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Frick (surname)
Frick is a German shortening of the surname "Frederick". Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Frick (theologian) (1714–1776), German theologian * Albert Frick (politician) (born 1948), Liechtenstein politician * Albert Frick (skier) (born 1949), Liechtenstein Olympic alpine skier * Alexander Frick (1910–1991), head of government of Liechtenstein * Arnold Frick (born 1966), Liechtenstein judoka * Aurelia Frick (born 1975), Liechtenstein government minister * Bruno Frick (born 1953), Swiss politician * Carl Frick (1863–1924), Swedish sea captain, corporation leader * Charles Frick (1823–1860), US physician * Childs Frick (1883–1965), US vertebrate paleontologist * Davy Frick (born 1990), German athlete in football * Denise Frick (born 1980), South African chess player * Ebbe Frick (fl. 1950s), Swedish athlete in sprint canoe * Ernst Frick (footballer), Swiss athlete in 1934 FIFA World Cup of Football * Ernst Frick (painter) (1881–1956), Swiss artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Frick (theologian)
Albert Frick (18 September 1714 – 30 May 1776) was a German theologian. He was born at Ulm on 18 September 1714 and died on 30 May 1776. He studied at Leipsic, and was appointed assessor (judge) to the faculty of theology. In 1743 he became a minister at Jungingen, but, returning to Ulm in 1744, filled the post of librarian and professor of morals. In 1751 he went to Munster as a preacher; and in 1768 was named head librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, .... Among his writings are ''Historia traditionum ex monumentis Ecclesiae Christianae'' (Ulm, 1740): — ''De Natura et Constitutione Theologie Catecheticae'' (Ulm, 1761–64, 4to). — Hoefer, ''Nouv. Biog. Generale'', 18:871. References 1714 births 1776 deaths People from Ulm German theologians Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Frick
Ford Christopher Frick (December 19, 1894 – April 8, 1978) was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the ''New York American'', he served as public relations director of the National League (NL), then as the league's president from to . He was the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to . While Frick was NL president, he had a major role in the establishment of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a museum that honors the best players in baseball history. He extinguished threats of a player strike in response to the racial integration of the major leagues. During Frick's term as commissioner, expansion occurred and MLB faced the threat of having its antitrust exemption revoked by Congress. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970. The Ford C. Frick Award recognizes outstanding MLB broadcasters. Early life Frick was born on a farm in Wawaka, Indiana, and went to high school in Rome Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonbabies (band)
Moonbabies is a Swedish duo formed in 1997 by vocalists, multi-instrumentalists, producers, and songwriters Ola Frick (Vocals, guitar and various instruments) and Carina Johansson (Vocals and keyboards). History Their earliest efforts recalled early Indie/Shoegazer influences by bands like My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins, but with their 2004 album '' The Orange Billboard'', developed into more sophisticated pop music with a touch of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, as well as experimentation with electronics. The Single/Mini-album War on Sound was released in 2005 and became an immediate indie-anthem and followed success on radio and TV-shows like Grey's Anatomy. In 2007 '' Moonbabies at the Ballroom'' was released, a somewhat more constructed and song-oriented album including Take me to the Ballroom, Shout it Out, Walking on my Feet and Cocobelle which all were frequently aired on college radio worldwide and included in several TV shows and commercials. The band pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Frick (footballer)
Mario Frick (born 7 September 1974) is a Liechtensteiner retired professional footballer who is currently a manager for FC Luzern. He has earned 125 caps and scored a national record 16 goals for his country from his international debut in 1993 until his retirement in 2015. Mainly a striker, Frick was also deployed as a centre-back on occasion. Club career Early career Born in Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland, Frick started his career with the youth team at Liechtensteiner club FC Balzers, in which he then played four seasons in the first team within the early 1990s. In 1994, Frick played abroad for the first time, signing with FC St. Gallen. In doing so, Frick became the first ever professional footballer in Liechtenstein history. Frick joined Basel's first team for their 1996–97 season under head coach Karl Engel. After playing in two test games, Frick played his debut for his new club in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup in the away game against Antalyaspor on 29 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Frick (politician)
Mario K. Frick (born 8 May 1965) is a former Head of Government (''Regierungschef'') of Liechtenstein and attorney-at-law. Prime Minister of Liechtenstein He was the Deputy Prime Minister from May 1993, and after the elections of October 1993 he became Europe's youngest Head of Government at 28 years old. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Liechtenstein entered the European Economic Area after a successful referendum in 1995, and experienced economic growth. However, it also faced problems in its foreign relations, such as a dispute with the Czech Republic begun in 1992 over the confiscation of Prince Hans Adam's estates in 1945, and a 2001 dispute with Germany in the International Court of Justice over royal property confiscated in order to pay war debts. Expanding Princely powers After the end of his term as Prime Minister, Frick was notably prominent in the political controversy surrounding the constitutional referendum in 2003, whereby it was proposed that the rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Frick
Karin Anna Maria Frick (born 24 March 1980) is a Swedish sports journalist and television presenter at Kanal 5 and TV4. Biography Frick grew up in Hovslätt outside of Jönköping, Sweden. She had an interest in sports since an early age and participated in several, including tennis. In Sweden she was ranked in the Top 10 of the best women in tennis in her age group. She won a scholarship, which she used to play tennis at a college in Miami, Florida. After a year at the college, she returned to Sweden and changed direction in her life. Journalism became an interest and she applied to Kaggeholms folkhögskola and their course in journalism with an emphasis on television production. Between 2005 and 2007, she worked as a presenter and reporter for Sport-Expressen's television station. After that, she worked as a presenter for TV4 Sport and Nyhetsmorgon for seven years. In 2014 she moved to SBS Discovery Media to become the face of Kanal 5's new sports programmes. She presents spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Elliott (voice-over Artist)
John Harrison Frick Jr., known professionally as Mark Elliott (September 24, 1939 – April 3, 2021), was an American voice-over artist who performed numerous voice-overs for The Walt Disney Company from 1983 to 2008. He was also the voice of CBS and FOX throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and various theatrical trailers for non-Disney animated movies. Early life and career Mark Elliot was born as John Harrison Frick Jr. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 24, 1939. After graduating from high school in 1957, Frick's first job was as a radio disc jockey under the name "John Harrison" at the small Cedar Rapids-based station KPIG. For two years, he worked six nights a week from 11pm to 7am, bringing home $67.50 per week. In 1959, as rock and roll was on the rise, he was offered a job at KCRG, where he would work as "Sandy Shore". At one point, he was invited to Philadelphia to fill in for Dick Clark on ''American Bandstand''. In 1964, he moved to KIOA in Des Moines, and in 1968 he went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Frick
Kjell Jim Erik Frick (6 November 195125 July 2020) was a Swedish horse racer within harness racing. After winning 5002 races he ended his career in 2010 after being thrown off the sulky and becoming unconscious. He ended his career officially on 13 October 2010. Frick was born in Rättvik Rättvik is a locality on the eastern shore of the lake Siljan and the seat of Rättvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 4,686 inhabitants in 2010. Its bandy club IFK Rättvik has reached the highest division Elitserien and has bu .... In 1987, he represented Sweden in the World Driving Championship. Between 2003 and 2007, he won 36 million (SEK) with 400 victories in the sport. On 21 February 2010, he won his 5000th victory in horse racing with the horse Sandro Mustang at Gävletravet. Frick died on 25 July 2020, after suffering from prostate cancer. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Gellert Frick
Jacob Gellert Frick Sr. (January 23, 1825 – March 5, 1902) was a United States infantry officer who fought with several Union Army regiments during the American Civil War, including as lieutenant colonel of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry and as colonel of the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry. He received his nation's highest award for valor, the U.S. Medal of Honor, for his gallantry during the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia. Grabbing the American flag from his regiment's color-bearer at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, he inspired his men to move forward "through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry"; at Chancellorsville, he personally engaged in hand-to-hand combat on May 3, 1863, to retrieve his regiment's flag which had been captured by the enemy. He was 67 years old when his Medal of Honor was conferred on June 7, 1892. In praising Frick, Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin said: Col. Frick is every inch a soldier, a rigid disciplina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Clay Frick
Helen Clay Frick (September 2, 1888 – November 9, 1984) was an American philanthropist and art collector. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs (1859–1931). Two of her siblings did not reach adulthood, and her father played favorites with his two surviving children, Childs Frick (1883–1965) and Helen. After the reading of their father's will, which favored Helen, the brother and sister were estranged for the rest of their lives. Nonetheless, Helen developed as a strong, independent and spirited young woman. She was equally interested in art history and philanthropy, making a catalogue of her father's art collection as a young woman, a collection which became the Frick Collection in New York. Her interest in the history of art resulted in her establishing the Frick Art Reference Library, which was originally housed in the bowling alley of the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Clay Frick II
Henry Clay Frick II (October 18, 1919 – February 9, 2007) was an American physician and professor of medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.Hevesi, Dennis"Henry Clay Frick II, 87, Physician And President of Frick Collection" ''The New York Times'', February 15, 2007. Accessed February 12, 2008. Biography He was born on October 18, 1919, in New York City the son of Childs Frick (1883–1965), the paleontologist, and grandson of his namesake, the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919). He attended St. Paul's School. In 1942 he graduated from Princeton University and then from the medical school in 1944 at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. After World War II he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and became a captain. Frick practiced medicine in New York, and later became a professor of clinical obstetrics at Columbia and an oncologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. During the 1960s he voluntarily served two tours o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company, and had extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the historic neoclassical Frick Mansion (now a landmark building in Manhattan), and upon his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and art museum. However, as a founding member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, he was also in large part responsible for the alterations to the South Fork Dam that caused its failure, leading to the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. His vehement oppositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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