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Proskauer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolph Proskauer (1838–1900), Prussian-born Confederate soldier * Bernhard Proskauer (1851–1915), German chemist and hygienist * Johannes Max Proskauer (1923–1970), German-born American botanist *Joseph M. Proskauer (1877–1971), American judge, lawyer, and philanthropist * Julien Proskauer (1893–1958), American magician * Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos (1918–1991) born as Nancy Edith Proskauer, American sculptor See also *Proskauer Rose Proskauer Rose LLP (formerly known as Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP) is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. Proskauer was founded in 1875 and currently employs more than 800 attorneys in eleven offices worldwide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Proskauer
Adolph Proskauer (1838 – 1900) was a Jewish officer in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War. He rose to the rank of major. Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times. A subordinate officer wrote "I can see him now as he nobly carried himself at Gettysburg, standing coolly and calmly with a cigar in his mouth at the head of the 12th Alabama amid a perfect rain of bullets, shot and shell. He was the personification of intrepid gallantry and imperturbable courage. His nephew, Joseph M. Proskauer, was a prominent New York attorney, judge, and founding partner of the law firm Proskauer Rose Proskauer Rose LLP (formerly known as Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP) is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. Proskauer was founded in 1875 and currently employs more than 800 attorneys in eleven offices worldwide. .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Proskauer, Adolph Jewish American mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Proskauer
Bernhard Proskauer (8 January 1851, Ratibor – 24 July 1915, Berlin) was a German chemist and hygienist. He studied chemistry at the University of Berlin, and from 1874 worked as a chemist at the Imperial Health Office in Berlin. In 1885 he was named departmental head of the Institute of Hygiene at the university, attaining the title of professor in 1890. From 1891 he was associated with the Institute of Infectious Diseases, wherein 1901 he was named head of the department of chemistry. In 1907 he was appointed director of the Berlin Municipal Testing Office.Plett – Schmidseder edited by Much of Proskauer's research dealt with |
Johannes Max Proskauer
Johannes Max Proskauer (December 5, 1923 – December 20, 1970) was born in Göttingen, Germany. He travelled to England via a ''Kindertransport.'' His mother died in 1943 and his father was murdered in Auschwitz. He attended the University of London, which awarded him a B.Sc. in 1944, a Ph.D. in 1947, and a D.Sc. in 1964, all in the field of botany. In 1948, Proskauer moved to Berkeley, California, where he became an instructor in botany at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954. He became a United States citizen in 1957. Professor Proskauer's thesis research was concerned with the biology and morphology of the British species of the hornwort ''Anthoceros''. Much of his life's work focussed on this group, and in 1951, he recognized and defined the genus ''Phaeoceros'' for the first time. He continued to work at Berkeley on the morphology and cytology on the hornworts and also the liverwort Liverworts are a group of non-va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph M
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Proskauer
Julien Joseph Proskauer (June 14, 1893 – December 18, 1958) was an American magician and author. Proskauer was born June 14, 1893, to Joseph Proskauer and Bertha Richman Proskauer in New York City. He was a friend of Harry Houdini and was well known for debunking fraud mediums. His book ''The Dead Do Not Talk'' (1946) exposed the fakes, frauds and tricks in spiritualism Spiritualism may refer to: * Spiritual church movement, a group of Spiritualist churches and denominations historically based in the African-American community * Spiritualism (beliefs), a metaphysical belief that the world is made up of at leas .... He was the President of the Society of American Magicians (1935–1936).Claudia De Lys. (1979). ''Giant Book of Superstitions''. Citadel Press. p. 436 He was a contributor to many magazines and journals on magic. He died December 18, 1958, and is buried in New York. Publications *''The Dead Do Not Talk'' (1946) *''Fun at Cocktail Time'' (1938) *''Suckers A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos
Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos (March 25, 1918 – October 13, 1991; née Nancy Edith Proskauer) was an American sculptor. She was known for her works in stone and terra cotta. Life and career Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos was born as Nancy Edith Proskauer, on March 25, 1918, in New Rochelle, New York. The family was Jewish, her mother was philanthropist Edith Harris Proskauer, and her father was investor Richman Proskauer. In 1938, she married with Donald Dryfoos, a rare book collector. They never had any children, and remained married until her death. Dryfoos attended Drew Seminary; Sarah Lawrence College (B.A. 1936), with Kurt Roesch; the Columbia University's School of Architecture (now Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation) with Oronzio Maldarelli; and at the Art Students League of New York. She also worked under Jose de Creeft. Dryfoos showed her work at annual exhibitions between 1948 until 1972, with the Allied Artists of America, the Brooklyn Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
