|
Carl Albrecht (other)
Charles, Karl or Carl Albrecht may refer to: Entrepreneurs *Carl Albrecht (businessman) (1875–1952), German cotton merchant * Karl Albrecht (1920–2014), German founder of supermarket chain Aldi * Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948), German billionaire; son of Karl Albrecht Musicians * Karl Franzevich Albrecht (1807–1863), German-Russian musician and composer *Charles Albrecht (1817–1895), Monegasque composer *Carl Albrecht, Scottish drummer and percussionist on 1990 album ''Amazing Love'' (Integrity) Nobles * Karl Albrecht, Elector of Bavaria (1697–1745), Elector from 1726 and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor from 1742 *Karl Albrecht I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1719–1793), ruler of German principality Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst; a/k/a Charles Albert * Karl Albrecht II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742–1796), ruler of German principality Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst; a/k/a Charles Albert * Karl Albrecht III, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albrecht (businessman)
Carl Albrecht (15 September 1875 – 24 December 1952) was a major cotton merchant in the city-state of Bremen. Biography He was the son of the wealthy cotton merchant George Alexander Albrecht (businessman), George Alexander Albrecht (1834–1898) and Louise Dorothea Betty Knoop (1844–1889). His father was the owner of the company Johann Lange Sohn's Wwe. & Co.; his mother was the daughter of the major industrialist, Baron Ludwig Knoop, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century Russian Empire. Following his military service from 1894 to 1895, he undertook an apprenticeship with the firm Gebrüder Plate (Plate Brothers). From 1896 to 1901 he lived in London, Moscow and the United States. In 1901 he joined the firm Sanders, Swann & Co., and in 1902 he founded his own company Friedrich Carl Albrecht with his partner Heinrich Müller-Pearse. The two also founded the Boston-based company Albrecht, Weld & Co. in cooperation with the American firm Stephen M. Weld & Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Theodor Albrecht
Carl Theodor Albrecht (August 30, 1843, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony – August 31, 1915) was a German astronomer. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the TU Dresden and the Universität Berlin. During his time in Dresden, he helped founding ''Polyhymnia'', the fraternity that later became the German Student Corps, German Student Corps Altsachsen Dresden, Corps Altsachsen. He specialized in geodesy, to which he devoted much of his career. He also worked on the problem of variation of latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler who discovered the variation, known as the Chandler wobble. In 1882, Carl Theodor Albrecht was elected as member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Further reading * External links Obituaries AN 201 (1915) 269/270 1843 births 1915 deaths Scientists from Dresden People from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German astronomers TU Dresden alumni Members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina {{Germany-as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Albert
Karl Albert (2 October 1921 – 9 October 2008) was a German philosopher and professor emeritus at ''Bergische Universität'' Wuppertal. Born in Neheim, a borough of the Westphalia town of Arnsberg, Albert studied at University of Cologne and University of Bonn. His 1950 dissertation ''On the Aesthetics of the Sublime in German Idealism'' was written under the supervision of professor Erich Rothacker at University of Bonn. In the years 1952–1955 he was an assistant of Joseph Koch (a Meister Eckhart scholar) at Thomas-Institut in Cologne. 1958–1970 he taught philosophy at a local ''Gymnasium''. In this period he majored in linguistics and classics. Then until 1972 he was a ''Lehrbeauftragter'' at the ''Ruhr-Universität'' in Bochum. In 1973 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at the ''Pädagogischen Hochschule Rheinland''. In 1980 he changed to Wuppertal's ''Bergischen Universität''. Albert died in Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albert (musician)
Carl Spencer Albert (1962–1995) was an American singer, the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Vicious Rumors from late 1986 until 1995. He was a 1975 graduate of Columbia Elementary School in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, and a 1979 graduate of Sonora High School, Sonora, California, also in Tuolumne County. He played lead guitar in local bands in Tuolumne County for several years, notably in Crossfire, a hard-rock band, Chaser, another hard-rock band, and Uncle Fester (with bandmate Shon Snyder), a hard-rock band. He died on April 22, 1995, as a result of a car crash and is buried in the Sonora, California, Catholic Cemetery. Before joining Vicious Rumors, Albert played with the bands Ruffians, Villain, and Scratch. In memory of Albert, Vicious Rumors released the CD ''A Tribute to Carl Albert'' (including bootleg recordings taken from the last European tour they did together) and the home-video '' The First Ten Years''. The Vicious Rumors song "Perpetual", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1977. At tall, Albert was affectionately known as the "Little Giant from Little Dixie". Albert held the highest political office of any Oklahoman in American history. Early years, education Albert was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, the son of Leona Ann (Scott) and Ernest Homer Albert, a coal miner and farmer. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Bugtussle, a small town just north of McAlester. He grew up in a log cabin on his father's farm. In high school he excelled in debate, was student body president, and won the national high school oratorical contest, earning a trip to Europe. During this time he was an active member of his local Order of DeMolay chapter; he is an inductee of the Order of DeMolay Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albrecht (politician)
Carl Albrecht (born April 9, 1952) is an American politician who has served in the Utah House of Representatives from the 70th district since 2017. Early life and career Carl Albrecht grew up in Salina, Utah. He graduated from Wayne High School and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Utah State College Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah. Founded in 1897 as a normal school, Southern Utah University now graduates over 1,800 students each year with baccalaureate and graduate degrees from its six colleges. .... Albrecht worked for Garkane Energy Cooperative for 40 years, serving as the company's chief operating officer for 22 years. He retired from the company on April 30, 2014. In 1990, Albrecht joined the Sevier School District Board of Education. Albrecht has served as a Richfield City Council member, was chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, worked on the Richfield Independence Day Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Albrecht (psychologist)
Carl Albrecht (28 March 1902 – 19 July 1965) was a German psychologist, psychotherapist and physician, who developed a new method of meditation based on autogenic training, and who was known for his psychological research on mystical consciousness. Life Albrecht belonged to a family of wealthy cotton merchants; his father was the cotton merchant Carl Albrecht (1875–1952) and his mother was the American-born Mary Ladson Robertson (1883–1960), who belonged to a prominent planter family from South Carolina. His father was a grandson of Baron Ludwig Knoop, one of the leading industrialists of the Russian Empire in his lifetime. He was the father of the conductor George Alexander Albrecht and of the politician Ernst Albrecht, and the paternal grandfather of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (née Albrecht) and the conductor Marc Albrecht. Work Albrecht was a physician and psychotherapist, and is known for developing a new method of meditation base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Motor-paced World Championships
__FORCETOC__ UCI Track Cycling World Championships in motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced ... were conducted between 1893 and 1992 for amateurs and 1895–1994 for professionals. These are the results: Amateurs (1893–1992) * In 1988 Vincenzo Colamartino and Roland Renn were disqualified for doping. Professionals (1895–1994) Source: References {{UCI Track Cycling World Championships events Track cycling races UCI motor-paced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anzeiger Des Westens
The ''Anzeiger des Westens'' (literally "Gazette of the West") was the first German-language newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, and, along with the ''Westliche Post'' and the ''Illinois Staats-Zeitung'', one of the three most successful German-language papers in the Midwest serving the German-American population with news and features. In the 1840s, it is thought to have been the newspaper with the largest circulation of any newspaper in any language in Missouri.''Catholicism and American Freedom,'', John McGreevy Norton and Co., New York 2003, p. 22-23. History Early years The ''Anzeiger'' was founded by Heinrich Bimpage and B.T.O. Festen and its first issue appeared in June 1835. At first it was issued as a weekly. For years, the paper was the leading source of German-American thought throughout the Midwest. William Weber became editor early in 1836. He had been a German student. His republican sympathies and involvement in the Polish uprising of 1830 had made him an exile after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archduke Karl Albrecht Of Austria
Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (''Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich'', later ''Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen'', since 1919 – ''Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński''; (Pula, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, near Stockholm, 17 March 1951) was an Austrian military officer, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Early life and career He was an Austrian archduke, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany. He was a landowner in Żywiec, a colonel of artillery in both the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army (cavalry) and the Polish Army, and the 1,175th knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1910, etc.Ribera, José António Moya, ''Costados'', N.º 81 In 1918 and again in 1939 he became a volunteer in the Polish army. He fought in the Polish–Soviet War.Timothy Snyder. ''The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke''. Basic Books. 2008. In 1920, he commanded the Grudziądz Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Albrecht
Karl Hans Albrecht (; 20 February 1920 – 16 July 2014) was a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He was for many years the richest person in Germany. In February 2014, he was ranked the 21st-richest person in the world by Hurun Report. Biography Karl and Theo Albrecht were born and raised in a Catholic family in modest circumstances in Essen, Germany. Their father, Karl Sr, was employed as a miner and later as a baker's assistant. Their mother Anna, née Siepmann, had a small grocery store in the workers' quarter of , a suburb of Essen. Theo completed an apprenticeship in his mother's store, while Karl worked in a delicatessen shop. Karl served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and was wounded on the Eastern Front. After the war, the brothers jointly took over their mother's business and founded Albrecht KG. In 1960, the brothers had a disagreement over whether to stock cigarettes. While Theo wanted to sell them, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Albrecht III, Prince Of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * '' Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
