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Doris (given Name)
Doris is a predominantly feminine given name of Greek language, Greek origin meaning ''Dorians, Dorian woman''. The name of the ethnic group is said to be derived from the name of the mythical founder Dorus (son of Hellen), Dorus, taken from Greek ''dōron'', meaning ''gift''. Doris (Oceanid), Doris was a sea goddess, wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids in Greek mythology. Usage As a feminine name, Doris was most popular in the Anglosphere in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It has also been particularly well used in German language, German-speaking countries. The name is also in rare use as a male name. Doris and its spelling variant Dorris is also in use as a surname with different origins than the female given name. Given name Women * Doris, mother of Antipater (son of Herod I) *Doris of Locri, wife of Sicilian tyrant Dionysus I of Syracuse and mother of Dionysus II of Syracuse *Doris Abele (1957–2021), German Antarctic marine biologist based at the Alfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Bussière
Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862 in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929 in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator. Biography Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff prize. He was close to Gustave Moreau. He found inspiration in the theatre works of Berlioz (''La Damnation de Faust'') as well as William Shakespeare and Richard Wagner. He became in demand as an illustrator, creating works for major authors. He illustrated Honoré de Balzac's ''Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes'' published in 1897, ''Émaux et camées'', written by Théophile Gautier, as well as Oscar Wilde's '' Salomé''. He also illustrated several works by Flaubert. An associate of Joséphin Péladan, the founder of the Rose-Croix esthétique, Bussière exhibited his works at Salon de la Rose-Croix over two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Abeßer
Doris Abeßer (15 March 1935 – 26 January 2016) was a Germans, German actress and radio personality. She was born in Berlin and appeared in television and films from 1952 onwards. She was awarded an ''Erich Weinert Medal'' by Free German Youth in 1961. She married Günter Stahnka, a German film director in 1963. Filmography * 1956: ''Zwischenfall in Benderath'' * 1957: ''Bärenburger Schnurre'' * 1959: ''Eine alte Liebe'' * 1960: ''Das Leben beginnt'' * 1960: ''Seilergasse 8'' * 1961: ''Septemberliebe'' * 1964: ''Das Lied vom Trompeter'' * 1964: ''Doppelt oder nichts'' * 1965: ''Der Frühling braucht Zeit'' * 1968: ''Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle'' * 1970: ''Biederleute'' (Television film) * 1973: ''Der Mann'' (Television film) * 1975: ''Sensationsprozeß Marie Lafarge'' (Television film) * 1978: ''Rentner haben niemals Zeit'' (Television series) * 1978: ''Zwerg Nase (1978), Zwerg Nase'' (Television film) * 1979: ''Pinselheinrich (Film), Pinselheinrich'' (Television fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Margaret Anderson
Doris Margaret Anderson (July 5, 1922 – October 16, 2022) was a Canadian nutritionist and politician who served as a senator. Anderson was born at St. Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of William W. and Florence () Anderson. She attended Prince of Wales College, Acadia University and Cornell University where she earned bachelor's and masters's degrees and was a nutritionist and educator by career. Her thesis in 1951 was entitled ''A History of Celiac Disease with Special Emphasis on Theories of Etiology and Treatment''. From 1948 to 1966, she was employed at Prince of Wales College in the home economics department, first as a lecturer, eventually rising to become an associate professor and department chair. She later served as a professor of home economics (1969–1980) and nutrition at the University of Prince Edward Island (1980–1988) before becoming professor emeritus in 1994. Anderson also worked with the Government of Prince Edward Island in the department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Anderson (screenwriter)
Doris Anderson (November 14, 1897 – June 1971) was a prolific American screenwriter active during 1920s through the 1950s. Biography Doris was born in Chico, California, to William Smith and Mabel Dorn; she was an only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her mother. Anderson graduated from the University of Southern California, and she worked as a journalist and a publicity agent before joining Paramount as a scenarist. She wrote silent films before moving into talkies. In 1930, she married British screenwriter Anthony Jowitt, who worked at MGM; they had a daughter, author and dance critic Deborah Jowitt. Anderson died in June 1971 in Washington, D.C. Selected filmography * '' Never a Dull Moment'' (1950) * ''That Brennan Girl'' (1946) * '' Salute for Three'' (1943) * ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1942) * '' Women in War'' (1940) * '' Beauty for the Asking'' (1939) * ''Give Me a Sailor'' (1938) * ''Sophie Lang Goes West'' (1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Anderson
Doris Hilda Anderson, (November 10, 1921 – March 2, 2007) was a Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist. She is best known as the editor of the women's magazine ''Chatelaine'', mixing traditional content (recipes, décor) with thorny social issues of the day (violence against women, pay equality, abortion, race, poverty), putting the magazine on the front lines of the feminist movement in Canada. Her activism beyond the magazine helped drive social and political change, enshrining women's equality in the Canadian Constitution and making her one of the most well-known names in the women's movement in Canada. Personal life Doris Anderson was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta as Hilda Doris Buck to Rebecca Laycock Buck and Thomas McCubbin. Mrs. Buck, whose first husband had abandoned her and her two young sons, leaving them in debt, met McCubbin when he was a guest at her mother's boarding house in Calgary. She was staying with her sisters in Medicine Hat when Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Twitchell Allen
Doris Twitchell Allen (1901–2002) was a noted psychologist and the founder of Children's International Summer Villages (now CISV International). She specialized in development and psychodrama. Education After receiving degrees in Chemistry ( AB in 1923) and Biology ( MA in 1926) at the University of Maine, where she was a member of the national honorary society Phi Kappa Phi, she earned a PhD in Psychology in 1930 at the University of Michigan, and completed her post-graduate study at the Psychological Institute, University of Berlin, in 1932. Career Her career as a psychologist began as Director of the Field Laboratory at the Child Education Foundation, now known aCISVin New York City (1932–1935). From 1962 until her retirement, she was Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati and Professor of Psychology (Psychodrama) at the University of Maine. She developed several valued tools in the fields of psychology and education. Among them the ''Social Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Allen (politician)
Doris Jean Allen (May 26, 1936 – September 22, 1999) was an American politician from California. Allen served in the California Assembly from 1982 to 1995, representing part of Orange County, and as speaker of that body from June 5 to September 14, 1995, before being recalled from office. Allen was the first woman to be elected to that office. Early life and education Allen was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Cypress, California. Career Before entering politics, Allen owned a successful household lighting store. An amateur actress, she played the title role in the musical ''Mame'' in productions by the Westminster Community Theater and Sebastian's West in the early-1970s. California State Assembly On November 2, 1982, Allen won the election and became a member of California State Assembly for the 71st district. Allen unseated Chester B. Wray with 51.6% of the votes. Based in Huntington Beach, She compiled a relatively conservative record with special at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Allen (singer)
Doris Allen was an American soul singer. She and Genie Pace were signed to the independent label Jade Records, started by former Bethlehem Records executive Jim Bright, in 1957. ''Billboard'' magazine referred to them as "thrushes"."Doris Allen: A Shell of a Woman - The Legendary Playground Sessions" Classic and Rare Soul Sister (blog), September 2, 2009. Allen went on to receive some acclaim as a singer of soul music with partner Big John Hamilton in the 1960s. Her songs include "A Shell of a Woman", "Kiss Yourself For Me", "Let a Little Love In", "Hanging Heavy In My Mind", "A Place in My Heart", "Them Changes", "Bright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Akol
Doris Akol is a Ugandan lawyer and administrator. In December 2021, she was appointed as Technical Assistance Advisor at the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, DC, United States. Before that, she was a Partner at the Dentons' Kampala office. She is also a former Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). She was appointed to that position by Maria Kiwanuka, the then Ugandan Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, on Monday, 27 October 2014. She replaced Allen Kagina, who retired after two consecutive five-year terms at the helm of the URA. Education Doris Akol attended Nakasero Primary School. For her O-Level education, she studied at Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga. She then attended Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School, for her A-Level studies. She holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), obtained in 1993, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She also holds a postgraduate Diploma in Law Practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Akers
Doris Mae Akers (May 21, 1923 – July 26, 1995) was a biracial African-American gospel music composer, arranger and singer who is considered to be "one of the most underrated gospel composers of the 20th century howrote more than 500 songs". Known for her work with the Sky Pilot Choir, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Biography Early Years Doris Akers was born in Brookfield, Missouri to parents Floyd Akers (1887-1958) and Pearl M. Kelly (1896-1988). "Floyd and Pearl had married 21 June 1909 in Linn County, Missouri, an interracial marriage. They divorced some time after the birth of Bernice in 1926. When Pearl remarried to John Lawson (1892–1974) on 24 Feb. 1929, Doris and some of her siblings became part of that household, living in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, while three of her brothers stayed with their father." She had nine siblings: Edward, Floyd, Evelyn, Marian, Donald, Nellie, Bernice, Harley, and Charles. She learned to play the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Ahnen
Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014. Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education, Research and Culture since 2001. She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections. She is also a member of the German Bundesrat for Rhineland-Palatinate. Political career State Minister of Education, 2001–2014 From 2001 until 2014, Ahnen served as State Minister of Education in the government of Minister-President Kurt Beck. In this capacity, she chaired the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 2004. Since 2004, Ahnen has been serving as deputy chair of the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, under the leadership of chairpersons Kurt Beck (2004–2012) and Roger Lewentz (2012–present). Ahnen co-chaired the SPD's national conventions in Berlin, (2011, 2014, 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Doris Adams
Louise Doris Adams (2 July 1889 – 24 December 1965) was a British mathematics educator and school inspector (HMI) who wrote the 1953 book ''A Background to Primary School Mathematics'' (Oxford University Press) and became president of the Mathematical Association for 1959. Life Adams earned a degree from Bedford College, London, with second-class honours in mathematics in 1911. Her work as an inspector was centred on the West Country and particularly Bristol; she retired from the inspectorate in 1950. She joined the Mathematical Association in approximately 1915, and was a member for 51 years; she became a member of the Teaching Sub-Committee of the Mathematical Association in 1946, of which she became Chairman in 1954 and remained a member until her death. She was also a member of the Applications, Arithmetic and Secondary Modern Sub-Committees. When she became president of the Mathematical Association in 1959, she became only the second woman to hold that office since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
