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Fürst (surname)
Fürst (Fuerst) and Furst are surnames which may refer to: * Alan Furst, Jewish American novelist * Anton Furst, production designer * Artur Fürst, German-Jewish writer * Caleb Furst (born 2002), American college basketball player * Chajim Fürst (1592–1653), Danish-German merchant * Christiane Fürst (born 1985), German volleyball player * Edmund Fürst (1874–1955), German-Israeli painter and illustrator * Gebhard Fürst (born 1948), Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart * Georg Fürst (1870-1936), German composer * Griff Furst (born 1981), actor and director * János Fürst, Hungarian-Jewish conductor * Joseph Furst, actor * Julius Fürst (1805–1873), German-Jewish orientalist * Moritz Fuerst (1782–1840), Jewish American artist * Moses Israel Fürst (?–1692), German Jewish merchant * Nathan Furst, composer * Paula Fürst (1894–1944), German-Jewish educator and Zionist * Rafe Furst (born 1968) American entrepreneur and writer * Stephen Furst (1954–2017), actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Furst
Alan Furst (; born 1941) is a Jewish-American author of historical spy novels. Furst has been called "an heir to the tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene," whom he cites along with Joseph Roth and Arthur Koestler as important influences. Most of his novels since 1988 have been set just prior to or during the Second World War and he is noted for his successful evocations of Eastern European peoples and places during the period from 1933 to 1944. Biography Furst was born in New York City, and raised on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, Upper West Side of Manhattan. His family has ancestors in Poland, Latvia, and Russia. His great-grandfather was drafted into the Russian army, and, as a Jew, was required to serve 20 years. He attended the Horace Mann School, received a B.A. from Oberlin College in 1962, and an M.A. from Penn State in 1967. While attending general studies courses at Columbia University, he became acquainted with Margaret Mead, for whom he later worked. Before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Fürst
Julius Fürst (; 12 May 1805, Żerków, South Prussia – 9 February 1873, Leipzig), born Joseph Alsari, was a Jewish German orientalist and the son of noted maggid, teacher, and Hebrew grammarian Jacob Alsari. Fürst was a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature. During his years as professor in the department of oriental languages and literature at the University of Leipzig (1864–1873), he wrote many works on literary history and linguistics. Biography At an early age, Fürst had a remarkable knowledge of Hebrew literature, Old Testament scriptures and oriental languages. In 1825, after having studied at Berlin, where Hegel and Neander were among his teachers, he took a course in Jewish theology at Posen. In 1829, after having abandoned his Jewish orthodoxy, he went to Breslau, and in 1831 to Halle. Here he took his degree in oriental languages and theology under Gesenius in 1832.Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography: *Delitzsch'Zur Gesch. der Jüdischen P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Fürst
Walter Fürst ( 1303–17) was a legendary Swiss patriot from Uri, who contributed to establish the liberty and independence of Switzerland. According to Tschudi he represented Uri at the Rütlischwur.Aegidius Tschudi, ''Chronicon Helveticum'' See also * Werner Stauffacher *Arnold von Melchtal Arnold von Melchtal, also spelt Melchthal and otherwise Arnold von der Halden, was one of the three '' Eidgenossen'', the legendary founding fathers of Switzerland. He represented the Canton of Unterwalden at the Rütlischwur. Aegidius Tschudi ... References 1317 deaths 14th-century Swiss people Year of birth unknown 14th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Furst
Steven Jonathan Furst (born 3 September 1967) is a British comedian, actor and writer. He appeared in the Orange mobile phone cinema adverts in the UK (with Brennan Brown), playing the role of Eliot, a spoof studio executive, and has appeared regularly in the BBC comedy television programme '' Little Britain'' as well as cabaret character ''Lenny Beige''. Comedy career He first worked in comedy writing for Chris Evans's ''Power Up'' show on BSB's Power Station music channel in 1990. He then set up Britain's first comedy magazine called ''The Heckler''. In 1992, he worked as a stand-up comedian and promoter, founding comedy nights such as ''The Double Six Club'', ''The Youth Club'', and ''The Regency Rooms''. Lenny Beige Furst also works under the name ''Lenny Beige'', promoted comedy nights (started on the ''Regency Rooms'') and fought the 1997 general election in Putney under that name, and had 2 series on BBC Choice with guests including Terry Wogan, Davina McCall, Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor, director and producer. After gaining attention with his featured role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' and its spin-off television series '' Delta House'', he went on to be a regular as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in the medical drama series '' St. Elsewhere'' from 1983 to 1988, and as Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto in the science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' from 1994 to 1998. Other notable film roles included the college comedy '' Midnight Madness'' (1980), as a team leader in an all-night mystery game, the action thriller ''Silent Rage'' (1982), as deputy to a sheriff played by Chuck Norris, and the comedy '' The Dream Team'' (1989), as a good-natured psychiatric patient. Early life Born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 8, 1954, Furst attended Virginia Commonwealth University. Career As actor Furst w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafe Furst
Rafe Furst is an entrepreneur, impact investing, impact investor, writer, producer and poker player. He is co-founder of Crowdfunder and advises many projects that involve technology and social entrepreneurship. Furst has spoken about transformation of early-stage finance at TED conference, TED, and in 2006, he won a World Series of Poker, World Series of Poker Championship Bracelet. A 2011 book titled, ''Shake the World'' featuring Furst along with other business and non-profit leaders, described him as a "twenty-first century polymath." Education and early career Furst holds an M.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Symbolic Systems, both from Stanford University. Furst began his career as an artificial intelligence researcher at the Kestrel Institute. Furst left academia to co-found his first company, Pick'em Sports, in 1996, which was sold to a public company in 1999. Entrepreneurship and angel investing After the success of Pick'em Sports, Furst helped launch and run seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Fürst
Paula Fürst (August 6, 1894 – probably June 1942) was a German reform educator of Jewish descent. Education and early development Paula Fürst was born in Głogów to Otto Fürst, a Jewish merchant and Malvine Fürst, née Rosenberg. Following the untimely and early death of her father, Paula moved to Berlin together with her mother and her older sister. During her studies in French and History she became acquainted with the principles of Montessori education and was deeply impressed with this "new way of education". She obtained a Montessori diploma through studies in Berlin and Rome and became head of the first Montessori class in Berlin. In addition, she was a frequent lecturer on pedagogical topics. Life and work under the Nazi regime According to Nazi ideology, the Montessori method was mainly propagated by "Jewish elements" and contributed to selfish and anti-national behavior. Consequently, Paula Fürst was forced to resign from her position as teacher in 1933. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Furst
Nathan Furst (born July 4, 1978) is an American television and film composer. Furst is the son of Lorraine (Wright) and actor Stephen Furst. Furst is the husband of Britlin Lee. Furst's first major film was the 1998 movie ''A Moment of Confusion''. He then went on to compose music for other films such as the Bionicle trilogy ('' Bionicle: Mask of Light'', '' Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui'' and '' Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows''), ''Dust to Glory'', ''Lake Placid 2'', ''Lake Placid 3'' and ''Act of Valor''. Some of the television shows for which he has composed are '' The Real World'' and ''Max Steel''. His more recent scores include ''Waiting for Lightning'', ''Need for Speed ''Need for Speed'' (''NFS'') is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games, the developers of ''Burnout''. The series generally centers around illicit street racing and tasks players to co ...'', '' Cold Moon'', and '' 6 Below: Miracle on the Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Israel Fürst
Moses Israel Fürst (died circa 1692) was a merchant and financier of Hamburg, Germany. He was also active as a court Jew, a term describing the role of historical Jewish bankers or businessmen who lent money and managed finances of some of the European noble houses. From 1688 onwards, Fürst held the tobacco monopoly in the state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ... together with fellow merchant Michael Hinrichsen. Court Jews 17th-century German Jews 1692 deaths Year of birth unknown 17th-century German businesspeople Jewish bankers {{Judaism-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moritz Fuerst
Moritz Fuerst (March 1782 – 1840) was an American artist of Jewish- Slovak origin. He was born in Pezinok, near Bratislava, and died in Philadelphia. Prior to immigrating, he was enlisted by the American consul at Livorno, Italy, in 1807, and came to the United States to work as an engraver. In 1808 he settled in Philadelphia, where he set up business as a seal and steel engraver and die-sinker. He was subsequently employed by the United States Mint in Philadelphia and soon received recognition as an early American medalist. Thirty-three of his patriotic commemoratives and portraits, including his best-known work which honored heroes of the War of 1812, are still issued by the U.S. Mint. He struck the official portraits of Presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Furst
Joseph Fürst (13 February 1916 – 29 November 2005) was an Austrian-born international film and television actor known for his English language roles in Britain and Australia, after first appearing on the Canadian stage. Career Fürst was regularly featured in UK television drama series of the 1960s and early 1970s with appearances in ''The Saint'', ''The Champions'', ''Doomwatch'', ''The Persuaders!'', and as the mad (and well remembered) Professor Zaroff in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Underwater Menace''. Many people believe his accent in this role to have been put on; this is incorrect, it was in fact his real accent. He also played the role of Schneider in the ''Armchair Theatre'' play "A Magnum for Schneider", which launched Edward Woodward as the character of Callan. (The play led to the highly regarded ''Callan'' TV series.) Fürst's notable film appearances included ''55 Days at Peking'' (1963), ''The Brides of Fu Manchu'' (1966), the James Bond movie ''Diamonds A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Furst
Anthony Francis "Anton" Furst (6 May 1944 – 24 November 1991) was an English production designer who won an Academy Award for overseeing design of Gotham City in Tim Burton's '' Batman'' (1989).Anton Furst, 47, Dies; Designer of 'Batman' '''', November 26, 1991 Life and career Furst was born in , and trained at the |
