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Georg Wolff (KPD)
George or Georg Wolff may refer to: * Georg Wolff (merchant) (1736–1828), Norwegian businessman and Danish consul in London *Georg Wolff (journalist) (1914–1996), German paramilitary office and journalist *George W. Wolff (1848–1919), politician in Wisconsin *George Dering Wolff George Dering Wolff was an American Protestant minister, later after a conversion an editor of Catholic publications. Life His parents were Charlotte Wolff, and Bernard Crouse Wolff (b. at Martinsburg, 1794), a prominent theologian of the Germ ... (1822–1894), American Protestant minister, later after a conversion an editor of Catholic publications See also * George Wolf (1777–1840), governor of Pennsylvania * George Wolfe (other) {{hndis, Wolff, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Wolff (merchant)
Georg Wolff (1736–1828) was a Norwegian-born merchant who served as the Danish Consul to Great Britain from 1787 to 1804. Biography In 1759 Georg Wolff moved to London and worked as an assistant for Jens Pedersen, the owner of a timber export business. The company was part of a small Danish-Norwegian community centered on Wellclose Square in London. Most residents were involved in the export of Norwegian timber to London, a trade following the Great Fire of London in 1666. In 1760 Wolff married Elizabeth Gorham, an 18-year-old woman from the English parish of St Neots. They had two daughters, Elizabeth (who married John Dorville but later became the mistress of George Montagu) and Martha Ann, as well as one son, Jens. In June 1770 the elder Elizabeth died. Wolff later married Sarah Cheesement, who bore him two additional daughters, Sarah Augusta, and Inger Maria. Following Sarah's death in 1790, Wolff never remarried. In 1767 Georg was joined in London by his brother, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Wolff (journalist)
Georg Wolff (14 February 1914 – 1996) was a German SS Hauptsturmführer and journalist. During the Second World War, Wolff was a Head of Division III for the Sicherheitspolizei command in Oslo. He was later a leading editor for news magazine ''Der Spiegel'', from 1952 until his retirement in 1978. It was in this latter capacity that Wolff, along with Rudolf Augstein, conducted the 1966 interview with Martin Heidegger, " Only a God Can Save Us". Early life Georg Wolff was the son of primary school teacher, Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff, and Dora. Wolff’s mother came from an upper class background, her father a financial auditor in the rail industry. The family owned their own home and Wolff grew up in relative comfort and security with his older brother, Hans. World War II With Hitler’s seizure of control in 1933, Wolff began to work with the Sturmabteilung.Heiko Buschke: ''Deutsche Presse, Rechtsextremismus und nationalsozialistische Vergangenheit in der Ära Adenauer''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George W
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. While in his twenties, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. In 1978, Bush unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before he was elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the nation. In the 2000 presidential election, Bush defeated Democratic incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dering Wolff
George Dering Wolff was an American Protestant minister, later after a conversion an editor of Catholic publications. Life His parents were Charlotte Wolff, and Bernard Crouse Wolff (b. at Martinsburg, 1794), a prominent theologian of the German Reformed Church (Lutheran). The family moved to Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1835, the father becoming English pastor there. George graduated A.M. from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and there studied law for three years at Easton. Though admitted to the Bar, he never practised, but after a four years' theological course became a minister of the German Reformed Church. The elder Wolff and his son were staunch followers of John Williamson Nevin, who in 1843 began to develop in their sect a system of theology which, whilst strongly opposing Catholicism, held Christ's Church to be a living organism and sought to restore what they held to be teachings of Christ repudiated by the Protestant Reformation (see G. D. Wolff's article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wolf
George Wolf (August 12, 1777March 11, 1840) was the seventh governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835. On June 29, 1888, he was recognized as the "father of the public-school system" in Pennsylvania by the erection of a memorial gateway at Easton. Biography Early years Wolf was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. His parents, George and Mary Wolf, had immigrated from Alsace, then a province of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1751. George Wolf was educated at a classical school, taught for some time, and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in Easton, Pennsylvania. He became a member of the Democratic Republican Party at the start of Thomas Jefferson's administration, and was appointed postmaster of Easton, which office he filled in 1802 and 1803. He was a clerk of the orphans' court of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1809. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1814. Wolf married Mary Erb (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
