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Freese is a surname of Frisians, Frisian origin. Notable people with the surname include: *David Freese (born 1983), American professional baseball player *Gene Freese (1934–2013), American professional baseball player *George Freese (1926–2014), American professional baseball player *Hermann Freese, 19th-century German painter *Jason Freese (born 1975), American band musician *Jeremy Freese (born 1971), American sociologist *Josh Freese (born 1972), American session drummer and songwriter *Katherine Freese (contemporary), American theoretical astrophysicist *Stephen Freese American politician *Stan Freese (born 1945), American tuba player *Ulrich Freese (born 1951), German politician *B-Real, Louis Freese (aka B-Real), American rap artist {{surname, Freese Surnames of Frisian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal regions of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. They inhabit an area known as Frisia and are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia (which was a part of Denmark until 1864). The name is probably derived from frisselje' (to braid, thus referring to braided hair). The Frisian languages are spoken by more than 500,000 people; West Frisian is officially recognised in the Netherlands (in Friesland), and North Frisian and Saterland Frisian are recognised as regional languages in Germany. History The ancient Frisii enter recorded history in the Roman account of Drusus's 12 BC war against the Rhine Germans and the Chauci. They occasionally appear in the accounts of Roman wars against the Germanic tribes of the region, up to and including the Revolt of the Batavi around 70 AD. Frisian mercenaries were hired to assist the Roman invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Freese
David Richard Freese (born April 28, 1983) is an American former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his MLB career with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was a key player during the 2011 postseason, batting .545 with 12 hits in the 2011 National League Championship Series (NLCS). He also set an MLB postseason record of 21 runs batted in (RBIs), earning the NLCS MVP Award and World Series MVP Award. In addition, Freese won the Babe Ruth Award, naming him the MVP of the 2011 MLB postseason. He also played for the Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers. A star high school player, Freese declined a college baseball scholarship from the University of Missouri. Needing a break from baseball, he sat out his freshman year of college before feeling a renewed urge to play the game. He transferred to St. Louis Community College–Meramec, a junior college, where he played for one season before transferring to the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Freese
Eugene Lewis "Gene" Freese (January 8, 1934 – June 18, 2013), was an American professional baseball third baseman, who was widely noted as a journeyman. Freese played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (twice), St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox (twice), Cincinnati Reds, and Houston Astros, for 12 seasons (–). Freese's career batting average stands at .254, in 1,115 games played, with 115 home runs and 432 runs batted in (RBI). During his playing days, he was listed as tall, weighing ; Freese batted and threw right-handed. He was nicknamed "Augie", as a Pirate rookie, in , by teammates, (named) after umpire Augie Donatelli, who was calling balls and strikes in Freese's first big league game. Early life Freese was a native of Wheeling, West Virginia. He signed with the Pirates in 1953 and played for 17 seasons in professional baseball. Baseball career Freese was a member of the National League (NL) champion Reds. Acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Freese
George Walter Freese (September 12, 1926 – July 27, 2014) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers in 1953, Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955 and Chicago Cubs in 1961. Freese attended West Virginia University, where he played college baseball for the Mountaineers in 1947. While at West Virginia he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He was later a member of the Cubs coaching staff from 1964–1965 and a minor league manager for the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1973-1974. The older brother of MLB third baseman Gene Freese, George Freese lived in Portland, Oregon, where he played three years of minor league baseball for the Portland Beavers. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame honors Oregon athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a significant contribution to sports in Oregon. The first class was inducted in 1980, with new inductees added in the fall. Operated by the Oregon Sports ... in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Freese
Johann Oskar Hermann Freese was a,Pomeranian artist. He emphasized animals and hunting scenes. Personal life He was born in Pomerania in 1813. He was expected by his father to be a farmer, in spite of his early inclination to art. At age 34 he devoted himself to painting. He visited the studio of Wilhelm Brücke, then that of Carl Steffeck in Berlin. Art In 1857 his first work, ''Stags Fighting,'' appeared. His subjects were principally hunting, which he loved passionately. Among his works are ''Deer Fleeing,'' ''Stags attacked by Wolves'' and a ''Boar Hunt,'' all in the Berlin National Gallery. Death He died at Hessenfelde, near Fürstenwald, in 1871, of brain fever, which he contracted while trying to cross a river. See also * List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Freese
Jason Freese is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. As a professional studio musician he has performed on over 50 albums, including for artists Green Day, Dr. Dre, Pitbull, Avenged Sevenfold, Goo Goo Dolls, and Jewel. He is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the younger brother of professional drummer Josh Freese. Jason has performed as a studio musician and touring member in Green Day since 2004. He has performed on their American Idiot World Tour, 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, 99 Revolutions Tour, Revolution Radio Tour, and Hella Mega Tour and appeared on their live albums ''Bullet in a Bible'' and ''Awesome as Fuck''. His performing credits most often consist of saxophone, piano, and keyboards. His credits as a producer include Jewel's 2009 album ''Lullaby'' and Death by Stereo's 2009 album '' Death Is My Only Friend''. He is based in Fullerton, California Fullerton ( ) is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Freese
Jeremy Jay Freese (born March 15, 1971) is an American sociologist and author. Work life Freese is a professor of sociology at Stanford University, where he is also the co-leader of the Health Disparities Working Group in the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences. He previously served as professor of sociology at Northwestern University from 2007 to 2015, where he chaired the Department of Sociology from 2010 to 2013 and served as Ethel and John Lindgren Professor of Sociology from 2013 to 2015. Video game design In 2008, he created the interactive fiction computer game Violet, which won the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition The Interactive Fiction Competition (also known as IFComp) is one of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours pla ... and multiple awards. Blogging He began blogging in 2003 because he was bored. In 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Freese
Joshua Ryan Freese (born December 25, 1972) is an American session drummer. He is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the older brother of musician Jason Freese. He is a member of the Vandals (since 1989) and Devo (since 1996), having formerly played drums for Guns N' Roses from 1997 to 2000, A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2012, Puddle Of Mudd from 2000 to 2001, Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, Weezer from 2009 to 2011, and Sublime with Rome from 2011 to 2017. He has appeared on over 400 records. In December 2010, Freese began touring with Paramore on their South American tour. In fall 2016 he returned to playing full-time with Sting, with whom he toured and recorded in 2005. Freese performed with Foo Fighters for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts. Early life Josh Freese was born on December 25, 1972, in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. His father, Stan Freese, conducted the Disney World (Florida) and Disneyland (California) band, and his mother was a classical pianist. Frees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Freese
Katherine Freese (born 8 February 1957) is a theoretical astrophysicist. She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Jeff and Gail Kodosky Endowed Chair in Physics. She is known for her work in theoretical cosmology at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics. Education and Academic Career Freese received her BA from Princeton University, one of the first women to major in physics at Princeton. She obtained her MA from Columbia University, and her PhD at the University of Chicago from advisor David Schramm. After postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University, at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara, and as a Presidential Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, she became an assistant professor at MIT. She moved to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she was the George E. Uhlenbeck Professor of Physics. From 2007 to 2014 she was associate dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Freese
Stephen Freese (born March 16, 1960) is an American Republican politician from Wisconsin. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, he went to high school in Hazel Green, Wisconsin and graduated from University of Wisconsin–Platteville. He served as a town officer and on the Grant County, Wisconsin. Freese served in the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ... from 1991 until 2007, when he was defeated in 2006. Notes Politicians from Dubuque, Iowa People from Grant County, Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly County supervisors in Wisconsin 1960 births Living people 21st-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Freese
Stanford Freese is an American tuba player and musical director who is the talent casting and booking director with Disney Entertainment Productions (The Walt Disney Company). Born in Minnesota, Freese has worked as a musical director at the Walt Disney Company for over 40 years, including as director of bands at both the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort. He was a show director for Tokyo Disneyland, an entertainment producer for Pleasure Island and Walt Disney World, and a musical show director for Tokyo DisneySea. Freese is the talent and casting director for Disneyland. Early life and education A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Freese was selected by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as a tuba soloist with the Minnesota concert band that toured the Soviet Union, in a performance for the President of the United States at the White House. Freese was chosen again by the government to tour China as a tuba soloist with the Minnesota band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Freese
Ulrich Freese (born 12 April 1951) is a German politician. Born in Hünxe, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents the SPD. Ulrich Freese has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg from 2013 to 2021. Life He was a member of the Brandenburg state parliament from 1994 to 2004. From 2004 to 2013, he was deputy chairman of the Mining and Energy Industrial Union. He became member of the bundestag after the 2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian .... He is a member of the Committee for Economics and Energy. In April 2021, Freese announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. References External links * Bundestag biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
