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Gast is a surname, and may refer to: *Alice Gast, academic and administrator *Camille du Gast, sportswoman and social pioneer *Eric Gast, record producer *John Gast (activist), English trade unionist *John Gast (baseball), American baseball player *John Gast (painter), Prussian-born painter *Leon Gast (1936–2021), American documentary filmmaker *Luce de Gast, 13th century nobleman *Margaret Gast, German-born American racing cyclist *Paul Werner Gast, geologist *Silke Gast, German javelin thrower See also *Gast gun, twin barreled machine gun *Gast (film), a 2021 Indian film {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of German origin Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Gast
Alice Petry Gast (born May 25, 1958) is an American researcher, was the 16th president of Imperial College London, and sits on the board of directors of Chevron. Gast was named one of the top 100 "Modern Era" engineers in the US under the category of "Leadership" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Background Education Born in Houston, Texas, US, Gast graduated as valedictorian from the University of Southern California in 1980 with a BSc in chemical engineering. She completed her postgraduate work at Princeton University, receiving an MA (1981) and PhD (1984) in chemical engineering, with thesis titled ''A Study of Polymer-Induced Phase Transitions in Colloidal Suspensions'' and was a Hertz Fellow. She spent a postdoctoral year completing a NATO fellowship at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris. From 1985 to 2001, she taught at Stanford University, and then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she served as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Du Gast
Camille du Gast (Marie Marthe Camille Desinge du Gast, Camille Crespin du Gast, 30 May 1868 – 24 April 1942) was one of a trio of pioneering French female motoring celebrities of the ''Belle Epoque'', together with Hélène de Rothschild (Baroness Hélène van Zuylen) and Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart the ( Duchess of Uzès). Du Gast was known as "one of the richest and most accomplished widows in France," and as an accomplished sportswoman—a balloonist, parachute jumper, fencer, tobogganist, skier, rifle and pistol shot, horse trainer—as well as a concert pianist and singer. She was the second woman to compete in an international motor race. In France, she later became renowned for her extensive charity work. She was president of the ''Société protectrice des animaux'' (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ''SPA'') until her death, and her campaign against bullfighting included disruptive direct action protests. She provided health-care to disadvantage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Gast
Eric M. Gast (born 23 April 1968) is an American music industry professional – record producer, mixer, engineer, and recording studio designer – and founder and CEO of a nonprofit public health care charity. Gast was born in New Jersey and raised in New York City. He is cousin to documentary filmmaker Leon Gast. as well as another cousin Eric W. Gast former athlete and model Music business career Gast was managed by Zomba Music Group from 1989 to 2000, working with artists such as A Tribe Called Quest, Billy Ocean, Kid Rock, Will Smith, Britney Spears, and Enuff Z'nuff. Since 2000 he has been a freelance producer and engineer, expanding to broader musical styles such as jazz, gospel, and world music recordings. In these veins, Eric worked with artists such as James Moody, Jonathan Butler, Charlie Parker tribute album, John P. Kee, and Cissy Houston. In 2003, he started FM For Music LLC, a production and management company. FM not only managed Gast, but also several other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gast (activist)
John Gast (1772–1837) was an English shipwright and labour activist, an early trade unionist. Life He worked in the Deptford shipyards in south-east London; he was also associated with neighbouring Rotherhithe, where he lived for a time at 14 Lucas Street. Having unsuccessfully tried to found a labour organisation during the 1790s, Gast helped organise the 'Hearts of Oak Benefit Society' during a shipwrights' strike in 1802 and was advocating workers' rights in radical pamphlets such as Calumny Defeated, or A Complete Vindication of the Conduct of the Working Shipwrights', during the late Disputes with their Employers'' (1802). Having been involved with regional efforts to build trade unions (notably the Metropolitan Trades Committee), in 1822 Gast formed a 'Committee of the Useful Classes', sometimes described as an early national trades council, and in 1824 he was the first secretary of the 'Thames Shipwrights Provident Union'. Gast also promoted an inter-union organisation: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gast (baseball)
John Walter Gast (born February 16, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013. High school and college career Gast attended Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida where he was a pitching standout. As a senior in 2007 he earned Seminole County "Player of the Year" honors after he struck out 85 batters in 57.2 innings with an ERA of 1.18. He also played on the U.S. Junior National Team. Gast was drafted in the 5th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers, but chose to attend Florida State University instead and play college baseball for the Seminoles. Gast suffered an elbow injury during the spring of his senior year in high school, which required Tommy John surgery on May 1, 2007 and forced him to be inactive during most of his first year with the Florida State team. In 2009 Gast played for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League. Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gast (painter)
John Gast (21 December 1842 in Berlin, Prussia – 26 July 1896 in Brooklyn) was a Prussian-born American painter and lithographer. His most famous work is '' American Progress'' (1872); this painting and many of his drawings are found in the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. Family in St. Louis He is the son of Heinrich Konrad "Leopold" Gast (1810-1898) and Bertha Pauline Henriette Volkmann (1819-1902). The family emigrated from Berlin to central Missouri wine country (present day Hermann, Missouri) before 1850. From there, the family moved to St. Louis a few years later. Leopold was a master lithographer, and with his brother August established the August Gast Banknote and Lithograph Company. It was a prominent printing house, making financial documents for governments, letterhead designs for industry, ornate certificates for churches, and many other paper documents for customers across the United States. The company exists today and its historic products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Gast
Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, ''When We Were Kings'' depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. This film would go on to win the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. Gast co-directed the 1977 documentary, ''The Grateful Dead Movie'' with guitarist Jerry Garcia. The film captured the band's October 1974, five-night performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Gast also co-directed the 1983 film ''Hell's Angels Forever,'' which focused on the notorious motorcycle club Hells Angels. The Angels are believed to have learned that Gast put material in the documentary which they didn't prefer. To this end, Gast claimed that the Angels tracked him down and beat him up. Gast also produced works on B.B. King and Celia Cruz. Early life A native of Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luce De Gast
Luce de Gast (or Luces de Gast) born c. 1190, was lord of the castle of Gast, near Salisbury. He is the reputed author of the first part of the French poem ''Tristan.'' Hunt in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' casts doubt on all aspects of the identification. It has been suggested that 'Gast' is Gastard in Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ....Mary Bateson, ''Mediaeval England: English feudal society from the Norman conquest to the middle of the fourteenth century'' (1904), p. 175: "Gastard near Corsham, Wilts, may perhaps be the place in question". References * Notes 1190 births Year of death unknown English male poets {{Noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Gast
Margaret Gast (2 November 1876 - 13 April 1968) was a German-born American racing cyclist. At the age of 16 Margaret Gast (original German name "Margareta Nagengast") emigrated from Bavaria in the German Empire to the United States. From 1890 til 1901 she was one of the dominating female racing cyclists in the States. In 1900 she established four endurance records, about 500, 1000, 2000 and 2500 miles. She also rode motor-paced cycling races. Later on, "Little Duchy" as she was called, rode races on motorcycles herself and made stunts. After her retreat from sport at the beginning of the 1920s Gast learned the profession of physiotherapist, at which she worked until she was very old. In 1931 her studio was destroyed by a fire. She also ran a pub called "The Little Dutchess Inn". In 1993 Gast was inducted to the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame The United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, located in Davis, California, is a private 501c3 non-profit organization formed to prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Werner Gast
Paul Werner Gast (September 11, 1930 – May 16, 1973) was an American geochemist and geologist. He was born in Chicago to German immigrants and attended Wheaton College, Illinois, whence he graduated in 1952. He earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1957. After graduation, he taught at the University of Minnesota until 1965 when he became professor of geology at Columbia. In 1969 Paul Gast assumed leadership of the geo-science management of the Manned Spacecraft Center in preparation for Apollo mission sample return from the Moon. He served as chief scientist of the Apollo Lunar Science Staff. He was one of the science consultant group known unofficially as the "Four Horsemen," along with Jim Arnold, Bob Walker and Gerry Wasserburg. He died at the age of 43, being survived by his wife, Joyce Rinehart, and two sons and a daughter. During his career he pioneered the study of rare earth elements in examining the crust, mantle, and interior of the planet. He led the develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silke Gast
Silke Gast (born 30 April 1972) is a retired female javelin thrower from Germany. She finished fourth at the 1994 European Championships. Her only medal at the German championships came in 1994 when she won the bronze behind Karen Forkel and Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a br .... Achievements References 1972 births Living people German female javelin throwers {{Germany-javelin-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gast Gun
The Gast gun was a German twin barrelled machine gun that was developed by Karl Gast of Vorwerk und Companie of Barmen and used during the First World War. Its unique operating system produced a very high rate of fire of 1,600 rounds per minute. The same principle was later used as the basis for the widely used Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L series of Russian aircraft autocannon. Description The weapon combines two barrels into a single mechanism so that the recoil from firing one barrel loads and charges the second. Ammunition feeds into the gun from two vertically mounted cylindrical drums, one on each side. The drums held 180 rounds of German 7.92 mm rifle ammunition, feeding them into the breech using a compressed spring. An experienced gunner could change ammunition drums in a few seconds. The weapon could fire single shots if one side of the mechanism had a problem. The gun's relative lightness at approximately without ammunition led to its airborne use; a telescopic si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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