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DORN
Dorn (German for thorn) is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Dorn-Rancke, , German politician * August T. Dorn (1849-1923), American politician *Dieter Dorn (born 1935), German theatre director *Dolores Dorn (1934–2019), American film actor * Edward John Dorn (1854-1937), United States Naval officer and Governor of Guam *Ed Dorn (1929–1999), U.S. poet *Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), U.S. major general * Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848–1916), German physicist *Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), member of the United States House of Representatives * George W. Dorn (1836–1891), President of the Chico Board of Trustees in 1872 *Gerhard Dorn (c. 1530 – 1584), Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile *Heinrich Dorn (1804–1892), German conductor and composer *Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Ukrainian singer, DJ, TV presenter and producer * Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, English writer and filmmaker *Jerry verDorn (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dorn
Ivan Oleksandrovich Dorn ( uk, Іван Олександрович Дорн), nee Ivan Aleksandrovich Eryomin (russian: Иван Александрович Ерёмин; born 17 October 1988) is a Ukrainian singer and actor. He is also active as a DJ, TV presenter and producer, and a former member of the band ''Para Normalnyh'' (''Пара Нормальных''). Since 2010 he has been a solo artist. His music combines elements of house, disco, pop, jazz, funk, UK garage, hip-hop and soul. He won an MTV EMA in 2017. Biography Ivan Dorn was born 17 October 1988 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, (before part of the Soviet Union). At the age of two, he and his family moved to the Ukrainian city of Slavutych, Ukraine. Until second grade, he had the last name "Eremin” however his mother, Lidia Dorn, then changed it to be the same as her own. He began acting at the age of 6 years at the festival «Gold autumn of Slavutich». Ivan actively engaged in sport, winning several prizes in curli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
William Jennings Bryan Dorn (April 14, 1916 – August 13, 2005) was a United States politician from South Carolina who represented the western part of the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to 1975 as a Democrat. Early life Dorn was born near Greenwood, South Carolina on April 14, 1916, the son of Thomas Elbert and Pearl Griffith Dorn. Thomas Dorn was a school teacher, principal, and superintendent who hoped his son would have a political career, so he named the boy after William Jennings Bryan. Bryan Dorn attended the public schools of Greenwood and Greenwood High School, and became a farmer. He attended the University of South Carolina where he was a member of the Clariosophic Society. He was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1938 and to the South Carolina Senate in 1940. He served in the United States Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II. Congressional career Dorn was first elected to Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Friedrich Ernst Dorn (27 July 1848 – 16 December 1916) was a German physicist who was the first to discover that a radioactive substance, later named radon, is emitted from radium. Life and work Dorn was born in Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), Province of Prussia (nowadays Warmia in Poland), and died in Halle, Province of Saxony. He was educated at Königsberg and went on to teach at the university level. In 1885, at Halle University, Dorn took over the position of personal ''ordinarius'' professor for theoretical physics from Anton Oberbeck. Since Dorn was already an ''ordinarius'' professor, he was allowed to assume the title so as to not appear as having been demoted. In 1895, Dorn succeeded Hermann Knoblauch at Halle as the ''ordinarius'' professor for experimental physics and director of the physics institute. Dorn's previous duties were assumed by Carl Schmidt, who had been a Privatdozent and was called as an ''extraordinarius'' professor for theoretical physics. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn (29 April 1805 in Scheierfeld, Saxe-Coburg, Germany – 19 May 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia), or Boris Andreevich Dorn, was a German orientalist. He specialized in the history and the languages of Iran, Russia and Afghanistan. Biography He studied theology and philology at the universities of Halle and Leipzig, obtaining his habilitation in 1825.Dorn, Johann Albert Bernhard In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , S. 78 f. At Dorn worked for a while as a lecturer. Later on, he served as a professor of |
Van Dorn Detective Agency
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandorin
Fandorin is a fictitious Russian surname in the novels of Boris Akunin. Series protagonists include: * Erast Fandorin Erast Petrovich Fandorin (russian: Эраст Петрович Фандорин) is a fictional 19th-century Russian detective and the hero of a series of Russian historical detective novels by Boris Akunin. The first Fandorin novel (''The Winte ... (1856–1919/20) * Nicholas Fandorin (born 1960) See also * von Dorn {{surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Dorn
Walter Dorn (born July 11, 1961) is a scientist, educator, author and researcher. Dorn teaches military officers and civilian students at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) in Toronto and also at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston. He lectures and leads seminars on the ethics of armed force, peace operations, the United Nations, arms control, Canadian and US foreign/defence policy, Canadian government and society, and science/technology applications. He serves as chair of the Department of Security and International Affairs at CFC and previously was chair of the Master of Defence Studies programme at RMC. He has served on the Board of Canadian Pugwash since 1995. From 2008 to 2013, he was chair of the group, which is the Canadian branch of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. He completed his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Toronto and now applies this scientific background toward the study of peace and conflict issues. He has p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thea Dorn
Thea Dorn (pseudonym; Christiane Scherer, born 23 July 1970 in Offenbach am Main) is a German writer of crime fiction and TV host. She lives and works in Berlin. Born in Offenbach am Main, Dorn was initially trained as a singer, and later studied philosophy and theatrical sciences in Frankfurt and Berlin. She graduated (''Magistra'') in philosophy with a work on self-deception. She worked as scientific assistant at the Free University of Berlin, then as dramaturge and writer at the Staatstheater Hannover. Thea Dorn's pseudonym alludes to Theodor Adorno, whose works she read and found hard to understand(See the interview on Adorno.)After receiving her M. A. in philosophy, she became a freelance writer. In 1995 she released her first book, ''Berliner Aufklärung'', for which she received the Marlowe Prize. For her third book, ''Die Hirnkönigin'', she received the German Crime Fiction Prize 2000. The same year she wrote the theatrical piece ''Marleni'', a staged meeting of Marlene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rüdiger Dorn
Rüdiger Dorn (born 1969) is a German-style board game designer. Career Fantasy Flight Games published Rüdiger Dorn's fantasy-themed ''Dragonheart'' (2010). He was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award for his game ''Jambo'', which also placed 8th for the Deutscher Spiele Preis award. He was also nominated for the 2007 Spiel des Jahres award for his game '' Die Baumeister von Arkadia'' (released in English as simply ''Arkadia'') and in 2012 for Las Vegas. He also won the 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres award for his game ''Istanbul''. In 2016, he was once again nominated for the Spiel des Jahres with his game '' Karuba''. In 2018 ''Luxor'' was also nominated for Spiel des Jahres. Games * ''Luxor'' (2018) * '' Karuba'' (2015) * ''Steam Time'' (2015) * ''Istanbul'' (2014) * ''Las Vegas'' (2012) * '' Waka Waka'' (2012) * '' Il Vecchio'' (2012) * ''Dragonheart'' (2010) * '' Diamonds Club'' (2008) * '' Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' (2008) * '' Die Baumeister von Arkadia'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosevelt F
Roosevelt may refer to: *Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president *Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president Businesses and organisations * Roosevelt Hotel (other) * Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank * Roosevelt Institute, a think tank Educational establishments * Roosevelt School (other) * Roosevelt Elementary School (other) * Roosevelt Middle School (other) * Roosevelt High School (other) * Roosevelt School District (other) * Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Peru * Eleanor Roosevelt College, University of California, San Diego, U.S. * President Theodore Roosevelt High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. * Roosevelt Intermediate School, Westfield, New Jersey, U.S. * Roosevelt University, Illinois, U.S. * University College Roosevelt, formerly Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, the Netherlands People * Roosevelt family, U.S. political family * Roosevelt (name) * List of pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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