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Drechsler
Drechsler is a German surname, literally meaning "woodturner" or "lathe operator". Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Drechsler (1892–1986), American mycologist * Dave Drechsler (born 1960), former guard in the National Football League * Debbie Drechsler (born 1953), American illustrator and comic book creator * Hanno Drechsler (1931–2003), German political scientist * Heike Drechsler (born 1964), German track and field athlete * Joseph Drechsler (1782–1852), Austrian organist, composer and conductor * Karl Drechsler (1800–1873), German cellist * Margot Dreschel (1908–1945), SS-Aufseherin at many Nazi German concentration camps. * Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), German dentist, mayor of Lübeck, General Commissioner of Latvia for the Nazi occupation regime *Paul Drechsler (born 1956), Irish businessman * Werner Drechsler (1923–1944), German U-boat crewman * Wolfgang Drechsler Wolfgang Drechsler (born June 6, 1963 in Marburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike Drechsler
Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000. Drechsler also won Olympic medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 1988, a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships, and is a former world record holder in the 200 metres with 21.71 secs in 1986. Biography Drechsler was born in Gera, Bezirk Gera, East Germany (now Thuringia, Germany). As a teenager she was active in the Free German Youth (FDJ) and in 1984 she was elected to the Volkskammer of East Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1 April 1895 – 5 May 1945) was the General Commissioner of Latvia for the Nazi Germany's occupation regime (Reichskommissariat Ostland) during World War II. In this capacity, he played a role in setting up the Riga ghetto and was implicated in the extermination of the Latvian Jews. He committed suicide on 5 May 1945, after being captured by the British forces. Early life Drechsler became an officer cadet (''Fahnenjunker'') in the Lübeck infantry regiment of the German Army in 1914. He was severely wounded and lost a leg. He was mustered out of the Reichswehr in 1920. Andreas Zellhuber: ''"Unsere Verwaltung treibt einer Katastrophe zu …" Das Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete und die deutsche Besatzungsherrschaft in der Sowjetunion 1941–1945.'' Vögel, München 2006, S. 87, . (Quelle: Erich Stockhorst: ''Fünftausend Köpfe''. Velbert 1967, S. 112.) During the Weimar Republic Drechsler began the study of dentistry, and obtained the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanno Drechsler
Hanno Drechsler (24 March 1931 – 4 January 2003) was the Lord Mayor of the City of Marburg, Germany between 1970 and 1992, and the instigator of its restoration after urban renewal; he was also an important Social Democratic politician and political scientist. Life Education Hanno Drechsler went to school in Saxony, where after High School he studied to become a teacher and was certified for doing so on all levels, becoming very early the Principal of the ''Oberschule'' in Falkenstein. Because of political conflicts with the SED regime (such as the toleration of students who were members of a church), he and his wife fled East Germany in 1955, and settled in Marburg, West Germany. Here, Drechsler studied again, at the University of Marburg (1955–1961), mostly Political Science, History, and the German language, and became a student and then assistant of the political scientist Wolfgang Abendroth who was the main representative of political science of the "Frankfurt Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Drechsler
Charles Drechsler (May 1, 1892 – February 5, 1986) was an American mycologist with 45 years of research with the United States Department of Agriculture. He spent considerable time working with cereal fungal diseases, and the genus ''Drechslera'' was named after him. Drechsler also worked extensively on oomycete fungi and their interactions with vegetable plants. Drechsler was recognized as a leading authority on helminthosporia, oomycetes, and other parasitic fungi. Early life Drechsler was born on May 1, 1892 in Wisconsin. He was raised by his parents Louis and Bertha Alvina Schultz Drechsler on a farm near the village of Butternut. Lois and Bertha were of German origin, and Charles spoke only German until learning English in school. Education Drechsler attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he started off studying engineering, but switched to botany after attending a mycology lecture. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1913, and went on to complete a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Drechsler
Werner Drechsler (17 January 1917 – 12 March 1944) was a German U-boat crewman during World War II. He served on , which was sunk off the Azores in 1943. When he was taken prisoner, Drechsler, a conscript, enthusiastically cooperated with his captors. His father, a Social Democrat, had been sent to a Nazi concentration camp as a political prisoner. Eventually, United States Navy intelligence officers recruited Drechsler as a spy and placed him in a prisoner of war (POW) camp near Fort Meade, Maryland with other U-boat sailors. After arrival, Drechsler worked undercover, befriending his fellow POWs in order to collect information regarding German submarine technology, operational procedures and tactics and any other intelligence which could be useful to the Allies. On 12 March 1944 Drechsler was transferred to a different POW camp in Arizona which was filled mainly with other submariners of the Kriegsmarine. This transfer took place even though Drechsler was supposed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Drechsler
Paul Drechsler, (born 16 April 1956) is an Irish businessman. He is the former Confederation of British Industry President. He serves as the Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce and BusinessLDN. He is Chancellor of Teesside University. Early life Paul Drechsler graduated with a bachelor of science in engineering from Trinity College, Dublin. Business career Drechsler worked for Imperial Chemical Industries for twenty-four years. He joined the Wates Group, a private construction firm, in 2004. He served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 2006 until 2014. He served as the Chairman of Bibby Line from 2014-2020. He served as Senior Independent Director oEssentra Plcfrom 2005 until 2015. He serves as Non-Executive Director oGreencore PlcanSchroders & Co. Ltd Drechsler was made an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the construction industry in February 2015. In 2018, Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Drechsler
Joseph Drechsler (26 May 1782 – 27 February 1852) was an Austrian organist, teacher, composer and conductor; in Vienna he was organist and choirmaster at several churches, and theatre conductor and composer of incidental music. Life Drechsler was born in Wällisch Birken, ( Vlachovo Březí, now in the Czech Republic), son of a teacher. He was a choirboy in Passau and in Vornbach Abbey, where he studied basso continuo with the organist Dionys Grotz. He studied law and theology in Prague. He moved to Vienna in 1807, being invited by Karl Friedrich Hensler to direct the orchestra of the Theater in der Leopoldstadt; he turned down this offer and remained in Vienna as a music teacher. In 1810 he was répétiteur and from 1812 assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre."Drechsler (Traxler), Joseph" '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Drechsler
Wolfgang Drechsler (born June 6, 1963 in Marburg, West Germany) is a Public Administration and Management, Innovation Policy and Political Philosophy scholar. He is Professor of Governance, and one of the founders and directors of the Technology Governance program, at the Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, where between 2010 and 2016 he also served as Vice Dean for International Relations at its Faculty of Social Sciences. Since 2017, he is also affiliated with Harvard University, as a Davis Center Associate and a member of the center’s Advisory Board, and since 2019, with University College London, where he is Honorary Professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Drechsler holds degrees from Bridgewater College, the University of Virginia, the University of Marburg, and thGerman Post-Graduate School of Public AdministrationSpeyer. Between 1993 and 2006, he was Professor of Public Administration and Government at the University of Tartu. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Drechsler
Debbie Drechsler (born 1953) is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, '' Daddy's Girl'' (1996), was nominated for an Ignatz Award. Biography Drechsler was born in Champaign, Illinois, in 1953. She knew early in life that she wanted to make art of some kind. She studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In the 1970s, she discovered the feminist movement as well as alternative comics. She was originally encouraged to draw comics by fellow cartoonists Richard Sala and Michael Dougan. In 1992, she got her first piece published by Drawn & Quarterly. Her work later appeared in the Kitchen Sink Press anthology '' Twisted Sisters'', edited by Diane Noomin. In 1996, her first graphic novel was ''Daddy's Girl'', published by Fantagraphics. It was a semi-autobiographical story dealing with difficult subjects such as rape and incest. It was nominated for an Ignatz Award and also appeared as #81 in ''The Comics Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Drechsler
Dave Drechsler (born July 18, 1960) is a former guard in the National Football League. In the 1983 NFL Draft, Drechsler was drafted in the second round by the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ... and played two seasons with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drechsler played a total of 32 games over two seasons, all with the Green Bay Packers. In his rookie season, he started 12 games for the Packers, all at the Left Guard position. See also * List of Green Bay Packers players References 1960 births Green Bay Packers players American football offensive guards University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni North Carolina Tar Heels football players Living people {{off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Drechsler
Karl Drechsler (27 June 1800 – 1 December 1873) was a German cellist and teacher. Life Drechsler was born in Kamenz, and in 1820 he joined the court chapel in Dessau Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau .... He went in 1824 to study with Friedrich Dotzauer in Dresden, and returning to Dessau he received in 1826 the title of Ducal '' Konzertmeister''. He played as a soloist, in a quartet and as player in the orchestra. He retired in 1873, and died later that year in Dresden. He was said to have a noble, beautiful tone, elegant bowing, clean execution, clear intonation and tasteful presentation. He drew many students to Dessau; these included Bernhard Cossmann, Friedrich Grützmacher and . References {{DEFAULTSORT:Drechsler, Karl 1800 births 1873 deaths 19th-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner (surname)
Turner is a common surname originating from Normandy, France, arriving in England after the Norman conquest with the earliest known records dated in the 12th century. It is the 28th-most common surname in the United Kingdom. Most often it derives from an occupational name applied to a maker of small objects out of wood, metal or bone, by turning on a lathe (from Old French ''tornier'', "lathe", ultimately from Latin). In this sense it is analogous to the German surnames Drexel, Drechsler, Dressler, and Dreyer, Polish Tokarz, Finnish Sorvari, Russian Токарь (''Tokarʼ'') and related to English surnames such as Potter and Crocker. Other occasional origins include Old French ''tournoieur'', referring to someone either in charge of, or who participates in a tournament, and ''Turnhare'', referring to a fast runner (one who can outrun a hare). Early recordings of this surname include Ralph le Turner in the late 12th century. The earliest recorded spelling of this family na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
