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Bender (surname)
The surname Bender derives from both English and German origin. In England, it derives from old ''Benden'' or ''Benbow''. In Germany, it is a form of ''Fassbinder'' or ''Fassbender'' ( Cooper). It is an occupational name in both English and German forms. Academics * Carl M. Bender (born 1943), American applied mathematician and mathematical physicist * David A. Bender, nutritional biochemist * Harold H. Bender (1882–1951), professor of philology at Princeton University * Harold S. Bender (1897–1962), professor of theology * Lauretta Bender (1897–1987), American child neuropsychiatrist, developer of the Bender-Gestalt Test * Lionel Bender (1934–2008), American linguist * Margaret Bender, American anthropologist * Mark Bender Gerstein, American physical and biological scientist * Tom Bender (architect) (), American architect, one of the American founders of the "green architecture" and "sustainability" movements Arts and entertainment * Aimee Bender (born 1969), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Bender
Howard Nicholas Bender (born September 25, 1951) is an American comic book artist best known for his work for DC Comics and Archie Comics. Biography Howard Bender was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He attended the Art Students League and was a co-founder of the Pittsburgh Comics Club in 1972. After working in the production department at Marvel Comics as a letterer and artist (1974–1980), he held a similar role at DC Comics (1981–1985). His Marvel work included adding tones to the black-and-white artwork in Marvel UK's ''Star Wars Weekly'' series. At DC Comics, Bender drew one-page introduction features in various mystery titles such as ''Ghosts'', ''Secrets of Haunted House'', '' The Unexpected'', and ''Weird War Tales''. He was the artist on the "Dial H for Hero" backup stories published in '' The New Adventures of Superboy'' and drew several Superman stories in ''Action Comics''. His work on a Wildfire story in ''Legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George H
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bender
David Bender is an American political activist, author and former host of the talk radio show ''Politically Direct'' on Air America Radio. Political activism David Bender's five-decade career as a political activist began at the age of twelve when he took a "leave of absence" from the seventh grade to become a full-time volunteer in the presidential campaign of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Four years later, as a high school reporter, Mr. Bender covered the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey. He was literally a "boy on the bus," traveling in the company of such journalistic legends as Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid. Later, he became a key aide to the legendary liberal activist Allard K. Lowenstein, the former New York congressman who was a pivotal figure in both the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement. He would go on to serve on the national field staffs of California Governor Jerry Brown’s 1976 presidential ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitt Bender
Birgitt "Biggi" Bender (born 28 December 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag. Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984. From 1988 to 2001 Bender was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the diet of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It convenes in Stuttgart and currently consists of 154 members of five political parties. The majority before the 2021 election was a coalition of the All ... in Stuttgart. Since 2002 Bender has been a member of the Bundestag in Berlin. She is openly lesbian. She contested the 2009 election in the Stuttgart II district, but was unsuccessful. References External links Official website 1956 births Living people Politicians from Düsseldorf Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag Lesbian politicians University of Cologne alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Letheridge Bender
A. L. “Chunk” Bender (June 6, 1916 – August 28, 1980) was the mayor of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1969 to 1971 after serving as Commissioner for many years. Due to health problems he declined a re-election bid. While the office of mayor in Chattanooga is officially non-partisan, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Bender was born in 1916 in Chattanooga, the youngest of 14 children. In 1938 he married Rozelle Kelso (1916-2012) from Fayetteville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Army during World War II and attained the rank of captain. He saw action in the Pacific. While he was at war, his first daughter, Patricia Ann, was born. Two years later his second daughter Frances Kelso was born. Nine years after Frances' birth, the couple had another son, George Andrew. Commissioner of Public Works and Vice-Mayor A.L. Bender assumed the office of Mayor on January 1, 1969, upon the resignation of Mayor Ralph Kelley. Following four years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Bender
Stanley Bender (October 31, 1909 – June 22, 1994) was a Lithuanian American United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Biography Stanley Bender was born in Carlisle, West Virginia, but later moved with his parents to Chicago, where he worked in slaughterhouses and then as a taxi driver. Bender joined the Army from Chicago, Illinois in December 1939. By August 17, 1944, was serving as a staff sergeant in Company E, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On that day, near La Londe-les-Maures, France, he single-handedly silenced two German machine gun emplacements and led his squad in the destruction of the remainder of a German strong point. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor six months later, on February 1, 1945. After the war, Bender returned to Chicago. From 1946 to 1949, Stanley Bender was a member of the American Legion's Lithuanian Darius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester R
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengthened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bender
William Bender (May 30, 1930 – May 4, 2014) was an American music critic who reviewed for the ''American Record Guide''. A former music critic with the ''New York Herald Tribune'' and the ''World Journal Tribune'', he was chief music critic for ''Time'' magazine from 1968 to 1978. He is the author of the Emmy Award winning documentary on Leopold Stokowski which aired on the National Educational Television and BBC networks in 1970. He is the co-author of the 1974 book ''The Tenors'' in which he profiled the life and career of opera singer Richard Tucker. Bender earned a Master of Music from Columbia University where he also taught on the music faculty. He is a former faculty member of Syracuse University and Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The .... S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dschinghis Khan
Dschinghis Khan (; " Genghis Khan") was a German Eurodisco pop band. It was originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan". The original group led by original members Henriette Strobel and Edina Pop ended in 2020 after the death of fellow member Johannes Kupreit, while a more current version of the group led by original member Wolfgang Heichel and Stefan Track (who replaced the deceased Louis Potgieter in the 2005 reunion concert) has been active since 2018. History Beginning: 1979–1985 Dschinghis Khan is managed by German producer Ralph Siegel and choreographed by Hannes Winkler, one of the most famous German choreographs during that time. Their original eponymous song was written and produced by Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger and came in fourth place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem. Their name is a possible German spelling (most usual is "Dschingis Khan") of the name of the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lon Bender
Lon Ethan Bender (born July 22, 1959) is an American supervising sound editor, business executive and inventor. Bender won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for his work on '' Braveheart'' (1995). He has been recognized for numerous other industry awards as well, including Oscar nominations for '' The Revenant'' (2015), '' Drive'' (2011) and '' Blood Diamond'' (2006). Bender is the co-founder of post production sound services company Soundelux. While Bender is primarily known for his work on feature films, Bender has also provided sound design for a variety of commercials, created sonic branding for major corporations, and created the soundscape for Disney's Broadway production of Tarzan. Bender is also an inventor and founder of several early-stage ventures, including companies that develop devices designed to assist individuals living with the effects of hearing loss. A cycling enthusiast and a competitive race car driver, Bender resides in the Los Angeles ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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