Charles Wolf (other)
Charles Wolf may refer to: *Charles Wolf (astronomer) (1827–1918), French astronomer *Charles Wolf (basketball) (born 1926), American basketball coach *Charles Wolf Jr. Charles Wolf Jr. (August 1, 1924 – October 24, 2016) was a senior economic advisor at the RAND Corporation (June 23, 1955 – October 24, 2016). He was also a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and was on ... (1924–2016), senior economic advisor at the RAND Corporation * Charlie Wolf (born 1959), British radio DJ See also * Charles Wolfe (other) * Charles de Wolff (1932–2011), Dutch organist and conductor {{hndis, Wolf, Charles ...
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Charles Wolf (astronomer)
Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (9 November 1827 in Vorges – 4 July 1918) was a French astronomer. In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory. In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf–Rayet stars. He was elected to the positions of Vice-President (1897) and President (1898) of the French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific me .... References External links * (p. 451) 1827 births 1918 deaths People from Aisne 19th-century French astronomers École Normale Supérieure alumni Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Ligue de la patrie française {{France-astronomer-stub ...
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Charles Wolf (basketball)
Charles Anthony Wolf (May 7, 1926 – November 26, 2022) was an American professional basketball coach. He coached two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams: the Cincinnati Royals from 1960 through 1963 and the Detroit Pistons from 1963 through 1964. While living in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Wolf graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1944 and from Xavier University. He coached basketball at Villa Madonna College (now Thomas More University Thomas More University is a private Roman Catholic university in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. It serves about 2,000 full and part-time students. The university was founded in 1921 by the local Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College. Histor ...) before becoming an NBA coach. Wolf died on November 26, 2022, at the age of 96. His grandson is professional tennis player J. J. Wolf. References External links BasketballReference.com: Charles Wolf 1926 births 2022 deaths American men's basketball coaches A ...
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Charles Wolf Jr
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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Charlie Wolf
Stephen Linsky (born 12 April 1959) better known as Charlie Wolf, is a British-based American radio talk show host, disc jockey and political commentator, and formerly the Communications Director of Republicans Abroad UK. Wolf previously presented a late-night phone-in show he hosted on the radio station Talksport. Broadcasting career Wolf moved to the UK in 1984 to DJ for the pirate radio station Laser 558. Laser 558 was broadcasting from MV Communicator, based in international waters. In 1989, he became one of the launch presenters at Atlantic 252 and was soon presenting the breakfast show, doing so until around 1993. He also presented the network evening show on the three GWR FM stations in the west of England. In 2002 Wolf moved to Cork in Ireland to host RedFM's ''Cork Talks Back'' show and subsequently presented RedFM's breakfast show until his departure in June 2004. For a short period Wolf broadcast on both Red FM and talkSPORT, and flew from Cork to London and back on ...
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Charles Wolfe (other)
Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) was an Irish poet. Charles Wolfe may also refer to: *Charles Eugene Wolfe Jr., American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Gino Hernandez *Charles D. Wolfe, mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1908–1911 * Charlie Wolfe (1892–1966), Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne * Charles Wolfe (musicologist), in the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame *Charlie Wolfe, musician on ''We Are All One'' See also * Chuck Wolfe (other) *Charles Wolf (other) Charles Wolf may refer to: *Charles Wolf (astronomer) (1827–1918), French astronomer *Charles Wolf (basketball) (born 1926), American basketball coach *Charles Wolf Jr. Charles Wolf Jr. (August 1, 1924 – October 24, 2016) was a senior econom ...