Karl Becker (other)
Karl Becker may refer to: *Karl Becker (painter) (1820–1900), German painter *Karl Becker (philologist) (1775–1849), German physician and philologist *Karl Becker (statistician) (1823–1896), German statistician *Karl Heinrich Emil Becker (1879–1940), German engineer and officer *Karl Friedrich Becker (1777–1806), German historian *Karl Josef Becker (1928–2015), German Catholic theologian See also * Karl-Heinz Becker (other) *Carl Becker (other) Carl Becker is the name of: * Carl Fredrick Becker (1919–2013), American luthier and restorer *Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933), German scholar on Islam, Prussian minister of culture and education * Carl K. Becker (1894–1990), American doctor ...

Karl Becker (painter)
Karl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (18 December 1820 – 20 December 1900) was a German history painter and president of the Berlin Academy. Biography Becker was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of August von Klöber, Peter von Cornelius, and Heinrich Maria von Hess, and afterwards studied a year in Paris, two years in Rome, and visited Venice. He first attained success with subjects of the Venetian Renaissance. Later in life, he made many visits to Venice to study paintings drawn from life in the 15th and 16th centuries. The chief characteristics of his manner are historical fidelity, skillfulness of technique, and richness of coloring. His works include “Belisarius as a Beggar” (1850), “Jeweler at a Venetian Senator's” (1855), “Visit of Sebastian del Piombo to Titian” (1861), “Doge in Council” (1864), “Charles V and Fugger” (1870), “Dürer in Venice” (1873), “Charles V Visiting Titian” (1873), “In the Picture Gallery” (1874), “Bianca Capello ...
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Karl Becker (philologist)
Karl Ferdinand Becker (14 April 1775 Lieser (Mosel) – 4 September 1849 Offenbach am Main) was a German physician, educationalist, and philologist. He wrote a German grammar. His deductive approach to comparative philology was later discredited. Biography He was educated at Hildesheim, and then taught there from 1794 to 1799. He then studied medicine at the University of Göttingen, became a physician at Offenbach in 1815, and was a surgeon in the army. In 1823, he opened a small private school in Offenbach. Philological research His work as an instructor led him to make researches in philology, which for a time met with considerable recognition. His view was that all languages are subject to certain logical and philosophical principles, and that thus a science of comparative philology might be arrived at by a process of deduction. This method was later largely discredited by the investigations of Jakob Grimm and others, whereby comparative philology is based on principles o ...
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Karl Becker (statistician)
Karl Becker (2 October 182320 June 1896) was a German statistician. Biography Becker was born in , in what is now Stadland. In 1842, he received a commission in the army, and was also an instructor in the Oldenburg Military Academy. He fought in the First Schleswig War against Denmark, and rose to be a captain. In 1855, he organized the statistical bureau of Oldenburg, of which he was director until 1872. He edited ''Statistische Nachrichten über das Grossherzogthum Oldenburg'' (Statistical reports for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg; 1857–72). He then became director of the statistical office of the German Empire, where he remained until his death in Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U .... In this capacity, he edited the ''Monatsheft zur Statistik des Deutsche ...
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Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker (14 September 1879 – 8 April 1940) was a German weapons engineer and artillery general. He advocated and implemented close ties of the military to science for purposes of advanced weapons development. He was the head of the Army Ordnance Office, Senator of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, first president of the Reich Research Council, the first general officer to be a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, as well as being a professor at both the University of Berlin and the Berlin Technical University. He was an early and key supporter of the development of ballistic rockets as weapons. The military-scientific infrastructure he helped implement supported the German nuclear energy program, known as the Uranium Club. Being depressed over heavy criticism from Hitler for shortfalls in munitions production, he committed suicide in 1940. He was given a State funeral. Career From 1898, Becker was a military engineer. From 1901 to 1903, Becker studied at the ...
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Karl Friedrich Becker
Karl Friedrich Becker (11 March 1777 – 15 March 1806) was a German educator and historian. His most noted work was ''World History for Children and Teachers of Children'' (german: Weltgeschichte für Kinder und Kinderlehrer) which was widely used and much edited and revised by other noted historians after Becker's death. Biography Becker was a native of Berlin. He studied history and philosophy at the University of Halle, and after finishing his studies, worked as a tutor in Cottbus. From 1798 to 1800 he was a schoolteacher in Berlin, but due to poor health had to resign from teaching and devote his time to literary and historical work. Becker died on 15 March 1806 at the age of 29. His grave is preserved in the Protestant ''Friedhof I der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde'' (Cemetery No. I of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor. Works Becker is remembered today as author of the nine-volume ''Weltgesc ...
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Karl Josef Becker
Karl Josef Becker S.J. (18 April 1928 – 10 February 2015) was a German Catholic theologian and consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 15 September 1977. He taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Life Becker entered the Society of Jesus on 13 April after having studied classical philology for three semesters. After the novitiate in Cologne, he studied philosophy at the Jesuit Seminary of Pullach (todaHochschule für Philosophie/Philosophical FacultySJ in Munich) from 1950 to 1953. From 1955 to 1959, he studied theology at thUniversity (Hochschule) for Philosophy and Theology Sankt Georgenin Frankfurt am Main. His doctoral dissertation in theology was "Die Rechtfertigungslehre nach Domingo de Soto. Das Denken eines Konzilstellnehmers vor, in und nach Trient", which he defended in 1963. It was published in 1967. According to John L. Allen Jr., Becker enjoyed the respect and trust of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the prefect of the con ...
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Karl-Heinz Becker (other)
Karl-Heinz Becker may refer to: * Karl-Heinz Becker (athlete) * Karl-Heinz Becker (pilot) This list of German World War II jet aces has a sortable table of notable German jet ace pilots during World War II. Background A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during ...