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Adél Németh
Adela is a female given name meaning noble or serene. Adela is also a male name in Ethiopia. It means favours. People named Adela include: Pre-modern world * Adela of Champagne (c. 1140–1206), Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis VII, later regent for her son * Adela of Flanders(c. 1064–1115), Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess of Apulia * Adela of France (1009–1063), Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Flanders * Adela of Hamaland (952–after 1021), sovereign Countess of Hamaland in the Netherlands * Adela of Meissen (died 1181), Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark * Adela of Milan (c. 975–after 1012), Margravine of Milan by marriage * Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), daughter of William I of England and sister of Henry I of England * Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel Modern world * Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe * Adela Coit (1863†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Cortina
Adela Cortina (born 1947, Valencia) is a Spanish philosopher. Biography After studying philosophy and letters in the Universidad de Valencia, she was admitted into the department of metaphysics in 1969. In 1976, she defended her doctoral thesis on the notion of God in Kant's transcendental philosophy and during some time she taught at middle schools and highschools. A research scholarship allowed her to go to the University of Munich, where she got acquainted with critical rationalism, pragmatism and marxist ethics and, more concretely, with the philosophy of Jurgen Habermas and Karl-Otto Apel. Upon coming back to the Spanish scholar scene, she devoted her research time to ethics. In 1981, she was admitted in the department of practical philosophy in the Universidad de Valencia. In 1986, she became Professor of Moral Philosophy, relative to economy, business and the discrimination of women, the war, ecology, genetics, etc. These are topics that the author cultivates in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Sequeyro
Adela Sequeyro Haro (March 11, 1901 – December 24, 1992) was a Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter. She was a pioneer of Mexican cinema both during the silent era and the talkies. Early life Adela Sequeyro was born March 11, 1901, in Veracruz, Mexico to a liberal and well-established family headed by Frederico Sequeyro-Arrola and Virginia Haro y Gutiérrez-Zamora. Financially weakened by the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the family was constrained to move to Cuautitlán. Sequeyro attended the French-English school of Mexico City before starting an early career in journalism. Career Beginning her journalism career in 1923, Sequeyro started writing about cinema for ''El Democráta.'' She began acting the same year under the stage name ''Perlita'' and in 1935, she played an important part in Fernando de Fuentes's film, ''Él prisonero número trece.'' As her love for cinema grew founder, Sequeyro became interested in filmmaking. However, as a woman, she was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Raz
Adela Raz (born 1986) is an Afghan politician who served as the last ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States from July 2021 to February 2022. Raz was also the first woman to hold the office of Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations. Early life and education Raz's father was killed by the Taliban because he was perceived as too progressive. Raz has a BA with majors in International Relations, Political Science and Economics from Simmons University in Boston, and an MA in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University. She was the first Afghan to gain a H-1B visa. Career Raz worked from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. From 2010 until 2013, she worked with an international development organization in the US. She is an advocate for gender equality, women's education and human rights. She has worked to assist women develop sustainable work and participate in society. In 2013, she was appointed Deputy Spokesperson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Popescu
Adela Elena Popescu (born 8 October 1986 in Șușani, Vâlcea County) is a Romanian actress and singer. Popescu is notable for being among the original cast in the first Romanian soap opera, ''Numai Iubirea'' (Only Love), where she was paired with actor Dan Bordeianu. In 2010 she met her future husband, actor and TV presenter Radu Valcan. In 2014 Popescu participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise public awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal disease of the motor neurons. Works Television * My Little Ponny : The Movie (Romanian version) *2014 — "O Nouă Viață" (A New Life), Raluca Dumitrescu *2011–2013 — "Pariu Cu Viața" (Bet With Life), Raluca Dumitrescu *2010–2011 — '"Iubire & Onoare" (Love and Honor), Carmen Florescu *2010 — "Dansez pentru tine Dansez pentru tine (English: ''Dancing for you'') was a show produced and broadcast on television station Pro TV, presented and moderated by Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Iulia Vântur, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Peña
Adela Peña is an American violinist best known as a founding member of the Eroica Trio. She was born in New York City and began playing the violin at age 4. In New York, she studied at the Henry Street Music School with violin/viola teacher Rochelle Walton. She began playing with Erika Nickrenz, the trio pianist, when they were both 9. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, where she won the Mendelssohn Violin Competition. She also won the Washington International Competition. Peña was the violinist for the Eroica Trio from its founding until 2006, when she left the ensemble. she performs with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (founded 1972) is a classical music chamber orchestra based in New York City. They have won several Grammy Awards. The orchestra is known for its collaborative leadership style in which the musicians, not a cond .... References External links Eroica Trio Web site American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Pankhurst
Adela Constantia Mary Walsh ( Pankhurst; 19 June 1885 – 23 May 1961) was a British born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the WSPU in Scotland. In 1914 she moved to Australia where she continued her activism and was co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia First Movement together with her husband, Tom Walsh. Early life Pankhurst was born on 19 June 1885 in Manchester, England, into a politicised family: her father, Richard Pankhurst, was a socialist and candidate for Parliament, and her mother, Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden), and sisters, Sylvia and Christabel, were leaders of the British suffragette movement. Her mother was of Manx descent.Bartley, p. 16; Liddington and Norris, p. 74. Adela attended the all-woman Studley Horticultural College in Warwickshire, and Manchester High School for Girls. UK As a teenager, Adela became involved in the militant Women's Social and Political Union founded by her mother and sisters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Noriega
Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez (; born October 24, 1969), professionally known as Adela Noriega, is a Mexican retired actress. She came to prominence after starring in many teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas produced by Televisa, including ''Quinceañera'' (1987–1988) and ''Dulce desafÃo'' (1988–1989). Some of her most notable works include '' MarÃa Bonita'' (1995–1996), ''MarÃa Isabel'' (1997–1998), '' El Privilegio de Amar'' (1998–1999), ''El Manantial'' (2001–2002), ''Amor real'' (2003), ''La esposa virgen'' (2005) and ''Fuego en la sangre'' (2008). Noriega's success as a leading lady has led her to be known as one of the "Queens" of the genre. Early life Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez was born on October 24, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father died when she was in her early adolescence and her mother died in 1995, after a battle with cancer. She has two siblings; an older sister, Reyna, and a younger brother, Alejandro, Career Career beginnings Noriega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Neffa
Adela Neffa (June 15, 1922 – June 9, 2019) was an Argentine-born Uruguayan sculptor. Biography Of Lebanese origin, Neffa and her parents moved from Argentina to Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1942 she was admitted to the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Montevideo. She left in 1949 and began a course with professor Heber Ramos Paz. This was followed by sculpture courses with professors Severino Pose, Armando González and Eduardo Yepes at the Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Universidad de la República), Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes from where she graduated in 1955.Di Maggio, Nelson. Artes visuales en Uruguay: diccionario crÃtico. Montevideo, 2013 In 1961, she won the Carlos MarÃa Herrera municipal scholarship through a merit contest, with which she traveled to Europe in 1962 and studied sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with the sculptor George Adams.Plásticos uruguayos v2. Montevideo: Biblioteca del Palacio Legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Navarro Bello
Adela Navarro Bello (born 1968 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican journalist and the general director of the Tijuana weekly magazine ''Zeta (magazine), Zeta''. ''Zeta'', which was founded in 1980, is one of the few publications that frequently reports on organized crime, drug trafficking, and corruption in Mexico's border cities. Multiple editors and reporters working for ''Zeta'' have been murdered, including Héctor Félix Miranda, co-founder of ''Zeta'', and co-editor Francisco Ortiz Franco. Early life Navarro's passion for writing dates back to her childhood, spent in a house filled with books. Her father, a rug seller, used to read at least four newspapers a day. In college, she majored in communications. During her time there, Jesús Blancornelas, a well-known Tijuana investigative journalist, came to lecture in the college, and Navarro asked him for a job covering politics for his magazine ''Zeta''. Navarro was hired in 1990, and Blancornelas became her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Micha
Adela Micha Zaga (born May 25, 1963) is a Mexican journalist notable for conducting several radio and TV newscasts and pioneering the Big Brother reality show in Mexico. She is a graduate of the Universidad del Nuevo Mundo (currently closed by the SEP) Past work Micha's work encompasses numerous radio and TV news shows, with highlights including special reports like ''Confesiones desde la cárcel con Gloria Trevi'' (Confessions from Jail with Gloria Trevi); cultural events like ''La muerte del poeta Jaime Sabines'' (The Death of Poet Jaime Sabines); and technology shows like ''El hilo negro''. She pioneered the Mexican version of the Big Brother reality show, conducting it for two seasons. Micha speaks Spanish, English and French, and has interviewed the likes of Bill Clinton, Vicente Fox, Shakira, Martha Sahagún, Fernando Botero, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Rosario Robles, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Rigoberta Menchú, Richard Gere, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adela Jušić
Adela Jušić (born 1982 Sarajevo) is a Bosnian contemporary visual artist. She was born in Sarajevo. She is known for her socially engaged art on the subject of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of partisan women during the Second World War in Yugoslavia. She has exhibited her works in more than 100 international exhibitions including: Frestas – Trienal de Artes (São Paulo), The Women's Room (New York), Balkan Artist Guild (London), Manifesta 8. (Murcia), ISCP (New York), Videonale (Bonn), Image Counter Image (München). Jušić is a cofounder of the Association for Art and CulturCrvena Adela Jušić is one of the creators of the online archive of the antifascist struggle of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. She lives and works in Sarajevo. Education Jušić attended the High School of Applied Arts from 1997 to 2001. She obtained an MA from the Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Printmaking, Sarajevo University in 2007. She completed her second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
