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Conrad (name)
Conrad is a Germanic masculine given name and a surname. Origin and meaning It is derived from the Proto-Germanic name Konrad, from ''conja'' meaning "bold" and ''rad'' "counsel".Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. It was the name of a 10th-century bishop of Constance, and became popular in post-medieval English and post-medieval French. It regained popularity in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. It is recorded as a surname as early as 1297. There are over one hundred forms and spelling variants of the surname, including: *German: Konrad, Kohrt, Kordt, Kunrad, Kuhndert, Kuhnt, and Kurth *Dutch: Coen, Coenraad, Koen(raad), Koendert, Koene *Afrikaans: Conradie *Swedish: Konrad *Icelandic : Konráður *Irish: Ó Conradh (In Irish, the word ''conradh'' also means "league" or "alliance") *Latvia: Konrāds *Polish: Konrad *Czech and Slovak: Konrád *Italian: Corrado *Hungarian: Konrád *Spanish and Portuguese: Conrado *Dimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad I Of Germany
Conrad I (; c. 881 – 23 December 918), called the Younger, was the king of East Francia from 911 to 918. He was the first king not of the Carolingian dynasty, the first to be elected by the nobility and the first to be anointed. He was chosen as the king by the rulers of the East Frankish stem duchies after the death of young King Louis the Child. Ethnically Frankish, prior to this election he had ruled the Duchy of Franconia from 906. Early life Conrad was the son of duke Conrad of Thuringia (called ''the Elder'') and his wife Glismoda, probably related to Ota, wife of the Carolingian emperor Arnulf of Carinthia and mother of Louis the Child. The Conradines, counts in the Franconian Lahngau region, had been loyal supporters of the Carolingians. At the same time, they competed vigorously for predominance in Franconia with the sons of the Babenbergian duke Henry of Franconia at Bamberg Castle. In 906 the two parties battled each other near Fritzlar. Conrad the Elder was killed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, businessman, and writer. His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadian manufacturing, retail and media businesses through part-ownership of the holding company Ravelston Corporation. In 1978, two years after their father's death, Conrad and his older brother Montegu took majority control of Ravelston. Over the next seven years, Conrad Black sold off most of their non-media holdings in order to focus on newspaper publishing. Black controlled Hollinger International, once the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire, which published ''The Daily Telegraph'' (UK), ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (US), ''The Jerusalem Post'' (Israel), ''National Post'' (Canada), and hundreds of community newspapers in North America, before controversy erupted over the sale of some of the company's assets. He was granted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Janis
Conrad Janis (February 11, 1928 – March 1, 2022) was a jazz trombonist and actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He played the role of Mindy McConnell's father, Frederick, on television's ''Mork & Mindy''. Early life Janis was born in Manhattan on February 11, 1928. His father, Sidney, was an art dealer and writer; his mother, Harriet (Grossman), was also a writer. He had one brother, Carroll.Uhl, Jin. "For Conrad Janis, Acting and Jazz Share the Spotlight", ''The Mississippi Rag'', pp. 1-9, September 2002, Bloomington, MN. Janis successfully auditioned for a road company at the age of 13 and consequently spent the next two years with them. He also began doing radio voice work during this time. Career Film and television Janis secured a role in the play '' Dark of the Moon'' during its pre-Broadway run, in which he was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout. He stayed with the production when it ran in New York City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hubbard
Conrad Hubbard is best known as a web designer and author for White Wolf, Inc. Author credits Published material by Conrad Hubbard consists of contributions to more than 35 books which are classified as roleplaying game books, published by White Wolf Publishing and Sword & Sorcery Studios. Books which Conrad Hubbard has contributed to include: World of Darkness titles * Mokole (a Changing Breed book) * Sorcerer: Revised Edition * Mummy: The Resurrection * Mage Storytellers Handbook * Mummy Players Guide * Laws of the Resurrection * The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas * Vampire Players Guide * The Red Sign * Ascension * Second Sight * Promethean: The Created d20 System titles * Relics & Rituals * Creature Collection 2: Dark Menagerie * The Wise and the Wicked * The Divine and the Defeated * Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad * Secrets and Societies * Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Termana * Strange Lands: Lost Tribes of the Scarred Lands Exalted titles * Creature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hilton Jr
Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr. (July 6, 1926 – February 5, 1969) was an American socialite, hotel heir, and businessman. He was the eldest son of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and the first husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor. Life and career Conrad Hilton Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas. His father, Conrad Hilton, was the founder of Hilton Hotels, and his mother was Mary Adelaide Barron. Hilton grew up with three younger siblings: William Barron Hilton, Eric Michael Hilton and Constance Francesca Hilton. He is the great-uncle of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton. Growing up he did not take interest in the family business and he dropped out of Loyola University in Los Angeles to join the Navy. His father enrolled him at École hôtelière de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland but he was suspended after six months. In his later years, he was a director and chairman of the executive committee of the Hilton International Company. Hilton died at the age of 42 from a sudde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hilton
Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr. (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916 Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the "inside deals" of politics. He purchased his first hotel in 1919 for $40,000, the Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, which capitalized on the oil boom. The rooms were rented out in 8 hour shifts. He continued to buy and sell hotels and eventually established the world's first international hotel chain. When he died in 1979, he left the bulk of his estate to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Early life Hilton was born in San Antonio, in what was then the New Mexico Territory, to Norwegian-born Augustus Halvorsen Hilton (1854–1919) and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler. He attended the Goss Military Academy (since renamed as the New Mexico Military Institute) and St. Michael's College (later called the Santa Fe University of Art an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hall
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing such films as ''In Cold Blood'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', '' American Beauty'', and ''Road to Perdition''. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Conrad L Hall was born on June 21, 1926 in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. His father was James Norman Hall, an ace pilot and captain in the Lafayette Escadrille that fought for France in World War I. James also co-wrote the 1932 novel '' Mutiny on the Bounty.'' His mother was Sarah ("Lala") Winchester Hall, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner (; la, Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine. He became Zürich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing. Gessner compiled monumental works on bibliography (''Bibliotheca universalis'' 1545–1549) and zoology (''Historia animalium'' 1551–1558) and was working on a major botanical text at the time of his death from plague at the age of 49. He is regarded as the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany. He was frequently the first to describe species of plants or animals in Europe, such as the tulip in 1559. A number of plants and animals have been named after him. Life Conrad Gessner was born on 26 March 1516, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Of Gelnhausen
Conrad of Gelnhausen ( 1320 – 1390) was a German theologian and canon lawyer, and one of the founders of the conciliar movement of the late fourteenth century. Details of his life are sketchy. He was ''baccalaureus'' at the University of Paris in 1344. For the two decades after then he can be tracked by prebends he is known to have had, in various places in Germany. He turned towards the law later in his career. His influence was through writings from around 1380, after the Western Schism of 1378, the ''Epistola brevis'' and the ''Epistola concordiae''. These appealed for the calling of an autonomous General Council to settle matters. This idea was taken up by others, such as Henry of Langenstein Henry of Langenstein, also known as Henry of Hesse the Elder (german: Heinrich von Langenstein; born Heinrich Heinbuche; c. 1325 – 11 February 1397), was a German scholastic philosopher, theologian and mathematician. Biography Henry was bo .... References *R. N. Swanson, ''Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Felixmüller
Conrad Felixmüller (21 May 1897 – 24 March 1977) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. Born in Dresden as Conrad Felix Müller, he chose Felixmüller as his '' nom d'artiste''. Early life and career He attended drawing classes at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts in 1911–12 before studying under Carl Bantzer at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.Michalski 1994, p. 210. In 1917 he performed military service as a medical orderly, and became a founding member of the Dresden Expressionist group ''Expressionistische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dresden''. He achieved his earliest success as a printmaker. Felixmüller was a member of the Communist Party of Germany from 1918 to 1922. He published many woodcuts and drawings in left-wing magazines, and remained a prolific printmaker throughout his career. second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Dobler
Conrad Francis Dobler (born October 1, 1950) is a former American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Cardinals, with whom he was a member of for six seasons, and later spent two seasons each with the New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills. A three-time Pro Bowl selection during his Cardinals tenure, Dobler also achieved notoriety for frequently utilizing unsportsmanlike tactics against opponents, which he openly acknowledged. NFL Cardinals After playing college football at the University of Wyoming, Dobler was selected in the fifth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He played right offensive guard for the Cardinals from 1972 to 1977, next to hall-of-famer Dan Dierdorf at right tackle. In those years, the Cardinals had solid offensive lines, especially for pass blocking; they allowed just eight sacks in 1975, then a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad K
Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washington Elsewhere * Conrad, Alberta, Canada, a former unincorporated community * Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica * Mount Conrad, Oates Land, Antarctica Businesses * Conrad Editora, a Brazilian publisher * Conrad Electronic, a German retailer * Conrad Hotels, the global luxury brand of Hilton Hotels * Conrad Models, a German manufacturer of diecast toys and promotional models Other uses * ''Conrad'' (comic strip) * CONRAD (organization), an American organization which promotes reproductive health in the developing world * ORP ''Conrad'', name of the cruiser HMS ''Danae'' (D44) while loaned to the Polish Navy (1944-1946) See also * Conradi * Conradin * Conradines * Conrads (other) * Corrado (other) * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
