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Gruner Jahr
Gruner + Jahr is a publishing house headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company was founded in 1965 by , , and Gerd Bucerius. From 1969 to 1973, Bertelsmann acquired a majority share in the company and gradually increased it over time. After 2014, the company was a fully owned subsidiary of the Gütersloh-based media and services group. Under the leadership and innovation strategy of Julia Jäkel, Gruner + Jahr evolved into a publishing house producing cross-channel media products for the digital society. With more than 500 magazines and digital products and services, Gruner + Jahr is one of Europe's largest premium magazine publishing companies. Its activities primarily focus on Germany and France. Among the most well-known media brands are Brigitte, Capital, Geo, and Stern, along with Chefkoch.de and Stern.de. In addition, Gruner + Jahr owns a share in Spiegel Verlag. In August 2021, RTL Deutschland announced the acquisition of Gruner + Jahr for €230 million euros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Gruner
Dov Béla Gruner ( he, דב בלה גרונר; 1912–1947) was a Hungarian-born Zionist activist in Mandatory Palestine and a member of the pre-state Jewish underground Irgun. On April 16, 1947, Gruner was executed by the British Mandatory authorities in Palestine on charges of "firing on policemen and setting explosive charges with the intent of killing personnel on His Majesty's service." He is honored as one of the Olei Hagardom, the twelve Jewish pre-independence fighters who were executed by British and Egyptian authorities. Biography Gruner was born on December 6, 1912 to a religious Jewish family in Kisvárda, Hungary. In 1938, after studying engineering in Brno, he joined the Zionist youth movement Betar, which arranged his passage to Palestine in 1940 aboard the immigrant ship S.S. Skaria. After spending six months in the Atlit detainee camp, he settled in Rosh Pina. In 1941, he joined the British Army to fight the Nazis, and together with his comrades in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Gruner
Carl Eduard Gruner (in English, often referred to as Charles Edward Gruner) was a Basel-born Swiss engineer, manager of the Swissboring Company and later on a partner at the "Gruner Brothers" ("Gebr. Gruner", today "Gruner Group") engineering company. He made considerable contributions to many projects in Europe. the Middle East, Central Asia and South America, most particularly the construction of the Trans-Iranian Railway, in which he participated as a Sector Engineer. During the Second World War (1939–1941 and 1943–1946) Gruner was in charge of several military construction works in his homeland. Between 1941 and 1943 he was in charge of railways and power plants construction in Norway. From 1946 he was mainly involved in projects outside Europe. In 1947 he experienced the death of his father, Heinrich Gruner, who had established an engineering company of his own in 1862. In 1948, Gruner became partner in his late father's company. As the responsible for the Public Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elioth Gruner
Elioth Lauritz Leganyer Gruner (16 December 1882 – 17 October 1939) was an Australian artist. Gruner won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting seven times, the most of any Australian artist besides Hans Heysen. One of Gruner's winners of the prize, ''Spring Frost'' (1919), has since become his best known work, and is regarded as perhaps the most loved Australian landscape painting in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Early life Gruner was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, younger son of Elliott Grüner, a Norwegian-born bailiff, and his Irish wife Mary Ann, who died in 1922. Gruner was brought to Sydney before he was a year old and at an early age showed a desire to draw. When about 12 years old his mother took him to Julian Ashton, who gave him his first lessons in art.B. Pearce, 'Gruner, Eliot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner
Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), cartographer and geologist, was the author of the first connected attempt to describe in detail the snowy mountains of Switzerland. His father, Johann Rudolf Gruner (1680–1761), was pastor of Trachselwald, in the Bernese Emmenthal (1705), and later (1725) of Burgdorf, and a great collector of information relating to historical and scientific matters; his great ''Thesaurus topographico-historicus totius ditionis Bernensis'' (4 vols, folio, 1729–1730) still remains in manuscript, but in 1732 he published a small work entitled ''Deliciae urbis Bernae'', while he possessed an extensive cabinet of natural history objects. Naturally such tastes had a great influence on the mind of his son, who was born at Trachselwald, and educated by his father and at the Latin school at Burgdorf, not going to Bern much before 1736, when he published a dissertation on the use of fire by the . In 1739 he qualified as a notary, in 1741 became the archivist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Gruner
Klaus Gruner (born 22 August 1952 in Frankenhausen, Crimmitschau) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored three goals. External linksprofile 1952 births Living people German male handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Crimmitschau Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Gruner
Nicholas Nightingale Gruner (May 4, 1942April 29, 2015) was a Roman Catholic priest and a promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fátima, a recognized apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. Father Gruner's interpretation of that message at times proved somewhat controversial, even among other groups of Traditionalist Catholics. Biography The fifth of seven children, Father Gruner was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Malcolm and Jessie (née Mullally) Gruner. He graduated from McGill University and obtained a post-graduate degree in theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He was ordained at Avellino, Italy on August 22, 1976 by Bishop Pasquale Venezia. In 1978, he launched a periodical, the ''Fatima Crusader'', dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, which was at first a journal dedicated to praying the rosary. In the early 1980s the ''Fatima Crusader'' began to focus more on Gruner's interpretation of the message of Our ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Gruner
Olivier Gruner (; born 2 August 1960), is a French former naval commando, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and pilot. Born in Paris, France, he moved to the United States in 1988. His career in the film industry began in 1987 when he first appeared at the Cannes Film Festival in France."Olivier Gruner" ''Kick'em in the Ghoulies (KITG)'', Accessed on December 23, 2018. He has since appeared in over 40 films and four television series and is best known for his and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gruner
Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary * Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia * Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk * Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kidman
Peter Alan Gruner Jr. (born May 11, 1974) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Billy Kidman. He is currently employed by WWE as a producer. As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. While in WCW, Kidman gained fame as a key member of several stables. In addition to being a member of Raven's Flock, he also was a member of The Filthy Animals and later The New Blood. As a member of these stables, Kidman participated in memorable feuds with top WCW names, including Hulk Hogan, Jeff Jarrett, and Rey Mysterio Kidman also found championship success while in WCW, where he became a three time Cruiserweight Champion, a two time World Tag Team Champion (once with Mysterio Jr. and once with Konnan) and a one time (and the final) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion with Mysterio Jr. Upon WCW's purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Gruner
Silvia Gruner is a Mexican artist born to a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Biography Gruner received her Fine Arts Degree from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design (1978-1982) and pursued her master's degree in Fine Arts at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston (1984-1986). After completing her master's degree Gruner had her first solo exhibition, ''Conversaciones con un loto azul'', (1986) in Boston. Additionally, at the beginning of her career, Gruner began making short films and video performances that she recorded using a Super 8 camera. Her work is said to be heavily influenced by second wave feminism and post conceptual work, which caused critical debate in Mexico during the 1990s. Gruner's art is unique and personal as she bases many of her pieces on her own personal experiences and culture. In addition, she explores these different ideas of nationality, identity, and feminism through many different mediums. She experiments a lot with film, photography, performance, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybille Gruner
Sybille Gruner (born 18 May 1969) was a member of the German women's national handball team between 1989 and 1995. In 1993 the team won the world championships in a very close game against Denmark. One year later, during the European championship final in Berlin, they played the Danish team again and lost. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 the team had high hopes of a medal but placed a disappointing fourth. In the play-off for the bronze medal they lost against the odds-on favourite, Russia. Sybille was born in Erfurt in East Germany. She attended Kinder- und Jugendsportschule in Leipzig, a special school for athletically talented children. At the age of 16 she was a member of the senior SC Leipzig team that won the European cup. Several national titles with SC Leipzig followed. In 1990 she moved to Leverkusen and played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the next 12 years. After the birth of her first daughter and winning the national cup she finished her active career as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Gruner
Walther Gruner (25 September 1905 – 5 January 1980) was a baritone who taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early life and family Walther Karl Grünebaum was born at Blumenstrasse 13, Frankfurt, Germany to Jewish parents. His father was Julius Grünebaum, a merchant, and his mother was Klara Lina Grünebaum née Oppenheim, a music teacher. Both of his parents later were murdered in the Holocaust. His sister Hedi Frank (born 1900) became a chiropodist and moved to Australia in 1939. Hermann Grunebaum, a pianist and conductor who was Chorus Master at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden from 1907 to 1933, was his uncle; English-born soprano Nora Gruhn (formerly Grunebaum) was his cousin. He attended the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt; the Music Conservatory, Leipzig; and the Vienna Conservatory of Music. He studied with Swedish baritone in Leipzig and with Lothar Wallerstein in Vienna, as well as with Paul Bekker and Arthur Seidl. His experience conducting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
