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Proksch
Proksch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Proksch (1908–2011), Austrian athlete * Alfred Proksch (politician) (1891–1981), Austrian Nazi party official * Josef Proksch (1794–1864), Czech pianist and composer * Marie Proksch (1836–1900), Czech pianist, music educator, and composer * Mark Proksch (born 1978), American comedian, actor, and writer * Peter Proksch (1935–2012), Austrian artist * Udo Proksch Udo Proksch (29 May 1934 in Rostock, Germany – 27 June 2001 in Graz, Austria) was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of six people as part of a major insurance fraud. Proksch died in prison. ' ... (1934–2001), Austrian fraudster and killer {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Proksch
Mark Proksch ( '; born ) is an American comedian and character actor. He is best known for acting in the television series ''The Office'', ''Better Call Saul'', ''Dream Corp LLC'', ''What We Do in the Shadows'' and as a fictionalized version of himself in the ''On Cinema'' universe. He rose to prominence when he portrayed the character "K-Strass," a parody of a yo-yo master, who appeared on local news shows. Early life Proksch grew up in Onalaska, Wisconsin, and is a graduate of Onalaska High School and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. K-Strass Proksch had the alias of Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser early in his career, during which he appeared on small-market local newscasts as a hapless "yo-yo master." In these appearances, he fabricated stories about visiting schools to speak to children about environmentalism. When asked to perform tricks live on the air, he would display a complete inability to do any of them. The character of K-Strass was described by online magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Proksch
Alfred Proksch (December 11, 1908 – January 3, 2011) was an Austrian Olympic athlete and graphic designer. The son of one of the co-founders of the Wiener Sport-Club, Proksch took an active interest in both athletics and graphic design from an early age. By the age of 19 he had started his own design company and would later become a founder, then president, of the Confederation of Austrian Graphic Designers. He was also a key figure in the founding of Icograda. By the age of 17, Proksch was a champion pole vaulter and competed internationally, most notably placing 6th in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He broke the Austrian record for the event on eight separate occasions. Even after turning 100, he continued to compete at the World's Masters Championships, often unopposed in his age bracket. Having won 14 gold medals at the games after 1994, he was considered the world's oldest active athlete. He was one of the last two known surviving track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udo Proksch
Udo Proksch (29 May 1934 in Rostock, Germany – 27 June 2001 in Graz, Austria) was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of six people as part of a major insurance fraud. Proksch died in prison. ''Lucona'' sinking In 1977, the ship ''Lucona'' sank in the Indian Ocean, after an explosion, killing six people. Proksch, the owner of the cargo, also then owner of famous Viennese confectioners' Demel, claimed US$20 million from his insurance company, saying that the ship was carrying expensive uranium mining equipment. Fraud was suspected; but investigations were obstructed by powerful Austrian politicians who were friends of Proksch. In 1988, Proksch fled to the Philippines after Hans Pretterebner published a book about the scandal. In 1989, he returned to Vienna, incognito, but was recognized and arrested. In 1990, ''Lucona'' was located by American shipwreck hunter David Mearns, who discovered that the ship had been sunk by a ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Proksch (politician)
Alfred Proksch (8 March 1891 in Larischau – 3 January 1981 in Vienna) was an Austrian Nazi Party official, who briefly served as the leader of the Nazi Party in Austria. Life Proksch enrolled in the Kaiser Infantry Regiment No. 1 of the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1910 and then the Railway Academy in Linz in 1912 before taking a job with the government railways. He returned to the army in 1914 with the Infantry Regiment No. 91 and saw action during the World War I in Poland and Russia. Philip Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', 1990, p. 305 He first became involved in politics in 1912 when he joined the German Workers' Party and worked on behalf of the party in Silesia and Moravia. After his war service Proksch settled in the now much smaller Austria and returned to politics by rejoining the renamed Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei.Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right'', p. 306 Proksch met Adolf Hitler as early as 1919 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Proksch
Peter Proksch (4 February 1935 – 9 December 2012) was an Austrian artist. Born in Vienna, he was the eldest of four children. The father Alfred Proksch was a commercial artist, the mother was a model. The profession of the father, obviously stimulated his talent and the interest in drawing very early, even if this, in the years of war, seldom, if ever, could be with his family. Also because of the war, the family left Vienna to live in the country until the end of war. Education and training Returned to Vienna in 1945, he attended secondary school. From 1950 to 1955 he studied graphic design at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna, where he graduated obtaining the masters diploma. As he took a minor interest in the profession of a graphic designer, he continues, studying painting, at the academy of fine arts in Vienna, at first at the masters class of R.C.Anderen where from he soon changes to the masters class of Sergius Pauser. There he had the possibility to learn t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Proksch
Josef Proksch or Joseph Proksch (4 August 1794, Reichenberg (now Liberec) – 20 December 1864, Prague) was a Bohemian-German pianist and composer. His daughter, Marie Proksch, was also a well-known pianist and composer. Biography Proksch, who became blind at the age of 13, was a pupil of Jan Antonín Koželuh. In 1830, Proksch opened the ''Musikbildungsanstalt'' (Music Academy) in Prague. His teaching method of having several students play simultaneously during piano lessons was continued for over a hundred years. His most famous student was Bedřich Smetana, whom Prosch taught piano and music theory from 1843 to 1847. Selected works Besides pedagogical works for piano, Proksch wrote a concerto for three pianos, piano sonatas, masses, and cantatas, and adapted numerous orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Proksch
Marie Proksch (1836 – 17 May 1900) was a Bohemian pianist, music educator and composer. Biography Marie Proksch was the daughter of blind pianist Josef Proksch (1794–1864) who also taught music to Bedřich Smetana. Proksch was born in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ..., where she studied music under her father. She went on a concert tour in 1856/57, which included a several-month stay in Paris, and became known as a concert pianist. After the death of her father in 1864, she took control with her brother Theodore Proksch of her father's Musikbildungsanstalt Institute (a music school founded in 1830) in Prague. After her brother died in 1876, she began composing pieces for piano. References Further reading *Biographical Yearbook and Deaths in German, ed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
