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Galland
Galland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Galland (1912–1996), German air general during World War II * Antoine Galland (1646–1715), French orientalist and archeologist; first European translator of The Arabian Nights * Antoine Galland (1763–1851), publisher and printer during the French Revolution and First Empire * Barbara Galland, New Zealand academic in the field of paediatric sleep health * Bertha Galland (1876–1932), American stage actress * Bruno Galland (born 1964), French medievalist * Edward Galland, triplet profiled in the 2018 documentary film ''Three Identical Strangers'' * Jean Galland (1887–1967), French film actor * Jérémie Galland (born 1983), French cyclist * Jordan Galland, American entertainer * Pierre-Victor Galland (1822–1892), French decorative painter * Stéphane Galland (born 1969), Belgian drummer *Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland (1914–1943), German World War II fighter pilot * Yves Galland (born 1941), French polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Galland
Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich. On four occasions, he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. Galland, who was born in Westerholt, Westphalia became a glider pilot in 1929 before he joined the Luft Hansa. In 1932, he graduated as a pilot at the ''Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule'' (German Commercial Flyers' School) in Braunschweig before applying to join the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic later in the year. Galland's application was accepted, but he never took up the offer. In February 1934, he was transferred to the Luftwaffe. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, he volunteered for the Condor Legion and flew ground attack missions in support of the Nationalists under Francisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland
Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland (23 October 1914 – 17 August 1943) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 55 aerial victories achieved in 186 combat missions. All his victories were claimed over the Western Front and in Defense of the Reich. This figure included seven four-engine bombers and 37 Supermarine Spitfire fighters. Born in Bochum, Galland grew up in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He joined the military service in the Wehrmacht in 1935, initially serving with the anti-aircraft artillery of the Luftwaffe. Upon his request in late 1940, he transferred to the ''Jagdwaffe'' (fighter force). Following flight training, he was posted to ''Jagdgeschwader'' 26 "Schlageter" (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing) in June 1941. Flying with this wing, Galland claimed his first aerial victory on 23 July 1941 on the Western Front over a Royal Air Force fighter aircraft. He was made ''Staffelkapitän'' (squadron leader) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha Galland
Bertha Galland (November 15, 1876 – November 20, 1932) was an American dramatic stage actress remembered for her romantic roles. Early life Bertha Galland was the daughter of Berthold Galland and Anna Miller Hawley. According to her obituary in ''The New York Times'', she was born near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, though early travel documents and census records give Bergen, New Jersey or New York City as her birthplace. Berthold Galland was a native of Posen, Prussia (present-day Poznań, Poland) who came to America in 1860 where he became a dry goods merchant and later found success as a manufacturer of fashionable women’s lace undergarments. Anna Galland (aka A. M. Galland), born in Harford, Pennsylvania, was a talented marine and landscape artist. Anna’s sister, Effie Julia Hawley, was the wife of Louis Arthur Watres, a onetime Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Galland took to the stage about age twenty after studying drama for several years in Europe and later in Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Galland
Jordan Galland (born 1980) is an American filmmaker and musician based in New York City, and operates Slush Puppy Music, a record label, as well as his own film production company, Ravenous Films. Early life Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Galland was raised in New York City and graduated in 2002 from New York University, where he studied film, animation and mythology. Music career At eighteen, Galland formed the rock band Dopo Yume. Dopo Yume also played shows with musical group Phantom Planet, both contributed musical selections to the popular show The O.C. California, and Dopo Yume's contribution ''The Secret Show'' (The Day After Tomorrow). A later band, Domino, is signed to Mark Ronson's Allido Records label. Additionally, Galland has collaborated with his childhood friend, Sean Lennon, played electric piano on Mark Ronson's album ''Version'' and co-wrote tracks on Daniel Merriweather's 2010 Love & War, also released on Allido Records. In 2006, Jordan Galland began w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Galland
Antoine Galland (; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of '' One Thousand and One Nights'', which he called ''Les mille et une nuits''. His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a significant influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world. Jorge Luis Borges has suggested that Romanticism began when his translation was first read. Life and work Galland was born at Rollot in Picardy (now in the department of Somme). After completing school at Noyon, he studied Greek and Latin in Paris, where he also acquired some Arabic. In 1670 he was attached to the French embassy at Istanbul because of his excellent knowledge of Greek and, in 1673, he travelled in Syria and the Levant, where he copied a great number of inscriptions, sketched and—in some cases—removed historical monuments. After a brief visit to France, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Victor Galland
Pierre-Victor Galland (Geneva, 15 July 1822 – Paris, 30 November 1892) was a French decorative painter.Pierre Victor Galland . Until the age of 16, Galland studied with his father, Jacques Galland, a . He then joined the studio of , studying architecture. After two years of training, Labrouste encoura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Galland
Barbara Carolyn Galland is a New Zealand academic in the field of paediatric sleep health. She is a professor in the department of women's and children's health at the University of Otago. Academic career Galland completed her PhD thesis in the department of pharmacology at the University of Otago Medical School in 1989. The thesis was titled ''Bronchial Hyperreactivity in the Guinea-pig''. Galland heads the Paediatric Sleep Research Group at the University of Otago. Her research focus is the effect of sleep and breathing disorders in children and adolescents on behaviour, cognition, and academic performance. She is also interested in the role of sleep in overweight and obesity, sleep disturbances in children with type 1 diabetes, and the biological mechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy. Galland is the co-chair of the Paediatric Council of the Australasian Sleep Association and is also on the editorial boards of ''Sleep Medicine Reviews'' and ''Behavioral Sleep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Galland
Stéphane Galland (born 27 October 1969) is a Belgian jazz drummer and composer. In 2018, the international jazz project called SHIJIN (with Stéphane Galland, saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart, pianist Malcolm Braff, and bassist Laurent David) released their eponymous record ''SHIJIN'' on French independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ... alter-nativ. References Belgian jazz drummers 1969 births Living people Octurn members Aka Moon members {{jazz-drummer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Galland
Bruno Galland (6 March 1964, Lyon) is a French medievalist and archivist. Parcours A student at the École nationale des chartes, Galland obtained his archivist-palaeographer diploma in 1987 with a thesis entitled ''Les archevêques de Lyon de la Bulle d'or aux Philippines''. He was a member of the École française de Rome from 1992 to 1995. A curator at the Archives nationales, he was successively in charge of the ancient section, scientific director of the Paris site and director of public. He is also associate professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University. Published works *1994 ''Deux archevêchés entre la France et l'Empire : les archevêques de Lyon et les archevêques de Vienne, du milieu du XIIe au milieu du XIVe'', Rome : École française de Rome; diff. de Boccard. *1998: ''Les papes d'Avignon et la maison de Savoie'', Rome, École française de Rome; diff. de Boccard. *1999: ''Les instruments de recherche dans les archives'' (with Christine Nougaret), Documentatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Galland (1763–1851)
Antoine Galland (17631851) was a publisher and printer during the French Revolution and First French Empire, First Empire. As a printer he joined the Commission des Sciences et des Arts, a body of technical experts (''savants'') sent to Egypt in 1798 to aid the work of the French expeditionary force in its successful invasion. He was therefore in Cairo when the newly discovered Rosetta Stone arrived in the city. With two other experts (Jean-Joseph Marcel and Nicolas-Jacques Conté) he was called on to make lithographic copies from the stone. These copies, the first seen in Europe, were used by Silvestre de Sacy and Johan David Åkerblad in their early attempts to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphs, hieroglyphic and demotic scripts. On his return to France Galland in 1802 first published a two-volume memoir of the expedition. Works *''Tableau de l'Égypte pendant le séjour de l'armée française''. Paris: Galland, an XIII [1804]. 2 volsText of vol. 1 (Google Books) 1763 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémie Galland
Jérémie Galland (born 8 April 1983) is a French former professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2007 and 2013. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Route Adélie : 4th Grand Prix de Fourmies ;2009 : 6th Le Samyn : 7th Paris–Troyes : 1st Overall Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Boucles de l'Aulne : 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise : 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne : 4th Tour de la Somme ;2010 : 6th Boucles de l'Aulne : 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne : 2nd Polynormande : 4th Overall Paris–Corrèze : 1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin ;2011 : 9th Overall Tour de Picardie : 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Overall 2011 Tour de Luxembourg, Tour de Luxembourg ;2013 : 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami References External links *Jérémie Gallard profile at Saur-Sojasun 1983 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Galland
Yves Galland (born 8 March 1941 in Paris), is a French politician and entrepreneur. Biography After his studies in law from Paris University, Yves Galland started his career in the world of business before also starting his political career. He became a member of the European Parliament, from 1979 to 1986, and again in 1989 to 1995, where he represented the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and the Radical Party. From 1989 to 1992, Galland was Vice President of the European Parliament under President Egon Klepsch. From 1992 to 1994, he was chairman of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group, succeeding Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Minister of Finance under prime .... References External links Entretien sur RFI à la veille du salon du Bourget(French)Entretien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
