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Bischoff
Bischoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amaury Bischoff, French-Portuguese footballer * Anna Catharina Bischoff (1719–1787), wife of pastor Lucas Gernler * Bernard J. Bischoff (1931–1980), American politician and judge * Bernhard Bischoff (1906–1991), German historian and paleographer * Bob Bischoff, American politician * Cinder & Jeffrey Bischoff * David Bischoff (1951–2018), American science fiction and television writer * Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff (1833–1910), Swiss physicist and electoral reformer * Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991), American artist * Eric Bischoff, American wrestling announcer, ''WWE Raw'' GM, president of World Championship Wrestling * Franz Bischoff (1864–1929), American artist * Garett Bischoff, American wrestler, son of Eric * Hans Bischoff (1889–1960), German entomologist * Hermann Bischoff (1868–1936), German composer * John Bischoff (baseball), baseball player * John Bischoff (musician), computer musician * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bischoff
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, and performer. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and subsequently, the on-screen General Manager of WWE's Raw brand. Bischoff has also worked with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he served as Executive Producer of ''Impact Wrestling''. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021. With an amateur background in martial arts, Bischoff also sporadically performed as an in-ring competitor, becoming a one-time WCW Hardcore Champion and headlining the 1998 Road Wild pay-per-view event, teaming with "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan against Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno. He wrote an autobiography, titled ''Controversy Creates Cash'', which was released in 2006 under WWE Books, and a second book, titled ''Grateful'', which was released in 2022. Professional wrestling career American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garett Bischoff
Garett Bischoff (born April 20, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his time in Impact Wrestling and is the son of pro-wrestling executive and personality Eric Bischoff. Early life Bischoff was born in 1984 to Eric and Loree Bischoff. He studied Firearms Technology at thSonoran Desert Institutein Tempe, AZ. Bischoff owns a clothing line called One Bad Cat Inc. Professional wrestling career Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Immortal and feud with Eric Bischoff (2010–2012) Bischoff made his debut as a referee for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, under the ring name Jackson James on November 7, 2010 at Turning Point. Garett was officially revealed (in wrestling storylines) during a match between Sting and Hulk Hogan on October 16, 2011 at Bound for Glory as Eric Bischoff's son when Garett reluctantly called the ring bell for a submission, which led to Eric hitting his son with a steel chair following the match, starting a rivalry between the two, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury Bischoff
Amaury Armindo Bischoff (born 31 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for French club SR Colmar as a central midfielder. Born in France, he has represented both France and Portugal at youth level. After starting out at Werder Bremen, he went on to spend most of his career in Germany, mainly with Preußen Münster. He also had a one-year spell in England, with Arsenal. Club career Early years Born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin to a French father – from Alsace – and a Portuguese mother, Bischoff began his football career at SR Colmar, finishing his development at Strasbourg. Aged 18, he moved to Germany and signed for Werder Bremen, going on to spend the majority of his spell with the reserve side but training with the main squad several times. On 14 March 2007, Bischoff made his debut for Werder's first team, coming on as a substitute for Diego in the 74th minute of a 2–0 home win against Celta for that season's UEFA Cup (3–0 on aggregate). It would be his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Bischoff
Franz Albert Bischoff (January 14, 1864 – February 5, 1929) was an American artist known primarily for his China painting, floral paintings and California landscapes. He was born in Steinschönau, Austria (now known as Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic). He immigrated to the United States as a teenager where he became a naturalized citizen. While in Europe, his early training was focused upon applied design, watercolor and ceramic decorations. California years After arriving in the United States, Bischoff worked in New York, Fostoria, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Dearborn, Michigan. While in Detroit and Dearborn, he gained success as a porcelain painter, and as a teacher of the techniques, as well as a manufacturer of ceramic glazes as well as a teacher of watercolor painting. Franz Bischoff decided to visit California in 1900 and ultimately chose to settle in the Los Angeles area in 1906. Shortly after arriving, he started making arrangements to design and build a large I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Bischoff
Elmer Nelson Bischoff (July 9, 1916 – March 2, 1991) was a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bischoff, along with Richard Diebenkorn and David Park, was part of the post-World War II generation of artists who started as abstract painters and found their way back to figurative art. Biography Elmer Bischoff, second child of John and Elna (''née'' Nelson) Bischoff, grew up in Berkeley, California, the second-generation Californian son of a father of German descent and a mother of mixed Swedish-Ecuadoran origin. He entered the University of California, Berkeley, in September 1934, completing his master's degree in May 1939, and immediately started teaching art at Sacramento High School (1939–41). During his years at university, one teacher had influenced him most: the highly independent-minded Margaret Peterson (artist), whose total dedication to her teaching, and insistence on the ethical value of art, were to have a great impact on the artist Elmer Bischoff would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Bischoff
Mount Bischoff is a mountain and former tin mine in the north-western region of Tasmania, Australia. The mountain is situated adjacent to Savage River National Park near the town of Waratah. Location and features Tin was discovered at Mount Bischoff in 1871 by James "Philosopher" Smith. The mountain was named in the early nineteenth century after the Chairman of the Van Diemen's Land Company James Bischoff. Tin mine The mine operated successfully at first by the Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company, using sluicing with water from the top of the waterfall in Waratah. In June 1883, the mine installed one of the first hydro-electric generators in Australia and employed it to light the offices, workshop and manager's house. The easy ore was all extracted by 1893 when sluicing was discontinued. Mining continued opencut on the face of the mountain, and underground. The manager of the mine from 1907 to 1919 was John Dunlop Millen; he was "credited with the modernisation of the min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Catharina Bischoff
Anna Catharina Bischoff (23 March 1719 – 30 August 1787), also known as the "Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church" was the wife of the pastor Lucas Gernler. She gained popularity in 1975, when her mummified corpse was found in a shaft at the Barfüsser Church in Basel in Switzerland. History In 1975, the Barfüsser Church underwent a thorough renovation, during which the archaeological department of the city of Basel excavated and documented hundreds of burial sites. Discovery On 20 October 1975, workers discovered a brick-walled grave chamber in front of the choir, containing two well-preserved coffins sitting on a pile of bones. The upper coffin contained the skeleton of a female while the smaller coffin beneath contained the completely mummified corpse of a woman, who would later be known as the "Lady/Mummy of the Barfüsser Church." First examinations The woman was buried in a simple spruce wood coffin, her left hand holding her right arm above the wrist. The mummy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel Bischoff
Mikkel Rufus Mutahi Bischoff (born 3 February 1982) is a Danish football pundit and former professional player who played as a centre back. Having started his senior career with AB in 2001, he joined Manchester City a year later. For Manchester City, he only made two appearances in four years and was loaned out to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. After leaving Manchester City, he spent half a season at Coventry City before returning to Denmark with Brøndby where he remained for a few years. He ended his career with Lyngby in 2011. He also played four games for the Denmark under-21 national team. Career Born in Copenhagen, Bischoff made his senior debut with Danish club Akademisk Boldklub, where he made just eleven Danish league appearances. On 15 May 2002, he moved abroad to join English club Manchester City for a fee of £750,000. He was the fourth Dane to sign for Manchester City in less than a year, with Peter Schmeichel, Niclas Jensen and Kevin Stuhr Ell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagenbach-Bischoff Quota
The Hagenbach-Bischoff quota (also known as the Newland-Britton quota or the exact Droop quota, as opposed to the more common rounded Droop quota) is a formula used in some voting systems based on proportional representation (PR). It is used in some elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation as well as in a variant of the D'Hondt method known as the Hagenbach-Bischoff system. The Hagenbach-Bischoff quota is named for its inventor, Swiss professor of physics and mathematics Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff (1833–1910) The Hagenbach-Bischoff quota is sometimes referred to as the 'Droop quota' and vice versa (especially in connection with the largest remainder method) because the two are very similar. However, under the Hagenbach-Bischoff and any smaller (e.g. the Imperiali) quota it is theoretically possible for more candidates to reach the quota than there are seats, whereas under the slightly larger Droop quota, this is mathematically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bischoff
David F. Bischoff (December 15, 1951 – March 19, 2018) was an American science fiction and television writer. General background Born in Washington D.C., Bischoff wrote science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. He began writing during the early 1970s and had more than 80 books published. Bischoff was known best for novelizations of popular movies and television series including ''Aliens'', '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ''WarGames''. Early career Bischoff began writing science fiction and reviews of the genre while studying at the University of Maryland. His first publications were for ''Thrust'', a fanzine offering science fiction commentary and criticism. The editor, Doug Fratz, later converted ''Thrust'' to a trade magazine, for which Bischoff was a regular contributor. His first novel, '' The Seeker'' (with Christopher Lampton) was published in 1976, and in 1978 Bischoff coauthored "Tin Woodman", a short sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Bischoff
Bernhard Bischoff (20 December 1906 – 17 September 1991) was a German historian, paleographer, and philologist; he was born in Altendorf (administrative division of Altenburg, Thuringia), and he died in Munich. Biography He was the son of Emil Bischoff and Charlotte von Gersdorff, who died giving birth to him. He received a Pietistic education during his youth. He married Hanne Oehler in 1935 and lived the majority of his life in Bavaria outside of academia. Before he earned his doctorate in 1933, under the direction of Paul Lehmann, he was recruited by the American paleographer E. A. Lowe as an assistant for the '. He would work on this achievement until 1972, cataloging Latin manuscripts of the 9th century. He began to teach at the University of Munich in 1947, receiving the Chair of Medieval Latin Philology under his instructor, Lehmann, succeeding Ludwig Traube. In 1974 he became emeritus. In 1953, Bischoff was elected to the general editorship of the ' (MGH). In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Bischoff
Karl Bischoff (9 August 1897 – 2 October 1950) was a German architect, engineer and SS-''Sturmbannführer''. He served at Auschwitz as chief of the Central Construction Office of the Waffen-SS. While there he was chief of construction of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. Biography Born in Neuhemsbach near Kaiserslautern, Germany. At the age of twenty, he joined the Luftwaffe. In 1935 he obtained a job at the Luftwaffe Construction Bureau. During the early years of the Second World War, he was involved in the building of air bases in France. In this position he met SS-''Gruppenführer'' Hans Kammler, who was responsible for the SS-Amt II (Building), which later became '' Amtsgruppe C'' of the WVHA. Kammler offered Bischoff a leading post at Auschwitz. In October 1941 Bischoff arrived in Auschwitz, where he became chief of the Central Construction Office of the Waffen-SS and the Police Auschwitz in Upper Silesia (for ''i. Zentralbauleitung der Waffen SS und Polizei, Auschwitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
