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Kuhrt (also Kührt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amélie Kuhrt (born 1944), British historian * Gordon Kuhrt (born 1941), British priest and author * Veit Kührt (born 1940), German ski jumper See also * Jacob Kuhrts (1832–1926) * Kurt (surname) Kurt or Kurd is a Turkish name and surname literally meaning "wolf".Güncel Türkçe Sözlük, ''kurt: (Canis lupus)'' * Ahmet Kurt Pasha, 18th Century Ottoman governor * Elvira Kurt (Kürt Elvíra), Hungarian-born Canadian comedian * Hamide Kurt ...
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Amélie Kuhrt
Amélie Kuhrt British Academy, FBA (23 September 1944 - 2 January 2023) was a British historian and specialist in the history of the ancient Near East. She was educated at King's College London, University College London and SOAS. Professor Emerita at University College London, she specialised in the social, cultural and political history of the region from c. 3000-100 BC, especially the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian and Seleucid empires. She was co-organiser of the Achaemenid History Workshops from 1983 to 1990. Kuhrt was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001. She was a member of the British Academy's Projects Committee, which is responsible for assessing the scope for new projects and initiatives sponsored by the Academy. Awards and honours In 1997, her book ''The Ancient Near East : c.3000-330 BC'' was awarded the annual American History Association's James Henry Breasted Prize for the best book in English on any field of history prior to the year 1000 AD.
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Gordon Kuhrt
Gordon Wilfred Kuhrt (born 15 February 1941) is an Anglican priest and author. He was the Archdeacon of Lewisham from 1989 to 1996. He has served a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1986 to 1996. Afterwards, he was Director of Ministry for the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England. He is now retired, married to Olive Kuhrt and has 3 sons and 10 grandchildren. Kuhrt was educated at Colfe's Grammar School, London University and Middlesex University. He was ordained in 1967 and served curacies at Illogan and Wallington. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) He held incumbencies at St John the Baptist Shenstone and Emmanuel, South Croydon. Early life In his autobiographical book, ''Life's Not Always Easy,'' Kuhrt tells of his childhood. He was born in the Indian city of Madras during the Second World War, which prevented his parents from returning to England. He was born with clubbed feet, and then, still in India, he contracted ''poliomyelit ...
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Veit Kührt
Veit Kührt (born 3 December 1940) is a German former ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... References External links * 1940 births Living people German male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for the United Team of Germany Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Zella-Mehlis Skiers from Thuringia 20th-century German sportspeople People from Bezirk Suhl East German male skiers {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub ...
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Jacob Kuhrts
Jacob Kuhrts or Kuhrtz (1832–1926), nicknamed "Uncle Jake," was a sailor, a miner, a teamster, a merchant, a volunteer fire chief and a member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the governing body of that city, during the 19th Century. Personal Birth and death Kuhrts was born on August 17, 1832, in Germany. He died at the age of ninety-three in his home, 1103 Arapahoe Street in today's Pico-Union District, on January 29, 1926, and funeral services were conducted at the Masonic Temple, with interment following in Inglewood Park Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included Albert Workman, Thomas Strohm, Isidore Dockweiler and John Schumacher. Family In a manuscript that Kuhrts wrote in 1906, he recalled how he changed his "wild life to that of a law-abiding citizen." He said that he tried to attend a dance in the Arcadia block but he was turned away at the door because the management would not admit any "desperadoes in here, for this is a German ball, and people have ...
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