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Corda Campus
Corda may refer to: People * August Carl Joseph Corda (1809–1849), Czech physician and mycologist * María Corda (1898–1976), Hungarian actress and novelist Other uses * CORDA (UK), a consultancy company * Corda, Ribeira Grande, a settlement in the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde * Corda River, a river in Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil * Corda or strappado The strappado, also known as corda, is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind his back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated shoulders. Weights may be added to t ..., a form of torture See also * Sursum Corda (other) * Korda, a surname * Cordas, a surname * {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Carl Joseph Corda
August Carl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) was a Czech physician and mycologist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Early life and education Corda was born in Reichenberg (now Liberec), Bohemia on November 15, 1809. Corda's father was a textile seller. Both of Corda's parents died suddenly only a few weeks following his birth, and Corda was raised by his grandmother, attending the Normale School in Reichenberg. Corda's grandmother died in 1819 and Corda was sent to live with an "unacquainted family" for two years during which time he did not receive schooling. Two years later, Corda was transferred to the care of an uncle in Prague where he attended the "Lyceum of New Prague". As a result of family difficulties, Corda left the Lyceum in 1824 to attend polytechnical school. There, he studied physics under Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka, chemistry under Josef Johann Steinmann, mineralogy under Franz Xaver Zippe, and botany under Ign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Corda
María Corda (born Mária Antónia Farkas; hu, Korda Mária; 4 May 1898 – 15 February 1976) was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria. Biography She began her acting career in the theatres of Budapest in the early days of World War I and soon after the break-up of Austria-Hungary she also began to work in the film industry. Her first role was in ''Neither at Home or Abroad, Se ki, se be'' in 1919, directed by the Hungarian director, Korda Sandor, who would come to be known as Alexander Korda. She married Sandor, who was then the leading director in Hungary's fledgling film industry, in 1919. He featured her in three films that year ''White Rose (film), White Rose'' (''Fehér rózsa''), ''Ave Caesar!'' and ''Number 111 (1919 film), Number 111'' (''A 111-es''), all of which he directed. The young couple was affected by the turmoil in Hungary that followed the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For a brief time, Hungary was a badly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CORDA (UK)
CORDA is a small analysis and management consultancy company, owned by BAE Systems and based in Farnborough. It provides evidence-based decision support to BAE Systems, government departments, and other commercial organisations. and uses them for operational analysis studies. In the late 1980s CORDA produced a simulation called FASTAID that was used by the Royal Army Medical Corps to help train soldiers to make decisions about dispatching ambulances. An improved and updated version of this tool was developed for Operation GRANBY and delivered by CORDA staff to troops in the field.Kempster, S, ''Casualty evacuation for Operation GRANBY'', presented at ISMOR in 1991. Soft OA CORDA has used a variety of soft operational a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corda, Ribeira Grande
Corda is a settlement in the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality Ribeira Grande. It is situated in the mountainous interior of the island at about 1,000 meters elevation, 13 km north of the island capital Porto Novo. Corda consists of several villages, including Chã de Corda and Esponjeiro. The national road from Porto Novo to Ribeira Grande (EN1-SA01) passes through Corda. The crater of Cova lies 4 km to the southeast. Corda lies in the Cova-Paul-Ribeira da Torre Natural Park. Two species of cuckoo bees, '' Thyreus batelkai'' and '' Chiasmognathus batelkai'', have been found near Esponjeiro. Also a subspecies of butterflies, ''Leptotes pirithous ''Leptotes pirithous'', the Lang's short-tailed blue or common zebra blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Description ''Leptotes pirithous'' is a small butterfly with a wingspan of 21–29 mm in males and 24–30 mm in female ... capvertis'' has been found near Esponjeir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corda River
The Corda River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Maranhão List of rivers in Maranhão (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Maranhão drain t ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Maranhão {{Maranhão-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strappado
The strappado, also known as corda, is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind his back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated shoulders. Weights may be added to the body to intensify the effect and increase the pain. This kind of torture would generally not last more than an hour without rest, as it would likely result in death. Other names for strappado include "reverse hanging", "Palestinian hanging" and . It was employed by the medieval Inquisition and many governments, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sursum Corda (other)
''Sursum corda'' is the opening dialogue to the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer or Anaphora in the liturgies of the Christian Church. Sursum Corda may also refer to: * Sursum Corda, Washington, D.C., a small neighborhood and housing cooperative in Washington, D.C. * Sursum Corda (Italy), an early 20th-century Italian proto-fascist student movement * ''Sursum corda'' (Elgar), an 1894 musical work by Edward Elgar *''Sursum Corda,'' Op. 13, a 1919 symphonic overture by Erich Wolfgang Korngold *Sursum Corda, a co-educational social service organization at Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ... See also * Corda (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korda
Korda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alberto Korda (1928–2011), Cuban photographer * Alexander Korda (1893–1956), Hungarian-born British film director and producer * Chris Korda (born 1962), American musician; son of Michael * Dezső Korda (1864–1919), Hungarian engineer, inventor of rotary capacitor * Jessica Korda (born 1993), American golfer; daughter of Petr * Michael Korda (born 1933), English-born American editor and writer * Nelly Korda (born 1998), American golfer; daughter of Petr * Paul Korda (1948-2020), English musician and actor * Petr Korda (born 1968), Czech tennis player * Sebastian Korda (born 2000), American tennis player; son of Petr * Serena Korda (born 1979), British artist * Vincent Korda (1897–1979), Hungarian-born British art director * Zoltán Korda (1895–1961), Hungarian-born film director See also * Korda Studios Korda Studios (in Hungarian: ''Korda Filmstúdió'') is a film studio complex 26&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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