|
Auerbach (surname)
Auerbach and Averbuch and Aberbach is a German surname, commonly Jewish, derived from a toponym meaning meadow-brook. Another variant is Aberbach. Sometimes it is modified to Auerbacher, meaning someone coming from a town or village called Auerbach. Notable people with this surname include the following: *Abraham Auerbach (died 1846), German rabbi * (1926-2008), Israeli rabbi * (born 1935), Israeli rabbi *Alan J. Auerbach (born 1951), American economist * (born 1988), German handball player * (1844-1916), Russian mining engineer, industrialist, creator and organizer of production, scientist * (1873-1954), German actor and writer *Arnold Auerbach (other), multiple people *Arnold M. Auerbach (1912–1998), American screenwriter *Artie Auerbach (1903–1957), American comedian, press photographer *Auerbach (Jewish family), a family of scholars in the 16th to 19th centuries * (1793-1864), German-Jewish educator *Beatrice Fox Auerbach (1887–1968), philanthropist, president a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberbach
Aberbach is a surname of German language, German and Jiddish origin. It is mostly a variant of Auerbach (surname), Auerbach that probably stems from its Hebrew spelling (''אברבך'') with the Bet (letter), letter Beth that can be read a "v" or as "b". Notable people with the surname include: *Jean Aberbach (1910–1992), Austrian-born American music publisher *Julian Aberbach (1909–2004), Austrian-born American music publisher See also *Auerbach (Jewish family) {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Auerbach
David Auerbach is an American writer and former Microsoft and Google software engineer. He has written on a variety of subjects, including social issues and popular culture, the environment, computer games, philosophy and literature. His 2018 book ''Bitwise: A Life in Code'' was well received, and chosen by ''Popular Mechanics'' as one of its 30 "Best Sci/Tech Books of 2018". Career A graduate of Yale University, Auerbach worked on Microsoft's Messenger Service after college in the late 1990s – he is credited in ''The New York Times'' as having introduced smiley face emoticons to America during this time – before moving on to Google, where he stayed until 2008. He was a columnist for ''Slate'' magazine from 2013 to 2016, and has also been a contributor to Reuters, ''The American Reader'', ''MIT Technology Review'', ''The Nation'', ''The Daily Beast'', ''n+1'' and ''Tablet''. In an article for ''Slate'', Auerbach expressed criticism of facilitated communication, referring to it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Auerbach
Herman Auerbach (October 26, 1901, Tarnopol – August 17, 1942) was a Polish mathematician and member of the Lwów School of Mathematics. Auerbach was professor at Lwów University. During the Second World War because of his Jewish descent he was imprisoned by the Germans in the Lwów ghetto. In 1942 he was murdered at Bełżec extermination camp. News on wartime fates of Polish mathematicians, pp. 868–869. See also *Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland *List of Nazi-German concentration camps *The Holocaust in Poland *World War II casualties of Poland References External links *Author profilein the database zbMATH zbMATH Open, formerly Zentralblatt MATH, is a major reviewing service providing reviews and abstracts for articles in pure mathematics, pure and applied mathematics, produced by the Berlin office of FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Informa ... 1901 births 1942 deaths People from Ternopil People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert S
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and roommate in the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Auerbach
Auerbachs Keller (, Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the second oldest restaurant in Leipzig, Germany. Already one of the city's most important wine bars by the 16th century, it owes its worldwide reputation to Goethe's play '' Faust'' as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels. History A wine bar at the site was already mentioned in a historical record dated 1438. The present-day restaurant is located below the Mädlerpassage, a historic covered passage built from 1912 to 1914 at Grimmaische Straße 2 in Leipzig's historical district near the market. The restaurant has five historical dining rooms: the ''Fasskeller'' (''Barrel Cellar''), ''Lutherzimmer'' (''Luther Room''), ''Goethezimmer'' (''Goethe Room''), ''Alt-Leipzig'' (''Old Leipzig''), and, since 1913, the ''Großer Keller'' (''Large Cellar''). There is also the ''Mephisto Bar'' on the floor above available for drinks. The Mädlerpassage replaced the former ''Auerbachs Hof'', a trade fair buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Auerbach
Gary Auerbach is an American television and film writer, director and producer. He graduated from Livingston High School and the University of Delaware, where he earned a degree in Economics. His first job in entertainment was as a film editor at EMC a trailer house in New York City. He then began to work at MTV where he produced several shows, including Jon Stewart's ''You Wrote You Watch It'', the live ''Hangin with MTV'', and the Peabody Award-winning ''Decade''. In 1995, he moved to Los Angeles where he executive produced MTV’s dating show “Singled Out” starring Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy. In 1996, he wrote and directed the feature film ''Just Your Luck''. In 1997, he founded “Mindless Entertainment” with then-partner Mark Cronin Mark Cronin is an American television producer and writer. Biography Cronin grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Upper Darby High School and the University of Pennsylvania. At the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Auerbach
Friedrich Auerbach (23 August 1870, Breslau – 4 August 1925) was a German chemist. He was the son of anatomist Leopold Auerbach and the brother of physicist Felix Auerbach. He was the father of geneticist Charlotte Auerbach. Biography He studied mathematics, physics and chemistry at the universities of Leipzig and Breslau — at Leipzig his instructors were Johannes Wislicenus and Wilhelm Ostwald; at Breslau he was a student of Albert Ladenburg. From 1894 to 1903 he was associated with factories in Edenkoben and Krefeld, and afterwards worked in the chemical laboratory of Richard Abegg at Breslau. From 1904 he worked at the Reich Health Office in Berlin, where he eventually attained the position of ''Oberregierungsrat''.Auerbach, Friedrich Deutsche Biographie Much of his scientific research dealt with poisons, in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach (born 29 April 1931) is a German-British painter. Born in Germany, he has been a naturalised British subject since 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon (artist), Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Life and career Auerbach was born in Berlin, the son of Max Auerbach, a patent lawyer, and Charlotte Nora Borchardt, who had trained as an artist. Under the influence of the British writer Iris Origo, his parents sent him to Britain in 1939 under the Kindertransport scheme (although he has stated it was by private arrangement), which brought almost 10,000 mainly Jewish children to Britain to escape from Nazi persecution. Aged seven, Auerbach left Germany via Hamburg on 4 April 1939 and arrived at Southampton on 7 April.Robert Hughes (critic), Robert Hughes"The Art of Frank Auerbach" ''The New York Review of Books'' vol. 31, issue 15, 11 October 1990. Retrieved 30 May 2013 His parents stayed behind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Auerbach
Felix Auerbach (12 November 1856 – 26 February 1933) was a German physicist. Life Auerbach was born in Breslau (today Wrocław) on 12 November 1856. His father, Leopold Auerbach, was a respected physician and professor of medicine at the University of Breslau. His mother was Arabella Auerbach, née Hess. From her, he acquired the talent and love for music that accompanied him throughout his life. Felix was the eldest of six siblings. The chemist, Friedrich Auerbach (1870–1925), and Wroclaw pianist, Max Auerbach (born 1872), were his younger brothers. Felix Auerbach received his humanistic education from 1865 to 1873 at Mary Magdalene School in his home town. After leaving school, at the age of 16, he went to study at the universities of Breslau, Heidelberg - with Gustav Robert Kirchhoff - and Berlin - with Hermann Helmholtz. Under Helmholtz, he received his doctorate in 1875. The title of his dissertation ''The nature of vocal sounds'' demonstrated his interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezriel Auerbach
Ezriel Auerbach (born 1937), also known as Azriel Auerbach, is a prominent Haredi rabbi and posek. He is the son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, two renowned poskim. He was considered Rabbi Elyashiv's right-hand man in matters of halakha. Auerbach married Leah Elyashiv (1938–2010), daughter of Rabbi Elyashiv, in 1960. They had no children. On October 11, 2012, at the age of 75, Auerbach became engaged to Minna Elyashiv, age 58, the widow of Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. Rulings In matters of Halakhic dispute between Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Rabbi Elyashiv, apparently, Rabbi Ezriel Auerbach tends to rule privately in accordance with his father, while avoiding a public stand, in deference to his father-in-law.For a possible example of this, see article on Shabbat mode Sabbath mode, also known as Shabbos mode (Ashkenazi pronunciation) or Shabbat mode, is a feature in many modern home applian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Auerbach
Erich Auerbach (November 9, 1892 – October 13, 1957) was a German philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature. His best-known work is '' Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature'', a history of representation in Western literature from ancient to modern times and frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature. Along with Leo Spitzer, Auerbach is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature. Biography Auerbach, who was Jewish and born in Berlin, was trained in the German philological tradition and would eventually become, along with Leo Spitzer, one of its best-known scholars. After participating as a combatant in World War I, he earned a doctorate in 1921 at University of Greifswald, served as librarian at the Prussian State Library for some years, and in 1929 became a member of the philology faculty at the University of Marburg, publishing a well-received study entitled ''Dante: P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Auerbach (photographer)
Erich Auerbach (12 December 1911, Sokolov, now the Czech Republic – 11 August 1977, London) was a foremost Czech journalist photographer working for the weekly '' Pestrý týden'' and was the official photographer of the Czechoslovak government in exile during World War II. Some of his most iconic photographs were published in Prague in 2005, as a historical record of the BBC broadcasts made by Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk during his wartime exile in London: "Volá Londýn" (London Calling). After the war, he continued working in London to become a recognised photographer of musicians and artists in general. During a brief return to Prague, he documented the lives of British wartime brides of Czech soldiers as they adapted to a foreign culture, using Patricia, wife of Josef Josten, as one of his models. While in London he worked for ''Sunday Times'', ''Daily Herald'', ''The Observer'' or EMI Records. He is the author of well-known photographs of Leonard Bernstein, Henry Wood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
