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Durlacher
Durlacher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Durlacher (1818–1869), Australian explorer * Doris Durlacher (1870–1942), Australian nurse and midwife * Elcan Durlacher (1817–1889), German translator and publisher * Jessica Durlacher (born 1961), Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist * Laurence Durlacher (1904–1986), Royal Navy admiral * Lewis Durlacher (1792–1864), surgeon-chiropodist to the British royal household * Lindsey Durlacher (1974–2011), American Greco-Roman wrestler * Ludwig Durlacher a.k.a. Louis Attila (1844–1924), German-born American strongman * Montague Durlacher (1824–1894), who succeeded his father Lewis as chiropodist to the British royal household * Patrick Durlacher (1903–1971), English cricketer * Richard Durlacher (born 1932), Austrian racing cyclist * Ruth Durlacher Ruth Durlacher (née Dyas; 22 July 1876 – 21 September 1946) was an Irish tennis player. She played in the Wimbledon Championships be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Durlacher
Ruth Durlacher (née Dyas; 22 July 1876 – 21 September 1946) was an Irish tennis player. She played in the Wimbledon Championships between 1897 and 1907. Early life Durlacher was born Ruth Dyas in Malahide on 22 July 1876. Durlacher was daughter to Jacob Dyas and Sophia Dyas. Durlacher was baptised Protestant (Church of Ireland) on the 16 November 1900 in St. James Paddington. Durlacher had one brother and one older sister. The Durlachers were a wealthy family. Their original family home was Heathstown House. Durlacher grew up in England. She entered her first competition at 18. She married fellow tennis player Neville John Durlacher in Rathdown on 17 December 1898 at the age of 23. They had two children: Patrick Durlacher who was a successful cricket player and Nora Durlacher who was a successful tennis player. Role in tennis The Irish Championships were first established in 1879 and took place in Pembroke Place, and it moved on to Wilton Place from 1880 till 1902. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Durlacher
Lindsey Durlacher (September 14, 1974 – June 4, 2011) was an American Greco-Roman wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, and judo athlete whose career highlight was a bronze medal at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships at 55 kg. He was among the most accomplished collegiate wrestlers in Illinois history. Early life Durlacher was Jewish, and was born in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Riley Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove. Wrestling career He was a graduate of Buffalo Grove High School in Buffalo Grove, IL, going 44–0–1 in his senior year, where he later coached and mentored students. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Illinois. His career highlight was a bronze medal at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships at 121 pounds. Durlacher was also the 1991 Wisconsin state champion, second in the 1991 Junior Nationals, 1992 Wisconsin high school champion (103 pounds), 1993 Macc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Durlacher
Alfred Durlacher (18181869) was the fifth resident magistrate to be appointed to Toodyay, Western Australia, serving between 1861 and 1865. Durlacher was born on 30 May 1818. As a young man equipped with a sound education, he left for the Swan River Colony on , arriving at Fremantle in 1838. He was immediately employed with the Survey Office, and worked as a surveyor until 1841, then again in 1843. In that year he led the Lefroy brothers, Gerald de Courcy and Anthony, who were searching for unleased pastoral land, on an expedition to the Moore River district. He then left the civil service and tried various occupations, including a failed attempt to join the Anglican ministry. When he applied to be a candidate, Archdeacon John Ramsden Wollaston placed him under Reverend Charles Harper at Toodyay. However Wollaston found him unsuitable: In 1851 Durlacher returned to work for the government, being variously employed as a clerk in the governor's office, working in the Finance De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Durlacher
Miriam Dorothy Durlacher, more commonly known as Doris Durlacher, (18701942) was a nurse and midwife in Toodyay, Western Australia. Early life Durlacher was born on 14 March 1870 at White Peak Station near Geraldton, to Deborah Wilberforce Durlacher (the daughter of Michael Clarkson). Doris's father, Alfred Durlacher, had committed suicide four months earlier. After Durlacher's birth, the family moved to Toodyay to stay with relatives, before moving to Fremantle, where she attended school. After some years living in Fremantle the family moved to Perth where, after finishing her education, Durlacher opened a school for young children in Adelaide Terrace. Career During the first decade of the 20th century, Durlacher returned with her mother to Newcastle, where she worked as a nurse. She is listed as Nurse Durlacher for the first time in the 1908 Newcastle Post Office directory. In 1905 Nurse Despard, who had trained in Melbourne, opened a maternity hospital in Newcastle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Durlacher
Lewis Durlacher (1792– 3 March 1864) was a chiropodist who was appointed as surgeon-chiropodist to the royal household in 1823 and served under George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. Durlacher was born in Warwickshire (some sources say Birmingham). His parents, who were Jewish, were Solomon Abraham Durlacher (1757–1845), a chiropodist and dentist who came from Durlach near Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ..., Germany, and his wife Elizabeth ("Betsy") Harris who was from Warwickshire, perhaps Birmingham. He and his wife Susannah (née Levi; c.1798–1874) are both buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery in London. They had five sons (Alfred, Alexander, Montague, Henry and George) and a daughter (Elizabeth). Their son Montague succeeded his father in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montague Durlacher
Montague Durlacher (9 April 1824 – 16 November 1894) was an English surgeon-chiropodist. In 1879 he was appointed as surgeon-chiropodist to Queen Victoria's household,"Mr. Durlacher of Old Burlington Street has received from the Lord Chamberlain the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Surgeon Chiropodist to Her Majesty The Queen ictoria" ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 17 October 1879. in succession to his father Lewis. He was born in Westminster into a Jewish family, the third son of Lewis Durlacher (c.1792–1864) and his wife Susannah née Levi (c.1798–1874), who are both buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery Balls Pond Road Cemetery, also known as Jewish (West London Reform) Cemetery, Kingsbury Road Cemetery, Balls Pond Burial Ground and The Jewish Burial Ground, is a Jewish cemetery on Kingsbury Road, Canonbury, London N postcode area, N1. It was ... in London. Durlacher's first marriage, in 1850, was to Deborah Benjamin (who died in 1879 and is buried at Balls Pond Road Ceme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Durlacher
Patrick Neville Durlacher (17 March 1903 – 26 February 1971) was an English cricketer. Durlacher was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Paddington, London, the son of Neville Durlacher and his Irish-born wife Ruth Dyas. He was educated at Wellington College, where he represented the school cricket team. It was for the college that he was part of the Wellington Rackets pair who won the Public Schools Championship in 1921. He played for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1920, which turned out to be a successful season for him, which paved the way for him to make his first-class debut for Middlesex the following season. His first-class debut came against Somerset in 1921, although he was an infrequent fixture in the Middlesex side, playing just 4 further matches up till 1923. In his 5 first-class appearances, he scored 43 runs at a batting average of 10.75, with a high score of 27. He later studied at Cambridge University, despite not represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Durlacher
Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winter and they have two children, Moos and Moon (Solomonica). :nl:Jessica Durlacherbr> accessed October 8, 2006 Jessica Durlacher writes book reviews and columns for several magazines, such as Vrij Nederland. She made her debut as a novelist in 1997 with ''Het Geweten'' (''The Conscience''), following with ''De Dochter'' (''The Daughter'') in 2000. Both novels are about children of Holocaust survivors. Her third novel, ''Emoticon'', was published in 2004. The story is set against the background of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Her novels have been translated into German, Swedish, Russian and Italian. In the fall of 2005 she was a co-professor, together with Johan Snapper and Leon de Winter, at Berkeley of the course titled ''Anne Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Durlacher
Ludwig Durlacher, also known as Louis Attila, (July 2, 1844 – March 15, 1924) was a Grand Duchy of Baden-born American Strongman (strength athlete), strongman, gym owner and personal trainer. He trained members of European royal families and American high society (social class), high society as well as athletes like Eugen Sandow and James J. Corbett. He was "one of the first 'personal trainers' for the rich and famous". Early life Durlacher was born on July 2, 1844, in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden. He was trained by Italian strongman Felice Napoli from a young age, and he later joined the Baden Sharpshooters, a sports club. Career Durlacher began his career as a strongman in 1863, under the stage name of Attila. He toured all over Europe, including at the Folies Bergère in Paris and the Alhambra Theatre in London. He performed at the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. Durlacher became "one of the first 'personal trainers' for the rich and famous". His clients in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elcan Durlacher
Elcan Durlacher (; 1817 – 21 December 1889) was a German Hebraist and publisher, best known for his translations of Jewish liturgy into French. Durlacher was born in Karlsruhe, Baden in 1817. He went to Paris in 1845 as a teacher of languages, and founded a Hebrew publishing-house, which was continued, after his death, by his son. He compiled a Hebrew reader and an almanac, and wrote a small book entitled ''Joseph and His Brothers''. His two most notable works are a French translation of the German ''maḥzor'', and another of the ''siddur'', which he made with the assistance of L. Wogue, whose edition of the Pentateuch The Torah ( , "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch () o ... he published. Publications * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Durlacher, Elcan 1817 births 1889 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Durlacher
Admiral Sir Laurence George Durlacher KCB OBE DSC (24 July 1904 – 16 January 1986) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fifth Sea Lord. Naval career Durlacher joined the Royal Navy and chose to specialise in signals. He served in World War II initially as Commander of HM Signal School at the Admiralty and then as Fleet Signals Officer on the staff of Admiral Andrew Cunningham during the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was awarded the Legion of Merit by the US Government for his services in these campaigns and given command of HMS ''Volage'' in the Eastern Fleet in 1944. After the War, having been promoted to captain in 1945, he became deputy director of the Signal Division of the Naval Staff, and in 1949 was appointed Commander of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet. He went on to be Commander of the Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment at Haslemere The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Durlacher
Richard Durlacher (born 6 June 1932) is an Austrian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1959 Tour de France The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 18 July. The race featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. The Tour included 22 stages over . The race was won by Spanish cyclist Federico Ba .... References 1932 births Living people Austrian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
