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Gossner Mission
Gossner may refer to: People * Ernst Gossner (born 1967), Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer * Johannes Gossner (1773–1858), German clergyman and philanthropist * Miriam Gössner (born 1990), German biathlete and cross-country skier * Simone Daro Gossner (1920–2002), Belgian-American astronomer Education * Gossner Theological College Gossner Theological College is the only Theological Seminary of Jharkhand affiliated to Serampore College. It is owned by Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam. History The German missionaries sent by Fr. Johannes Eva ..., a Christian Theological Seminary in Jharkhand, India * Gossner College, a Christian college in Assam, India Other * Gossner Foods, one of the largest cheese manufacturers in the United States, based in Logan, Utah {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Gossner
Ernst Gossner is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for writing and directing the 2007 film '' South of Pico'' as well as 2014 film '' The Silent Mountain'' Background Gossner grew up in Tirol and had his first stage appearance at the age of 15. After graduating from Business School in 1992, Gossner worked at various jobs before he turned to acting full-time. Within the next seven years Ernst appeared in many plays in Austria, Germany and Italy. He also wrote and directed several stage plays and made his short film debut FLUCHT. The film became an internet phenomenon and in 1999 Ernst was accepted to the Directing Program at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles. His AFI thesis film BAR TIME was one of only five AFI alumni films ever released on DVD by the American Film Institute. Feature films After graduating from AFI Conservatory Ernst Gossner founded his Los Angeles-based company Vent Productions. His first feature South of Pico (SOP), a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Gossner
Johannes Evangelista Gossner (14 December 1773 – 20 March 1858), German divine and philanthropist, was born at Hausen near Augsburg. He was educated at the University of Dillingen. He, like Martin Boos and others, came under the spell of the Evangelical movement promoted by Johann Michael Sailer, the professor of pastoral theology. After taking priests' orders, Gossner held livings at Dirlewang (1804-1811) and Munich (1811-1817), but his evangelical tendencies brought about his dismissal and in 1826 he formally left the Roman Catholic for the Protestant communion. As Reformed (Calvinist) minister of Bethlehem's Church (1829-1846), a Lutheran and Reformed simultaneum in Berlin, he was conspicuous not only for practical and effective preaching, but for the founding of schools, asylums and missionary agencies. In 1836, he founded the Gossner Mission, which aimed for a holistic understanding of mission (preaching the gospel and church social service). Its purpose was “to train yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Gössner
Miriam Neureuther (''née'' Gössner; born 21 June 1990) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She has won an Olympic silver medal in cross-country skiing and two biathlon world championship titles, all in team events. Noted for her fast skiing performances, she won two junior world championship titles in biathlon in 2008 and 2009. Gössner was called up for the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, where she was part of Germany's cross-country team claiming silver in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Gössner won a silver medal in cross-country skiing in the 4 × 5 kilometre relay. She returned to biathlon for the 2010–11 season, achieving three podium finishes in her first complete winter on the Biathlon World Cup tour. At the Biathlon World Championships 2011, Gössner won the gold medal in the women's relay. The following year she defended the world championship title with the German team in the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Daro Gossner
Simone Daro Gossner (1920–2002) was a Belgian-American astronomer specializing in eclipses at the Nautical Almanac Office of the United States Naval Observatory. Life Simone Daro was born on April 20, 1920, in Belgium, and was educated in Brussels. After the universities in Brussels were shut down in the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, she became an underground teacher, and was brought to Radcliffe College in 1946, through a program of the American Association of University Women to bring young women in war-torn parts of Europe to study in the US. She continued at Harvard University as a student of Harlow Shapley, and in 1947 married Joseph L. Gossner, another astronomer. She moved from Harvard to the Nautical Almanac Office in 1950, and worked there until 1961. She appeared on NBC Television in 1959, in their ''Wisdom'' program, talking with Harlow Shapley in the episode "A Conversation with Dr. Harlow Shapley". She also contributed to the popularization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossner Theological College
Gossner Theological College is the only Theological Seminary of Jharkhand affiliated to Serampore College. It is owned by Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam. History The German missionaries sent by Fr. Johannes Evangelista Gossner from Berlin established the first Christian Church of the region in 1845 and a seminary in 1866 for the preparation of preachers, teachers and pastors. During the First World War the seminary was closed, to be reopened in 1921. During the Second World War it was moved to Gobindpur and Lohardaga and back to Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ... in 1948. With the initiative of the Late Rev. Dr. J.J.P. Tigga, sometime professor of the History of Christianity at Serampore College, it was affiliated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossner College
The Gossner College is one of oldest institutions formed by the Gossner Evangelical and Lutheran Church. It is a minority college affiliated to Ranchi University. History Governed by Gossner Evangelical and Lutheran Church of Chotanagpur and Assam was established in 1971 with the prime objective of giving the Tribal Christian young men and women as well as socially, economically backward and underprivileged and privileged communities of this region, namely the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes and other backward classes an opportunity of higher education in a Christian atmosphere. It is one of the premier centres of higher education in the state of Jharkhand. It provides Intermediate and Undergraduate Learning Programmes in science, commerce and arts. See also *Education in India *Ranchi University *Literacy in India *List of institutions of higher education in Jharkhand This is a list of educational institutions in Jharkhand Central University National Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
