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Dunker (other)
A Dunker is a breed of dog, also known as the Norwegian Hound. Dunker or Dunkers may also refer to: People * Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746–1807), German landscape painter and etcher * Bernhard Dunker (1809–1870), Norwegian jurist, barrister and Attorney General of Norway * Conradine Birgitte Dunker (1780–1866), Norwegian socialite and writer, mother of Bernhard Dunker * Gösta Dunker (1905–1973), Swedish footballer * Henry Dunker (1870–1962), Swedish businessman and industrialist * Jens Gram Dunker (1892–1981), Norwegian architect * Oļģerts Dunkers (1832–1997), Latvian actor and film director * Philipp Heinrich Dunker (1779–1836), Swiss-German landscape painter and etcher * Tommy Dunker (born 1969), West German former speedway rider * Vincent Joseph Dunker (1878–1974), American photographer, inventor and camera manufacturer * Wilhelm Dunker (1809–1885), German geologist, paleontologist and malacologist Other uses * Schwarzenau Brethren, also known as Dunker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunker
A Dunker, also known as the Norwegian Hound, is a medium-sized breed of dog from Norway. It was bred by Wilhelm Dunker to be a scenthound by crossing a Russian Harlequin Hound with dependable Norwegian scent hounds. It is a very rare dog breed, and most Dunkers are found in Norway and Sweden. On average, 150 puppies from the Dunker breed are born each year. Appearance The Dunker has a clean, noble, long head with parallel planes of the skull and muzzle, carried low and not wedge-shaped. Its skull is slightly domed with a defined stop and clean cheeks, the muzzle is long and square-cut with a straight and broad nasal bridge, and its teeth are evenly spaced with a scissor-bite. The Dunker has a black nose with wide nostrils, round, large, and dark eyes, and low-set, wide, flat, ears that hang close to the head and to the middle of the muzzle. The Dunker has a long neck with no throatiness, sloping shoulders, straight forelegs, a level topline, a straight and strong back with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balthasar Anton Dunker
Balthasar Anton Dunker (15 January 1746, Saal – 2 April 1807, Bern) was a German landscape painter and etcher. Biography He was the eldest son of pastor Albert Andreas Duncker (1706–1781) and his second wife, Sophie Dorothea von Olthof (d.1761). His early artistic career was promoted by his uncle, Adolf Friedrich von Olthof, a Swedish Pomeranian Councilor from Stralsund, who arranged for him to study with the landscape painter Jakob Philipp Hackert. In 1765, Hackert took him to Paris and, after the Olthofs lost their fortune in 1768, took over his upbringing. In addition to receiving lessons from Joseph Marie Vien and Noël Hallé, he was influenced by the work of the copper engraver, Johann Georg Wille. He also studied the basics of etching with Jacques Aliamet. His first commissions came from the art dealer, Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, and enabled him to support himself. His etchings for the personal gallery of Duke Étienne-François de Choiseul are considered to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Dunker
Bernhard Dunker (22 May 1809 – 28 July 1870) was a Norwegian jurist, barrister and Attorney General of Norway. Personal life Dunker was born in the Duchy of Schleswig in Southern Jutland to Conradine Birgitte Hansteen and Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Dunker, and came to Norway when he was one year old. He was a brother of Vilhelmine Ullmann, and nephew of astronomer Christopher Hansteen. He married Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt in 1839, and among their children was writer and feminist Mathilde Schjøtt. He was uncle of politician and feminist Ragna Nielsen and educator and politician Viggo Ullmann, grandfather of architect Jens Gram Dunker, and father-in-law of philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt. Career Dunker was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1841. Among his more than 800 court cases, the trial against Marcus Thrane and his supporters is probably best known, when Bunker defended their demands for right to vote and political rights. He se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conradine Birgitte Dunker
Conradine Birgitte Dunker (née Hansteen) (25 August 1780 – 11 September 1866) was a Norwegian socialite and writer. Biography Conradine Birgitte Hansteen was born in Christiania, 25 August 1780. Her parents were the custom official Johannes Mathias Hansteen (1744–1792) and Anne Cathrine Treschow (1754–1829). In 1796, she married captain Ulrik Anton Nicolai Blix Aamodt (1758-1806), and in 1807, she married the businessman Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Dunker (1775–1844). She was the mother of Bernhard Dunker and Vilhelmine Ullmann. Her younger brother was astronomer Christopher Hansteen; as such she was the aunt of feminist and painter Aasta Hansteen Aasta Hansteen, also known as Hasta Hanseen (born December 10, 1824 – April 13, 1908), was a Norwegian painter, writer, and early feminist. Life and career Aasta Hansteen was born in Christiania, modern day Oslo, the daughter of Christopher .... She held a "prominent spot in the social life of the capital city", according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Dunker
Gösta Dunker (September 16, 1905 - June 5, 1973) was a Swedish footballer from who participated in 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal in the game versus Germany. Dunker spent most of his career in Sandvikens IF. In 1948-1950 he was a coach of Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A .... References Gosta DUNKER ''Fifa.com''. Retrieved 12 June 2009. *.''Fifa.com''. Retrieved 12 June 2009. 1905 births 1973 deaths Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Swedish football managers Örebro SK managers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards Sandvikens IF players People from Sandviken Municipality Sportspeople from Gävleborg County {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Dunker
Henry Christian Louis Dunker (6 September 1870 – 3 May 1962) was a Swedish businessman and industrialist in Helsingborg, Sweden. His father was the founder of Helsingsborgs Gummifabrik AB ( sv), also known as Tretorn AB, a manufacturer of rubber products which Dunker established as an international business. At the time of his death in 1962, Dunker was Sweden's wealthiest man. His fortune was donated to the improvement of the city of Helsingborg. Early years The Dunker family had its origin in Schleswig-Holstein. The family lived in Esbjerg, Denmark when Henry was born in 1870. Henry was two years old when his father Johan Dunker, who was an engineer at the time, was asked to lead the work and building of property at the Port of Helsingborg. Business In 1891, Dunker's father Johan founded Helsingsborgs Gummifabrik AB. The rubber footwear produced by the factory was of poor quality, so the younger Dunker travelled to Russia to learn how to produce better rubber. During a visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Gram Dunker
Jens Gram Dunker (February 17, 1892 – August 25, 1981) was a Norwegian architect. He was noted for his work in the transition between neo-classicism and functionalism in Norwegian architecture. Dunker made significant contributions to Norwegian functionalism through different types of buildings: townhouses, housing blocks, townhouses, villas, theaters and hotels. Biography Dunker was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (1910-11) and took architectural education (1911–14) at Technische Hochschule in Dresden. He first worked at several architectural offices in Christiania including with Morgenstierne & Eide, with Arnstein Arneberg and with Harald Hals (1876–1959). In 1919 he established his own architectural practice. Together with Gudolf Blakstad, he drew the theatre building for Det Nye Teater which opened in Oslo during 1929. This building marked an important transition between neo-classici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oļģerts Dunkers
Oļģerts Dunkers (Riga, 11 February 1932 – 10 September 1997) was a Latvian actor and film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ... and politician. He was elected to 6th Saeima (Latvian Parliament) in 1995. Retrieved: 16 April 2011. References External links 1932 births 1997 deaths Ac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Heinrich Dunker
Philipp Heinrich Dunker (7 August 1779, Bern – 3 May 1836, Nuremberg) was a Swiss-German landscape painter and etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types .... Life and work He was the fourth child of the painter, Balthasar Anton Dunker, and his wife, Johanna Franziska Fahrni, from Eriz. His name was taken from his godparents, the painters Jacob Philipp Hackert and .''Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte'' 47, 1990, pg.161. He learned art from his father. In 1800, he relocated to Nuremberg and worked for the art publisher, , for whom he did miniature watercolors of Swiss landscapes. Four years later, he became a member of the Nuremberg Painting Academy. After becoming established, he switched to etching a variety of subjects, but always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Dunker
Tommy Dunker (born 26 June 1969) is a former speedway rider who competed in speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack Racing. He competed in the first One World Longtrack world championship Grand-Prix series in 1997 and won the title. World Longtrack Championship Grand-Prix Years * 1997 5 app (Champion) 89pts Best World Longtrack Grand-Prix Result * Pfarrkirchen First 1997 Semi-finals * 1991 Scheeßel (9th) 10pts * 1996 Pfarrkirchen (14th) 3pts * 1998 Marianske Lazne (N/S) Qualifying round * 1988 Herxheim (16th) 1pt * 1988 Harsewinkel (N/S) World final appearances World Pairs Championship * 1988 - Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Gerd Riss Gerd Riss (born 17 March 1965) is a German former professional motorcycle speedway rider. Speedway career He was a member of Germany team at 2001 Speedway World Cup and who was started in Speedway Grand Prix of Germany. Riss won the title a r ...) - 8th - 21pts (4) External links * http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/tommy-dunker/ * https: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Joseph Dunker
Vincent Joseph Dunker (December 6, 1878 – March 11, 1974) was a photographer, inventor and camera manufacturer who began his career in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri in the late 1890s. Dunker built a wide variety of cameras, contact printers, photo enlargers, and photo booths over a period of thirty-seven years. In 1924 he began production of his specialty, long roll film cameras intended for taking photos of high school students for yearbooks and individual sale. By the time Dunker built his last camera in 1961 such annual school photography had become routine in high schools throughout the U.S. Biography Vincent was born on December 6, 1878 in Highland, Missouri, to Mary Rosella Guyot who had immigrated from France to the United States. Vincent's father was Henry Dunker Jr. who had been born in Germany. Vincent was baptized at the St. Boniface Church in Perrville, Missouri where his parents resided. After finishing high school, Vincent worked as a blacksmith and carpenter. He then s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Dunker
Wilhelm Dunker, full name Wilhelm Bernhard Rudolph Hadrian Dunker (21 February 1809, Eschwege – 13 March 1885, Marburg) was a German geologist, paleontologist and zoologist (specifically a malacologist). Wilhelm Dunker studied mining and metallurgical engineering in Göttingen and worked at first as a trainee with the local mining authority. Soon thereafter he was appointed a teacher of mineralogical sciences at the poly-technical school in Kassel. In 1854 he was appointed professor at the University of Marburg, at which he taught up to his death. Dunker was one of the most important malacologists of his time. He had a very extensive private collection of snails and shells, which he constantly increased by exchange with other collectors (and probably also by purchases). He maintained contacts with his contemporaries Rudolph Amandus Philippi, Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, Hugh Cuming and Johannes Albers. By exchange he also acquired numerous original specimens and typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
