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Hoyer
Hoyer or Høyer can refer to: People ; Surname * Anna Ovena Hoyer (1584-1655), German-born writer and poet, active in Sweden * Arne Høyer (1928-2010), Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics * Arnold Hoyer (...-1967 ), German guitar maker * Bizzie Høyer (1888-1971), Danish painter and art teacher * Bjarne Hoyer (1912-1991), Danish composer * Brian Hoyer (born 1985), American football quarterback * Claus Høyer (1891-1923), Norwegian rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Cornelius Høyer (1741-1804), Danish painter * Craig Hoyer (born 1960), Australian rules footballer * Didier Hoyer (born 1961), French sprint canoeist * Dore Hoyer (1911-1967), German expressionist dancer and choreographer * Doug Hoyer (active since 2003), Canadian pop-rock artist * Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar (1910-1984), British naval officer * Eric G. Hoyer (1898-1990), American interior designer and politician in Minnesota * Henryk Ferdynand Hoyer (1864–1947), Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Hoyer
Axel Edward Brian Hoyer (born October 13, 1985) is an American professional American football, football quarterback. Since joining the NFL in 2009 as an undrafted free agent, he has started for eight different teams, the second-most in league history. Hoyer's longest stint has been with the New England Patriots for eight non-consecutive seasons, primarily as a backup, and he was a member of the team that won Super Bowl LIII. His most successful season was with the Houston Texans in 2015, when he helped lead them to a division title. Early life Born in Lakewood, Ohio, and raised in North Olmsted, Ohio, North Olmsted, Hoyer attended Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland), Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played both high school football, football and baseball for the Wildcats. On the varsity baseball team, Hoyer played pitcher, infielder, and outfielder. In 2002, as a sophomore, he compiled an 8–1 record with a 1.99 ERA. He was the winning pitcher in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Hoyer first attained office through a special election on May 19, 1981, and is in his 23rd House term. His district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C. Hoyer is the dean of the United States congressional delegations from Maryland, Maryland congressional delegation and the most Seniority in the United States House of Representatives, senior Democrat in the House. From 2003 to 2023, Hoyer was the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives behind Nancy Pelosi. He is a two-time Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House majority leader, having served in the post from 2007 to 2011 under Speaker of the United States House of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Hoyer
Jed Hoyer (born December 7, 1973) is an American sports executive who is the president of baseball operations of the Chicago Cubs. He has been the general manager of the San Diego Padres and the assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox. Early and personal life Hoyer was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and is Jewish. Hoyer graduated from the Holderness School in Holderness, New Hampshire, where his mother was the school nurse and his father was the school doctor, in 1992. He then went to Wesleyan University in Connecticut, majoring in American history, where he was a shortstop and star pitcher who shares Wesleyan's career saves record with Sam Elias and Nick Miceli. During his time at Wesleyan University he was also initiated into and is a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon. In 1995, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and the Waterbury Barons of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, seeing innings on the mound and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Hoyer
Katja Hoyer (born 1985) is a German-British historian, journalist and writer. Life and career Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany, where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer. She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010. Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany. She is also a journalist for ''The Spectator'', ''The Washington Post,'' ''Times Literary Supplement'', ''UnHerd'', and ''Die Welt''. Her first book, ''Blood and Iron'', about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed, even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy. Her second book, '' Beyond the Wall'', about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom, but less well received in Germany. Hoyer is a Fellow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Hoyer
Doug Hoyer is a Canadian musician originally from Edmonton and currently based in Chicago. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Edmonton-based music collective OLD UGLY Recording Co. Active since 2003, Hoyer began as a cast member of the reality show '' Rock Camp'', which aired on CBC Television in 2004 and featured Joel Plaskett with various guests. Hoyer has released ten solo recordings and performed on several other releases by artists such as Born Gold and Jessica Jalbert. Career Hoyer has toured Canada multiple times since 2008, including once with Sean Nicholas Savage, once with Michael Rault, and twice with Edmonton hip hop outfit The Joe. He has played in and collaborated with numerous artists, including Jessica Jalbert, Christian Hansen, and Born Gold. Hoyer's side project, Bike Month, has featured extensive collaboration with dozens of his cohort, including Andy Shauf, Jessica Jalbert, and Michael Rault. In 2012, Hoyer was nominated for two Edmonton Music Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ovena Hoyer
Anna Ovena Hoyer (born: Anke Hanß, aka Anna Ovena Hoyers, Swedish language, Swedish: ''Anna Orena Höijer'') (Koldenbüttel on Eiderstedt, Ejdersted peninsula 1584 – 27 November 1655) was a writer and poet, originally German; active in Sweden from 1632. She belonged to the Schwenkfeldians (a branch founded by Nicolaus Knutzen Teting called Brethren in Christ (Brüder in Christo)) and was a critic of Lutheranism. Biography Hoyer was the only child of the wealthy astronomer Hans Owens (aka Johann Oven) (1560–1584) and his wife Wennecke Hunnens (1567–1587). After her parents' deaths she lived with her uncle Meves Owens (1555–1630) and was educated in astronomy, literature, music, and the Classics. At 15 she married Hermann Hoyer, stadtholder in Ejdersted, with whom she had at least nine children. With her dowry, amounting to 100,000 rixdollar of Free City of Lübeck, Lübeck fineness, she helped to repay debts charged on her spouse's estates. She inherited the manor Hoyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dore Hoyer
Dore Hoyer (12 December 1911 – 31 December 1967) was a German expressionist dancer and choreographer. She is credited as "one of the most important solo dancers of the Ausdruckstanz tradition." Inspired by Mary Wigman, she developed her own solo programmes and toured widely before and after the Second World War. Wigman called Hoyer "Europe's last great modern dancer." Biography Dore Hoyer was born in Dresden to a working-class family on 12 December 1911. As a young girl, she learned rhythmics and gymnastics. She trained in the style of Hellerau-Laxenburg in 1927–1928, before studying expressionist dance or ''Ausdruckstanz'' for a year with Gret Palucca in 1929–1930. In 1931, she was engaged as a soloist in Plauen, and in 1933 she became a ballet mistress in Oldenburg. In 1932 Hoyer met and fell in love with an 18-year-old musician, Peter Cieslak. Cieslak composed a number of solo dance pieces which Hoyer choreographed and performed. He died on 5 April 1935, possibly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer
Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer (26 April 1834 – 3 July 1907) was a Polish physician and professor at the University of Warsaw who is considered the founder of histology in Poland. He wrote the first textbook on histology in Polish in 1862. He is sometimes referred to as Henryk Hoyer (senior) to differentiate him from his son, the anatomist Henryk Ferdynand Hoyer. Hoyer's medium and Hoyer's solution are named after him. Life and work Hoyer was born in Inowrocław to pharmacist Ferdynand Hoyer and Helena née Trzcińska who died shortly after his birth. He went to school in Inowrocław and Bydgoszcz before studying medicine at Wrocław and Berlin. He was influenced by the teachings of Rudolf Virchow, Johannes Müller, and Ernst Haeckel. After receiving his medical degree in 1857 he became an assistant to Karl Reichert at the University of Wrocław. He then became an assistant professor at Warsaw in 1859 and a full professor of embryology in 1862. He began to lose his eyesight from 1894. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Hoyer
Craig Hoyer (born 6 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hoyer was a ruckman, originally from Redcliffe, who had played three seasons with Swan Districts before joining Hawthorn. The Western Australian was restricted to just four senior games for Hawthorn. Craig returned to Swan Districts for the last 9 games of the 1984 WAFL season. Craig signed with the Hobart Football Club Hobart Football Club (nicknamed The Tigers) is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and is a member of the Southern Football League. ... for the 1985 season. In both 1986 and 1987, Hoyer won Hobart's "Best and Fairest" award and came runner-up in the 1986 William Leitch Medal to Andy Bennett from Sandy Bay. Hoyer left Hobart at the end of the 1988 season and joined the Devonport Blues for the 1989 season, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar
Dame Evelyn Louisa Elizabeth Hoyer-Millar, (17 December 1910 – 26 February 1984) was a British naval officer who served as Commandant of the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1958 to 1960. Naval career Hoyer-Millar (from a Scottish family, related to the Barons Inchyra), the daughter of Robert Christian Hoyer-Millar (or Hoyer Millar) and Muriel Rosa Lillian ( Foster) Hoyer-Millar, served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) 1939–41, then joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1942. She was commissioned as a second officer (equivalent to lieutenant) in 1943, and later was in charge of the first party of WRNS to land in Normandy. Hoyer-Millar was promoted to first officer then, in 1945, to acting chief officer (equivalent to commander). She was superintendent (captain) of the Air branch and then the Training branch of the WRNS before becoming commandant of the WRNS 1958–60. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1952 New Year Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saimi Hoyer
Saimi Hoyer (née Nousiainen, born 18 June 1974, Helsinki) is a Finnish model and television personality. Her unique look helped her become one of the most successful models in Finland. Life She was born in 1974. Her parents were actors Soila Komi and Jyrki Nousiainen. Before modeling, Hoyer studied at Sibelius Academy. After this, she studied Hungarian, Italian and literature at the University of Jyväskylä. Her modeling career began when a photographer "discovered" her at a concert while she was on exchange in Firenze, Italy studying theatre. Hoyer got to walk the catwalk in Milan, Paris, London, New York City and Tokyo and worked for Diesel and Burberry. Her photos have been seen in Italy and featured on the pages of US ''Vogue'' and ''Marie Claire''. Hoyer retired from modeling in 2003 and became an editor for ''Image'' magazine and a columnist for the magazine ''MeNaiset''. She has also written columns for Savon Sanomat and has been a weather reporter for Nelonen. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luidjino Hoyer
Luidjino Martir Hojer (born 5 February 1988) known as Luidjino Hoyer, is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Magreb '90 in the Dutch Topklasse and for the Curaçao national team. Club career Born in Santa Rosa, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Hoyer began his career with S.V. Victory Boys in the Sekshon Pagá, the highest level of football in Curaçao. He parted with the club after six seasons, playing for RKSV Centro Dominguito, whom he helped to their fourth national championship in 2015 winning the FKK Player of the Year award in the process. He then relocated to the Netherlands, signing with V.V. Magreb '90, competing in the Topklasse, the third tier of professional football in the Netherlands. He made his debut on 23 August 2015 in a 2–0 away win against FC Lienden. International career Hoyer plays for the national team of Curaçao, on 19 August 2011, Hoyer made his first appearance for Curaçao in the countries first official match after the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
