Christian Petersen (praeses)
Christian Petersen may refer to: * Christian Petersen (sculptor) (1885–1961), Danish-born American sculptor and university teacher * Christian Petersen (ice hockey) (1937–2009), Norwegian ice hockey player * Christian G. Petersen, footballer * Christian T. Petersen Christian T. Petersen is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games and role-playing games. Early life Christian T. Petersen was born in the United States, but grew up in Denmark; he was still in high school there when he founded P ...

Christian Petersen (sculptor)
Christian Petersen (1885–1961) was a Danish-born American sculptor and university teacher. He was the first permanent artist in residence at a U.S. college or university, and he is noted for the large body of sculpture associated with a single place, Iowa State College, now Iowa State University. Biography Born in Denmark, he emigrated to the United States in 1894 with his parents. In 1900 he became an apprentice die cutter and later attended the Fawcett School of Design and the Rhode Island School of Design. He joined the Art Students League of New York, and studied with leading artists there, including Henry Hudson Kitson and George Bridgman. He worked as a die cutter at the Robbins Company in Attleboro, Massachusetts and continued to sculpt, gaining commissions for works in the East and Midwest through Kitson's connections. At the start of the Great Depression he moved to the Midwest, and eventually took a job working for Grant Wood in the Public Works of Art Project hea ...
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Christian Petersen (ice Hockey)
Hans Christian Engelbreth Petersen (21 December 1937 – 17 September 2009) was a Norwegian ice hockey player, born in Oslo. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ... in 1964 and in 1968. References External links * 1937 births 2009 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Norwegian ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Norway Ice hockey people from Oslo {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub ...
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Christian G
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ (title), Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians l ...
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