George Schneider (other)
George Schneider may refer to: * Georg Abraham Schneider (1770–1839), German composer and instrumentalist * George J. Schneider (1877–1939), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * George Schneider (banker) (1823–1905), Illinois journalist and banker * George Schneider (Medal of Honor) (1844–1929), United States Army sergeant and recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor * George Yurii Schneider (1908–2002), Ukrainian-American professor, linguist, philologist, literary historian, and literary critic of Jewish heritage See also * Schneider (surname) * Georg Schneider (other) * Georges Schneider Georges Schneider (11 July 1925 – 10 September 1963) was a Swiss alpine skier who won the slalom event at the 1950 World Championships.

Georg Abraham Schneider
Georg Abraham Schneider (19 April 1770 - 19 January 1839) was a German musician and composer. Biography Schneider was born in Darmstadt, where he originally learnt music as a member of the city's alta cappella. From 1787 he played horn in the court orchestra of the nobel house Hessen-Darmstadt, then from 1795 for the Prussian royal court. Schneider's compositions and performances focussed on the horn, and owe a stylistic debt to Haydn and Mozart. The invention of the valved horn by Heinrich Stölzel and Friedrich Blühmel was of great interest to Schneider, allowing the instrument to be played chromatically for the first time. In a report for the ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'' in 1817, Schneider wrote; "Because of its full and strong, yet soft and attractive tone, the Waldhorn is an extremely beautiful instrument; but, as is well known, it has until now been far behind almost all other wind instruments in its development, being very restricted to its natural notes .... Herr ...
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George J
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ...
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George Schneider (banker)
George Schneider (1823–1905) was a German American journalist and banker who served as editor-in-chief of the ''Illinois Staats-Zeitung''. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as the United States Consul in Elsinore, Denmark, at the outbreak of the American Civil War and later served as Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Illinois. He was a German refugee, one of the Forty-Eighters. Biography Early years The son of Ludwig Schneider, a public official, and Josephine Schneider (née Schlick), he was educated in the Latin school of his native place. He became a journalist at the age of 21, and worked for several German newspapers. Strongly sympathetic with the revolutionaries of 1848, he took an active part. When the revolution in the Rhine Province was crushed by the Bavarian government's Prussian allies, he withdrew to Baden, then fled to France, and finally emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in July 1849. ''Neue Zeit'' Wi ...
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George Schneider (Medal Of Honor)
George Schneider (7 November 1844 - 2 January 1929) was a sergeant in the United States Army who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 27 July 1896 for actions performed at the Battle of the Crater in Virginia on 30 July 1864. Personal life Schneider was born in Baltimore, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ... on 7 November 1844 to parents George W. Schneider and Christina Eidel Schneider. He was one of 5 children. He married Catherine F. Beck Schneider and fathered one child. He died in Baltimore on 2 January 1929 and was buried in Baltimore Cemetery in Baltimore. Military service Schneider enlisted in the Army on 16 November 1861 as a private and was mustered into Company D o ...
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George Yurii Schneider
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Schneider (surname)
Schneider (German for "tailor", literally "one who cuts", from the verb '' schneiden'' "to cut") is a very common surname in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Schnyder, Znaider, Schnaider, Schneiter, Shneider, and Sneijder, Snijder (Dutch), Snither (English), Snyman (Afrikaans), Schnider (Swiss German), Sznajder, Szneider (Polish), Snaider, Šnajder (Serbo-Croatian), and Schneidre ( French). Geographical distribution As of 2014, 57.9% of all known bearers of the surname ''Schneider'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:184), 18.8% of the United States (1:2,554), 6.1% of Brazil (1:4,446), 3.6% of Switzerland (1:299), 3.6% of France (1:2,452), 2.6% of Austria (1:443), 1.3% of Canada (1:3,837) and 1.0% of Argentina (1:5,820). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:184) in the following states: * 1. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:96) * 2. Saarland (1:102) * 3. Hesse (1:123) * 4. Saxony (1:150) * ...
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Georg Schneider (other)
Georg Schneider may refer to: * Georg Schneider (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1961), German international footballer * Georg Schneider (footballer, born 1959) (born 1959), German footballer * Georg Schneider (politician) (1909–1970), German politician, biologist and university lecturer See also * Schneider (surname) * George Schneider (other) * Georges Schneider Georges Schneider (11 July 1925 – 10 September 1963) was a Swiss alpine skier who won the slalom event at the 1950 World Championships.