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Schaeffer
Schaeffer is a German surname. It is a variant of Schaefer, from ''schäfer'' ("shepherd") and of Schaffer, from a noun (meaning steward or bailiff) derived from Middle High German schaffen. cited in People with the surname A * Albert Charles Schaeffer, American mathematician B * Billy Schaeffer, retired American professional basketball player * Boguslaw Schaeffer, Polish composer and theoretician * Brent Schaeffer, American arena football quarterback C * Charles Frederick Schaeffer (1807–1879), Lutheran clergyman of the United States * Charles William Schaeffer (1813–1896), Lutheran clergyman and theologian of the United States * Chester Schaeffer, American film editor * Claude Schaeffer, French archaeologist who helped uncover the Ugaritic religious texts D * David Frederick Schaeffer (1787–1837), Lutheran clergyman of the United States E * Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-American Christian author and widow of Francis Schaeffer * Eric Schaeffer, American actor * Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Schaeffer
Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, , a prolific author in her own right. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted what he claimed was a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions of the age. Schaeffer was the father of the author, film-maker, and painter Frank Schaeffer. Biography Schaeffer was born on January 30, 1912, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Franz A. Schaeffer III and Bessie Williamson. He was of German and English ancestry. In 1935, Schaeffer graduated ''magna cum laude'' from Hampden–Sydney College. The same year he married Edith Seville, the daughter of missionary parents who had been with the China Inland Mission founded by Hudson Taylor. Schaeffer then enrolled at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Schaeffer
Frank Schaeffer (born August 3, 1952) is an American author, film director, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels depicting life in a strict evangelical household including ''Portofino'', ''Zermatt'', and ''Saving Grandma''. While Schaeffer was a conservative, fundamentalist Christian in his youth, he has changed his views, becoming a liberal Democrat and a self-described Christian atheist. He lives north of Boston. Life and career Schaeffer converted from Presbyterian Calvinism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in 1990 and gave lectures on his reasons for rejecting conservative evangelical Protestantism. He has criticized the traditional positions of the Orthodox churches on matters of sexual morality. Schaeffer's publishing house, Regina Orthodox Press, released '' Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters'', a 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Schaeffer
Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville) (November 3, 1914 – March 30, 2013) was a Christian author and co-founder of L'Abri, a Christian organization which hosts guests. She was the wife of Francis Schaeffer, and the mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children. Early life Schaeffer was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning "beautiful happiness". Schaeffer attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was there that she met Francis Schaeffer and they were married in 1935. They had four children: Priscilla, Susan, Deborah and Frank. L'Abri They were sent in 1948 to Switzerland by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In 1955 they began L'Abri, a community that welcomed people who were seeking intellectually honest and culturally informed answers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Schaeffer
Brentis Jarryn Schaeffer (born January 25, 1986) is a former Arena football quarterback. He played college football at Ole Miss. He also played college football at the University of Tennessee and College of the Sequoias. High school career Schaeffer attended Deerfield Beach High School where he played high school football. As a junior in 2002, he passed for 2,574 yards and 31 touchdowns while recording 538 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. That year, he also attended the Elite 11 Quarterback camp. He also earned All-State Honorable mention honors. As a senior, he passed for 2,177 yards, 24 touchdowns, 397 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. That season, he was named the No. 11 overall prospect in Florida by the '' Miami Herald'' and the top prospect in Broward County. He was named to the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Super Southern 100 team. He was rated by ''TheInsiders.com'' as a four-star prospect and the 14th-ranked quarterback in the nation. He was also rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Charles Schaeffer
Albert Charles Schaeffer (13 August 1907, Belvidere, Illinois – 2 February 1957) was an American mathematician who worked on complex analysis. Biography Schaeffer was the son of Albert John and Mary Plane Schaeffer (née Herrick). He studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (bachelor's degree 1930) and was from 1930 to 1933 employed as a highway engineer. In 1936 he received a PhD in mathematics under Eberhard Hopf at MIT. From 1936 to 1939 he was an instructor at Purdue University. In 1939 he became an instructor at Stanford University, where he became in 1941 assistant professor, in 1943 associate professor, and in 1946 professor. From 1947 to 1950 Schaeffer was a professor at Purdue University. From 1950 to 1957 he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and in the academic year 1956/57 the chair of the mathematics department. Schaeffer worked with Donald Spencer at Stanford University on variational problems of conformal mapping, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Schaeffer
Eric Schaeffer (born January 22, 1962) is an American actor, writer, and director. Early life and education Schaeffer was born in New York City, New York, and later graduated with a degree in drama and dance from Bard College. After graduating, he drove a New York City taxi for nine years, during which time he wrote two stage plays, a novel, twenty screenplays and various other works. Career Schaeffer rose to fame with fellow actor/writer/director Donal Lardner Ward on the independent film, ''My Life's in Turnaround'' (1993), which was made in fifteen days for only $200,000. Schaeffer and Ward parlayed the film's success into ''Too Something'' (1995–1996), a short-lived sitcom that was briefly renamed ''New York Daze''. He signed on as a client of Creative Artists Agency and made a deal to direct the 1996 romantic comedy '' If Lucy Fell'' for a budget of $3.5 million for Columbia TriStar. Schaeffer starred opposite model Amanda de Cadenet in the 1997 romantic drama '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick David Schaeffer
Frederick David Schaeffer (15 November 1760 – 27 January 1836) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman. Biography Frederick David Schaeffer was born at Frankfurt am Main in Hesse, Germany. In 1768 he was sent to the gymnasium in Hanau. When both of his parents died, he left the gymnasium. In 1776 he emigrated with an uncle to the United States, but shortly after their arrival the uncle died, and he was left destitute. After teaching in York County, Pennsylvania, he studied theology with Rev. Jacob Goering (1755–1807). He was licensed by the Pennsylvania Ministerium in 1786 and ordained in the Lutheran ministry during 1788. Schaeffer became pastor of Lutheran congregations at Carlisle (1786–1790); Germantown ( St. Michael's; 1790–1812), and from 1812 to 1834 was the colleague of Rev. Dr. Justus Henry Christian Helmuth in Philadelphia. He received the degree of D.D. in 1813 from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1834, in consequence of the infirmities of ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles William Schaeffer
Charles William Schaeffer (born in Hagerstown, Maryland, 5 May 1813; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 March 1896) was a Lutheran clergyman and theologian of the United States. Biography His parents were Frederick Solomon Schaeffer (1790-1815) and Catherine Elizabeth Schaeffer. His father was a Lutheran clergyman, as were his uncles David Frederick Schaeffer, Frederick Christian Schaeffer and Charles Frederick Schaeffer, and his grandfather Frederick David Schaeffer. He grew up in the home of his grandfather and that of stepfather Benjamin Keller. He attended Germantown Academy, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1832, and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835, licensed to preach in 1835, and ordained in 1836. Immediately after being ordained, he took charge of a parish in Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to: Australia * The former name of Montgomery Land District, Tasmania United Kingdom * The his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Schaeffer
Chester Schaeffer (September 9, 1902 – January 5, 1992) was an American film and television editor with about thirty documentary and feature film credits, often for B movies. Schaeffer's first feature film editing credit was for ''The Canterville Ghost'' (directed by Jules Dassin-1944). The film was produced by MGM Studios in Hollywood. In the era of the Hollywood studio system, film editors typically served an apprenticeship at the studio of about ten years as assistant editors before promotion to editor, and Schaeffer had been an Ben Lewis' assistant editor on '' Dinner at Eight'' (directed by George Cukor-1933).Schaeffer was interviewed about his recollections of the 1930s in Hollywood for ''Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince''. See Schaeffer continued to edit for MGM productions through about 1949. Schaeffer was nominated for an Academy Award for the small scale drama ''The Well'' (1951), which was independently produced. The film was directed by Russell Rouse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Schaeffer
William G. Schaeffer (born December 11, 1951) is a former American basketball small forward in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the New York Nets and Virginia Squires. He also was a member of the Allentown Jets in the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League. He played college basketball at St. John's University. Early years A native of Bellerose, New York, Schaeffer attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York. As a junior, he led the team to a basketball championship in 1968 (first in school history). As a senior, he was named to the New York City All-Stars team. College career Schaeffer stayed in his home state to attend college, accepting a basketball scholarship from St. John's University. In three varsity seasons spanning between 1970–71 and 1972–73, Schaeffer established himself as one of the premier players in program history. As a sophomore, he struggled with leg injuries, but still managed 14.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He helped the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frederick Schaeffer
Charles Frederick Schaeffer (3 September 1807 in Germantown, Pennsylvania – 23 November 1879 in Philadelphia) was a Lutheran clergyman of the United States. Biography His parents were Frederick David Schaeffer and Rosina Rosenmiller. His father was a Lutheran clergyman, as were his brothers David Frederick, Frederick Christian, and Frederick Solomon, and his nephew Charles William. He was educated in the University of Pennsylvania, and studied theology under the direction of his father and Charles Rudolph Demme. He was ordained in 1829, and became pastor at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1834. In the latter year he moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he had charge of several Lutheran congregations until 1839. He was professor of theology in Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio 1840-43. He was culturally ill-suited for this position, and, after difficulties with a colleague, students and other ministers and pastor, he responded to a demand that he resign. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Christian Schaeffer
Frederick Christian Schaeffer (12 November 1792, in Germantown, Pennsylvania – 26 March 1832, in New York City) was a Lutheran clergyman of the United States. Biography His parents were Frederick David Schaeffer and Rosina Rosenmiller. His father was a Lutheran clergyman, as were his brothers David Frederick, Charles Frederick, and Frederick Solomon, and his nephew Charles William. He studied the classics partly at the Germantown academy and partly under his father, with whom he also read theology, and in 1812 was licensed to preach. In the same year he became pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years. There he developed services in both English and German without controversy, an almost unique feat for a Lutheran congregation in his times. In 1815 he accepted a call to United Congregations of New York City, where he preached in German and English, a challenge which had driven the previous pastor to resign. He opposed the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
