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Backer
Backer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907), Norwegian pianist and composer * Augustin de Backer (1809–1873), Roman Catholic bibliographer * Brad Backer (born 1956), Australian rugby league footballer * Brian Backer (born 1956), American actor * Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963), Dutch botanist * Deborah Backer (1959 - 2014), Guyanese politician * Harriet Backer (1845–1932), Norwegian painter * Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1609–1651), Dutch painter * Lars Backer (1892–1930), Norwegian architect * Marijn Backer (born 1956), Dutch author * Par Backer (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey player * P. A. Backer (1940–1993), Malayalam film directors May also refer to * Backer, somebody who contributed money to a crowdfunding project * Backer, the name of a VHS#Accessories, VHS-based computer backup system manufactured by Danmere See also * Bäcker (Baecker) * Baker (surname) * Bakker * Becker (surname) * de Backer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. She is best known for her detailed interior scenes, communicated with rich colors and the interplay of light and shadow. Biography Backer was one of four daughters born to an affluent family at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. Her parents were Nils Backer (1815–1877) and Sofie Smith Petersen (1819–1882), and she was the aunt of the painter Astri Welhaven Heiberg (1881–1967). Her father was a shipping merchant and her mother was from a wealthy family. Her family moved to Christiania (Oslo) in 1856. She attended Wilhemine Autentrieth Girls' School (1857–1860) and Hartvig Nissen School (1863). At 12, she first took lessons in drawing and painting, notably with Joachim Calmeyer (1857). She studied with art instructor Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1861–65), in Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelis Andries Backer
Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963) was a Dutch botanist and pteridologist. He was born on 18 September 1874 in Oudenbosch and died on 22 February 1963 at Heemstede, The Netherlands. He stayed thirty years in the Dutch East Indies and did research on plant taxonomy on the islands of Java and Madura. Biography Netherlands (1874–1900) From his father's side Backer was a scion of a family of school teachers, from his mother's of the lesser peasantry. On his birth certificate his surname was written ''Bakker'' instead of ''Backer''. Following time-honoured custom Backer, when fifteen, attended the State Teachers’ Seminary at Haarlem (1889–1893). His interest in botany had already expressed itself at the Seminary. After his finals he had posts at several small villages. This was the time that he came into contact with some famous Dutch contemporary botanists, e.g. Hendrik Heukels (1854–1936) and Eduard Heimans (1861–1914). Dutch East Indies (1901–1930) Weltevr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Adriaensz Backer
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608 – 27 August 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years, including portraits, religious subjects, and mythological paintings. In his style, he was influenced by Wybrand de Geest, Rubens and Abraham Bloemaert. He is also noted for his drawings of male and female nudes. Biography Backer was born in Harlingen, Netherlands, but his father moved in 1611 to Amsterdam, after his wife died. The family lived on Nieuwendijk near the harbour. Between 1627 and 1633 he and Govert Flinck, both Mennonites, were pupils of Lambert Jacobsz in Leeuwarden, a mennonite teacher, father of Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, painter of religious work, and after moving to Amsterdam, a neighbor. In 1633 Backer returned to Amsterdam, and probably worked for Hendrick Uylenburgh. Backer never married, never bought a house, and might have lived with his brother or nephew Adriaen Backer, who also became a portrait painter. He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Backer
Lars Thalian Backer (5 January 1892 – 7 June 1930) was a Norwegian architect. Backer was a pioneer of modernism in Norwegian architecture during the 1920s. Biography Backer was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Herman Major Backer (1856–1932) and Elisabeth Christiane Boeck (1868–1958). His father was also a noted architect whose work included St. John's Church in Bergen and Villa Fridheim in Krødsherad. Backer was educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts under the supervision of Herman Major Schirmer and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, from which he graduated in 1915. He served as an apprentice with several notable contemporary architects in Norway, including Harald Hals (1876-1959) and Ole Sverre (1865-1952) as well as Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson. He attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1919 to 1920. After completing an internship, he started his own practice in Oslo during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Backer
Deborah Backer (14 April 1959 – 21 March 2014) was a Guyanese politician of the People's National Congress who served as the deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana. Early life Born on 14 April 1959, Backer received her LLB degree from University of the West Indies, Barbados in 1981 and attended the Hugh Wooding Law School for her legal education certificate. Career Backer started her career as a lawyer and was a member of the Guyana Bar Association. After joining the People's National Congress (PNC) in 1994, she served on the Georgetown city council till 1998. She was elected to the National Assembly of Guyana for the first time in 1998. Later she became its deputy speaker. For the 2011 general elections, PNC together with other parties formed an alliance A Partnership for National Unity and became the opposition in the next assembly. Backer was their shadow foreign affairs minister and also headed the Parliamentary Sectorial Committees. However she resigned from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijn Backer
Marinus Franciscus Johannes "Marijn" Backer (born 6 September 1956) is a Dutch educator, poet, and writer. Backer has been publishing poetry, including in translation, at least since 1986. In 1992 he won the Zilveren Griffel prize with Inez van Eijk for his first children's book ''Lieve engerd, de groeten''. Backer has been publishing youth literature ever since and occasionally engages in nonfiction. His poems are still published on his website. Two of Backer's books have been published in German translation. His poems were published in 18 languages. Backer is a dean and a teacher of Greek and Latin at the Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap. He is an author of the teaching method ''Fortuna'' for Latin. In the 2000s, he wrote a biweekly column on education for ''NRC Handelsblad''. Books Youth literature * 1992 – Lieve engerd, de groetjes ontact co-author: Inez van Eijk * 1995 – Thuis niet thuis iramide* 1996 – Ik hou waar ik van hou iramide* 1998 – Dossier Wauter Both ira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Backer
Brad Backer (born 19 July 1956) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. Primarily a er, he was a member of the inaugural Queensland State of Origin team and won two premierships with the Easts Tigers. Playing career A Maryborough junior, Backer played for Western Suburbs Bundaberg before moving to Brisbane to join the Easts Tigers. In 1978, he started on the wing in Easts' 14–10 BRL Grand Final win over the Fortitude Valley Diehards. In 1979, he was selected for Queensland in the interstate series. In 1980, he started on the wing for Queensland in the inaugural State of Origin game. He represented Queensland the following two years in State of Origin, scoring a try in their 1981 win over New South Wales. In 1983, Backer won his second BRL premiership for Easts, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Grand Final. He later joined the Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Koug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Backer
Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956) is an American former actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1982 hit comedy film ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' as shy teenager Mark "Rat" Ratner. He appeared in the 1985 comedy film ''Moving Violations'' as Scott Greeber and the 1987 comedy film '' Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol'' as Arnie. Backer's primary television role was on the soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' in 1990 as A. Bartlett Congdon. He has made guest appearances on such shows as ''Charles in Charge'', ''Gimme a Break!'' and ''Growing Pains''. Backer won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award for Woody Allen's ''The Floating Light Bulb'', in which he portrayed an Allen-like protagonist. Early life Backer grew up in Brooklyn. Filmography * '' The Burning'' (1981) as Alfred * ''Fast Times at Ridgemont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin De Backer
Augustin de Backer (18 July 1809 in Antwerp, Belgium – 1 December 1873 in Liège, Belgium) was a Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer. Early years and Formation De Backer left his country to be educated at the Jesuit schools of France (Beauregard, College of Saint-Acheul, Saint-Acheul) and Switzerland Fribourg. After schooling, and rather than going to the university, he undertook to visit libraries of France and Belgium in search of books printed by Plantin Press, Plantin. In 1835, he was received into the Society of Jesus (in Rome) by the Superior General, Father Jan Roothaan, John-Baptist Roothaan, who sent him back to Nivelles, in Belgium, for his novitiate (29 June 1835). He taught three years in the school of Namur (city), Namur (1837-1840), and in 1840, began his studies for the priesthood in Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Leuven. Ordained priest on 10 September 1843. Bibliographer While at Louvain, he came across the ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Backer
De Backer may refer to: *Augustin de Backer (1809–1873), Belgian Jesuit and bibliographer *Jacob de Backer Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1591) was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has bee ... (1555–1585), Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp * Gotye (born Wouter De Backer in 1980), Australian songwriter {{surname Surnames of Belgian origin Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bäcker
Bäcker or Baecker is a German surname meaning "baker". Notable people with the surname include: *Fabian Bäcker (born 1990), German professional footballer *Pär Bäcker (born 1982), Swedish professional ice hockey player *Ronald Baecker (born 1942), professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto *Rudolf Bäcker (1914–2005), combat medic in the German armed forces during World War II See also *Backer *Baker (surname) {{DEFAULTSORT:Backer German-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crowdfunding. Although similar concepts can also be executed through mail-order subscriptions, benefit events, and other methods, the term crowdfunding refers to internet-mediated registries. This modern crowdfunding model is generally based on three types of actors – the project initiator who proposes the idea or project to be funded, individuals or groups who support the idea, and a moderating organization (the "platform") that brings the parties together to launch the idea. Crowdfunding has been used to fund a wide range of for-profit, entrepreneurial ventures such as artistic and creative projects, medical expenses, travel, and community-oriented social entrepreneurship projects. Although crowdfunding has been suggested to be highly li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
