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Hesse (surname)
Hesse is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Friedrich Hesse (1809–1863), German composer *Adukwei Hesse, Ghanaian physician-academic, tuberculosis control expert, prison reform advocate and Presbyterian minister *Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, First Ghanaian woman to train as a paediatric surgeon *Amandine Hesse (born 1993), French tennis player *Chris Tsui Hesse (born 1932), cinematographer, filmmaker, prison reform campaigner and Presbyterian minister * Christian Heinrich Friedrich Hesse (1772-1832), German pastor and naturalist *Eva Hesse (1936–1970), painter and sculptor *Herman Chinery-Hesse (born 1963), Ghanaian technology entrepreneur and founder of the SOFTribe *Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), German-born poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 *Karen Hesse (born 1952), US writer *Konrad Hesse (1919–2005), German jurist *Lebrecht James Chinery-Hesse (1930–2018), Ghanaian lawyer, civil servant and diplomat * Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Friedrich Hesse
Adolf Friedrich Hesse (30 August 1809 – 5 August 1863) was a German organist and composer. Life Hesse was born and died in Breslau. He studied in his home town with the organists Friedrich Wilhelm Berner and Ernst Köhler (1799–1847). He was taught within the Bach tradition of Silesia. On his first concert tour in Germany he met the organist Christian Heinrich Rinck, with whom he returned to study for six months in 1828-1829: Rinck was a student of Johann Christian Kittel, who in turn was a student of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1831, he became the principal organist at the Bernhardinerkirche in Breslau. Considered one of the most important organists in Germany, his virtuosic playing and agile pedalwork dazzled audiences in Paris, where he played an all-Bach programme—a novelty in France—for the inauguration of the organ at Saint-Eustache in 1844; and in London, where he played at Crystal Palace during the Great Exhibition of 1851. Back in Breslau, he conducted the symphon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Chinery-Hesse
Mary Chinery-Hesse, , née Blay (born 29 October 1938) is an international civil servant and diplomat serving as the first woman Chancellor of the University of Ghana, inducted on 1 August 2018. She was the first female Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization Early life and education Mary Blay was born to Robert Samuel Blay, a barrister, jurist and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana during the First Republic. Her mother was Dinah Blay. She had her secondary education at the Wesley Girls' Senior High School in Cape Coast. She also holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology and Economics, and Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the University of Ghana and did postgraduate training in Development Economics at the University of Dublin. Career In her early career, Mary Chinery-Hesse was a Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, and Secretary of the National Economic Planning Council. She joined the UN in 1981 where she held the appointm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hess (surname)
Hess or Heß, a Germans, German and Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazic surname, meaning somebody originally from the region of Hesse. Two alternative origins have been reported. Usage in the south of Germany may arise from a contraction of the personal name ''Matthäus''. Notable people who share this surname include: *Adam Hess (born 1981), American basketball player *Adam Hess (comedian), British comedian *Alexander Hess (1898–1981), Czechoslovak war pilot part of No. 310 Squadron RAF *András Hess, Hungarian printer *Beat W. Hess (born 1949), Swiss businessman *Bernhard Hess (born 1966), Swiss politician *Bernhard von Hess (1792–1869), Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister *Carl von Hess (1863–1923), German ophthalmologist *Catherina Hess, (born 1985), German actress *Damian Hess aka MC Frontalot, nerdcore rapper *Dean Hess (1917–2015), American Air Force Colonel *Derek Hess, (born 1964), American artist *Elizabeth Hess (born 1953), Canadian actress *Elmar Hess (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasse
Hasse is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Clara H. Hasse (1880–1926), American botanist * Helmut Hasse (1898–1979), German mathematician * Henry Hasse (1913–1977), US writer of science fiction * Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783), German composer * Maria Hasse (1921–2014), German mathematician * Peter Hasse (c. 1585–1640), German organist and composer Given name or nickname: * Hans Alfredson (born 1931), Swedish actor, film director, writer and comedian * Hans Backe (born 1952), Swedish football manager * Hasse Borg (born 1953), Swedish footballer * Hasse Börjes (born 1948), Swedish speed skater * Hasse Ekman (1915-2004), Swedish film director and actor * Hans Wind (1919–1995), Finnish flying ace See also * Hasse bound, on the number of points on an elliptic curve * Hasse diagram In order theory, a Hasse diagram (; ) is a type of mathematical diagram used to represent a finite partially ordered set, in the form of a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Von Hesse-Wartegg
Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (21 February 1851 – 17 May 1918) was an Austrian – American writer and traveller. He was consul of Venezuela in Switzerland (1888–1918). He completed 29 books and close to 700 journal articles. Biography Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg's origins are unknown, but he was thought to have been born in or near Vienna, Austria. He had a daughter born out of wedlock who tried in vain to prove her family roots in the 1930s. In 2012 several research teams could not find more information, only in results published in 2017 it was demonstrated that Hesse-Wartegg was Austrian by birth, but adopted the US American citizenship in 1887. In 1878, he married the American opera singer Minnie Hauk (1851–1929). Starting 1889 they lived in their villa in Tribschen, near Lucerne, Switzerland. Throughout his life he went on travels worldwide. In 1872 he went to South-Eastern Europe, 1876 was his first trip to the US. Trips in the years 1880 to Tunis, 1881 to Egypt, and 1883 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Hesse
Walther Hesse (27 December 1846 – 19 July 1911) is best known for his work in microbiology, specifically his work with his wife Fanny Hesse in developing agar as a medium for culturing microorganisms. Biography He was born in Bischofswerda, Lusatia, as one of 12 children in the family of a medical practitioner. Hesse attended the Kreuzschule in Dresden and studied medicine at the University of Leipzig with Ernst Leberecht Wagner from 1866 till 1870, when he received his doctorate in pathology. Afterwards he participated in the Franco-Prussian War, and therein in the Battle of Gravelotte. As a ship's physician on the New York Line 1872/73 he examined seasickness – his works were classified by Prof. Gavingel of Le Havre as the first scientific study on this topic at all. In New York City, Hesse met his later wife Angelina Fanny Eilshemius. The Eilshemius family were immigrants of Dutch-German origin – Angelina's brother Louis Eilshemius is known as an important painter, Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Hesse
Virginia Hesse (born 1944) is a Ghanaian civil servant and diplomat who served as Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. She spent a majority of her professional career in the Ghanaian public service. Family life and education A native of Osu, Accra, Virginia Hesse is a member of the notable Hesse family. Her brother, Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse (1934 – 2000) was the first black African Rhodes Scholar, two-time Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and a member of the Public Services Commission of Ghana. Her other brother, Christian Hesse served as Ghana's ambassador to the Soviet Union and later to Russia in the 1980s and 1990s. She is an alumna of the University of Ghana, Legon. Career She worked at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Accra, as a commercial officer and at the ministry's diplomacy department. She was Ghana's Deputy Trade Commissioner at the Court of St James's. In the private sector, she also worked for a Swiss in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Heße
Stefan Heße is a German prelate of the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg, Archdiocese of Hamburg since 26 January 2015. The youngest diocesan bishop in Germany, he has often been outspoken on social and religious topics. Biography Early life and priesthood Heße was born in Cologne, Germany, on 7 August 1966. Born to a family of bakers, he grew up in the city's Junkersdorf district. He attended George Büchner Gymnasium in Cologne's Weiden, Cologne, Weiden district. After graduation in 1986, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Bonn and University of Regensburg. Heße was ordained on 18 June 1993 by Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal Joachim Meisner in the Cologne Cathedral. From 1993 to 1997 he was pastor at St. Remigius Church (Bergheim), St. Remigius Church in the city of Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bergheim. From 1997 to 2003 he was a lecturer at the University of Königsberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Hesse
Ruth Hesse (born 18 September 1936) is a German dramatic mezzo-soprano. She was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1962 to 1995, and appeared internationally, including the Bayreuth Festival and the Salzburg Festival. She appeared regularly at the Vienna State Opera from 1965 to 1988, and was appointed an Austrian Kammersängerin in 1982. In Berlin, she took part in the world premiere of Henze's ''Der junge Lord''. Life and career Born in Wuppertal, Hesse first studied with Peter Offermanns in Wuppertal, then with Hildegard Scharf in Hamburg and finally also in Milan. She made her debut in 1958 at the Theater Lübeck as Orpheus in Gluck's ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', and remained there until 1960. Afterwards she was engaged for two seasons at the Staatsoper Hannover. In 1960 she made her debut at the Hamburg State Opera and the Bayreuth Festival, where she performed until 1979 and was gradually assigned larger roles, culminating in Ortrud in ''Lohengrin'', opposite Peter Hofman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hesse
Richard Hesse (20 February 1868 in Nordhausen – 28 December 1944 in Berlin) was a German zoologist and ecologist. Hesse took his PhD in 1892 from the University of Tübingen and was subsequently appointed lecturer, later extraordinary professor (1901) of zoology at the same university. In 1909, he became professor of zoology at the Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Berlin (Agricultural University of Berlin) and in 1914 at the University of Bonn. From 1926 to 1935, he was a professor and director of the zoological institute at the University of Berlin. Hesse worked in the spirit of Karl August Möbius with biogeography and ecology of vertebrates. He published ''Tierbau und Tierleben'' ranslated title: Animal form and lifein 1910 together with Franz Theodor Doflein. In 1924, he published his ''Tiergeographie auf Ökologischer Grundlage''. The title of this work paraphrases Schimper's classical ''Pflanzengeographie auf Physiologischer Grundlage'' (1898). The book was translated to En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Hesse
Regina Hesse (1832–1898), also Rottmann, was a Gold Coast Euro-Africans, Euro-African Teacher, schoolteacher in colonial Ghana. As an educationist, she was one of first women exemplars on the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast to become a school administrator. Hesse was trained by the Demographics of Angola, Angolan-born Jamaica Province of the Moravian Church, Jamaican Moravian pioneer woman teacher, Catherine Mulgrave who set up three girls’ specialist boarding schools at Osu, Accra, Osu, Abokobi and Odumase Krobo, Odumase and was active in the women's Christian ministry in Osu, Accra, Christiansborg, Accra. Early life and education Regina Hesse was born in Osu, Accra, Christiansborg, Accra in 1832 to a Gold Coast Euro-Africans, Euro-African merchant, Herman Hesse and a Ga–Dangme people, Ga woman, Charlotte Lamiorkai, who hailed from a trading family at Shai Hills. The Hesse family was an influential Euro-African trading family from Osu Amantra with Germanic peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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