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David Hoffman (other)
David Hoffman may refer to: * David Hoffman (jurist) (1784–1854), American jurist * David Allen Hoffman (born 1944), American mathematician * David E. Hoffman (born 1953), American writer and journalist * David Francis Hoffman (born 1946), American criminal * David H. Hoffman (born 1967), former federal prosecutor * David George Hoffman (born 1948), wrongly convicted Canadian man. * David Lee Hoffman, American importer and inventor * David M. Hoffman (born 1945), American author, political commentator and media activist * David Hoffman (rabbi) (1954–2011), American rabbi See also * David Hofman (1908–2003), British Bahá'ís faith leader * David Huffman (other) * David Hoffmann (other) {{hndis, Hoffman, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hoffman (jurist)
David Hoffman (December 24, 1784November 11, 1854) was an American legal scholar. He taught law at the University of Maryland from 1814 to 1843. Hoffman wrote Hoffman's Course of Legal Study, Hoffman's ''Course of Legal Study'', an influential early legal textbook. Hoffman was born in Baltimore on December 24, 1784, the youngest of eight brothers, to Dorothea Stierlin Lloyd and Peter Hoffman. His father, a businessman, had emigrated from Germany to Maryland. He attended St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), St. John's College, but left in 1802 without receiving a degree. In 1816, he married Mary McKean. Hoffman left his professorship at the University of Maryland in 1836 to study in Europe. He received doctorates in law from the University of Maryland and the University of Oxford, and a Doctor of both laws, doctorate of both laws from the University of Göttingen. He practiced law in Philadelphia from the late 1830s to 1847, when he left again for Europe. He died in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Allen Hoffman
David Allen Hoffman is an American mathematician whose research concerns differential geometry. He is an adjunct professor at Stanford University. In 1985, together with William Meeks, he proved that Costa's surface was embedded. He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society since 2018, for "contributions to differential geometry, particularly minimal surface theory, and for pioneering the use of computer graphics as an aid to research." He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1990 for his expository article "The Computer-Aided Discovery of New Embedded Minimal Surfaces". He obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1971 under the supervision of Robert Osserman. Technical contributions In 1973, James Michael and Leon Simon established a Sobolev inequality for functions on submanifolds of Euclidean space, in a form which is adapted to the mean curvature of the submanifold and takes on a special form for minimal submanifolds. One year later, Hoffman and Joel Spruck ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David E
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and '' Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Francis Hoffman
David Francis Hoffman (born 1946) is an American criminal known for the brutal murder and dismemberment of his wife, Carol Stebbins, in 1980. The murder occurred after the relationship between the married couple began to deteriorate and the introduction of Hoffman's mother, Helen Ulvinen, into their home. Hoffman was found guilty of murder by the first degree under the pre-1990 Minnesota law, and given a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 17 years. Hoffman's mother was also found guilty of the same crime but the decision was overturned a year later in the Minnesota Supreme Court Origins David Francis Hoffmann was born in 1946 and attended North High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Whilst living in West Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hoffman eventually met his wife Carol Stebbins; the pair had two daughters, the first being born in 1971 and the second in 1977. Troubling relationship with wife In the years leading up to the murder, Hoffman's relationship with his wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David H
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David George Hoffman
David George Hoffman (born 3 March 1948) is a Canadian man wrongly convicted of murder, for which he served four years in prison before he was acquitted on an appeal. Satan's Choice Hoffman was born on a farm between New Dundee and Plattsville. Unlike most outlaw bikers, Hoffman was a successful student who graduated with honors from the Waterloo Oxford Secondary School in 1966. In the spring of 1967, he joined the Preston (modern Cambridge) chapter of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club. Shortly afterwards, he began to work at the B.F. Goodrich Company factory in Kitchener. Unlike most members of Satan's Choice, Hoffman held a legitimate job and worked for a living. Hoffmann transferred over to the Kitchener chapter of Satan's Choice and served as the treasurer from October 1967 onward. A huge man whose hobby of weightlifting made even larger, Hoffman had the nickname of "Tee Hee" owing to his high-pitched laughter. The murder of William Matiyek On the evening of 18 October 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lee Hoffman
David Lee Hoffman is an American tea importer. He also founded and directs The Last Resort, an ecology research center, and The Phoenix Collection, a personal tea collection. History David Lee Hoffman is a self-promoted 'tea guru' and was as a vocal importer and public promoter of Chinese teas to the West, particularly puer teas. In the early 1970s he began importing puer teas from Nepal, and eventually ventured into remote regions in China to seek out the fine, rare, and wild teas. Hoffman is the subject of filmmaker Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht's 2007 documentary All in This Tea. In 2004 Hoffman sold Silk Road Tea company and now runs The Last Resort and The Phoenix Collection. Several Tibetan monks later contributed to the construction and creation of Hoffman's eastern-inspired sustainable research center in Lagunitas, California, which he calls "The Last Resort". The Last Resort Hoffman lives and works at a complex of home and business buildings he dubbed "The Last R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David M
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as " House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the '' Seder Olam Rabbah'', '' Seder Olam Zutta'', and '' Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hoffman (rabbi)
David Nachum Hoffman (1 February 1954 - 7 March 2011) was an American rabbi. He was best known as the spiritual leader of Temple Israel in Cape Town, South Africa from 1989 - 2006. Early life and career He was born in Los Angeles, California to parents, Samuel Rubin Hoffman (1928–2004) and Rochelle Chalip Hoffman (1926–1998). His father was a scientist and public school teacher who founded Camp Kinneret in Agoura, California in 1954 together with his wife. Rabbi Hoffman graduated from UCLA and later studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his rabbinical studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was ordained as a Conservative rabbi. Rabbi Hoffman was the Chairperson of the Interfaith Forum in Cape Town. He participated in this capacity in the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1999. He was prolific in Capetonian media, often writing articles in dialogue about Israel, and political issues in South Africa such as the death penalty. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hofman
David George Ronald Hofman (23 September 1908 – 9 May 2003) served as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Baháʼí Faith, between 1963 and 1988. He worked as the world's first television presenter for the British Broadcasting Corporation and later founded the publishing company George Ronald. History Early life and career Mr. Hofman was born in 1908 in Pune, India where his father served in the British Army. Educated in England, as a young man he set out to see the world. While in Canada during the 1930s, he encountered the Baháʼí Faith at the home of May and William Sutherland Maxwell in Montreal. He embraced the religion and continued his travels, living for a time in Hollywood, United States, and appearing in a number of silent movies. Back in England he earned several acting roles in the West End of London and in 1938 was a television announcer on early BBC television transmissions. His voice was also heard on the radio, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Huffman (other)
David Huffman David Oliver Huffman (May 10, 1945 – February 27, 1985) was an American actor and producer. Personal life Huffman was born on May 10, 1945, in Berwyn, Illinois, to Clarence and Opal Huffman (née Dippel). Huffman married casting director P ... (1945–1985) was an American actor. David Huffman may also refer to: * David A. Huffman (1925–1999), American computer scientist * Dave Huffman (1957–1998), American football player * David Huffman (artist) (born 1963), American painter and installation artist {{hndis, Huffman, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
