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Doll (surname)
Doll ( English, German: dweller at a division of land or boundary mark; descendant of Doll, a pet form of names beginning with Dult (patience), as Dultwic and Duldfrid) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Doll (born 1940), American politician * Anton Eduard Doll (1826–1887), German painter *Birgit Doll (1958–2015), Austrian actress and theatre director *Bob Doll (1919–1959), American basketball player * Charles Fitzroy Doll (1850–1929), British architect * Dotty Doll (born 1936), American politician * Henri George Doll (1902–1991), French scientist *Henry W. Doll (1870–?), New York politician *Mordaunt Doll (1888–1966), English cricketer * Richard Doll (1912–2005), English biostatistician *Steve Doll (1960–2009), American professional wrestler *Thomas Doll Thomas Jens Uwe Doll (born 9 April 1966) is a German professional football manager and a former football player who is the current Manager of Persija Jakarta. He played as an attacki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...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] |
Andrea Doll
Andrea L. Doll (born August 14, 1940) is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. She served a single term in the Alaska House of Representatives The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per ..., representing the 4th District from 2007 to 2009. External links Alaska State Legislature - Representative Andrea Dollofficial government website Project Vote Smart - Representative Andrea L. Doll (AK)profile * ''Follow the Money'' - Andrea Doll *2006campaign contributions Alaska's Democratic Caucus - Andrea Dollprofile Andrea Dollat ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives 1940 births Living people Politicians from Buffalo, New York Politicians from Juneau, Alaska Women state legislators in Alaska 21st-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Doll
Anton Doll was born the son of a teacher in Munich on 3 March, 1826 (1826-1887) was a German painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ... and was a member of the Munich Kunstverein. Notably, Doll depicted his home city of Munich with such a high level of accuracy, his art cityscapes are often studied for their historical value as documents of their time. A leading member of the Munich School of painters, Doll was born on March 3, 1826, in Munich, Germany, and began his career studying law at Munich University, but quickly shifted his focus to painting in 1849. Exhibited by the Munich Kunstverein institution, Doll followed in the footsteps of other traditional German landscape painters such as Heinrich Bürkel, Adolf Stademann, and Carl August Lebschée. Doll's land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Doll
Birgit Doll (9 March 1956 – 26 October 2015) was an Austrian actress of stage, screen and television and theatre director. She made her professional theatre debut at the age of 20 and won the Kainz Medal in 1992 for her performance of '' Libussa'' and the Nestroy Theatre Prize in 2000 for portraying Martha in Edward Albee's ''Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Woolf''. Doll earned the Best Actress Award at the 1979 Bavarian Film Awards and the Best Actress Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1980. for her role as Marianne of the film ''Tales from the Vienna Woods''. Biography On 9 March 1958, Doll was born in Vienna. When she was 19, she took up German studies and theatre studies in Vienna. Doll went on to enroll at the Max Reinhardt Seminar to train as an actress. She did not require input dramaturge upon drawing upon world literature individuals. Doll received her first professional theatrial engagement at the Salzburger Landestheater when she was aged 20, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Doll
Robert W. Doll (August 10, 1919 – September 7, 1959) was an American professional basketball player who played in the early days of professional basketball for the St. Louis Bombers and Boston Celtics during the early years of the NBA. College and amateur career Doll starred at Chaffey High School in Ontario, California and played collegiately at the University of Colorado from 1939 to 1942, leading the Buffaloes to a period of great team success. A post player, "Ichabod" Doll was known as a voracious rebounder and defender with a soft shooting touch. In his first season of eligibility as a sophomore in 1940, Doll led the Buffaloes to bids in both the NCAA Tournament and NIT. While the NCAA tournament appearance lasted only one game, Doll led the Buffs to the NIT title and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 15.5 points per game. Two years later, Doll was named a consensus second team All-American and led Colorado to its first Final Four. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fitzroy Doll
Charles Fitzroy Doll JP, FRIBA (1850–1929), was an English architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras who specialised in designing hotels. He also designed the dining room on the RMS ''Titanic'', which was based on his design for that in the Hotel Russell in Bloomsbury. Doll was educated in Germany, and on his return to Britain he trained as an architect under Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt. Under Wyatt he was involved in designing the India Office in London, a project he worked on from 1866 to 1868. In 1885 Doll was appointed Surveyor to the Bedford Estates in Bloomsbury and Covent Garden in London. In 1898 he designed the Hotel Russell, which is distinctively clad in decorative thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") terracotta, and which was based on the Château de Madrid on the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Doll engaged the sculptor Henry Charles Fehr to model the four life-size statues of British Queens, who look down from above the main front entrance. The hotel's restaurant, until rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotty Doll
Dotty Doll (born July 20, 1936, Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician who was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. She was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1974, representing the 29th Missouri house district. Doll was educated at the Chicago Teachers College Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ... and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. References 1936 births Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri Women state legislators in Missouri Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Living people {{Missouri-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri George Doll
Henri George Doll (13 August 1902 in Paris – 25 July 1991 in Montfort-l'Amaury, France) was a French-American scientist. Biography Doll was a leading figure in the development of oil well logging and a key technical leader of the Schlumberger oilfield services company. A graduate of the École Polytechnique and École des Mines, he married Anne Schlumberger, daughter of one of the Schlumberger brothers (Conrad), and joined their company. His contributions include the induction logging technique, and during World War II he led the development of the jeep-borne mine detector. He received a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States government, and was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur. Upon his retirement in 1967, the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation's research laboratory in Ridgefield, Connecticut was renamed the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in his honor. The Schlumberger-Doll Research Center was relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 200Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry W
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordaunt Doll
Mordaunt Henry Caspers Doll (5 April 1888 – 30 June 1966) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Charles Fitzroy Doll, he was educated at Charterhouse School where he excelled as a schoolboy cricketer between 1905 and 1907. He scored 195 runs against Westminster School in his final year at school as he and RLL Braddell put on a Partnership (cricket), stand of 214 in the last hour. From Charterhouse he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman who represented Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC (1907–1920), Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University (1908), Demobilised Officers cricket team, Demobilised Officers (1919), Etceteras XI (1910), Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, Hertfordshire (1907–1909), Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex (1912–1919) and Plum Warner, PF Warner's XI (1919). Doll scored 102 not out in a county record eighth wicket stand of 182 in two hours with Joe Murrell for Middlesex against Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Doll
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (28 October 1912 – 24 July 2005) was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems. With Ernst Wynder, Bradford Hill and Evarts Graham, he was credited with being the first to prove that smoking increased the risk of :lung cancer and :heart disease. (German studies had suggested a link as early as the 1920s but were forgotten or ignored until the 1990s.) He also carried out pioneering work on the relationship between radiation and leukaemia as well as that between asbestos and lung cancer, and alcohol and breast cancer. On 28 June 2012, he was the subject of an episode of ''The New Elizabethans'', a series broadcast on BBC Radio Four to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, dealing with 60 public figures from her reign. Biography Doll was born at Hampton, Middlesex (now part of south-we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
