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Matthai
Matthäi, Matthai are surnames of several origins, all related to local rendering of Matthew. "Matthäi" may also be rendered as Matthaei. Notable people with the surname include: * Friedrich Matthäi (1777–1845), German painter *George Matthai (1887–1947), Indian zoologist * John Matthai (1886–1959), Indian economist * John Matthai (civil servant), Indian former Chief Secretary of Kerala * Pallithanam Luca Matthai (1880–1962), Indian agriculturalist * Ravi J. Matthai (1927–1984), Indian scholar *Sigrid Matthäi, birth name of Sigrid Schmidt (born 1930), German folklorist See also * *Mathai *Matthaei Matthaei is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charise Matthaei (born 2000), German ice dancer * Christian Frederick Matthaei (1744–1811), Thuringian classical scholar * Dieter Matthaei (born 1949), German radiotherapist * G ... {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of Indian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Matthai
John Matthai CIE (1886–1959) was an Indian economist who served as Independent India's first Railway Minister and subsequently as well as India's Finance Minister, taking office shortly after the presentation of India's first Budget, in 1948. Biography He was born on January 10, 1886, as the son of Challiyal Thomas Matthai and Anna Thayyil to an Anglican Syrian Christian family. He graduated in economics from the University of Madras. He served as a Professor and Head in University of Madras from 1922 to 1925. John Matthai also studied at Oxford University. He presented two Budgets as India's Finance Minister, but resigned following the 1950 Budget in protest against the increasing power of the Planning Commission and P. C. Mahalanobis. He was the first Chairman of the State Bank of India when it was set up in 1955. He was the founding President of the Governing Body of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi, India's first independent ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Matthai
George Matthai (13 November 1887 – 22 June 1947) was an Indian zoologist who specialized in marine biology, contributing to the systematics of Madreporarian (now Scleractinia) corals. He was a professor of zoology at the Panjab University in Lahore. Life and career He returned to India in 1918 and worked at the department of zoology at the Panjab University, Lahore. He received a ScD from the University of Cambridge in 1929. He succeeded Lt. Col. J. Stephenson in 1919 and his retirement in 1942 was postponed to 1945 due to the war. Matthai married Mary Chandy, daughter of C. Chandy of the Mysore Civil Service and later vice chancellor of Mysore University, in 1925. They had a son, Ariel, and after her death in 1931, Matthai married Rosalinda Hedwig in 1935. Matthai was elected Fellow of the Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity and organization devoted to the worldwide animal conservation, conservation of animals and their hab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallithanam Luca Matthai
Pallithanam Luca Matthai (also known as Pallithanathu Mathaichan) was born in 1880 in Kainady village, Kuttanad, British India. His father, Mathai Luca Pallithanam, was among the pioneers of kayal cultivation (reclamation of cultivable land from the Vembanad Lake) in Kuttandu. The family estate passed to 18-year-old Luca Matthai on the death of his father. Matthai spearheaded the reclamation activities of more than one-third of the total Kayal Nilam's (Kayal Nilam refers to the cultivable land reclaimed from the Vemaband Lake). His first venture of kayal cultivation was the reclamation of Cherukara Kayal. During 1898-1904, he reclaimed the Pallithanam Moovayiram Kayal and Madathil Kayal but could not progress further because of a ban on reclamation imposed by the Travancore Raja in 1904. That ban was removed in 1914, after which Matthai and some other prominent families in Kuttanadu, reclaimed E-Block Kayal, which covered . This is the biggest kayal nilam in Kuttanadu. H Bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew (given Name)
Matthew is an English language masculine given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew language, Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of God in Judaism, Yahweh". Etymology The Hebrew language, Hebrew name () was transliterated into Ancient Greek language, Greek as (). It was subsequently shortened to (); this was Latinised name, Latinised as , which became ''Matthew'' in English. The popularity of the name is due to Matthew the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles, twelve apostles of Jesus and the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew. and were both a borrowing of the name Matthew among the Anglo-Normans settlers in Ireland. is the most common Irish language, Irish form of the name. Matthew is also used as an anglicisation of the Irish name (meaning 'bear'). Popularity The name Matthew became popular during the Middle Ages in Northwest Europe, and has been very common throughout the English-speaking world. In Republic of Ireland, Ireland, Matthew was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Matthai (civil Servant)
John Matthai is a former chief secretary of Kerala, India. He belongs to the 1971 batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Career Matthai began his career as sub-collector of Thalassery. He was appointed Collector of Kottayam in 1978. He held various positions such as managing director of State Cooperative Marketing Federation, director of public instruction, and secretary for industries, power and forests and wildlife departments before becoming the principal secretary of industries in 1996. Subsequently, he was posted as commissioner of commercial taxes and commissioner of excise. He was promoted as additional chief secretary in 2005. Later in 2006, he was appointed as the chief secretary to V. S. Achuthanandan. Personal life He is a graduate from the Regional Engineering College Calicut. He is the youngest brother of Moran Cyril Mar Baselios, Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthaei
Matthaei is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charise Matthaei (born 2000), German ice dancer * Christian Frederick Matthaei (1744–1811), Thuringian classical scholar * Dieter Matthaei (born 1949), German radiotherapist * Gabrielle Matthaei (1876–1930), English plant physiologist and economic botanist * Heinrich August Matthaei (1781–1835), German violinist and composer * J. Heinrich Matthaei (born 1929), German biochemist * Kurt Matthaei (1886–1974), German lawyer and Nazi Party politician * Rob Matthaei (born 1966), Dutch footballer and coach * Rudolf Matthaei (1895–1918), German World War I flying ace See also * * Matthai * Matthew (surname) Matthew occurs (although less commonly than '' Matthews'') as a surname, derived from the given name Matthew. Notable people with the surname include: * Abish Mathew (1987-Present), Indian talk show host. * Alexander Small Matthew (1884–1969 ... {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Matthäi
Johann Friedrich Matthäi (3 March 1777, Meissen - 23 October 1845, Vienna) was a German portrait and history painter. @ National Museums (Germany) Life and work He was the son of Johann Gottlob Matthäi (1753-1832), a manufacturer, who later became an architect and sculptor. He initially studied at the with . This w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathai
Mathai ({{langx, ml, മത്തായി) is a given name or surname, usually the Malayalam variant of Matthew, and may refer to: * Mathai (singer) (Sharon Mathai, born 1992), a contestant on season two of American TV series ''The Voice'' * Mathai Joseph, Indian computer scientist * Mathai Manjooran, Indian freedom fighter from Kerala * A. M. Mathai * M. O. Mathai, Special assistant of the Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru * Ranjan Mathai * Varghese Mathai, mathematician and an Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide * Wanjira Mathai (born 1971), Kenyan environmentalist See also * Matthew (name) Matthew is an English language masculine given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew language, Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of God in Judaism, Yahweh". Etymology The Hebrew language, Hebrew name () was transliterated i ... * Matthai Surnames of Indian origin Given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi J
Ravi may refer to: People * Ravi (name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Ravi (composer) (1926–2012), Indian music director * Ravi (Ivar Johansen) (born 1976), Norwegian musical artist * Ravi (rapper) (born 1993), a South Korean rapper * Ravi, an actor in the 2018 film '' Dhwaja'' Other * Ravi, Gavorrano, a village in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany * Ravi River, a Himalayan river flowing through India and Pakistan * Ravi Town, a town near Lahore, Pakistan * An alternative name for Surya, the Sanskrit word for the Sun and the Hindu solar deity * Ravi, a fictional state in ''The Ravi Lancers'', a novel by John Masters * Ravi-datta, a character in the 11th-century Indian story collection ''Shringara-manjari-katha'' See also * * Rabi (other) * Rawi (other) * Ravindra (other) * Iravati River (other) Iravati River may refer to: * Iravati River, alternative name of Ravi River, a transboundary river crossing North-Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Schmidt
Sigrid Schmidt (birth name: Sigrid Matthäi) (born 12 July 1930) is a German folklorist, KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK, biography data citing ''Hildesheimer Literaturlexikon von 1800 bis heute'' best known for her ''Afrika erzählt'' ("Africa Narrates") series. The ten volumes are tales (with extensive commentary) collected by the author from 1959-1962 and 1972-1997 (volumes 1 to 7 in German, volumes 8 to 10 in English), mostly in Namibia. Biography Born in Berlin, Sigrid Matthäi studied English and German literature at the Free University Berlin with a special interest in folklore,''Die vere van die duiwel'' by Sigrid Schmidtan inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
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] |
