Haffer
Haffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Fritz Haffer (1914–?), Romanian handball player *Jürgen Haffer (1932–2010), German ornithologist *Karl Haffer (1912–?), Romanian handball player *Virna Haffer (1899–1974), American photographer See also *Chaffer {{surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Virna Haffer
Virna Haffer (1899–April 5, 1974) was an American photographer, printmaker, painter, musician, and published author. Biography Born in 1899 in Aurora, Illinois, Haffer and her family moved to the utopian community of Home in South Puget Sound in Washington state in 1907. When she was 15 years old Haffer became the apprentice of the photographer Harriette H. Ihrig. She opened her own portrait photography studio in Tacoma, Washington and began publishing her photographs in 1924. Haffer was known for experimenting with unusual, quirky techniques and created her own artistic style that stretched the boundaries of artistic classifications in the early twentieth century. Haffer's work was eccentric; she produced pictorialist, modern, surreal, and documentary style work. Haffer was married three times, the second time to socialist and labor advocate Paul Raymond Haffer, with whom she had one son, Jean Paul Haffer. One of her works as a commercial photographic portraitist was a childho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fritz Haffer
Friedrich "Fritz" Haffer (born 26 May 1914, date of death unknown) was a Romanian male handball player. He was a member of the Romania men's national handball team. He was a part of the team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. On club level he played for Hermannstädter Turnverein in Romania. He is the brother of handball player Karl Haffer who was also part of the national team at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- .... References 1914 births Year of death missing Romanian male handball players Olympic handball players for Romania Place of birth missing Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karl Haffer
Karl Haffer also written as Carol Haffer (born 2 November 1912) was a member of the Romania men's national handball team, who took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics. On club level he played for Hermannstädter Turnverein in Romania. He is the brother of Fritz Haffer Friedrich "Fritz" Haffer (born 26 May 1914, date of death unknown) was a Romanian male handball player. He was a member of the Romania men's national handball team. He was a part of the team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. On club level he played ..., also a handball player . References Romanian male handball players Olympic handball players for Romania Place of birth missing 1912 births Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Year of death missing 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jürgen Haffer
Jürgen Haffer (9 December 1932 in Berlin – 26 April 2010 in Essen) was a German ornithologist, biogeographer, and geologist. He is most remembered for his theory of Amazonian forest refugia during the Pleistocene that would have contributed to speciation and the diversification of the biota. Biography At the age of 13 Haffer found a dead bird with a ring and had taken it to the Berlin Museum where he met Erwin Stresemann who took time to explain to him the purpose of ringing. This made a big impression on him and it marked the beginning of his ornithological interest. He was the fourth child of Oskar Haffer and Margarete. His father was a high school teacher with a training in biology who encouraged an interest in natural history. After schooling, Haffer worked during the summer of 1951 under Stresemann before going to university. Knowing that ornithology did not offer a career, he studied geology and paleontology. He obtained a Diploma in 1956 and continued on for a doctoral d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |