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Biller (born 1985), long-distance swimmer from Germany
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Biller is an Anglo Saxon and German surname, and it's a variant of Buhler. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Biller, independent American filmmaker * Georg Christoph Biller (1955–2022), German choral conductor of the Thomanerchor *John Biller (1879–1960), American athlete who competed mainly in the standing jumps * José Biller, American cardiologist * Kenneth Biller, TV producer, TV writer, TV director and TV editor, best known for ''Star Trek: Voyager'' *Maxim Biller (born 1960), German writer *Nikola Biller-Andorno, German bioethicist *Stefanie Biller Stefanie Bircher (née Biller, born 30 October 1985) is a long-distance swimmer from Germany. She has twice won medals at the European Championships, whereas her best achievements at the world championships were fourth place in 2004 and fifth pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons happened within Britain, and the identity was not merely imported. Anglo-Saxon identity arose from interaction between incoming groups from several Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes, both amongst themselves, and with Celtic Britons, indigenous Britons. Many of the natives, over time, adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language and were assimilated. The Anglo-Saxons established the concept, and the Kingdom of England, Kingdom, of England, and though the modern English language owes somewhat less than 26% of its words to their language, this includes the vast majority of words used in everyday speech. Historically, the Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066, after Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buhler (surname)
Buhler, Buehler, or Bühler is a surname. The German noun ''Bühl'' means "hill". Notable people with the surname include: ;Buhler * Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer * Joe P. Buhler (born 1950), American mathematician * Robert Buhler (1916–1989), Swiss artist (also Bühler) ;Bühler * Anton Bühler (1922–2013), Swiss equestrian * Arnaud Bühler, Swiss football defender * Beate Bühler, German beach volleyball player * Curt F. Bühler, American librarian * Erwin Ludwig Buhler, Former Vice-president of the Oberlandesgericht (State Constitutional Court), Karlsruhe, and awarded "The Great Cross of Merit" in 1973 for services rendered to the State of Baden-Wurttemberg and to Germany. * Georg Bühler, German Indologist * Josef Bühler (1904-1948), Nazi executed for war crimes * Karl Bühler (1879-1963), German psychologist * Manuel Bühler, Colombian-Swiss football player * Philippe Bühler, German musician * Rolf Dieter Buhler, Former chief lawyer for the city of Karlsruhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Biller
Anna Biller is an independent American filmmaker who has directed two feature films. Biller considers herself a feminist filmmaker and consciously explores feminist themes throughout her work, including exploring the female gaze in cinema. She is vocal on both her website and in interviews about gender inequalities in the film industry. Early life Biller was born in Los Angeles to a Japanese-American mother who is a fashion designer and a white father who is a visual artist. She grew up watching her mother design clothes, watching her father paint with a bright color palette, and watching classic cinema, all of which has had a big influence on her filmmaking practice. She has a B.A. in art from UCLA and an MFA in art and film from the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied under Morgan Fisher and Paul McCarthy. She started making 8 mm films while she was living in New York, and at CalArts she studied both art and film and began making 16 mm films. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Christoph Biller
Georg Christoph Biller (20 September 1955 – 27 January 2022) was a German choral conductor. He conducted the Thomanerchor as the sixteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach from 1992 to 2015. He was also a baritone, an academic teacher, and a composer. Active as Thomaskantor after the German reunification, Biller returned the Thomanerchor to its original focus on church music. He was instrumental in the new buildings for the choir's boarding school, the Forum Thomanum, and in the celebration of its 800th anniversary in 2012. Life and career Born in Nebra, the son of a pastor, Biller grew up with three siblings. At age 10, he joined the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, living in its boarding school. He was a member from 1965 to 1974, with Erhard Mauersberger and Hans-Joachim Rotzsch. As ''Chorpräfekt'', he assisted in conducting. He studied at the from 1976 until 1981, orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter and Kurt Masur, and voice with Bernd Siegfried Weber. In 1976, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Biller
John Arthur Biller (November 14, 1877 in Newark, New Jersey – March 26, 1934 in Manhattan, New York) was an American athlete who competed mainly in standing jumps. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the standing long jump where he won the bronze medal. In the standing high jump he was 4th, and he also was 5th in the discus throw. Four years later he medalled at the Olympics for a second time, this time he won the silver medal for the standing high jump and was 4th in the standing long jump in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is .... References External links * John Biller's profile at databaseOlympics 1877 births 1934 deaths American male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Biller
José Biller is an Uruguayan born, American neurologist specialized in stroke and cerebrovascular disorders, currently professor and chairperson of the department of neurology at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, the Editor-in-Chief of '' Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases'', a Foreign Academic Correspondent of the National Academy of Medicine in Uruguay, a Fellow of the Mexican Academy of Neurology and an Honorary Member of the Chilean Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery. Biller served as Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) from 1994 to 2001, and President of the ABPN in 2001, and currently holds the title of Emeritus Director of the ABPN. Biller earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay. He completed Residency in Neurology at Loyola University Chicago and a Cerebrovascular Research Fellowship at Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Biller
Kenneth Todd Biller (born December 23, 1964) is a television producer, writer, director and editor. He has worked on a number of American television shows including ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''Legend of the Seeker'' and ''Perception''. During his time on ''Voyager'', he rose from executive story editor during the first season up to executive producer in the final season, and was responsible for writing the episode which introduced the Borg into the show. Early life Biller attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Career Biller's television career began in 1992 when he joined the crew of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' as an executive story editor. He also wrote for ''The X Files'' in 1993. In 1995, Biller joined the team at '' Star Trek: Voyager'' as an executive story editor. A year later, he became co-producer of the show and made producer a year after that. During the sixth season of the show he became co-executive producer, and was again promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Biller
Maxim Biller (born 25 August 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a German writer and columnist. Born in Prague to Russian Jewish parents, he emigrated with his parents and sister to Germany in 1970, when he was ten years old. After living for a long time in Hamburg and Munich, he now lives in Berlin, frequently writing about issues relating to Jews and Germans. In 2003 his novel ''Esra'' excited attention when its sale was prohibited shortly after its release. Two persons had a provisional order obtained, because they claimed to have seen themselves reflected in characters in the book. A German court obliged their request to take the book from circulation on these grounds. His first works translated into English (by Anthea Bell) are the collection ''Love Today'' (2008), some of which appeared in ''The New Yorker.'' Publications *''Wenn ich einmal reich und tot bin: Erzählungen'' (''Someday when I'm rich and dead: Narratives''), Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1990, (including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Biller-Andorno
Nikola Biller-Andorno is a German bioethicist. She is Professor and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Biller-Andorno studied medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (State Medical Exam 1996, Dr. med. 1997) as well as philosophy and social sciences at the University of Hagen, Germany (M.A. 1996, Dr. phil. 2001). Multiple scholarships and awards allowed her to pursue her research interests at prestigious institutions such as the Hastings Center (1994), Yale University (1997) and the Harvard Medical School (1997–98). After completing her habilitation thesis in ethics and theory of medicine at the University of Göttingen, Germany, she worked as Ethicist at the World Health Organization (2002-2004). In 2004 she was appointed professor of medical ethics at the Charité, Joint Medical Faculty of the Free and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. In October 2005 she joined the University of Zurich as Full Professor of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
