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Fechter (19th Century Architect)
Fechter may refer to: * Aaron Fechter, American engineer and inventor * Charles Albert Fechter (1822–1879), French-British actor * (1717–1797), Swiss engineer, master builder and geodaesist * (1885–1955), German admiral, younger brother of Paul Fechter * (1880–1958), German theatre critic, editor and a writer * Peter Fechter (1944–1962), German bricklayer, one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall's border guards * Steven Fechter, playwright and an award-winning screenwriter * (1910–1994), German Germanist See also * Fechter's Finger Flinging Frolic, Magic conventions * 2533 Fechtig * Fechteler (other) * Fechner Fechner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl-A. Fechner (born 1952), German documentary filmmaker * Christian Fechner (1944–2008), French film producer and screenwriter * Gino Fechner (born 1997), German footballer * Gu ... {{surname German-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Fechter
Aaron Fechter (born December 21, 1953) is an American engineering entrepreneur, voice actor, singer and musician who owns and operates Creative Engineering, Inc. (CEI). He is best known as the creator of , an animatronic show featuring a variety of characters created for Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants throughout the 1980s. A dispute with Showbiz along with the chain's dwindling revenue led to the show's decline and eventual removal. CEI developed other products and concepts since its founding, but they failed to gain commercial interest. Fechter also claims to have been instrumental in the early development of the Whac-A-Mole arcade game from Bandai, which became popular in the late 1970s, but his involvement has been disputed. Early life and career Aaron Fechter graduated from Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida. In 1973, he graduated from college at the age of 19. The United States was in the midst of an energy crisis, and Fechter decided to build a fuel-efficient, small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Fechter
Charles Albert Fechter (23 October 1824 – 5 August 1879) was an Anglo-French actor. Biography Fechter was born, probably in London, of French parents, although his mother was of Piedmontese and his father of German extraction. As a boy he had ambitions to be a sculptor but discovered his talent while appearing in some private theatricals. In 1841 he joined a travelling company that was going to Italy. The tour was a failure, and the company broke up; Fechter returned home and resumed the study of sculpture. At the same time he attended classes at the Conservatoire with the view of gaining admission to the Comédie-Française. Late in 1844 he won the grand medal of the Académie des Beaux-Arts with a piece of sculpture, and made his debut at the Comédie-Française as Seide in Voltaire's '' Mahomet'' and Valère in Molière's ''Tartuffe''. He acquitted himself with credit; but, tired of the small parts he found himself condemned to play, returned again to his sculptor's studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fechter
Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 – 17 August 1962) was a German bricklayer who became the twenty-seventh known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Fechter was 18 years old when he was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin. Biography Peter Fechter was born on 14 January 1944, in Berlin, Germany, during the final years of World War II. Fechter was the third of four children, and raised in the Weißensee district of Berlin. His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother was a saleswoman. Fechter finished school at the age of 14, and graduated as a bricklayer. After World War II had ended, Weißensee was located in the Soviet occupation zone of Berlin when the city was divided during the Allied Occupation, with the Soviet zone later becoming East Berlin in East Germany. Fechter's eldest sister had married and now lived in West Berlin, where she was regularly visited by her parents and siblings. On 13 August 1961, the Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Fechter
Steven Fechter is an American playwright. He is best known for his play, '' The Woodsman'', and co-wrote the screenplay for the film version starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Fetcher grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Binghamton University. He holds the PhD form the Graduate Theatre Program at Hunter College. Fetcher teaches screenwriting, film, and theater at John Jay College and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Frecher's play, ''The Woodsman'', was adapted for film with Nicole Kassell. The screen play, co-written by Fechter and Kassell, won the Slamdance Film Festival screen play competition and premiered at Sundance. The screenplay was also nominated for the Humanitas Prize The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist P ... for filmwriting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Conventions
A magic convention is a gathering of professional magicians, magical hobbyists, dealers, collectors of magical apparatus, books and ephemera, and other students of the art of magic. It provides a place for lectures of subjects related to the craft, as well as a series of sample performances of noted or innovative techniques. Many conventions also hold competitions to judge who excels at a particular style, and present awards in various categories such as sleight of hand, card tricks, mentalism, and stage illusions. The largest magic convention is The Blackpool Magician's Convention which is attended by over 3,500 magicians. List of well-known magic conventions International * The Blackpool Magic Convention, Blackpool, England. Held every February. * FISM (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques) - It is hosted every three years in a different city in the world The Session annual three-day convention held in London, organized by Vanishing Inc. Magic. The Event19–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001–3000
''1–3'' is the debut album of Supersilent, released on January 12, 1998, through Rune Grammofon. Track listing Personnel Supersilent * Arve Henriksen – trumpet, live electronics * Helge Sten – live electronics, production, mixing, recording * Ståle Storløkken – keyboards * Jarle Vespestad – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... Production and additional personnel * Kai Ø. Andersen – recording * Ellen Ane Eggen – photography * Audun Strype – mastering References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1-3 1998 debut albums Supersilent albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fechteler (other)
''Fechteler'' may refer to: * Augustus Francis Fechteler (1857–1921), admiral in the United States Navy * William Fechteler (1896–1967), admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration *, the name of more than one ship of the United States Navy {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fechner
Fechner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl-A. Fechner (born 1952), German documentary filmmaker * Christian Fechner (1944–2008), French film producer and screenwriter * Gino Fechner (born 1997), German footballer * Gustav Fechner (1801–1887), German experimental psychologist, physicist and philosopher * Harry Fechner (born 1950), German football defender * Johannes Fechner (born 1965), German politician * Max Fechner (1892–1973), Minister of Justice of the GDR * Robert Fechner (1876–1939), American union leader * Sebastian Fechner (born 1983), Polish footballer See also * Fechner color, an illusion of color * Weber–Fechner law * Fechner (crater) Fechner is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon's southern hemisphere, attached to the western rim of the large walled plain Planck. The eastern rim of Fechner intersects the Vallis Planck, a long, wide cleft in the surface ..., a lunar crater * 11041 Fechner (1989 SH2), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and 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, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
