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Heim (surname)
Heim is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albert Heim (1849–1937), Swiss geologist *Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian doctor and formerly one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals *Bruno Heim (1911–2003), Vatican's first Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain *Burkhard Heim (1925–2001), German physicist *Corey Heim (born 2002), Racing Driver * Emmy Heim (1885–1954), Austrian/Canadian soprano singer *Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747–1834), German physician *Ferdinand Heim (1895–1977), German general (not to be confused with Aribert Ferdinand Heim) *François Joseph Heim (1787–1865), French painter *Irene Heim, American linguist, specialist in semantics *Jacques Heim (1899–1967), French (Parisian) designer and manufacturer *Jonah Heim, baseball player, catcher for the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers * Kay Heim (born 1917), Canadian-American professional baseball player *Scott Heim (born 1966), American novelist * Sverre Heim (born 1951), Norwegian ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Heim
Albert Heim (12 April 184931 August 1937) was a Swiss geologist, noted for his three-volume ''Geologie der Schweiz''. Born in Zürich, he was educated at Zürich and Berlin universities. Very early in life he became interested in the physical features of the Alps, and at the age of sixteen he made a model of the Tödi group. This came to the notice of Arnold Escher von der Linth, to whom Heim was indebted for much encouragement and geological instruction in the field. In 1873 he became professor of geology in the polytechnic school at Zürich, and in 1875 professor of geology in the university. In the same year he married Marie Heim-Vögtlin, Switzerland's first woman physician. In 1882 he was appointed director of the Geological Survey of Switzerland, and in 1884 the honorary degree of PhD was conferred upon him at the University of Berne. He was especially distinguished for his researches on the structure of the Alps and for the light thereby thrown on the structure of mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Heim
Irene Roswitha Heim (born in Munich, Germany, on October 30, 1954) is a linguist and a leading specialist in semantics. She was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and UCLA before moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, where she is Professor Emerita of Linguistics. She served as Head of the Linguistics Section of the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. Biography Heim's parents were German-speakers born in then-Czechoslovakia, who had emigrated to Germany after World War II. She attended school in Munich, and studied at the University of Konstanz and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, graduating from the latter in 1978 with an MA in Linguistics and Philosophy and a minor in mathematics. Following this, she studied for a PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, completing her dissertation in 1982. After short-term postdoctoral positions at Stanford University, MIT, the University of Texas at Austin (1983-1987), and UCLA, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Heim
The characters of '' Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Main inmates Key Other inmates The Aryans The Aryans are a fierce gang. Led through the whole series by the charismatic Vernon Schillinger. They are racist, nationalist, tough and like to have what are known in the series as "Prags" (The show's term for a "Bitch"). They, and mostly Schillinger himself, take up most of the Oz rape statistic. Curiously they rarely have feuds with the Homeboys but rather with the Muslims. The Aryans were in a perpetual alliance with the Bikers, had a CO on their "payroll," and were a force to be reckoned with. * (Leif Riddell) – An inmate in Emerald City and Schillinger's lieutenant. He helps Schillinger murder Vogel and later rapes Hanlon. When he discovers Busmalis' tunnel, he forces them to switch cells and attempts to escape through the tunnel. He and a fellow e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |