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Ludwig Becker (other)
Ludwig Becker may refer to: * Ludwig Becker (explorer) (1808–1861), German-born artist, explorer and naturalist * Ludwig Hugo Becker Ludwig Hugo Becker (July 19, 1833 in Wesel - December 25, 1868 in Düsseldorf) was a painter and etcher. Becker was born at Wesel and studied landscape painting under Schirmer and Gude, at Düsseldorf, about 1852. He afterwards visited Westpha ... (1834–1868), German painter and etcher * Ludwig Becker (architect) (1855–1940), German architect, church and cathedral master builder * Ludwig Becker (astronomer) (1860–1947), Scottish astronomer * Ludwig Becker (politician) (1892–1974), German trades unionist, politician and resistance activist * Ludwig Becker (pilot) (1911–1943), Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II {{hndis, Becker, Ludwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Becker (explorer)
Ludwig Phillip Heinrich Becker (5 or 9 September 1808 – 27 April 1861) was a German artist, explorer and naturalist. He was born in Rödelheim near Frankfurt am Main. He moved to Australia in 1850, and was a member of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition. He died at the expedition's camp on the western bank of Koorliatto Waterhole, Bulloo River in 1861. Early years Becker was born at Rödelheim near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1808. His father was Ernst Friedrich Becker (1750–1826) and his mother was Amöne Eleonore Weber (1782–1819). Becker was the eldest of five children from this marriage. After his mother's death, Becker's father married Johanette Christiane Weber, a younger sister of his first wife. They had three more children. He left Germany in 1850. As was common practice at the time, he was referred to as Dr. Becker, but had not studied at a university. Australia After some time in England he travelled from Liverpool in November 1850 on the ship ''Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Hugo Becker
Ludwig Hugo Becker (July 19, 1833 in Wesel - December 25, 1868 in Düsseldorf) was a painter and etcher. Becker was born at Wesel and studied landscape painting under Schirmer and Gude, at Düsseldorf, about 1852. He afterwards visited Westphalia, the Upper Rhine, the Moselle, Switzerland, Normandy, and the neighbourhood of the Baltic. In 1861 he was awarded a medal at Metz. He died at Düsseldorf in 1868. Among his landscapes the most important are: *''The Sacrifice of the Old Germans'' (in possession of Gl. v. Gröben). *''The Passing Storm''. *''Sunday Morning''. *''The Shepherd on the Pasture''. *''Christmas Eve''. *''The Vine-crop on the Moselle''. See also * List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (1827 ... References * 19th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Becker (architect)
Ludwig Becker (19 November 185513 July 1940) was a German architect.Brigitte Hammerschmidt: Der Kirchenbau des 20. Jahrhunderts im rheinland-pfälzischen Teil des Bistums Trier. (Trier 2006) p.3−145. Life Becker was born the son of the eponymous Cologne master craftsman and master builder. He studied from 1873 at the Technical University of Aachen and was trained in addition to the stonemason and sculptor at the Cologne Dombauhütte. In Mainz he was named church master builder (''Kirchenbaumeister'') in 1884, and cathedral master builder (''Dombaumeister'') from 1909 to 1940. After 1909 he partnered with Anton Falkowski, and later with his son, the church architect Hugo Becker (1897–1967). Becker also worked as a construction researcher at the Mainz Cathedral, who brought important findings to light; however, his conclusions were flawed. His thesis was that the construction of the Mainz Cathedral was already begun in Constantine the Great's time in the 4th century, but he coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Becker (astronomer)
Ludwig Wilhelm Emil Ernst Becker FRSE (1860 – 1947) was Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow from 1893 until 1935 when he retired. Life Born in Wesel, Kingdom of Prussia, Becker was educated at the University of Bonn. After two years as an assistant in the Berlin Observatory, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres appointed him in 1885 to take charge of his large private observatory at Dunecht, near Aberdeen. When that institution was wound up in the autumn of 1888, the instruments were passed on to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for a new Royal Observatory. A site on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh was selected in 1889 and Becker was included on the staff. He was appointed to the Glasgow Chair of Astronomy four years later. Ludwig was a popular lecturer at Glasgow and it was claimed that his classes were better attended than those of any other astronomy course in the United Kingdom. His research areas were extensive and he was a master of celestial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Becker (politician)
Ludwig Becker (25 October 1892 – 4 April 1974) was a German politician, member of the Communist Party of Germany, and trades unionist who participated in illegal political opposition during the Nazi years. Life In the labour movement Ludwig Becker was born and grew up in Schwäbisch Gmünd, a midsized town in the hills to the east of Stuttgart. His father was a socialist and a Goldsmith, the trade in which he, too, was apprenticed. His apprenticeship completed, he undertook a "Journeyman year" travelling the country while working at his chosen trade in order to gain hands-on experience from a variety of more experienced practitioners. That was when he came into contact with the rapidly evolving Labour movement. In 1907 he joined both the Metal Workers' Union (''"Deutscher Metallarbeiter-Verband"'' / DMV) and the Young Socialists. In 1910, when only 18 years old, he joined the Social Democratics (''"Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands"'' / SPD). A year later he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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