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Hoffman (other)
Hoffman is a German or Jewish surname or given name. Hoffman, Hofmann or Hoffmann may also refer to: Places In the United States: *Hoffman, Illinois (village) *Hoffman Estates, Illinois (village) *Hoffman, Minnesota (city) *Hoffman, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Hoffman, New Jersey (unincorporated community) *Hoffmans, New Jersey (unincorporated community) *Hoffman, North Carolina (town) *Hoffman, Oklahoma (town) *Hoffman Island, near Staten Island, New York *Hoffman, United States Virgin Islands, Hoffman, settlement in the Virgin Islands Animals *Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, a species of sloth from Central and South America *Hoffmann's woodpecker, a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica *Hoffmanns's woodcreeper, a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily *Hoffmann's pika, a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae *Hoffmann's rat, a species of rodent in the family Muridae Artistic works *Hoffman (film), ''Hoffman'' (film), 1970 come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffman
Hoffman is a surname of German and Jewish origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name can also be spelled Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman, Huffman, Hofmans. People with the surname A * Aaron Hoffman (1880–1944), American writer, director and comedian * Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989), American social activist of prominence in the 1960s and 1970s * Abraham Hoffman (1938–2015), Israeli basketball player * Al Hoffman (1902–1960), Russian-born American songwriter * Alan Hoffman (born 1982), American entrepreneur * Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist and discoverer of LSD * Alex Hoffman-Ellis (born 1989), American football player * Alice Hoffman (born 1952), American author * Anthony Hoffman (1739–1790), New York politician * Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (1876–1966), American magazine editor * August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tales Of Hoffmann
''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in October 1880, four months before the premiere. Composition history and sources Offenbach saw a play, , written by Barbier and Michel Carré and produced at the Odéon Theatre in Paris in 1851. After returning from America in 1876, Offenbach learned that Barbier had adapted the play, which had now set to music at the Opéra. Salomon handed the project to Offenbach. Work proceeded slowly, interrupted by the composition of profitable lighter works. Offenbach had a premonition, like Antonia, the heroine of Act 2, that he would die prior to its completion. Offenbach continued working on the opera throughout 1880, attending some rehearsals. On 5 October 1880, he died with the manuscript in his hand, just four months before the opening. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffmann–La Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. The company controls the American biotechnology company Genentech, which is a wholly owned affiliate, and the Japanese biotechnology company Chugai Pharmaceuticals, as well as the United States-based companies Ventana and Foundation Medicine. Roche's revenues during fiscal year 2020 were 58.32 billion Swiss francs. Descendants of the founding Hoffmann and Oeri families own slightly over half of the bearer shares with voting rights (a pool of family shareholders 45%, and Maja Oeri a further 5% apart), with Swiss pharma firm Novartis owning a furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffmann (motorcycle)
Hoffmann was a bicycle manufacturer in Ratingen-Lintorf, Germany. Between 1948 and 1954 the company also manufactured motorcycles. It made a range of models using engines from 125cc to 250cc made by ILO, and the Gouverneur, which had a transversely-mounted 248 cc flat twin four-stroke engine designed by Richard Küchen, and shaft drive. The Gouverneur was developed into the MP 250-2 and finally, in 1953, the S 300 model. From 1949 to 1954 Hoffmann also made at least 60,000 Vespa motor scooters under license. A licensing dispute brought this to an end in 1954. At the same time, Hoffmann also withdrew from making its own motorcycles, and had further legal problems with their microcar, the Auto-Kabine. Beginning Jakob Oswald Hoffmann moved his Solinger Bicycle Factory to Lintorf, near Düsseldorf, shortly after the end of World War II. In the immediate postwar era, the factory made household goods, tools, and bicycles. The factory began making motorcycles in 1948. Vespa prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffmann (German Automobile)
The 1951 Hoffmann is a three-wheeled car created by Michael Hoffmann, a shop foreman from Munich. Only one Hoffmann was ever made; it is currently part of the collection at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Design The car is notable for its plethora of unconventional and often user-hostile design elements.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine These include: *Windows that are raised or lowered with a strap that the user pulls, and held in place with eyelets and pegs * Suicide doors and a driving position that make ingress and egress extremely difficult *A starter awkwardly placed by the driver's right hip *A fuel filler tube which goes from the roof, directly through the cabin of the car *Front wheels that are farther apart than the length of the wheelbase *A linear rather than H-shaped shift pattern with a neutral between each gear *The rear wheel is placed immediately behind the driver, with a large portion of the car behind it *Rear-wheel steering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffman (Detroit Automobile)
The Hoffman had two prototype vehicles built by the R.C. Hoffman company of Detroit, Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ... in 1931. They were front-drive vehicles, powered by Lycoming straight-8 engines. The wheels were carried on solid load-bearing axles. Semi-elliptical springs were equipped on the front end, along with torque arms. References * Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit {{Vintage-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffman (Cleveland Automobile)
The Hoffman Automobile and Manufacturing Company was founded in 1900 by French immigrant Louis Hoffman and based in Cleveland, Ohio. The first cars went on sale in 1902. The original versions ran on steam, but the business eventually accepted the internal combustion engine. Hoffman departed the company in 1903. It was later renamed the Royal Motor Company Royal Motor Car Company was a Brass Era manufacturer of luxury automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio, in business from 1904 to 1911. It was the result of a reorganization of the Hoffman Automobile Company. History In November 1903, Edward Shurmer .... Surviving examples An open-top 1903 Hoffman is on display at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. One of 100 Hoffmans made that year, it sported a single-cylinder gasoline engine and sold for $925 in 1903. External linksExhibit at Crawford Museum References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman (Cleveland Automobile) Brass Era vehicles Manufacturing companies based in Cleveland Motor ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffman Television
Hoffman Television was a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s. Hoffman Television was part of the first coast-to-coast color broadcast in the United States when NBC telecasted the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 1954, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers by manufacturers RCA, General Electric, Philco, Raytheon, Hallicrafters, Hoffman, Pacific Mercury Pacific Mercury was a manufacturer of television sets in the 1950s and 1960s under the name Mercury Television. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillsborough, California
Hillsborough is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located south of San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula, bordered by Burlingame to the north, San Mateo to the east, Highlands-Baywood Park to the south, and Interstate 280 to the west. The population was 11,387 as of 2020. History Hillsborough is located on the Rancho San Mateo Mexican land grant which was purchased by William Davis Merry Howard, son of a wealthy Hillsborough, New Hampshire, shipping magnate, in 1846. Howard settled his family in this area, which attracted wealthy San Franciscans. On May 5, 1910, Hillsborough residents voted to incorporate. From the town's foundation until 1963, it was an exclusive community for wealthy whites. In 1963, Jack and Betty Ken, the first-generation children of Chinese Immigrants, purchased land in the town. This made them the first non-white people to own land in the town, effectively desegregating Hillsborough. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. He mainly built suburban single-family detached homes for wealthy clients. His most notable works include the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California. Biography Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the second district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892, into a wealthy Jewish family. His Jewish-Hungarian father Samuel Neutra (1844–1920) was a proprietor of a metal foundry, and his mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Glaser Neutra (1851–1905) was a member of the IKG Wien. Richard had two brothers who also emigrated to the United States, and a sister, Josephine Theresia "Pepi" Weixlgärtner, an artist who was married to the Austrian art historian Arpad Weixlgärtner and who emigrated later to Sweden, where her work can be seen at T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur And Mona Hofmann House
Arthur and Mona Hofmann House, also known as the Hofmann House, was built in 1937 and is a historic home located at 1048 Cuesta Road in Hillsborough, California, Hillsborough, California. The building was designed by Modern architecture, Modernist architect Richard Neutra in International Style (architecture), International Style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 5, 1991. The house is a private residence and not open to the public. History Arthur Hofmann (1898–1979), and his artist wife, Mona (1910–1971) were introduced to architect Richard Neutra by Dr. Sidney Joseph and his wife Emily of San Francisco. Mona Hofmann had been a painting assistant to Diego Rivera for his mural ''Man at the Crossroads, Man, Controller of the Universe,'' and ''Pan American Unity'', where she also is a subject in the latter Rivera mural (in panel 2). Emily Joseph had been a translator for Diego Rivera in 1930–1931. The Hofmann house was Neutra's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
