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Romer (surname)
Romer is a surname. Some individuals with the surname include: * Wolfgang William Romer (1640–1713), Dutch/British military engineer * Ole Rømer (1644–1710), Danish astronomer * John Lambertus Romer (1680–1754), British military engineer * Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), Swiss physician and naturalist * Michał Józef Römer (1778–1853), politician, writer, and notable member of the Polish-Lithuanian gentry * Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852), English travel writer and novelist * Edward Jan Römer (1806−1878), Polish painter * Friedrich Adolph Roemer (1809–1869), German geologist * Emma Romer (1814–1868), British soprano * Ferdinand von Roemer (1818–1891), German geologist, brother of Friedrich Adolph Roemer * John Romer (politician) (fl. 1831), 19th century Governor of Bombay * Alfred Isidore Romer, (1832–1897), Belarusian, Polish and Lithuanian painter, sculptor, carver and medalist, participant of the January Uprising (1863) * Sir Robert Romer (1840– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang William Romer
Wolfgang William Romer (23 April 1640 – 15 March 1713) was a Dutch military engineer, born at The Hague. Early life He was the third son, in a family of six sons and five daughters, of Mathias Romer of Düsseldorf and Anna Duppengiezeer. Mathias was ambassador to Holland from the Elector Palatine, who stood godfather to Wolfgang at his baptism on 17 May 1640. Military career Romer entered the service of William of Orange as a military engineer. In 1688, Romer was a colonel in the army of Prince William which landed in England in 1688, during the "Glorious Revolution". By the end of the year, King James II had fled, and William of Orange was proclaimed King of England in February 1689. By a royal warrant of 13 May 1690, Romer was appointed engineer in Ireland at 20 shillings a day, to commence from 1 March 1689. He took part in the campaigns of 1690 and 1691, and was employed on the fortifications of Cork, Longford, and Thurles. He remained in Ireland until 1692, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Pius Römer
Michał Pius Römer (later using the Lithuanian form Mykolas Römeris) (1880 in Bagdoniškis – 1945 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian-Polish lawyer, scientist and politician. Biography Early years Römer was born in Lithuania into a Polish noble family of Baltic-German ( Livonian) origin. He was one of szlachta members loyal to the heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, referred to as Krajowcy. His father was Michał Kazimierz Römer and mother was Konstancja Tukałło. He attended the Law School in Sankt-Peterburg (1893–1901) and later studied history in Kraków (1901–1902), after that he moved to Paris to study in École des sciences politiques (1902–1905). In Paris, he belonged to the organisation "Spójnia", where he headed the group "Lithuania", and was closely related to the . He gave the lecture on cultural-ethnographic situation in Lithuania in Café Voltaire, together with another Lithuanian activist, Tadas Ivanauskas. It was later published in Kraków ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roemer
John E. Roemer (; born February 1, 1945 in Washington, D.C., to Ruth Roemer and Milton Roemer, namesake of Roemer's law) is an American economist and political scientist. He is the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University. Before Yale, he was on the economics faculty at the University of California, Davis, and before entering academia Roemer worked for several years as a labor organizer. He is married to Natasha Roemer, with whom he has two daughters. Roemer received his A.B. in mathematics ''summa cum laude'' from Harvard in 1966. He then enrolled as a graduate student in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He became intensely involved in the anti-Vietnam-War movement, transferred to the doctoral program in economics, and was suspended by the university for his political activities. He taught mathematics in San Francisco secondary schools for five years. Eventually he returned to Berkeley and recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Roemer
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III (October 4, 1943 – May 17, 2021) was an American politician, investor, and banker who served as the 52nd Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. In March 1991, while serving as governor, Roemer switched affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. Roemer was a candidate for the presidential nominations of the Republican Party and the Reform PartyBurns, Alexander (May 31, 2012"Buddy Roemer quits 2012 race" '' Politico''. Retrieved May 31, 2012 in 2012. He withdrew from those contests and sought the 2012 Americans Elect presidential nomination until that group announced it would not field a candidate in 2012 because no candidate reached the required minimum threshold of support to be listed on its ballot. Roemer eventually endorsed Libertarian Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, for president in the 2012 general election. Roemer serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Romer (Egyptologist)
John Lewis Romer (born 30 September 1941, in Surrey, England) is a British Egyptologist, historian and archaeologist. He has created and appeared in many TV archaeology series, including ''Romer's Egypt'', ''Ancient Lives'', ''Testament'', ''The Seven Wonders of the World'', ''Byzantium: The Lost Empire'' and ''Great Excavations: The Story of Archaeology''. Biography Romer was educated at Ottershaw School, a state boarding school near Woking, Surrey, and the Royal College of Art in London, coming to archaeology through his epigraphic studies of painting and drawing. He went on to work as an artist in Persepolis and Cairo, drawing and studying ancient inscriptions. Romer began his archaeological work in 1966, when he participated in the University of Chicago's Epigraphic Survey at the temples and tombs of the ancient Egyptian site of Thebes (modern-day Luxor). From 1977 to 1979 he originated and organised a major expedition to the Valley of the Kings which carried out the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Roemer
Elizabeth "Pat" Roemer (September 4, 1929April 8, 2016) was an American astronomer and educator who specialized in astronomy with a particular focus on comets and minor planets. She was well-known for the recovery of lost comets, as well as for her discovery of two asteroids, the co-discovery of Jupiter's moon Themisto, and for the asteroid 1657 Roemera that was named in her honor. Life Roemer was born on September 4, 1929 in Oakland, California, and was raised in Alameda, California, by her father and mother, Richard Quirin and Elsie B. Roemer. From a young age, Roemer expressed interest in scientific reasoning and matters regarding astronomy. It was revealed by Roemer in an interview that while she was a freshman in high school many of her teachers lacked the proper qualifications. This was because she was a student during the Second World War, when many individuals were teaching on emergency credentials. One of her general science teachers had made remarks with astr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Romer
Roy Rudolf Romer (born October 31, 1928) is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999, and subsequently as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006. Family and education Romer was born in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (Snyder) and Irving Rudolph Romer. He grew up in the southeastern Colorado town of Holly. Romer received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Colorado State University in 1950, where he served for one year as President of the Associated Students of Colorado State University. He later received a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1952. He also studied ethics for one year at Yale Divinity School, and was a legal officer in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, Bea, have seven children, 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His son Paul Romer is a Nobel Prize winning economist, and another son Chris Romer was elected to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Römer
Petrus "Piet" Römer (2 April 1928 – 17 January 2012) was a Dutch television, film and stage actor. Filmography Television series *'' Stiefbeen en Zoon'' (1963–1964) – Dirk Stiefbeen / Zoon stiefbeen *'''t Schaep Met De 5 Pooten'' (1969–1970) – Kootje de Beer / Zichzelf *'' Merijntje Gijzen'' (1973) – Flierefluiter *''Baantjer'' (1995–2006) – de Cock Feature films *''De zaak M.P.'' (1960) – Douanier *''The Silent Raid'' (1962) – Eppie Bultsma *''Like Two Drops of Water'' (1963) *'' Amsterdam Affair'' (1968) – Detective *''Business Is Business'' (1971) – Piet *'' Een huis in een schoen'' (1971) – Senor Piet *''VD'' (1972) – Secretaris *'' Het Jaar van de Kreeft'' (1975) – Daan *''Heb medelij, Jet!'' (1975) – Bodde *''Peter en de vliegende autobus'' (1976) – Buschauffeur *''De bende van Hiernaast'' (1980) – Piet *''All Things Pass ''All Things Pass'' ( nl, Voorbij, voorbij; literally "Gone, gone") is a 1981 television film directed by Paul Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William F
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles E
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in '' Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Romer
Sir Charles Robert Ritchie Romer, (19 January 1897 – 15 February 1969) was a British judge who served as Lord Justice of Appeal between 1951 and 1960. Life and career Romer was born into a judicial family: he was the son of Mark Romer, Baron Romer, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and the grandson of Sir Robert Romer, a Lord Justice of Appeal. He was the nephew of Sir Cecil Romer and was also related to Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, the Lord Chancellor, and Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, a Lord Justice of Appeal. Romer was educated at the Rugby School, and served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during World War I, achieving the rank of Captain. He was wounded in action and twice mentioned in dispatches, and was appointed an OBE. He was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1921 and practised at the Chancery bar, frequently appearing in front of the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He was made a King's Counsel in 1937. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Romer
Tadeusz Ludwik Romer (December 6, 1894 in Antonosz near Rokiškis – March 23, 1978 in Montreal) was a Polish diplomat and politician. He was a personal secretary to Roman Dmowski in 1919. Later he joined the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served as Polish ambassador to Italy, Portugal, Japan (1937-1941) and the Soviet Union (1942-1943). Then he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Polish Government in Exile (1943-1944). After the war, he settled in Canada, where he lectured at McGill University. From August 1940 to November 1941, he got transit visas in Japan, asylum visas to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Burma, immigration certificates to Palestine, and immigrant visas to the United States and some Latin American countries for two thousand Polish-Lithuanian Jewish refugees, who arrived into Kobe, Japan, and Shanghai Ghetto, China. Romer worked as the head Polish ambassador in Japan until the Polish embassy in Japan closed in July 1941. Romer’s wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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