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Berend
A Dutch masculine given name and Low German surname that is a form of the Germanic Bernard (Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "Strong bear" or "Strong as a bear" (from Old German bero, "bear", and harti, "strong"). It is related to the Scandinavian name Bernt. Surname * Ben Berend (born 1995), American skier * Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967), German painter * Elvira Berend (born 1965), Luxembourg chess grandmaster * Fritz Berend (1889–1955), German English conductor * Gudrun Berend, (1955–2011), German athlete * Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), Court Jew * Iván Berend (born 1930), Hungarian historian * Julius Berend Cohen (1859–1935), British chemist * Nóra Berend, Hungarian historian Given name * Berend Brummelman (born 1943), Dutch rower *Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886–1969), Dutch architect *Berend Carp (1901–1966), Dutch Olympic sailor *Berend George Escher (1885–1967), Dutch geologist *Berend Wilhelm Feddersen (1832–1918), German physicist * Berend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Berend
Fritz Berend (10 March 1889 – 29 December 1955) was a German, later an English conductor, theater and music director as well as Kapellmeister, Willibald Gurlit (ed.): ''Berend, Fritz'', in ders.: ''Riemann Musiklexikon'', twelfth, completely revised edition, vol. 1: ''Personenteil A – K'', Mainz among others B. Schott's Söhne, 1959, composerCompare the figures along with cross-references under GND-Nummer of the German National Library and musicologist.Gisela Möllenhoff''Fritz Berend'' in the ''Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit'' (LexM), ed. Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter Petersen, Sophie Fetthauer, University of Hamburg, since 2005 Life Early life and education Born in Hanover during the Gründerzeit of the German Empire as scion of a Jewish scholarly family, son of a lawyer and notary and later Privy Councillor of Justice Emil Berend (1846–1920) and his second wife Leonore, ''née'' Cohen, Behren grew up in Hannover with three half siblings, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend Jan Udink
A Dutch masculine given name and Low German surname that is a form of the Germanic Bernard (Bernhard). The name Bernhard means "Strong bear" or "Strong as a bear" (from Old German bero, "bear", and harti, "strong"). It is related to the Scandinavian name Bernt. Surname * Ben Berend (born 1995), American skier * Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967), German painter * Elvira Berend (born 1965), Luxembourg chess grandmaster * Fritz Berend (1889–1955), German English conductor * Gudrun Berend, (1955–2011), German athlete * Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), Court Jew * Iván Berend (born 1930), Hungarian historian * Julius Berend Cohen (1859–1935), British chemist * Nóra Berend, Hungarian historian Given name * Berend Brummelman (born 1943), Dutch rower *Berend Tobia Boeyinga (1886–1969), Dutch architect *Berend Carp (1901–1966), Dutch Olympic sailor *Berend George Escher (1885–1967), Dutch geologist *Berend Wilhelm Feddersen (1832–1918), German physicist * Berend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issachar Berend Lehmann
Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, Berman Halberstadt (April 23, 1661 in Essen, Westphalia – July 9, 1730 in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia), was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic agent as well as army and mint contractor working as a court Jew for Prince-elector, Elector Augustus II the Strong of Saxony, King of Poland, and other German princes. He was privileged as a Court Jew and as a Resident. Thanks to his wealth, privileges as well as social and cultural commitment he was a Jewish dignitary famous in his day in Central and Eastern Europe. Life Ancestry and training Lehmann's father belonged to the Jewish upper class of Westphalia, just like his brother-in-law, the court Jew Leffmann Behrens of Bochum, later established in Hannover. From him, older biographers assume, Berend Lehmann received some business training and then traded in Behrens’ commission. In 1692 he is active together with Leffmann Behrens a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira Berend
Elvira Bayakhmetovna Berend ( Sakhatova, born 19 September 1965) is a Kazakhstan-born Luxembourg chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time Luxembourg Chess Championship winner (1998, 2015, 2016) and four-time World Senior Chess Championship, World Women's Over 50 Chess Championship winner (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022). Biography She is the younger sister of Woman International Master, WIM Gulnar Sachs (née Sakhatova). In 1988, she took part in the USSR Women's Chess Championship final and ranked 12th place. She twice represented the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakh SSR team in the Soviet Team Chess Championships (1986, 1991), in which she won team silver medal in 1991. After dissolution of the Soviet Union in chess tournaments she represented Kazakhstan. In 1995, Elvira Berend participated in Women's World Chess Championship 1999, Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Chişinău where ranked 14th place. In 1997, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend Strik
Berend Strik (born 26 April 1960) is a Dutch visual artist working and living in Amsterdam. Biography Berend Strik grew up in Nijmegen, Netherlands. From 1986 until 1988 he studied at the Rijksakademie (Royal Academy of Visual Arts) in Amsterdam. From 1998 until 2000 he followed the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York. In 2001 he was "artist in residence" at Het Vijfde Seizoen (The Fifth Season) in Den Dolder, Netherlands. Strik has been awarded several national and international prizes, including the 1987 Prix de Rome (second prize, sculpture), the 1990 Charlotte Köhler Award and the 1992 Dorothea von Stetten Art Award. The work of Berend Strik has been exhibited extensively, both in solo and group exhibitions. In 1994 Strik had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam called ''Sadness, Sluices, Mermaids, Delay''. In 2010/2011 The Valkhof Museum (Nijmegen) presented a retrospective exhibition, called ''May I Show You My Pictures?'', accompani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Berend-Corinth
Charlotte Berend-Corinth (25 May 1880 – 10 January 1967) was a female German painter and artist in the Berliner Secession. She was married to German painter Lovis Corinth. Life Charlotte Berend studied fine arts at the Royal School of Art in Berlin and the Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum, taught by Eva Stort and Max Schäfer. In 1901, she was the first student at the private art school of Lovis Corinth, who fell in love with her. She became his model for a number of paintings, including ''Portrait of Charlotte Berend in a White Dress'' ''(seen at right)''. On 26 March 1903, she married Corinth and changed her name to Berend-Corinth. On 13 October the same year their son Thomas Corinth was born, and their daughter Wilhelmine Corinth was born on 13 June 1909. Berend-Corinth began exhibiting her paintings at the Berliner Secession in 1906. She joined the Secession in 1912 and did not leave it after the separation of the new Freie Secession led by Max Liebermann when Lovis Corinth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nóra Berend
Nora Berend is a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Professor of European History at the Faculty of History. Her book ''At the Gate of Christendom'' was awarded the Gladstone Prize. Selected publications * *Berend, Nora, ed. (2012), ''The Expansion of Central Europe in the Middle Ages''. London: Routledge. * * * References External links * "Baltic Crusades", BBC Radio 4, ''In Our Time'link Nora Berend on the panel with Aleks Pluskowski and Martin Palmer Martin Giles Palmer (born 14 October 1953) is a theologian, Sinologist, author and international specialist on all major faiths and religious traditions and cultures. He is the Founding President and Chief Executive oFaithInvest an international n .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Berend, Nora Fellows of St Catharine's College, Cambridge 21st-century Hungarian historians Hungarian women historians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend Veneberg
Berend Veneberg (born 5 November 1963 in Den Ham) is a former strongman and powerlifter from the Netherlands. He finished 5th at the World's Strongest Man games in 1993, 9th in 1998, 6th in 1999, 1st at Europe's Strongest Man in 2000 and won Strongest man of the Netherlands 7 times. Biography Veneberg was born in Den Ham, Overijssel. He managed his first podium finish at the Strongest man of the Netherlands in 1991 where he finished third behind Ted van der Parre and Wout Zijlstra. The next year he placed second behind Ted van der Parre. In 1993 he would win the tournament for the first time a feat he would repeat six times. The same year he was invited for the first time at the World's Strongest Man in which he finished fifth. He competed several more times the following years and reached the final of the tournament on two more occasions. In 1998 he was injured in the final and finished ninth. In 1999 he competed for the last time and finished sixth. Veneberg competed togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend McKenzie
Berend McKenzie is a Canadian actor and playwright. As an actor he is most known for playing Lance in the 2004 film, Catwoman. As a playwright Berend is most known for his controversial play, ''Nggrfg'' (Nigger fag, subtitled, ''Would You Say the Name of This Play?''). Biography Berend is of African descent. He was adopted by a Caucasian family; growing up in Alberta. There he found little support for being homosexual due his family's Christian beliefs. He also found it hard to be a gay black male in Alberta, often being called the slurs, "nigger" and "fag"; this subsequently inspired his play, ''Nggrfg'', an exploration of the two words that he was called the most growing up. After being caught in a "drunken grope-fest" with another boy at a party, his student council asked him to leave school as they feared he "wouldn't be safe." McKenzie fled both home and school shortly after. Career and success of "Nggrfg" Berend made his film debut in the 2002 movie, Life or Something L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend-Jan Van Voorst Tot Voorst
Baron Berend-Jan Marie van Voorst tot Voorst (born 7 February 1944) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 1968 until September 1972 and as a diplomat for the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels from September 1972 until May 1985. Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Economic Affairs as Director-General of the department for Foreign Trade from May 1985 until September 1988. Van Voorst tot Voorst was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers II following the resignation of René van der Linden, taking office on 27 september 1988. Van Voorst tot Voorst was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1989, taking office on 14 September 1989. Following the cabinet formation of 1989 Van Voo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berend Hendriks
Berend Hendriks (Apeldoorn, July 9, 1918 – Arnhem, August 6, 1997) was a Dutch artist, and lecturer at the ArtEZ Academy of fine art in Arnhem. Together with Peter Struycken he initiated the Arnhem school of environmental art. Life and work Hendriks, son of an arborist from Apeldoorn, was initially destined to follow into his father's footsteps. He attended the horticultural school in Boskoop, but finally opted for a career in the visual arts. He continued his studies at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam, where he studied with Heinrich Campendonk. After graduating he developed into a versatile artist; Painter, glass painting, wall painting, monumental artist, environmental artist, sculptor, ceramist and maker of mosaic. In the 1950s René Karrer worked as assistant to Hendriks. Hendriks exhibited among others at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Gemeentelijk Van Reekum Museum (now CODA museum) in Apeldoorn and the School of the Arts in Arnhem. At this art school Hendri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Berend Cohen
Julius Berend Cohen FRS (6 May 1859 in Eccles – 14 June 1935 in Coniston) was an English chemist. He studied chemistry with Hans von Pechmann at the University of Munich. One of his students was Henry Drysdale Dakin. Biography Julius Berend Cohen and his twin brother Adolf were the only boys of ten children of Sigismund Cohen, a cotton merchant born in Hamburg, and Zena, née Berend, from South Shields, who were married in Manchester. Julius was born on 6 May 1859 in Eccles. Adolf fulfilled his father’s hope that he would join the family business. Julius tried it for a year but then switched to his first love: chemistry. From 1878-1880 he studied at Owens College, where Arthur Smithells was also working; the two were to become lifelong friends. After an unhappy spell in industry at the Clayton Aniline Company Cohen joined Smithells in moving to Baeyer’s laboratory in Munich in 1882, where he worked with Hans von Pechmann. He remained for two years and gained his PhD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
