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Beckman (surname)
Beckman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Åsa Beckman (born 1961), Swedish literary critic *Arnold Orville Beckman (1900–2004) American chemist * Brad Beckman (1964–1989), American football tight end *Cameron Beckman (born 1970), American professional golfer *Candice Michelle, full name Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich (born 1978), American model, actress, and professional wrestler * Charles Beckman, American tennis player *Charles Beckman (Wisconsin politician), American politician *David Beckman (born 1938), former Canadian Football League head coach *Brig. Gen. Diane Beckman, fictional character in the U.S. TV series ''Chuck'' * Ed Beckman (born 1955), former professional American football tight end * Erik Beckman (1935–1995), Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright *Francis Beckman (1875–1948), former archbishop of Dubuque *Henry Beckman, Canadian stage, film and television actor * John Beckman (1895–1968), American basketball player *Joshua Bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åsa Beckman
Åsa Beckman (born 1961) is a Swedish literary critic. She writes for the Swedish newspaper ''Dagens Nyheter'' and was editor of the literary magazine ''Bonniers Litterära Magasin Bonnier AB (), also the Bonnier Group, is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries. It is controlled by the Bonnier family. Background The company was founded in 1804 by Gerhard Bonnier in Copenhagen, Denm ...'' from 1987 to 1990. Works * ''Jag själv ett hus av ljus'', Albert Bonniers förlag 2002 Awards * ''Gerard Bonniers essäpris'' (essay award), 2003 References Swedish literary critics Swedish women literary critics Living people 1961 births Swedish women writers {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Beckman
Henry Beckman (26 November 1921 – 17 June 2008) was a Canadian stage, film and television actor. Career Beckman appeared in well over 100 productions in the United States and Canada, including recurring roles as Commander Paul Richards in the 1954 ''Flash Gordon'' space opera television series, Bob Mulligan in the ABC sitcom ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'', George Anderson in the television adaptation of '' Peyton Place'', Captain Clancey in the Western comedy-drama ''Here Come the Brides'', Harry Mark on '' Bronk'', conniving United States Army Colonel Douglas Harrigan in ''McHale's Navy'', Colonel Platt in the 1965 movie ''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'', and as a sheriff in an episode of '' Rango''. He made four guest appearances on the CBS courtroom drama series ''Perry Mason'', including the role of David the murderer in the 1960 episode "The Case of the Flighty Father", as Sydney L. Garth in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Captain's Coins", as Albert King in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beckmann
Beckmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Astrid Beckmann (born 1957), German physicist *Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), German chemist and discoverer of the Beckmann rearrangement *Johann Beckmann (1739–1811), German scientific author *Juan Domingo Beckmann (born 1967), Mexican businessman * Juan Beckmann Vidal (born 1940), Mexican businessman *Ludwig Beckmann (died 20 January 1965), German First World War flying ace * Matthias Beckmann (born 1984), German jazz musician *Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter *Petr Beckmann (1924–1993), Czech-American dissident physicist *Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956), German journalist and TV presenter *Rudolf Beckmann (1910–1943), German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer * Josef Beckmann (1920–2001), World War II German lieutenant See also *Beckman (surname) Beckman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Åsa Beckman (born 1961), Swedish literary critic *Arnold Orville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thea Beckman
Theodora Beckmann (née Petie; 23 July 1923 – 5 May 2004), better known by her pen name Thea Beckman, was a Dutch author of children's books. Biography At a young age, Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer. As a teenager, she would write numerous stories and would listen to various types of music, ranging from classic to exciting film scores, depending on the kind of scene she was writing. in her twenties, Beckman studied social psychology, attending the University of Utrecht. In wake of the 1929 economic crisis, her father lost his job and Beckman was glad she had managed to finish her studies, especially after World War II occurred. As a writer, she intended to use her husband's name of Beckmann as her pseudonym. Her publisher urged her to change it to Beckman with only one "n", to avoid her name from appearing "too German", in wake of Germany's negative reputation after World War II. Beckman is best known for ''Crusade in Jeans'', a 1973 children's time travel novel for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Beckman
Raymond Paul "Ray" Beckman (June 30, 1925 – July 13, 2011) was an American soccer player who was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic soccer team. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team that year. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Beckman joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served as an electrician aboard the hospital ship USS Comfort, and survived a 1945 kamikaze attack that killed 30 and wounded 48. After the war, he returned to St. Louis where he worked as a firefighter for 18 years until he was injured while fighting a fire. He also played soccer in the St. Louis leagues. In 1948, Beckman was playing for De Andries in the St. Louis Major League when he was selected for the U.S. soccer team that competed at the Summer Olympics. He played all 90 minutes in the 9–0 loss to Italy that eliminated the U.S. from the tournament. After the Olympics, the U.S. played two full internationals, an 11–0 loss to Norway, followed by a 5–0 loss to Northern Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Ludvig Beckman
Major General Otto Ludvig Beckman (29 April 1856 – 27 June 1909) was a Swedish Navy officer and commanding officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery. He was assassinated during czar Nicholas II's visit to Stockholm in 1909. Career Beckman began his career as a sub-lieutenant in the Swedish Navy in 1876 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1881 and captain in 1888. He was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1889 to 1891 and was head of the Naval Mine Department at the naval station in Karlskrona from 1891 to 1901. Beckman was promoted to commander of second rank in 1897 and first rank in 1900. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Fleet's Retirement Fund from 1899. Beckman was promoted to colonel and commander of Karlskrona Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 2) as well as artillery commander of Karlskrona Fortress in 1902. In 1907, Beckman was promoted to major general and became commander of the Coastal Artillery. He was a long-standing member of Karlskrona City Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Beckman
Mary Esther Beckman (born September 1953) is a Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the Ohio State University. Career Beckman received her PhD from Cornell University in 1984. She was a Postdoctoral member of the technical staff in "Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Research" at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, before joining the linguistics faculty at Ohio State University in 1985. She has directed at least twenty-five PhD dissertations to completion at Ohio State University. Her early research focused on prosody and the development of the Tones and Boundary Indexes (ToBI) system of intonation transcription. More recently her work has focused on phonological disorders and child language acquisition. Perhaps her most significant contribution to linguistics is the fact that in 1987, together with John Kingston, she organized the first Laboratory Phonology conference at Columbus, Ohio. She served with Kingston as series editor for the Cambridge University Press seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoel Beckman
Manoel Beckman, also known as Bequimão, was a 17th-century trader, politician and farmer in Saint Louis of France, Maranhão in the North East of Brazil. He was son of a German father and a Portuguese mother, both of Jewish origin. He was investigated by the Portuguese Inquisition. In 1684, together with his brother Tomás and many rich farmers, he started a rebellion against the local colonial authorities and the Company of Commerce because of unfulfilled promises of shipments of African slaves and the abolition of native slavery. He also targeted the Catholic clergy, especially the Crown's Favourites, who protected the Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ... natives. The insurrection was eventually put down by Loyalist troops and Beckman was hanged on No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Beckman
Joshua Beckman is an American poet. Life Joshua Beckman was born in 1971 New Haven, Connecticut, and graduated from Hampshire College. He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including ''The Inside of an Apple'' (which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), ''Take It'', ''Shake'', and ''Things Are Happening'', which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He has collaborated with Matthew Rohrer on live improvised poems, collected in the book ''Nice Hat. Thanks'' and the audio CD ''Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty'' (which was recorded while on a 25-city tour). As part of their collaboration Beckman and Rohrer also performed an improvised walking tour of the Brooklyn Museum and a class on eavesdropping for the Museum of Modern Art. Beckman is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including ''Poker'' by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beckman
John Albert Beckman (October 22, 1895, in New York, NY – June 22, 1968, in Miami, Florida) was a professional basketball player. During his 27 years lasting pro career (1914–41) he was known as the "Babe Ruth of basketball". He is mostly known for his time with the Original Celtics The Original Celtics were a barnstorming professional American basketball team. At various times in their existence, the team played in the American Basketball League, the Eastern Basketball League and the Metropolitan Basketball League. The tea ... (1918/19, 1921–27, 1929). He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973. Professional career Beckman began playing for St. Gabriel's Catholic School in Manhattan as a 15 year old in 1910. He did not attend college but instead played for the Opals of the Hudson County League in 1910. In 1915, Beckman played for De Neri, an EL team based in Philadelphia, he played 34 of the team's 40 games, making 88 field goals and 74 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Beckman
Francis Joseph Beckman (October 25, 1875 – October 17, 1948) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska (1924–1930) and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque in Iowa (1930–1946). Biography Early life Francis Beckman was born on October 25, 1875, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Francis and Elizabeth (née Fenker) Beckman. He studied at St. Gregory's Preparatory Seminary and Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati. He then attended the University of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Priesthood He was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1902. Following his ordination, he received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (1907) and later a Doctor of Sacred Theology (1908) from the Gregorian. After his return to Cincinnati, Beckman joined the faculty of Mount St. Mary's Seminary, where he served as professor of philosophy and dogmatic theology (1908–1912). He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
