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Reiss (surname)
Reiss is a surname of Old German origin, and was most commonly used by Ashkenazic Jewish people as a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rice (''Yiddish'' רײַז), or as an ornamental name from the Old High German word ''Reis'' ‘twig,’ ‘branch.’ Reiss (often written with the German letter ß (or ''sharp-s'') is mostly originated in Austria and South Germany. The south German or Austrian Reiss is a leftover of a profession name Reußhäusler which could best be translated to ''maker of charcoal from wood'' in English. Members of this profession usually have been free residents (in the meaning of not enslaved and not belonging to a Duke or King) and got very early the right to carry a weapon (axe) and a uniform like dress, comparable to miners. Several Jewish sources for the surname Reiss stem from the German state of Hessen (Frankfurt am Main). Some historians wrote that Reiss could refer to a rice dealer, or to a water-gate operator, or a fisherman who used a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Reiss
Albert Reiss also ''Albert Reiß'' (22 February 1870 – 19 June 1940) was a German operatic tenor who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States. He spent much of his career performing at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang in more than 1,000 performances, including several premieres, between 1901 and 1919. Excelling in the tenor buffo repertoire, Reiss was particularly associated with the roles of David in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' and Mime in ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'', two roles he sang in numerous houses internationally. Life Early life and career Reiss was born in Berlin and began his career as an actor. He appeared in several plays in Berlin and Strasbourg before deciding to pursue an operatic career under the encouragement of Bernhard Pollini and Ernestine Schumann-Heink. He proceeded to study singing with Wilhelm Vilmar and later Julius Lieben and Benno Stolzenberg. He made his professional operatic debut in 1897 as Peter Ivanov in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Reiss
Charles Reiss ( ) is an American linguistics professor teaching at Concordia University in Montreal. His contributions to linguistics have been in the area of phonology, historical linguistics, and cognitive science. Along with colleague Mark Hale, he is a proponent of substance-free phonology, the idea that phonetic substance is inaccessible to phonological computation (see paper "Substance abuse and "). He graduated from Swarthmore College (BA) and Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ... (PhD). Selected works *In press. Reiss, Charles. Research methods in armchair linguistics. http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/007568 In ''Oxford Handbook of'' ''philosophy of linguistics'', ed. Gabriel Dupre, Ryan Nefdt, and Kate Stanton. Oxford University Press *202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Shoshkes Reiss
Carol Shoshkes Reiss, an American viral immunologist, was a professor at New York University's Department of Biology between 1991 and 2020. She is currently a professor emerita at New York University. Her research focused on the dynamic contest between the mouse immune system and virus replication during central nervous system infection. Reiss was editor-in-chief of the journal ''Viral Immunology'' (2000–2006) and is currently editor-in-chief of the journal '' DNA and Cell Biology'' (2012–present). Biography Reiss attended public schools in South Orange and New Jersey, before joining Bryn Mawr College (A.B. in biology, 1972), Sarah Lawrence College (M.S. in human genetics, 1973). She earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from Mount Sinai Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, an affiliate of City University of New York. Jerome L. Schulman was her advisor for her dissertation. She was a postdoctoral research fellow of Steven J. Burakoff in the department of pathology at Harvard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Reiss
Bobby Reiss (born 30 September 1990) is a retired American professional soccer player. Career In May 2017 Reiss was named Head Coach, Women's Soccer, Midamerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS. He had served 3 years as assistant coach and the team achieved a 33–21–8, including two of the best years in program history in 2015 and 2016, reaching the NAIA National Tournament for the first time, as well as breaking into the top-25 schools in the nation. Reiss also graduated with his MBA in counseling from MNU this year. College Born in Palmdale, California, Reiss is a graduate of the California State University for which he played three seasons for the soccer team. Atlanta Silverbacks On 20 March 2013 it was announced that Reiss had signed a professional contract with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League. Reiss then made his professional debut for the Silverbacks on 28 May 2013 in the US Open Cup against Real Salt Lake in which he started and played the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Reiss (priest)
Canon Robert Paul "Bob" Reiss (20 January 1943 – 26 January 2023) was an Anglican priest and author. Biography Bob Reiss was born on 20 January 1943. His parents, Paul Reiss and Beryl née Bryant, were not church attendees. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where took A levels in maths, physics and chemistry, whilst teaching himself A-level divinity. He was confirmed in the Church of England at the age of 17. Reiss studied Theology at Trinity College, Cambridge before training for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge. He became a deacon in 1969, and priest in 1970. He served as curate at St John's Wood, London, until 1973. He then spent six months at Rajshahi, Bangladesh as an assistant missioner. He then return to his old college as chaplain. Whilst serving as chaplain, he met his wife Dixie, whom he married in 1985. His daughter, the playwright, Anya Reiss, was born in 1991. He left Cambridge in 1978 to become selection secretary for the Advisory Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Reiss
Bob Reiss (born 1951 in New York City) is an American author of nonfiction and fiction books. Reiss has written more than 20 books, including ''Purgatory Road,'' a murder mystery set in Antarctica, ''The Road to Extrema,'' a study of the destruction of Brazilian rain forests, ''The Coming Storm,'' which focuses on global warming and catastrophic weather. Many of his novels and articles are based on his travels to Alaska, Hong Kong, Somalia, South Africa, Antarctica, and other locations around the world. ''White Plague,'' a novel set on a US icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean, was published in January 2015, under the name of James Abel. ''Protocol Zero,'' second book in the series, was published in August, 2015, followed by ''Cold Silence'' in 2016 and ''Vector'' in 2017. Bob received a best magazine reporting New York Press Club award in 2018 for his coverage of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Fortune Magazine. Under another pseudonym, Ethan Black, Bob Reiss has penned a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berit Reiss-Andersen
Berit Reiss-Andersen (born 11 July 1954) is a Norwegian lawyer, author and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. She is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the 5-member committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize. She is also a board member of the Nobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the five Nobel Prizes. She served as state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Police from 1996 to 1997 and as president of the Norwegian Bar Association from 2008 to 2012. She has co-authored two crime novels with former Minister of Justice Anne Holt. She is currently a partner at DLA Piper's Oslo office. Legal career Reiss Andersen earned her Candidate of Jurisprudence degree (a 6-year law degree) in 1981 at the University of Oslo, Norway's preeminent university. She was an executive officer at the Norwegian Office of Immigration 1981–1982 and legal adviser at the Royal Ministry of Justice and the Police 1982–1984. She served as a prosecut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Reiss
Rodolphe Archibald Reiss (8 July 1875 – 7 August 1929) was a German–Swiss criminology-pioneer, forensic scientist, professor and writer. Early life and studies The Reiss family was in agriculture and winemaking. Archibald was the eighth of ten children, son of Ferdinand Reiss, landowner and Pauline Sabine Anna Gabriele Seutter von Loetzen. After finishing highschool in Germany, he went to Switzerland for his studies. He had received a Ph.D. in chemistry at the age of 22 and was an expert in photography and forensic science. In 1906 he was appointed a professor of forensic science at the University of Lausanne. In 1909, he was the founder of the first academic forensic science programme and of the "Institut de police scientifique" (Institute of forensic science) at the University of Lausanne. He published two major books on forensic science "Photographie judiciaire" (Forensic photography), Mendel, Paris, in 1903 and the first part of his major contribution "Manuel de poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Reiss
Anya Reiss (born 27 November 1991) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Career The youngest writer to have a play staged in London, a graduate of the Royal Court's Young Writers Programme, when she was 17 years old, she had her first play ''Spur of the Moment'' staged there in the Upstairs Jerwood Theatre in July 2010, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play went on to win the 2010 TMA Award for Best New Play; the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. Her second play ''The Acid Test'' was staged in 2011, again at the Royal Court Theatre; it was directed by Simon Godwin. In 2012, she adapted Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' for Southwark Playhouse which was then revived in 2022 with Jamie Lloyd and starring Emilia Clarke. She also wrote a play for the National Theatre's Connections season called Forty Five Minutes. Reiss has also written for theatre and television. As of December 2018, she has written 27 episodes of long-running BBC drama '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Josef Reiss
Anton Josef Reiss, also Reiß (30 October 1835Anton Josef Reiss In Hans Wolfgang Singer (ed.): ''Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon. Leben und Werke der berühmtesten bildenden Künstler. Vorbereitet von Hermann Alexander Müller. 3., umgearbeitete und bis auf die neueste Zeit ergänzte Auflage.'' Vol. 5: Vialle–Zyrlein. Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt 1901, . – 1 February 1900) was a German sculptor. Based in Düsseldorf, he focused on sacred art for churches, including a marble Pietà for St. Gereon's Basilica, Cologne, St. Gereon in Cologne in a style close to the Nazarene movement. Life and career Born in Düsseldorf, Reiss was the third child of Carl Peter Josef Reiß, who worked then as a coachman, and Sophie Henriette Fink. His s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
