomuseum. Retrieved 20 March 2013. Behrend's work is archived at the |
Behrends
Behrends is a German surname. It is a variant of Behrendt. Notable people with the surname include: * Heinrich Behrends (1916–2002), German military officer during World War II *Hermann Behrends (1907–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes * Jan C. Behrends (born 1969), German historian *Leffmann Behrends Leffmann Behrends (or Liepmann Cohen, c. 1630 – January 1, 1714, Hanover) was the German-Jewish financial agent of the dukes and princes of Hanover. Biography Leffmann Behrends' honorable position is lauded by Mannasseh ben Israel in his ''H ... (1630–1714), German financial agent See also * Behrend (other) {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behrend (other)
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Behrend may refer to: People * Behrend (surname) Places * Penn State Erie (Behrend), Pennsylvania * Penn State Behrend * Arboretum at Penn State Behrend Other * Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, a United States Supreme Court case See also * Behrends * Behrendt Behrendt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Behrendt (born 1991), German footballer * Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 1953), German Member of the European Parliament, lawyer * Gerhard Behrendt (1929–2006), German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issachar Berend Lehmann
Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic agent as well as army and mint contractor working as a court Jew for Elector Augustus II the Strong of Saxony, King of Poland, and other German princes. He was privileged as a Court Jew and as a Resident. Thanks to his wealth, privileges as well as social and cultural commitment he was a Jewish dignitary famous in his day in Central and Eastern Europe. Life Ancestry and training Lehmann's father belonged to the Jewish upper class of Westphalia, just like his brother-in-law, the court Jew Leffmann Behrens of Bochum, later established in Hannover. From him, older biographers assume, Berend Lehmann received some business training and then traded in Behrens’ commission. In 1692 he is active together with Leffmann Behrens at the im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Behrend
Tomas Ugo Behrend (born 12 December 1974) is a German former professional tennis player. His career high ATP singles ranking was World No. 74, which he attained in October 2005. His career high in doubles was World No. 43 in October 2007. Behrend retired in 2007 and said he regrets never having the opportunity to have played Andre Agassi before he retired. Behrend has opened up a tennis academy in his hometown of Alsdorf called ToBe. Early life and change of nationality Behrend is of German descent and was born in Porto Alegre and raised in Novo Hamburgo where his father Claudio who was a volleyball player owns and runs a graphic and printing company. He started playing tennis at the age of five and in addition to playing tennis as a youngster he swam and played football, handball and volleyball before focusing on tennis. Behrend has three brothers and is a fan of the Gremio and Borussia Dortmund football teams. In 1991 Behrend went to Germany at the age of 17 to play club ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Behrend
Siegfried Behrend (19 November 1933 – 20 September 1990) was a German classical guitarist and composer. Biography Behrend was born in Berlin. He studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and composition at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin and taught himself classical guitar. In 1953, he gave the first German performance of Rodrigo's '' Concierto de Aranjuez''. At the age of 30 he already was a world-renowned artist with this instrument, playing for the Shah of Persia, the Emperor of Japan and Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo. In 1962, he met singer Belina during the making of a TV Show and they endeavoured to create some musical projects together. With their chansons, folk songs and Yiddish songs, they became highly respected and well-known representatives of German culture in the aftermath of World War II. They performed in more than 120 countries and were regular guests on German television and talkshows. In these years, they recorded several LP albums. In the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Behrend
Anton Friedrich Robert Behrend (17 December 1856 – 15 September 1926) was a German analytical organic chemist who made pioneering studies of stereochemistry and isomerism. He was also the first to synthesize uric acid and introduced potentiometric titration. The Behrend rearrangement reaction of nitrones is named after him. Behrend was born in Harburg to Karl, a trader and his wife Louise Elisabeth Margarethe Carol née Himbeck. He grew up in Hamburg. He joined the infantry regiment in 1876 and studied law for some time and then shifted to physics under Emil Gabriel Warburg. In 1877-78 he tried to study chemistry at Leipzig under Herman Kolbe but was not accepted as he knew nothing. He then worked under Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann and received a doctorate in organic chemistry in 1881. He became a professor in 1889 and in 1897, he moved to the Technical College of Hannover working on stereochemistry. He was among the first to synthesize uric acid, and cucurbituril In host-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Behrend
Rita Behrend is a retired slalom canoeist who competed for East Germany in the late 1950s. She won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 6th edition. The mixed C2 team event was not held at these championships after taking ... in Geneva. References * East German female canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Behrend
Marc James Behrend (born January 11, 1961 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 39 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season games with the Winnipeg Jets between 1984 and 1986. He was drafted by the Jets with the 85th pick overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Before turning professional, Behrend graduated from La Follette High School and was a member of the University of Wisconsin–Madison men's hockey team that won the NCAA championship in 1981 and 1983. Behrend was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player on both occasions, becoming only the second player in the history of the tournament to do so. He is also the only goaltender to play in three consecutive NCAA finals (1981–1983). He also played for the United States national hockey team in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo before turning professional. Post-playing career After his hockey career, Behrend joined the City of Madison Fire Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Behrend
Louise Behrend (October 3, 1916 – August 3, 2011) was an American violinist and academic. She was dedicated to the Suzuki method of teaching, and founded the Suzuki-based School for Strings. Life Louise Behrend was born in 1916 in Washington, D.C.; her father was a doctor and amateur pianist, and her mother was a mathematics teacher."Louise Behrend 1916-2011" ''The Juilliad Journal'', September 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2020."Louise Behrend: The Art of Teaching" ''The Juilliad Journal'', May–August 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2020. She studied at the Juilliard School with Louis Persinger, and on gaining a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Behrend
Kai Behrend is a German mathematician. He is a professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His work is in algebraic geometry and he has made important contributions in the theory of algebraic stacks, Gromov–Witten invariants and Donaldson–Thomas theory (cf. Behrend function.) He is also known for Behrend's formula, the generalization of the Grothendieck–Lefschetz trace formula to algebraic stacks. He is the recipient of the 2001 Coxeter–James Prize, the 2011 Jeffery–Williams Prize, and the 2015 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize. He was elected to the 2018 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings .... Selected publications * * * * References External linksThe personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
