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Henke
Henke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolph Henke (1775–1843), German physician and pharmacologist known for his work in medical forensics * Brad William Henke (1966–2022), American actor and football player * Ed Henke (1927–2015), former National Football League player * Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804–1872), German historian * Fritz Henke (1921–1999), World War II Waffen-SS soldier awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke (1752–1809), German theologian; father of Ernst Henke * Holger Henke (born 1960), political scientist and former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost at Wenzhou-Kean University (China) * Jana Henke (born 1973), German former swimmer * Jonathan Henke (born 1974), American political blogger * Karl Henke (1896–1945), World War II German general * Kevin Henke, American geochemist * Michael Henke (born 1957), German football coach and former player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Henke
Thomas Anthony Henke (born December 21, 1957), nicknamed "the Terminator", is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared closers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, pitching for the Texas Rangers (1982–1984, 1993–1994), Toronto Blue Jays (1985–1992), and St. Louis Cardinals (1995). On the mound, Henke was easily recognizable by the large-rimmed glasses he wore at a time when many players began using contact lenses. At a height of 6' 5", he cast an imposing figure and dominated batters with his hard fastball early in the count, and his forkball for the strikeout. Henke struck out 9.8 batters per 9 innings pitched over his career. Early life Tom Henke was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and started out throwing every night to his father, who caught his pitches while sitting on a five-gallon bucket. "Every kid should have a dad like that", Henke said. He grew up in Taos, Missouri and attended Blair Oaks High School. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Honorverse Characters
This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the stories set in the Honor Harrington universe or Honorverse, a best-selling series of over twenty military science fiction novels and anthologies invented and written by David Weber. The stories in the five existing anthologies serve to introduce characters, provide a deeper and more complete backstory, and flesh out the universe, so they claim the same canonical relevance as exposition in the main series. Universe creator David Weber serves as editor for the anthologies, maintaining fidelity to the series canons. ---- ---- * ' * Abbot to Adams * Adcock to Albertson * Akimoto to Allman * Alquezar to Anderman, Prince Huang, Anders, William 'Five' to Archer * Ariel to Ash * Ashford to Avshari * ' * Babcock to Bannister * Banshee to Bellefeuille * Ben-Fazal to Blaine * Blanchard to Bouvier * 'Boyce to Brentworth * Brigham to Burke * ' * Cachat to Canning * Caparelli to Castellaño * Casterlin to Chernov * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad William Henke
Brad William Henke (April 10, 1966 – November 29, 2022) was an American actor and National Football League and Arena Football League player. He was best known for his role as Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella on ''Orange Is the New Black'', for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016. Early life and education Henke was born in Columbus, Nebraska. He attended the University of Arizona and played football as a defensive lineman. Career Football career Henke was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1989 NFL Draft but got cut during training camp. He was picked up by the Denver Broncos, and he played in Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers. Repeated injuries, which required six ankle surgeries, led to his retirement from professional football in 1994. Acting Henke began acting in 1994, starting with commercials. He appeared in '' October Road'', '' Around June'', ''The Amateurs'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Henke
Werner Henke (13 May 1909 – 15 June 1944) was the commander of in the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II. ''U-515'' was sunk by the US task group 22.3, commanded by Daniel V. Gallery on 9 April 1944 and Henke was captured along with about 40 of his crew. He was shot and killed while attempting to escape from the POW interrogation center in Fort Hunt, Virginia in the United States. Early life and naval career Henke was raised in Rudak, a small village just outside Thorn. When Thorn became part of Poland in 1920, the Henke family moved to Celle in the Province of Hanover. Henke joined the ''Reichsmarine'' in April 1934 after several years in the merchant marine.Mulligan 1993 Henke attended the Naval Academy at Mürwik and served on the pocket battleship . In five years' training he spent only one week studying U-boat warfare. He spent nearly two years stationed at the Pillau (now Baltiysk) naval base starting in 1937. In May 1939 he was assigned to the battleship , where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Henke
Jonathan Henke (born 1974) was an American political blogger. Currently, he is an internet strategy and communications consultant. Henke, a proponent of the modern American political philosophy of neolibertarianism, began blogging aQuestions and Observations (QandO)with co-contributors Dale Franks and Bruce McQuain in 2003. As part of their website, the three also produced a weekly podcast, which Franks and McQuain continue today along with other QandO contributors. During the 2006 Senate Election campaign, after 11 years of experience in talk radio, Henke served as Netroots Coordinator for George Allen. Shortly afterward, Henke served as the New Media Director for the Republican Communications Office, an office of the Senate Republican caucus under the leadership of United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Congressional Quarterly wrote that Henke "launched one of the first and most successful blogger outreach operations on the Capitol Hill, one that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Henke
Rudolf Paul Maria Henke (born 5 June 1954) is a physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 until 2021. Education and early career Born in Düren, Henke completed his Abitur at the ''Stiftisches Gymnasium'' in Düren before studying medicine at RWTH Aachen University between 1972 and 1979. The following year, he became assistant physician at St Antonius Hospital in Eschweiler, rising to become a consultant in hematology and oncology in September 1988. Henke has been on the board of directors of the physicians' trade union ''Marburger Bund'' since 1989, becoming chair in 2007. He is a German delegate to the World Medical Association. Political career Henke joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1992 and became a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in the 1995 state elections. He remained a member of the parliament until 2009, having been twice re-elected, holding positions on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Henke
Holger W. Henke (born in Viersen (North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a political scientist, educator, and between 2014-2017 served as vice-chancellor for academic affairs and provost (emeritus) at Wenzhou-Kean University (associate vice president for academic affairs at Kean University) in Wenzhou, China. From 2008 to 2014 he was assistant provost at York College, City University of New York. He has previously taught (''assistant professor'', 2004–08; ''associate professor'', 2008) at Metropolitan College of New York, and also served as associate professor of political history at Kean University. In the late 1990s he was the assistant director of the Caribbean Research Center (Medgar Evers College). Education Holger Henke attended the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at the University of Munich, where he earned a Magister Artium (Political Science, with double minor in Modern German Literature and Communication Sciences) in 1987. He subsequently emig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Henke
Karl Henke (22 July 1896 in Berlin – 27 April 1945 in Neutief) was an engineer officer in the ''Reichsheer'' during World War I, in the German inter-war army, the ''Reichswehr'', and in the ''Wehrmacht''. Military service, World War I Henke's military service began in 1914 as a cadet with a pioneer battalion. He was promoted to officer in 1915, but in 1916 was seriously wounded and unable to return to frontline service. Posted to Libau, he became involved in developing landing operations, an area in which he specialised for the remainder of his career. Continuing to serve with the ''Reichswehr'' and then the ''Wehrmacht'', by 1939 Henke had been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Military service, World War II On September 1, 1939, Henke was involved in the first major battle of Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, the Battle of Westerplatte, where he led the assault engineer company. Henke was intended to lead Operation ''Nordlicht'', the attempt to take Leningrad in 1942, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Henke
Kevin R. Henke is an American geochemist and former instructor at the University of Kentucky's department of Geology. He currently works as a senior research scientist at the University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research. He is well known for his criticism of young earth creationism and the scientific arguments they make for a young earth. In particular, he has been critical of the RATE project's results, which claim to show that zircons contain too much helium to be billions of years old, and has argued that Russell Humphreys, a young-earth creationist who was involved in the project, has made errors in his research. These flaws include that, according to Henke, "The vast majority of Humphreys et al.'s critical a, b, and Q/Q0 values that are used in these "dating" equations are either missing, poorly defined, improperly measured or inaccurate." Henke has also accused Humphreys of misidentifying his specimens, fudging his data, and not considering the possibility of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolan Henke
Nolan Jay Henke (born November 25, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Henke was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and was a distinguished member of the golf team. During his years at Florida State, Henke won seven tournaments and was an All-American for 3 consecutive years: 1985 – 1987. He turned pro in 1987 and joined the PGA Tour in 1988. In the early 1990s, Henke won three PGA Tour events. His first win came at the 1990 B.C. Open. In 1991, he won the Phoenix Open, finished 5th on the money list, and had six top-10 finishes. His third win came in 1993 at the BellSouth Classic. His best finish in a major has been T6 at both the 1992 Masters Tournament and the 1993 PGA Championship. As he has grown older, Henke has had difficulty maintaining his PGA Tour privileges, and has had to play some events on the Nationwide Tour. His best finish in this ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke
Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke (3 July 1752 – 2 May 1809), German theologian, best known as a writer on church history, was born at Hehlen, Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the father of historian Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (1804–1872). He received his education at the gymnasium in Braunschweig and at the University of Helmstedt. Until 1809, he was associated with the University of Helmstedt, named as an associate professor of philosophy in 1777 and of theology the following year. In 1780, he was chosen as a full professor of theology. During his tenure at Helmstedt, he was appointed abbot of Michaelstein Abbey (1786) and vice-president of the Carolinum in Braunschweig (1803).NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie Henke was a proponent of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke
Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (22 February 1804 in Helmstedt – 1 December 1872 in Marburg), was a German theologian and historian, and the son of the theologian Heinrich Henke (1752–1809). He was the father of anatomist Wilhelm von Henke (1834–1896). From 1820, he studied at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig, then continued his education at the Universities of Göttingen and Jena, where he was influenced by Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843) and Ludwig Baumgarten-Crusius (1788–1843). In 1826 he received his doctorate of philosophy, later returning to Braunschweig, where he taught classes at the Collegium Carolinum. In 1833 he was appointed an associate professor of church history and exegesis at Jena, followed by a full professorship at the University of Marburg (1839). Literary works * ''Georg Calixtus und seine Zeit'', 1833 - Georg Calixtus and his life. * ''Papst Pius VII'', 1860 - Pope Pius VII. * ''Konrad von Marburg : Beichtvater der heiligen Elisabeth u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
