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Engelhardt
Engelhardt may refer to: Places *4217 Engelhardt, asteroid, named after geologist Wolf von Engelhardt * Engel'gardt, moon crater, named after astronomer Vasily Engelhardt *Engelhardt Ice Ridge, Antarctic feature, named after geophysicist Hermann Engelhardt People Notable people with the surname include: *Members of the noble Russian Engelhardt family, including: ** Christoph von Engelhardt (1762-1831), Russian general **Alexander Bogdanovich Engelhardt (1795–1859), Russian general **Valerian Engelhardt (1798-1856), Russian general and public official ** Nikolai Fedorovich Engelhardt (1799-1856), brother of Valerian Engelhardt and Lieutenant General **Vasily Engelhardt (1828-1915), Russian astronomer and public figure ** Alexander Nikolayevich Engelhardt (1832-1893), Russian agricultural scientist **Aleksandra von Engelhardt (1754-1838), Russian noble and one of the "Potemkin nieces" **Varvara von Engelhardt (1752-1815), maiden name of Varvara Golitsyna, Russian noble and one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Engelhardt
August Engelhardt (27 November 1875 – 6 May 1919) was a German author and founder of a sect of sun worshipers. Background Engelhardt wrote a book called ''A Carefree Future'' () in 1898, which described a colony of fruit and vegetable eaters, specifically cocoivores (coconut eaters) he was founding in the then Bismarck Archipelago (now Papua New Guinea) in the Australasia, South Pacific a place known for its Headhunting, headhunters. After graduating from University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Erlangen University in physics and chemistry, he conducted an 18-year experiment on Kabakon island, living a natural life on coconuts. However, in the writings of Engelhardt's contemporary Arnold Ehret, a pioneer of Vitalism, the lack of transition diet contributed to his weakened vitality. Early life and education Engelhardt was born on 27 November 1875 in Nuremberg, the son of a factory owner manufacturing paints and varnish. He left the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium, to study physics an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engelhardt Family
The House of Engelhardt (russian: Энгельгардт) is a Baltic-German noble and baronial family of the former Russian Empire. The family name is sometimes given as von Engelhardt. History The legendary founder of the Engelhardt dynasty, Carl Bernhard von Engelhardt (1159–1230), served as a knight in the Third Crusade, which was launched to liberate the Holy Sepulchre. During that campaign, he is said to have received the surname Engelhardt ('angelic strength') for saving the life of the French king Philip II Augustus in the Siege of Acre. The documented origins of the family lie in Switzerland, where Heinrich von Engelhardt is mentioned in the years 1383–1390 as a citizen and councillor in Zurich. In the early fifteenth century, Georg von Engelhardt lived in Livonia. From him descend all the nobles and barons of the Engelhardt family in the Russian Empire. The first Engelhardt to become a Russian subject was Werner von Engelhardt, who had previously served in the arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Engelhardt
Vasily Pavlovich von Engelhardt (russian: Василий Павлович Энгельгардт) (17 July 1828, Kustovichi, Grodno Region, Russian Empire (now Belarus)) - 6 May 1915, Dresden) was a Russian astronomer, landowner and public figure. Early life Engelhardt was member of the wealthy and famous Engelhardt family. He graduated from the St. Petersburg School of Law in 1847, then served in the 1st and 5th departments of the Senate. In 1853 he left government service and devoted himself to studying astronomy. Astronomer In 1875, Engelhardt settled in Dresden and built himself an observatory with his own money, where he worked alone without assistants until 1897. His main work was researching comets, asteroids, nebulae, and star clusters. In 1870 he completed the observation of 50 comets and 70 asteroids. Turning to star clusters, in 1883 he completed a catalog of more than 400 nebulae. Beginning in 1886, he observed 829 stars in Bradley's directory to determine if they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4217 Engelhardt
4217 Engelhardt, provisional designation , is a stony Phocean asteroid and a potentially binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 January 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory in California, and later named after German mineralogist Wolf von Engelhardt. Classification and orbit ''Engelhardt'' is a stony S-type asteroid and a member of the Phocaea family (). It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,286 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 23 ° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first identified as at Turku Observatory in 1944, extending the body's observation arc by 44 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar. It will pass about from Earth threatening asteroid in 2736. Physical characteristics Lightcurves In November 2004, a rotationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Von Engelhardt
Christoph Friedrich von Engelhardt (russian: Фёдор-Христофор Антонович Энгельгардт, Romanization of Russian, tr. ) (March 18, 1762 in Riga, Russian Empire – June 29, 1831 in Riga) was a Baltic German general and a hero of the storming of Izmail during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792. Early career Engelhardt was born a member of the noble family Engelhardt family, Engelhardt. He entered the army in the Preobrazhensky Regiment, Life Guards Regiment of the Transfiguration on June 25, 1781 (or on March 3, 1781 according to some sources). He was appointed on January 2 of the following year an adjutant in the headquarters of Prince Grigory Potemkin. Engelhardt, who was also carried on the roll of the Novotroitskoye Cuirassier Regiment, was often used as a courier of messages between ministers of the Russian Cabinet and their counterparts in Germany and England. In April 1784, Engelhardt was made Potemkin's adjutant general, and on June 26 of that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Engelhardt
Henry Allan Engelhardt (born January 17, 1958) is an American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive of Admiral Group, a Welsh motor insurance company. He was credited as driving the company in to a position where it became one of Britain's most valuable companies and stepped down as chief executive in 2016 to make way for a younger management team to take the group forward. Early life Henry Engelhardt was born to a Jewish family on January 17, 1958, in Chicago, the son of Annette (née Bernstein) and Sheldon Arthur Engelhardt. His father owned a successful meatpacking operation in Chicago. He has a sister and a brother, Karen Engelhardt Stern and Joel Engelhardt. He was educated at the University of Michigan, and has a joint degree in journalism and radio, television and film. He followed his French girlfriend (now wife) to Europe where he studied for an MBA at Insead. Career Engelhardt became part of the founding team at Churchill Insurance, where he developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Engelhardt
Thomas M. Engelhardt (born 1944) is an American writer and editor. He is the creator of Type Media Center's tomdispatch.com, an online blog. He is also the co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of the 1998 book, ''The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation''. In 1991, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Career Engelhardt graduated from Yale University and then completed a master's degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. As an undergraduate he was attracted to the study of Chinese history by Mary C. Wright, and was a research assistant for Jonathan Spence. At Harvard he was a founding member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars and became involved in a draft resistance movement in opposition to the American war in Vietnam. As a result of these activities, he became a printer and moved to Berkeley, California. There he began to write about the resistance to the war, and, as he later put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zephyrin Engelhardt
Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M., (born Charles Anthony Engelhardt; 1851–1934) was a German-born Roman Catholic priest and clerical historian of the Franciscan Order. Life Charles Anthony Engelhardt was born November 13, 1851 in Bilshausen, Hanover, Germany to Anthony and Elizabeth Engelhardt. His father was skilled in the manufacture of willowware. In 1852, the family emigrated to Covington, Kentucky. Charles was educated at St Francis Seraph College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered the Franciscan order in 1872 and was ordained in 1878. After ordination, Father Engelhardt taught for a year at St. Joseph's College, Cleveland, Ohio before becoming a missionary to the Menominee people in Wisconsin. In 1887, Engelhardt went to New York, where he served as editor of the ''Weekly Pilgrim of Palestine''. The next two years, he was a missionary in Mendocino County, California. From 1894 to 1900, he was superior of the missions in northern Michigan and of the Indian Boarding School at Harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Engelhardt
Marco Engelhardt (born 2 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Engelhardt previously played for Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the German top-flight. For KSC and Nürnberg he appeared also in the Second division. International career Engelhardt has earned three caps for the Germany national football team. Post-playing career After retiring as a player, Engelhardt became a scout for Werder Bremen. Honours 1. FC Nürnberg *DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...: 2006–07 References External links * * * * 1980 births Living people People from Bad Langensalza Association football midfielders German footballers Germany international footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Engelhardt
Dr. John Engelhardt is the director at the University of Iowa Center for Gene Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis, as well as the head of the department of anatomy and cell biology. He is a well known scientist and inventor who created the first cloned ferret and has made huge strides in finding the cure for cystic fibrosis. Education Dr. Engelhardt got his undergraduate degree in biochemistry at Iowa State University in 1985. He then went on to get his doctorate in human genetics from Johns Hopkins University in 1990. Research Dr. Engelhardt is most widely known for his creation of new animal models for the study of cystic fibrosis. In the 1990s he developed the human tracheal xenograft models that allowed study of humanized airways on denuded rat tracheal scaffolds. However, he soon found that there were major limitation of mouse models to study CF. He later found that the ferrets represent a much better model for lung disease and in 2006 his laboratory became the first in the world to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Engelhardt
Nikolai Fyodorovich Engelhardt (russian: Николай Фёдорович Энгельгардт) (24 December 1799 – 27 February 1856) was a Russian lieutenant general who helped to suppress the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Family Engelhardt was born into the nobility of Livonia as a member of the Engelhardt family on 24 December 1798. He was the son of Colonel F. A. Engelhardt, adjutant of Prince Grigory Potemkin. His brother Valerian Engelhardt also became a lieutenant general and fought with honors in the Caucasus and was director of the Institute of the Corps of Railways. Another brother, Alexander-Reingold, with the rank of staff captain, was killed in 1828 during the Siege of Varna. Army career Early life He entered military service in 1816 as a junker in the Life Guards Jäger Regiment and on 1 January 1822 was promoted to ensign. In the ranks of his regiment in 1831 he took part in suppressing the Polish uprising of 1831. For his performance, he was promoted to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nikolayevich Engelhardt
Alexander Nikolayevich Engelhardt (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Энгельга́рдт; – ) was a Russian military officer, agricultural scientist and publicist of orientation. A member of the noble Engelhardt family
The House of Engelhardt (russian: Энгельгардт) is a Baltic-German noble and baronial family of the former Russian Empire. The family name is sometimes given as ...
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