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Klepper
Klepper is a surname of German origin, which derives from the Middle High German word kleppern, meaning "to gossip". Alternative spellings include Klepfer, Kloepfer, and Klopfer. The name may refer to: *Christian Kloepfer (1847–1913), Canadian politician * Ed Klepfer (1888–1950), American baseball player * Frank B. Klepper (1864-1933), American politician * Jeff Klepper (born 1953), American musician *Jochen Klepper Jochen Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German writer, poet and journalist. Life Klepper was born in Beuthen an der Oder, (now Bytom Odrzański in Poland). Suffering from severe asthma, he was schooled at home by his father, a ... (1903–1942), German writer * John Klepper (1906–1997), American politician * Jordan Klepper (born 1979), American comedian * Leon Klepper (1900-1991), Romanian composer * Steven Klepper (1949–1997), American economics professor See also * 7130 Klepper, a main-belt asteroid * Klepper canoe *'' Klepper (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Klepper
Jordan Klepper (born March 9, 1979) is an American comedian. He began his career as a member of The Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. From 2014 to 2017, he was a correspondent on ''The Daily Show''. He started his own satirical program, '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', which was canceled in 2018. He then starred in the 2019 docuseries '' Klepper'', before returning to ''The Daily Show'' later that year as a contributor, and eventually a rotating host. He often appears on a segment entitled "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse." Early life Jordan Klepper was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on March 9, 1979, the son of Betse, a secretary at Loy Norrix High School, and Mark Klepper. He is primarily of Dutch ancestry. Betse and Mark were introduced to each other by Betse's cousin, the actor and comedian Tim Allen, who was Mark's roommate at Western Michigan University. Klepper attended Kalamazoo Central High School and Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Klepper
Steven Irwin Klepper (January 24, 1949 - May 27, 2013) was an American economics professor, researcher and author. Klepper was the Arthur Arton Hamerschlag Professor of Economics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was recognized for his teaching and research related to the integration of traditional economic models with evolutionary theory, and finding connections between the study of entrepreneurship and mainstream economics. In 2011, he was the recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Klepper authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles generating more than 10,000 citations. He is listed in the top five percent of most influential economist authors in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. Education Klepper received his B.A. in economics in 1970; M.A. in economics in 1972, and Ph.D. in economics in 1975 all from Cornell University. Career Klepper joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University in 1980. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klepper (TV Series)
''Klepper'' is an American television docuseries hosted by Jordan Klepper. It is his second series for Comedy Central following the end of ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'' in 2018. ''Klepper'' premiered on May 9, 2019. Premise ''Klepper'' follows Jordan Klepper operating outside of the studio in the field. He travels across the United States and shares conversations with real people. Production On June 15, 2018, Comedy Central announced that it was canceling ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'' after one season, but that Klepper would be hosting a new primetime weekly talk show. Klepper would be stepping away from the traditional late-night desk and out exploring various communities in the United States to learn about various issues that are impacting the country. Each episode will be accompanied by a filmed podcast in which Klepper and the series producers discuss behind the scenes, and how their perspectives have changed as a result. During filming of the series, Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klepper Canoe
A folding kayak is a direct descendant of the original Inuit kayak made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones. A modern folder has a collapsible frame made of some combination of wood, aluminium and plastic, and a skin made of a tough fabric with a waterproof coating. Many have integral air chambers inside the hull, making them virtually unsinkable. History First models The first workable folding kayak was built by in 1905, a German architectural student. Heurich paddled his creation on the Isar River near Munich and took out a patent on the design, called the ''Delphin'' (German: dolphin), the following year. The Delphin had a bamboo frame with a sailcloth hull stretched over it. It could be folded up and carried in three bags, each weighing less than . The folding kayak was made commercially successful by , whose factory was at Rosenheim, Germany. kayaks were very popular for their compact size and ease of transport. Klepper's ''Faltboot'' was intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Klepper
Jochen Klepper (22 March 1903 – 11 December 1942) was a German writer, poet and journalist. Life Klepper was born in Beuthen an der Oder, (now Bytom Odrzański in Poland). Suffering from severe asthma, he was schooled at home by his father, a Lutheran minister, until the age of 14. He then studied at the Gymnasium in Glogau. In 1922, he started studying theology at the University of Erlangen, before transferring to the University of Breslau a year later. He completed his degree and began doctoral studies, but in 1926 he abandoned this, instead working as a church publisher and later a journalist to support his family. He held a sermon as a substitute to his ill father in 1927. He married Johanna Stein from a Jewish family in 1931. They moved to Berlin where he worked for the radio but was dismissed in 1933. Starting in December 1935, he wrote for Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenbergs journal ' (''White Papers''). In December 1940, he was drafted by the German Army � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Klepper
Leon Klepper (24 April 1900 in Iași, Romania – 7 December 1991 in Freiburg Brsg., Germany) was a Romanian composer of classical music. Born to a Jewish family in Iași, Klepper studied in Vienna with Joseph Marx, in Berlin with Franz Schreker and with Paul Dukas and Alfred Cortot (piano) in Paris, where he lived until 1939. From 1949 to 1959, he was a composition professor at the National University of Music Bucharest. Afterwards, he lived as a freelance composer and music teacher in Freiburg im Breisgau where he died in 1991 aged 91. He composed two symphonic poems, a ''Festive Overture'', a Concerto grosso, a Concertino for piano four hands, a partita for piano and orchestra, chamber music works and piano pieces. He wrote the film scores for ''The Family Ornament'' (Bijuterii de Familie), Romania, 1958 and ''Destroyed Citadel'' (Citadela Fărimată), Romania, 1957. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Klepper
John W. Klepper (October 23, 1906 – November 13, 1997) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It .... References Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1906 births 1997 deaths 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Klepper
Jeff Klepper is a cantor and influential figure within Contemporary Jewish religious music, particularly the "American nusach" scene. He has performed with Rabbi Dan Freelander as part of the group Kol B'Seder since 1972. Their melody for Shalom Rav is the most popularly sung in the denominations of Judaism where many prayers are sung rather than chanted. His compositions have been preserved in the Milken Archive of Jewish Music. Jeff was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and earned a master's degree in music from Northeastern Illinois University. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music from HUC-JIR in 2005. He co-edited the song section in the Reform prayer book, ''Mishkan T’filah'', and co-founded (with Debbie Friedman Deborah Lynn Friedman (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011)Horn, JordanaBeloved US Jewish songwriter, Debbie Friedman, dies ''The Jerusalem Post'', January 9, 2011Fox, MargalitDebbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klopfer
Klopfer is a German occupational surname, derived from the Middle High German ''klopfen'', meaning "to pound, bang, or hammer", and thus indicating a person in the clothing trade, mining or metal working.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Klopfer Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016. Notable people with the surname include: *Bruno Klopfer (1900–1971), German psychologist * Donald S. Klopfer (1902–1986), American businessman * Eric Klopfer (born 1970), American educator * Eugen Klöpfer (1886–1950), German actor * George Klopfer (1940–2019), American physician * Gerhard Klopfer (1905–1987), German Nazi official * Goetz Klopfer (born 1942), American race walker *Heini Klopfer Heinrich "Heini" Klopfer (3 April 1918 in Oberstdorf – 18 November 1968) was a German ski jumper and architect. At age 17, Klopfer was selected for trials for the 1936 Winter Olympics, but failed to qualify. After World War II Klopfer, Sepp Weil ... (1918–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German (OHG) into Early New High German (ENHG). High German is defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the High German consonant shift, Second Sound Shift; the Middle Low German (MLG) and Middle Dutch languages spoken to the North and North West, which did not participate in this sound change, are not part of MHG. While there is no ''standard'' MHG, the prestige of the Hohenstaufen court gave rise in the late 12th century to a supra-regional literary language () based on Swabian dialect, Swabian, an Alemannic German, Alemannic dialect. This historical interpretation is complicated by the tendency of modern editions of MHG texts to use ''normalised'' spellings based on this variety (usually called "Classical MHG"), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Kloepfer
Christian Kloepfer (December 22, 1847 – February 9, 1913) was a wholesale merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Wellington South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1900 as a Conservative. He was born in New Germany, Waterloo County, Canada West, the son of German immigrants. Kloepfer sold hardware for carriages. In 1880, he married Elizabeth Murray. Kloepfer ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1900 and 1904. He served as a member of the municipal council for Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as The Royal City, it is roughly east of Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario Highway 6, .... Kloepfer was a director of the Traders Bank of Canada. He died in Guelph at the age of 65. Electoral record References Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
