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Benesch
Benesch is a surname, a Germanized version of Czech surname Beneš. Notable people with the surname include: * Leonie Benesch (born 1991), German actress * Lynn Benesch (born 1940), American actress * Otto Benesch (1896–1964), Austrian historian * Reinhold and Ruth Benesch (1919–1986 and 1925–2000), American biochemists * Susan Benesch (born 1964), American journalist and scholar See also * Wilson Benesch Wilson Benesch is a British company that designs and manufactures hi-fi high-end audio equipment, like loudspeakers and turntables. Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Today the company is regarded as an a ..., British audio equipment manufacturer {{surname, Benesch German-language surnames Surnames of Czech origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Benesch
Wilson Benesch is a British company that designs and manufactures hi-fi high-end audio equipment, like loudspeakers and turntables. Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Today the company is regarded as an audio design companies in the United Kingdom. Wilson Benesch operates its entire design and manufacturing operation from Falcon House, an art-deco styled building in the North-West of the city and the original home of Batchelors, built in the 1930s. Wilson Benesch's first product was the Wilson Benesch Turntable launched in 1991. Since then Wilson Benesch has consistently developed turntables, loudspeakers, and furniture. The company has frequently used carbon fibre composites and metal alloys within its manufacturing process. Despite its name, there are no relations between Wilson Benesch and the US loudspeaker manufacturer Wilson Audio. In-house design and manufacturing Wilson Benesch states that it manufactures almost 90% of all pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Benesch
Susan Benesch (born 1964) is an American journalist and scholar of speech who is known for founding the Dangerous Speech Project. Benesch is a free speech advocate, recommending the use of counterspeech rather than censorship to delegitimize harmful speech. __NOTOC__ Early life and education Benesch was born in 1964 in New York. She is of Czech ancestry on her father's side, and her family was described as "upper-middle class". Benesch described herself as descending from "immigrants, refugees and people who were killed because other people had been taught to hate them". After graduating from Columbia University, she worked in journalism, including as staff writer for the ''Miami Herald'' in Haiti and ''St. Petersburg Times'' correspondent in Latin America. She is fluent in Spanish. Benesch earned a JD at Yale in 2001 and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008. Career Benesch worked for the NGOs Amnesty International and Human Rights First, and is currently the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhold And Ruth Benesch
Reinhold Benesch (August 13, 1919 – December 30, 1986) and Ruth Erica Benesch (February 25, 1925-March 25, 2000) were American biochemists at Columbia University whose forty year scientific collaboration primarily investigated hemoglobin. Their most important discovery was the function of 2,3-bisphosphoglyceric acid. Reinhold Benesch was born in Poland but immigrated to England. He graduated from Leeds University in 1941. Ruth Benesch was born in Paris, France to Helene Leroi, a German economist who returned with her to Berlin six days later. She and her sister were evacuated to England via Kindertransport in 1939, where she graduated from Stroud High School and received a B.Sc. from Birkbeck College in 1946. To support herself in college she worked at a rubber factory where she met Reinhold, who was working there as a consultant. They married in 1946. Both Benesches earned their doctorates in biochemistry from Northwestern University, he in 1950, she in 1952. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Benesch
Otto Benesch (29 June 1896 in Ebenfurth – 16 November 1964 in Vienna) was an Austrian art historian. He was taught by Max Dvořák and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He is well known for his catalogue of Rembrandt's drawings. In 1942 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. Life and work Benesch was the son of art collector Heinrich Benesch, an important patron of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Being familiar with modern art from childhood, a personal acquaintance with Schiele left a lasting impression on him, which is also to be seen in several of his publications. From 1915 to 1921, Benesch studied art history, archaeology and philosophy at the University of Vienna mainly under Max Dvořák. In 1921 he wrote his PhD dissertation on the development of Rembrandt's drawing. From 1920 to 1923, he volunteered at the Art Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. In 1923, he became an assistant and later curator of the collection of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch (born 22 April 1991 in Hamburg) is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including ''Babylon Berlin ''and ''The Crown'', as well as ''Around the World in 80 Days''. She is currently based in London. Biography In 2009, Benesch played the role of Eva in the film ''The White Ribbon'', which won the Golden Palm. Film critics singled out her performance as "a discovery". She received the American "Young Artist Award" for her work, as well as a "New Faces Award". In 2010, she performed in Philip Koch's drama '' Picco'' and in Sophie Heldman's film ' (''Satte Farben vor Schwarz''), where she worked alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in ''Babylon Berlin'' as Greta Overbeck, winning the "German Acting Prize". Benesch also performed in ''The Crown'' as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. In 2020, she was cast in the BBC miniseries ''Around the World in 80 Days'', alongside David Tennant as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Benesch
Lynn Benesch, born Lynn Benish in Westchester, New York, aka Lynn Chester, is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Meredith Lord on the daytime drama '' One Life to Live'' from 1969 to 1973. In 1972 she won praise for her portrayal as a mother who had twins and one was stillborn; this led to addressing the issues around postpartum depression which was still struggling to be understood as a legitimate medical concern. She briefly reprised the role in 1987, when her character's sister Victoria Lord, having an out of body experience, took a trip to Heaven and reunited her with deceased loved ones. As Lynn Chester her theatrical credits include "Wait Until Dark" with Shirley Jones and "Star-Spangled Girl" with Anthony Perkins as well as the television series "General Hospital". A gifted singer and songwriter, she appeared with Skitch Henderson, and Wayland Pickard, with whom she co-wrote original songs which she performs in BBC-5's American import, radio soa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneš
Beneš (feminine Benešová) is a common Czech and Slovak surname. The surname was derived from the shortened Czech form of the given name Benedict (Latin name of meaning "blessed", see also the surname Benedict). In the old Czech orthography the word was written as Beness, the Germanized form is Benesch. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Benes (born 1972), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Andy Benes (born 1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Bedřich Beneš (born 1967), Czech-American computer scientist * Božena Benešová (1873–1936), Czech poet and author * Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement and the second President of Czechoslovakia * Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), American sculptor and widow of Zbigniew Brzezinski * Hana Benešová, Czech athlete * Ivan Beneš, Czech basketball player and coach * Iveta Benešová (born 1983), Czech professional tennis player * Jan Beneš (1936–2007), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
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 is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
