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Cruger (surname)
Cruger, or Crüger, is a surname of German/Yiddish origin, altered form of Kruger. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl Friedrich August Alexander Crüger (1813-1885), German entomologist * Daniel Cruger (1780-1843), American lawyer * Henry Cruger (1739–1827), American and British politician * Herbert Crüger (1911-2003), German politician * Hermann Crüger (1818-1864), German pharmacist * Johann Crüger (1598–1662), German composer * John Cruger (1678–1744), mayor of New York City, 1739–1744 * John Cruger Jr. (1710–1791), mayor of New York, 1757–1766 * Julia Cruger (1850-1920), American novelist * Mary Cruger (1834-1908), American novelist * Peter Crüger (1580–1639), mathematician, astronomer and polymath References {{surname, Cruger German-language surnames Germanic-language surnames Surnames of German origin Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruger
Krüger, Krueger or Kruger (without the Umlaut (diacritic), umlaut Ü) are German surnames originating from '':de:Krüger, Krüger'', meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and Pottery, potter in Central German and Upper German. The last name Krüger with umlaut dots is widespread in Germany with some 155,000 people bearing this last name, whereas the form without umlaut dots is widespread in South Africa with some 65,000 people, in the US with some 20,000 people and in Brazil with some 14,000 people. In all other countries both forms have less than 5,000 people bearing it. Notable people with the surname include: People * Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German astronomer * Alan Krueger (1960–2019), American economist * Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete * Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American stage and film actress * Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist * Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Friedrich August Alexander Crüger
Carl Friedrich August Alexander Crüger (26 February 1813, Fürstenberg - 21 May 1885, Hamburg ) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. His collection of world Lepidoptera is in the Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museu Works *1876 Ueber Schmetterlinge von Guayaquil. ''Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg'' 2: 129-131. *with J. B. Capronnier 1876 Notice sur les époques d'apparition des lépidoptères du Brésil recueillis p. M. C. Van Volxem dans son voyage en 1872. ''Annales de la soc.entom. de Belgique'' Tom. XVII., 1874. p. 5-39. *Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg 2: 132-135. eview*1879. Ueber exotische Lepidopteren (1877). ''Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg'' 4: 192-198. *1881. Catalogue of the coll. of diurnal lepidoptera formed by the late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton on Thames, and bequeathed by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cruger
Daniel Cruger (December 22, 1780 – July 12, 1843) was an American newspaper publisher, lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from New York. Early and family life Daniel Cruger was born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on December 22, 1780. He was the son of Daniel Cruger, Sr. and Elizabeth (née Wheaton) Cruger. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1802. He married twice. His first wife, Hannah (née Clement) Cruger, died in 1831. His second wife, Lydia Boggs Shepherd, was the wealthy widow of Moses Sheperd, a relation of the prominent Virginia Duke Family, who was a man contractor of the National Road. They married on July 16, 1833 in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Early career and military service Cruger learned the printer's trade, and published the ''Owego Democrat'' in Owego, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and commenced practice in Bath, New York. Cruger served as a major in the War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cruger
Henry Cruger Jr. (November 22, 1739April 24, 1827) was an American and British merchant at the time of the American Revolution. He has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the Parliament of Great Britain (MP, 1774–1780, 1784–1790) and the New York State Senate (1792–1796). Early life Henry Cruger was born in New York and was a member of a wealthy merchant family. His parents were Elizabeth (née Harris) Cruger (1716–1752) and Henry Cruger Sr. (1707–1780), a member of the New York General Assembly and then the governor's council. His eldest brother, John Harris Cruger, succeeded his father as a member of the governor's council of New York, served as a Loyalist during the War and later moved to England. Two other brothers settled in the West Indies. His younger sister, Mary Cruger, was married to Jacob Walton, also a representative in General Assembly for New York. His paternal grandparents were Maria (née Cuyler) Cruger, an heiress (and sister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Crüger
Herbert Crüger (17 May 1911 – 17 January 2003) was a German political activist and politician (KPD) who, as a young man during the Nazi years, became caught up in espionage activity. During the postwar decade, as the division of Germany seemed to have become permanent, millions of people fled from East Germany to West Germany. More unusually, Herbert Crüger was one of those who, having ended up in "the west", crossed the internal frontier in the other direction, probably, at least in part, because his communist politics made it hard for him to obtain suitable employment in the west. In the east, he became a university lecturer and author. In 1958, he fell foul of a political purge and spent some years in the vast Bautzen penitentiary. He was released in 1961 but had to wait until 1990 for his formal rehabilitation. Biography Herbert Crüger was born in Berlin-Rixdorf. His father worked as a book printer, but died in September 1914 after an intestinal operation. His mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Crüger
Hermann Crüger (11 February 1818, Hamburg – 28 February 1864, San Fernando) was a German pharmacist and botanist. He was educated in pharmacy in Lüneburg and Hamburg prior to moving as a pharmacist to Trinidad in 1841. From 1857 until his death he served as a government botanist and director of the botanical garden in Port-of-Spain. He collected botanical specimens in Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba and Venezuela.JSTOR Global Plants Crueger, Hermann (1818-1864) Crüger was considered an important source of information for on aspects of floral biology. In 1863 Darwin wrote to Crüger in regards to |
Johann Crüger
Johann Crüger (9 April 1598 – 23 February 1662) was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, ''Praxis pietatis melica''. Early life and education Crüger was born in Groß Breesen (now part of Guben) as the son of an innkeeper, Georg Crüger.Nummert, Dietrich"Mit 24 schon Musikdirektor. Kantor und Lehrer Johann Crüger" ''Berlinische Monatsschrift'', pp. 64–68 (April 1998) He was an ethnic Sorb, baptized as Jan Krygar.Zersen, David and Mellenbruch, Eric. “Najwuznamn-niši němski kěrlušer poreforma-ciskeje doby bě Serb”, Serbsky protyka, pp. 53–56 (2018) (In Sorbian) He studied at the nearby Lateinschule (then located in Guben) until 1613, and that school's teaching program included music and singing. He then traveled to Sorau and Breslau for further education, and finally to Regensburg, where he received musical training from Paulus Homberger (1560–1634). In 1615 he traveled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cruger
John Cruger (1678/1680 – August 13, 1744) was an immigrant to colonial New York with an uncertain place of birth, but his family was originally Danish. In New York from at least 1696, he became a prosperous merchant and established a successful family. He served as an alderman for twenty-two years and as 38th Mayor of New York City from 1739 until his death in 1744.De Lancey, Edward F"Original Cruger Family Records"from ''The New York genealogical and biographical record'' Quote: "1744. On ye 13th of August 1744, father John Cruger then Mayor of this City dyed and (.he next day his corps was deposited in the Old Dutch Church." Early life Cruger was likely born in early 1678 in Germany, although the family is supposed to be of Danish origin (or German). In 1698, Cruger came to America from Bristol, England, when New York was officially an English colony, but still very much marked by the remains of the Dutch influence of New Netherland. Career After moving to the Province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cruger Jr
John Cruger Jr. (July 18, 1710 – December 27, 1791) was the speaker of the Province of New York assembly and the 41st Mayor of New York City. He was born July 18, 1710, the son of John Cruger and Maria Cuyler. He was a New York City merchant. He served as the 41st Mayor of New York City from 1757 to 1766. He was a member of New York's delegation to the Stamp Act Congress and a member of the Committee of Correspondence. He was the speaker of the Province of New York assembly from 1769 to 1775. In the New York assembly he voted against approval of the proceedings of the First Continental Congress. He was named as one of the "suspected" persons on the New York Provincial Congress The New York Provincial Congress (1775–1777) was a revolutionary provisional government formed by colonists in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-American alternative to the more conservative New York General Assembly, and as a repla ... in 1776. Before the British occupation of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Cruger
Julia Grinnell Storrow Cruger (pseudonym, Julien Gordon; c. 1850 – July 12, 1920) was an American novelist. Because many of her books examined the American social world, she was known as the Edith Wharton of her day. Family Julia Grinnell Storrow was born in Paris, France, c. 1850. She was the daughter of Thomas Wentworth Storrow of Boston and a grandniece of Washington Irving. Career She married Civil War veteran Col. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger, grandson of Stephen Van Rensselaer, who died in 1898, leaving her independently well off. She married broker Wade Chance in 1908; they separated after a year and were divorced in 1916. Cruger, who spoke French fluently, then moved to Paris for several years, returning to New York not long before her death. In 1892, Cruger and her husband were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ''The New York Times''. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Cruger
Mary Cruger (May 9, 1834 – November 15, 1908) was an American novelist. Cruger's novels examine social problems through a Christian viewpoint. Life Cruger was born in Oscawana in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Captain Nicholas Cruger (1801–1868) and Eliza Kortright Cruger. After the deaths of her parents, she built a house near Montrose, New York called "Wood Rest". Cruger's first novel, ''Hyperaesthesia'' (1886), was about several people at a New York resort suffering from the title malady, a condition of abnormal sensitivity. Cruger's novel examines female hysteria in a way that presages the work of later historians. Her novel ''A Den of Thieves'' (1886) is about a newlywed couple who become crusaders in the temperance movement. Her utopian novel ''How She Did It; Or, Comfort on $150 a Year'' (1888) is about a woman who builds her own home and lives frugally, complete with home blueprints, recipes, grocery costs, and other specifics. Her final novel, ''Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Crüger
Peter Crüger or Peter Krüger (20 October 1580 – 6 June 1639) was a mathematician, astronomer, polymath, and teacher of Johannes Hevelius. Life Crüger was born in Königsberg, Duchy of Prussia, a fief of the Crown of Poland, Kingdom of Poland. In scientific documents published in Latin, his common name ''Krüger'' (German language, German for ''potter'' or ''innkeeper'') was Latinized and spelled ''Crüger''. (Compared to the frequency of the family name ''Krüger'', the name '':de:Crüger, Crüger'' is relatively uncommon.) Crüger studied at the universities in Albertina University, Königsberg, University of Leipzig, Leipzig and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Wittenberg, graduating from Wittenberg in 1606. Among his teachers were Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. He then moved to the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Crown of Poland, Kingdom of Poland, where he worked for the rest of his life as a professor of poetry and mathematics at the ''Academic Gymnasiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
