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Wessel (name)
Wessel is a diminutive of the given name Werner of Frisian, German, and Dutch origin. People with this name include: Given name *Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899-1944), German military commander and member of the German Resistance * Wessel Gansfort (1419-1489), Dutch theologian and early humanist *Wessel Myburgh (born 1990), Namibian cricketer * Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819-1901), first president of the South African Republic *Wessel Roux (born 1975), South African rugby player * Wessel van Diepen (born 1966), Dutch radio host *Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899 – 1990), Norwegian metaphysician, author, lawyer and mountaineer Surname * Andreas Wessel (1858–1940), Norwegian physician and politician * Bernhard Wessel (1936-2022), German football goalkeeper * Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, American (Iowa) politician * Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Dano-Norwegian mathematician who was the first person to describe the complex numbers * Christer Wessel (born 1943), Swedish curler * David Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner (name)
Werner is a name of German origin. Werner, meaning “the defender” or “the defending warrior”, is common both as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, such as the Scandinavian '' Verner''. The name was popular in the Habsburg family. *Werner I (Bishop of Strasbourg) (c. 980 – 1028) *Werner I, Count of Habsburg (c. 1025 – 1096) *Werner II, Count of Habsburg (d. 1167) People with the surname A–H *Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), German geologist *Alfred Werner (1866–1919), Swiss Nobel Prize–winning chemist * André Werner (born 1960), German composer * Annette Werner (born 1966), German mathematician * Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter *Björn Werner (born 1990), German player of American football *Brian Werner (born 1966), American Tiger Conservationist, founder of Tiger Missing Link Foundation * Buddy (Wallace Jerold) Werner (1936–1964), American alpine skier * C. W. Otto Werner (1879–1936), German physician, discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wessel
Friedrich Wessel (born 29 April 1945) is a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 .... References 1945 births Living people German male fencers Olympic fencers of West Germany Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bonn {{Germany-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Christopher Wessel
Ole Christopher Wessel (12 January 1744 – 26 December 1794) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant and landowner. He was born in Vestby in Akershus as the son of parish priest Jonas Wessel (1707-1785) and Helene Marie Schumacher (1715-1789). He was a brother of poet Johan Herman Wessel and cartographer Caspar Wessel. In 1757, he entered Christiania Cathedral School after which he was enrolled at the University of Copenhagen. In 1770, he received the job of assessor and rose through the ranks via Court of Justice, until he in 1790 was Chief Justice. He was married to Helene Carlsen Barclay from 1779 to 1790. They parted in 1790 and in 1791 he married Maren Juel (1749-1815), Norway's wealthiest woman, and thus became owner of the estates Hafslund Manor and Borregaard Manor in Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris A
Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitoba, a town mostly surrounded by the municipality * Morris (electoral district), Manitoba (defunct) * Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312, Saskatchewan United States ;Communities * Morris, Alabama, a town * Morris, Connecticut, a town * Morris, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Morris, Illinois, a city * Morris, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Morris, Minnesota, a city * Morristown, New Jersey, a town * Morris (town), New York ** Morris (village), New York * Morris, Oklahoma, a city * Morris, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Morris, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Morris, Kanawha County, West Virginia, a ghost town * Morris, Wisconsin, a town * Morris Township (other) ;Counties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Wessel
Michael Wade Wessel (born December 2, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in 2016. A professional competitor since 2007, Wessel formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator, and was a contestant on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.'' Background Born and raised in Celina, Ohio, Wessel played football at Celina High School as a defensive tackle and was talented, earning a scholarship to the University of St. Francis where he played nose tackle. Wessel also went to training camps for both the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers but was cut in both appearances. Wessel later competed for Arena Football League teams in North Dakota and San Diego for three-and-a-half seasons before accepting a strength and conditioning coaching job at the University of Arkansas. It was during his time in Arkansas when Wessel began to train mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship He made his UFC debut against Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wessel
Mark Wessel was the Dean of the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University from 2004 to 2008. Prior to becoming Dean, Wessel held leadership positions within the Heinz College as Acting Dean, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Associate Dean, and Associate Dean as well overseeing a number of Masters programs. He is currently a lecturer in Economics and Public Policy. Wessel joined the Heinz College faculty in 1993. Before his tenure at Carnegie Mellon, Wessel was a development specialist with the Mon Valley Initiative, assistant to the associate dean and undergraduate economics advisor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and economist and financial analyst for the United States Department of Energy. Wessel holds a Bachelor in International Economic Development from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service graduating Phi Beta Kappa and a Master of Science in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Wessel was first appointed interim Dean of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wessel (composer)
Mark Wessel (March 26, 1894 – May 9, 1973) was an American pianist and composer. Life Wessel was born in Coldwater, Michigan, and graduated from Northwestern School of Music, now known as Bienen School of Music; he later taught piano and theory there. When Wessel left Northwestern, he became a professor of piano and composition at the University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, Boulder. Wessel was a former pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. He was twice awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, in List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1930, 1930 and List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1932, 1932. He was also the recipient in 1930 of a Pulitzer Scholarship to further his education in Europe. In the 1938 contest of the New York Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society his Choir, choral-orchestral work ''The King of Babylon'' won honorable mention, while his former student David Van Vactor won the competition with his Symphony in D. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathrin Weßel
Kathrin Wessel (née Ullrich; born 14 August 1967) is a retired Germany, German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. She was the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1987 World Championship bronze medallist, the 1990 European Athletics Championships, 1990 European Championship silver medallist, and won the 1989 IAAF World Cup, 1989 World Cup title. She also competed at three Summer Olympics, Olympic Games (1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul 1988, 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992, and 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 1996). Biography Wessel was born in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony, East Germany and competed for the club SV Dynamo. She first came to international prominence in 1987, as Kathrin Ullrich, when she won the European Cup 10,000 metres in only her second attempt at the distance. The 1987 season culminated in her winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rome, finishing ahead of Olga Bondarenko and Liz McColgan, who placed fourth and fifth respecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Kai Wessel (born 1964 in Hamburg) is a German countertenor and teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Professional career Kai Wessel started singing in school choirs and as a boy soprano at the Christus-Kirche of Hamburg-Wandsbek and received lessons on piano, organ and oboe. He studied to become a composer at the Lübeck Academy of Music but then concentrated on training his countertenor voice with Ute von Garczynski. He studied baroque performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with René Jacobs. His first concert was in Flensburg in 1984, his first opera appearance 1988 in the theatre of Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1994 to 2004, he was engaged at the theatre of Basel where he sang in productions of Herbert Wernicke in Handel's Theodora, Giulio Cesare and Israel in Egypt, among others. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Composers suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Herman Wessel
Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit. Biography Wessel was born and raised at Vestby in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of Jonas Wessel (1707–1785) and Helene Maria Schumacher (1715–1789). His father was a parish priest. He was one of thirteen children in a family. His younger brothers included mathematician Caspar Wessel (1745–1818) and jurist Ole Christopher Wessel (1744–1794) His sister-in-law was landowner Maren Juel (1749–1815) and naval hero Peter Tordenskjold (1690–1720) was his grand uncle. He entered attended Oslo Cathedral School in 1757 followed by the University of Copenhagen in 1761. At the university, he studied foreign languages. He later made a living principally as a tutor and translator. He lived most of his somewhat bohemian life in Copenhagen, dependent on casual work and wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Wessel
''Jessie'' Nilsina Wessel (13 April 1894 – 23 August 1948) was a Swedish actress. Biography Wessel studied at the Dramaten's school from 1914 to 1916, and made her debut during this period as Bertha in '' The Father''. In 1928, she married the director and art collector Fritz H. Eriksson. She is buried in the Bromma cemetery in Stockholm County. Filmography * 1920: ''Gyurkovicsarna'' * 1920: ''Thora van Deken'' * 1921: ''Högre ändamål'' * 1921: ''Vallfarten till Kevlaar'' * 1923: ''Hälsingar'' * 1924: ''Flickan från Paradiset ''Flickan från Paradiset'' (''"The girl from paradise"'') is a 1924 Swedish drama film directed by Theodor Berthels. Synopsis Torkel Gudmundson is the proud owner of a beautiful farm, called Paradise. His wife Hilda, however, longs to move bac ...'' * 1925: ''Två konungar'' * 1928: ''Stormens barn'' * 1928: '' The Poetry of Ådalen'' * 1930: ''Hjärtats röst'' External links * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921806/ References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Wessel
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a Berlin ''Sturmführer'' ("Assault Leader", the lowest commissioned officer rank) of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), the Nazi Party's stormtroopers. After his killing in 1930, he was made into a martyr for the Nazi cause by Joseph Goebbels. Wessel first joined a number of youth groups and extreme right-wing paramilitary groups, but later resigned from them and joined the SA, the brownshirted street-fighting stormtroopers of the Nazi Party. He rose to command several SA squads and districts. On 14 January 1930, he was shot in the head by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Albrecht Höhler, Albrecht "Ali" Höhler was arrested and charged with his murder. Höhler was initially sentenced to six years in prison, but was forcibly taken out of jail and killed by the SA after the Nazis came to power. Wessel's funeral was given wide attention in Berlin, with many of the Nazi elite in attendance. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
