Dorf (surname)
Dorf is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Dorf (1933–2016), British artist * Erling Dorf (1905–1984), American geologist and paleobotanist * Michael Dorf (other) * Richard C. Dorf (born 1933), Professor Emeritus of Management and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis * Shel Dorf Sheldon "Shel" Dorf (July 5, 1933 – November 3, 2009) was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con International.Spurgeon, Tom.Shel Dorf, 1933-2009, ''The Comics Reporter'' (self-published), 4 November 2009. Acce ...

Barbara Dorf
Barbara Dorf (1933–2016) was a British artist known for her paintings of architectural subjects. Biography Dorf was born and grew up in London and studied at the Central School of Art and Crafts in London and then at the Slade School of Fine Art until 1962. She painted architectural subjects in oil and watercolour and in charcoal drawings. During her career she taught at the Ruskin School of Drawing and at Oxford Brookes University. She was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London and with the New English Art Club. Starting in 1978, Dorf had a series of solo shows at the Michael Parkin Gallery and also had solo shows at the Montpelier Sandelson Gallery in 1981 and a number of shows at the Mass Gallery from 1986. In 1993 she was part of a three artist show at the Jerram Gallery in Salisbury. Works by Dorf are in the British Museum collection and also held by both Lady Margaret Hall and St Edmund Hall in Oxford. Kingston University holds an archive of Dorf's long-term ...
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Erling Dorf
Erling Dorf was an American geologist. He was born July 19, 1905 and died in April 1984. He was hired in 1928 as a professor of Geology at Princeton University. He retired from Princeton in 1974. He was a renowned paleobotanist working on the floras of the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. He was married to Ruth Kemmerer Dorf. They had three sons and a daughter: Thomas Alfred Dorf (1937-1958), Norman Kemmerer Dorf (1938-2007), Robert "Bob" Erling Dorf (1941- ) and Molly Dorf Purrington (1948 - ).Anonymous (1984''Dr. Erling Dorf, 78 Geologist Did Work on Petrified Forests.''New York Times, April 20, 1984. Probably his best known research today are comprehensive articles and papers about the Yellowstone Petrified Forest where he reported the presence of conglomerates from stream deposits, breccias from mudflows or landslides, volcanic tuff from the numerous volcanic events, and lava beds.Fritz, WJ (1980a) ''Depositional Environment of the Eocene Lamar River Formation in Yellowstone Nati ...
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Michael Dorf (other)
Michael Dorf may refer to: * Michael C. Dorf, American law professor * Michael Dorf (entrepreneur), American entrepreneur See also * Michael Dorff, mathematician * Dorf (other) Dorf may refer to: * Dorf (surname) * Dorf (character), portrayed by Tim Conway * ''Dorf'', German term for 'village', see Town#Germany * Dorf, Germany (other), various settlements * Dorf, Switzerland, a small town * DORF (film festiv ...

Richard C
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ...
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