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Røst (island)
Rost, Røst, or Röst may refer to: Places Germany *Tensbüttel-Röst, municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Norway *Røst Municipality, an island municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Røstlandet (also known as ''Røst''), an island within Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Røstlandet (village) (also known as ''Røst''), a village in Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Røst Airport, an airport in Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Røst Church, a church in Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway *Røst Reef, a deep-water coral reef off the coast of the Lofoten islands in Nordland county, Norway United States *Rost Township, Jackson County, Minnesota, township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States * Rost, Minnesota, unincorporated community, United States People * Andrea Rost (born 1962), a Hungarian lyric soprano * Burkhard Rost (born 1961), a German scientist - computational biologists * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tensbüttel-Röst
Tensbüttel-Röst is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. See also *Albersdorf (Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde) Kirchspielslandgemeinde Albersdorf was an '' Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. On 25 May 2008, it merged with the ''Amt'' Kirchspielslandgemeinde Meldorf-Land and the town Meldorf t ... References Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Dithmarschen {{Dithmarschen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rost
John Rost (born ) is a former British ice hockey player. He played between 1962 and 1982 for the Brighton Tigers, Wembley Lions and Streatham Redskins The Streatham Ice Hockey Club (formerly Streatham Redskins and RedHawks) is a British ice hockey club based in Streatham, London, England. Amongst the oldest British ice hockey teams still in existence, they were founded in 1932 as Streatham, a .... He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. During his time with Streatham, Rost also coached and managed the team at various times. He became a member of the British Ice Hockey Association in 1976 and has managed both the Great Britain senior and junior teams. Rost is the son of fellow British Ice Hockey Hall of Famer Clarence Rost and he is the father of former player Warren Rost. External links * 1944 births Brighton Tigers players British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees English ice hockey defencemen Living people Wembley Lions players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Rost
Yuri Rost (, born February 1, 1939, in Kiev, Ukraine) is a photographer, journalist, author and traveller. Rost's photographic vision is closely related to the humanist tradition established by post-war photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Freed, and Ed van der Elsken. He was selected by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2005) for inclusion in his last exhibition, ''Les choix d’Henri Cartier-Bresson'' (Paris, 2003) after meeting him in Paris. Work Yuri Rost has exhibited his works at galleries and museums worldwide. He is the author of numerous books and publications, and is one of the few recipients of Amarcord, a special award founded by Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra, inspired by design of Sergei Paradjanov. In 2000, Rost was awarded the State Prize of Russia for his cycle of photographs "''Group Portrait Against the Backdrop of the Century''" ("Групповой портрет на фоне века"), as well as an independent national prize "Triumph – 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Rost
Timo Rost (born 29 August 1978) is a German association football, football manager and former player who last managed FC Erzgebirge Aue, Erzgebirge Aue. Coaching career Rost took over as manager of SpVgg Bayreuth in 2018. After gaining promotion to the 3. Liga, he moved to FC Erzgebirge Aue, Erzgebirge Aue. On 20 September 2022, after nine games without a win, Aue announced Rost had been sacked. References External links * * * 1978 births Living people People from Lauf an der Pegnitz Footballers from Middle Franconia German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Amberg players 1. FC Nürnberg players VfB Stuttgart players FK Austria Wien players FC Energie Cottbus players RB Leipzig players German football managers 3. Liga managers SpVgg Greuther Fürth II managers SpVgg Bayre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi J
Randi is both a given name, and a nickname in the English language, popular in North America and Norway. It is primarily a feminine name, although there is recorded usage of the name by men. It may have originated as a pet form of '' Miranda'' or as a feminine form of ''Randy''. In turn, Randy was originally derived from the names '' Randall'', '' Randolf'', '' Randolph'', '' Bertrand'' and ''Andrew''. In Norway, Randi is a feminine name that emerged in the 1400s as a short form of Ragnfrid (). The original meaning in Old Norse is "God-lovable". Ragnfríðr was famously used about three different people in runic inscriptions from the Viking era. Later the variant Rangdid was common in the Middle Ages. Over 20 people with the name were mentioned in the Regesta Norvegica. By the 1600s the variant Randi was a common feminine name in Norway. Women known as Randi * Randi Altschul (born 1960), American toy inventor * Randi Anda (1898–1999), Norwegian politician * Randi Bakke (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Adolphe Rost
Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797 – September 6, 1868) was a Louisiana politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge, and plantation owner. Early life and emigration to the United States Born in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, France in 1797, Rost received his education at the École Polytechnique in Paris, where men were recruited into either the civil service or military service. As an artilleryman, he was credited for brave conduct in the defense of Paris on March 30, 1814. Rost applied for a commission in Napoleon's army after the Emperor's escape from Elba, but he was too late for the Battle of Waterloo. Escaping from what he thought to be an oppressive régime, Rost emigrated to New Orleans, arriving in the spring of 1816. Then he became a teacher in Natchez, Mississippi, and studied law under Joseph Emory Davis, the brother of Jefferson Davis. Next, Rost moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana, where the majority of the people spoke French, a factor he was confident would bolster the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rost (UK Politician)
Peter Lewis Rost (born Otto Ludwig Peter Rosenstiel, 19 September 1930 – 8 September 2022) was a British Conservative politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, and was a member of the Energy Select Committee. He was one of the founders of the Anglo German Parliamentary Group, which promoted good relations with the German Parliament. He instigated the annual conferences with German parliamentarians, the first conference being held at his Hertfordshire home. Early life Peter Lewis Rost was born as Otto Ludwig Peter Rosenstiel in Berlin on 19 September 1930. Rost's parents, Friedrich Rosenstiel and Elisabeth Merz, were a mixed-marriage German Jew and Lutheran couple living in Berlin during the Nazi era. Their marriage was annulled and they escaped to the United Kingdom in 1937 before the international border was closed to Jews. Fred Rosenstiel was the economics editor of the ''Frankfurter Zeitung'' in Berlin. He later left for New York City, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rost (handballer)
Peter Rost (born 29 June 1951 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a former German Team handball player; today he works as a coach and an official in this sport. His biggest success was winning the Olympic gold medal as the captain of the national team of East Germany in Moscow in 1980. Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally. In 1966 he won the DDR youth championship, and in 1972, 1976 and 1979 he won the East German Championship with the club. In 1984 he was named East German handballer of the year. All in all, he played internationally for East Germany 216 times, scoring 339 goals. He was in the team that came in second in the 1974 World Championship in their own country. As a coach, he was responsible for the women's team from Frankfurt/Oder, the men's team of SC Magdeburg (1998/99) and of ThSV Eisenach (2001–2003). In 1999 he won the EHF European League with SC Magdeburg. In 2006 he joined the management of German handball club Concordia Delitzsch. In 2019 he was included in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rost (doctor)
Peter Rost is an American former drug marketing executive who is most known for taking public stances critical of the pharmaceutical industry as an "insider" and whistleblower. He sued his last two pharmaceutical employers, Wyeth and Pfizer, the latter of which fired him in 2005. At Wyeth, he uncovered tax evasion practices, and after informing senior company executives, was transferred from Sweden to a post in New Jersey. Rost sued the company, saying that the transfer was a retaliatory demotion, though the company said it was a promotion. Rost settled with Wyeth for an undisclosed amount in 2003. At Pfizer, Rost filed a ''qui tam'' suit disclosing off-label marketing of Genotropin at Pharmacia prior to its purchase by Pfizer. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to join in Rost's suit as the marketing violations had already been disclosed to the Department by Pfizer. Rost was eventually fired by Pfizer, and sued for wrongful dismissal, but this lawsuit was summarily dismissed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Rost
Monika Rost (born 21 February 1943)Józef Powroźniak: ''Gitarren-Lexikon'' (Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik, 1986), p.180. is a classical guitarist, lute player and musicologist. She studied with Ursula Peter at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar, Liszt School of Music Weimar, Germany, and later became Professor and Head of Guitar there herself. She has performed in many countries, both solo and in a duo with Jürgen Rost, and has made a number of recordings. She has won many first prizes, including the Concours International de la Guitare in Paris (Radio France), "with special honours from the jury". She taught many successful performers and international guitar competition prize winners in her role at the Liszt School of Music Weimar. Her pupils have included Boyan Karanjuloff, Tomasz Zawierucha, Samuel Klemke and Nora Buschman. References 1943 births Education in Weimar German classical guitarists German women guitarists German lutenists Living people Women cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meinoud Rost Van Tonningen
Meinoud Marinus Rost van Tonningen (19 February 1894 – 6 June 1945) was a Dutch politician of the National Socialist Movement (NSB). During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he collaborated extensively with the German occupation forces. He was the husband of Florentine Rost van Tonningen. Early life Meinoud Marinus Rost van Tonningen was born on 19 February 1894 on the island of Java, in the city of Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). He was the son of KNIL general Marinus Bernardus Rost van Tonningen, who had distinguished himself suppressing the revolts against Dutch rule on Lombok, Aceh and Bali. After high school he completed legal studies at the University of Leiden. In the periods 1923–1928 and 1931–1936, he was representative of the League of Nations in Vienna. His job was to monitor the Austrian financial policy. While stationed in Vienna, he developed strong anti-semitic and anti-communist convictions. He became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Rost
Markus Rost is a German mathematician who works at the intersection of topology and algebra. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2002 in Beijing, China. He is a professor at the University of Bielefeld. He is known for his work on norm varieties (a key part in the proof of the Bloch–Kato conjecture) and for the Rost invariant (a cohomological invariant with values in Galois cohomology of degree 3). Together with J.-P. Serre he is one of the cofounders of the theory of cohomological invariants of linear algebraic groups. He has also made numerous contributions to the theory of torsors, quadratic forms, central simple algebras, Jordan algebras (the Rost-Serre invariant), exceptional groups, and essential dimension. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
