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Hoffman Township, Ontario
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) Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel ''Practical Magic'', which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. Early life and education Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was a Russian-Jewish immigrant."Profile: Alice Hoffman." Musleah, Rahel. ''Hadassah Magazine.'' Published June–July 2008. Accessed January 5, 2017. She graduated from Valley Stream North High School< ...
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Bill Hoffman (other)
William Hoffman may refer to: * William Hoffman (author) (1925–2009), American novelist * William M. Hoffman (1939–2017), American playwright * Bill Hoffman (baseball) (1918–2004), American baseball player * Billy Hoffman (singer), American country music artist * Bill Hoffman (American football) (1902–1994), American football player * Bill Hoffman (bowling) (born 1971), ten-pin bowler * Bill Hoffman, one of the original developers of CMake and vice president of Kitware * William Hoffman (United States Army) (1807–1884), American military officer, led the Colorado River Expedition of 1858–1859 against the Mohave * Sonny Hoffman (William A. Hoffman, 1853–?), baseball player * Bill Hoffman, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010 Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Washington's nine members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biff Hoffman
Clifford Ellsworth "Biff" Hoffman (1904 – January 29, 1954) was an American football player. Early life Hoffman attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then went on to attend Stanford University. Track and field At Stanford, Hoffman was on the track and field team, where he threw the discus. He set an NCAA discus record in 1925 with a throw of , helping Stanford win the 1925 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships. Stanford football Hoffman was also a fullback on Stanford's football team under legendary coach Pop Warner. The 1926 Stanford football team went undefeated in the regular season, outscoring its opponents 268–73, and then faced also-undefeated Alabama in the 1927 Rose Bowl. The teams played to a 7–7 tie and were named co-national champions by most media. In 1927, Hoffman was named team captain and helped lead the team to the 1928 Rose Bowl, facing the Pitt Panthers. Behind 6–0 in the third quarter, Hoffman caught a screen pass and raced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Hoffman
Bernard Hoffman (1913–1979) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. The bulk of his photographic journalism was done during the first 18 years of the revamped ''Life'' magazine, starting in 1936. During this time he produced many photo essays, including a shoot with Carl Sandburg in 1938. He is, perhaps, most known as the first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, providing some harrowing glimpses into the destructive power of the bomb. After leaving ''Life'' in 1951, Hoffman went on to establish Bernard Hoffman Laboratories, a company dedicated to improving the technology for professional photography. The lab was well-known enough that in 1963 he was brought on to process film from the Kennedy assassination, leading to support for belief in the infamous "shooter on the grassy knoll." Following the sale of the lab in 1973, he spent his retirement years running photography workshops with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern Hoffman
Benjamin Bernard Hoffman (February 17, 1913 – December 15, 1979) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing "Earthquake McGoon" in ''Li'l Abner'', both in the Broadway play and in the 1959 film. Life and career Hoffman was born in Maryland, the son of Rose Hoffman. He had a brother and a sister. Hoffman attended Johns Hopkins University, where he studied medicine, and also attended Loyola College, where he studied explosives engineering. Hoffman left college to help out and support his family. Hoffman began his career in 1937, when he appeared in two films, '' Meet the Missus'' and ''Forty Naughty Girls'', playing the uncredited role of the "Orchestra Leader" in both films. Hoffman made his theatre debut in 1944, appearing in the Broadway play titled ''Catherine Was Great''. He also played the role of "Joey Biltmore" in ''Guys and Dolls'', during its first production. Hoffman later played the role of "Pawnee Bill" in the Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benzion Hoffman
Benzion Hoffman (; 1 May 1874 – 14 October 1954), best known by the pen name Zivion (, ''Tsivyen''), was a Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist. Biography Hoffman was born in the village of Krug, near Boysk, in the Courland Governorate. He studied at various ''yeshivas'' in the region, meanwhile becoming acquainted with Maskilic literature, before moving to Vilna at the age of sixteen. There, he was ordained as a rabbi by ''av beis din'' Rabbi Shlomo ha-Kohen. He later studied at the Universities of Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Berlin, and Bern, and obtained a doctorate in engineering. Hoffman published under the pseudonyms Zivion (, a near-anagram of ), Tz. (), Ish Tikva (, 'Man of Hope'), Afna, and Rozman. His first articles appeared in Hebrew in ''Ha-Melitz'' in 1895; he would go on to contribute to ', ''Forverts'', '' Di tsukunft'', '' Der yidisher arbeyter'', ''Folkstsaytung'', and ''Fraynd'', among other periodicals. The following year, he co-founded a sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Hoffman
Benjamin Hoffman (April 15, 1864 – May 20, 1922) was a Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. Life Hoffman was born on April 15, 1864 in New York City, New York, the son of David L. Hoffman and Babette Heilman. His parents were both German immigrants, his father immigrating to America from Maßbach, Bavaria and his mother from Württemberg. Hoffman graduated from the New York University School of Law with an LL.B. in 1885. He then studied law under Alfred Steckler. He was admitted to the bar in 1887, after which he practiced law with his brother Charles L. Hoffman for many years. He became a member of Tammany Hall in 1891. He lived in the Lower East Side. In 1894, Hoffman was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the New York County 6th District. He served in the Assembly in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899. He was a minority member of the 1899 Mazet Special Committee that investigated the affairs of New York City. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hoffman (triathlete)
Ben Hoffman (born August 22, 1983) is an American professional triathlete from Grand Junction, Colorado who races in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. In 2014 he placed second at the Ironman World Championship. Career Hoffman grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado where he participated in basketball, track, golf, and soccer in high school. He also took part in week long bicycle tours and a partial cross-country ride with his parents. After high school he attended the University of Montana where he earned a degree in Spanish language with a minor in English. Hoffman discovered triathlon during a summer trip to Alaska during which he found a book about training and racing. As a result, during his first year at Montana, 2003—2004, he joined the university club triathlon team (that included Linsey Corbin) as well as Team Stampede in Missoula where he enjoyed the people associated with the team, the training the sport required, and the competitiveness. Despite having no swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hoffman
Benjamin Isaac Hoffman (born December 13, 1974), is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. Hoffman is well known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker, Jr., as whom he has released four albums of country music rife with profanity and sexually-explicit lyrics. His first album as Wheeler Walker, Jr., '' Redneck Shit'', debuted in 2016 at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Albums chart and number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Comedy Albums chart, making it the first album in over a decade to debut in the top ten on both those charts simultaneously. Despite no FM radio play, Hoffman found success with streaming and social media. Reception to Hoffman's music has been mixed, largely due to the raunchiness of his lyrics and themes. Some have called the Wheeler Walker, Jr. character an "experiment in free speech" and "a platform to speak out against censorship and bias in the music industry". Hoffman has been vocal about his use of the character as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate Hofmann
Beate Hofmann (born October 15, 1963 in Bad Tölz) is a German Lutheran bishop. Life Hofmann studied Lutheran theology at ''Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel'' in Bielefeld, Heidelberg University, Northwestern University, University of Hamburg, and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. On October 31, 1993 she was ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. Until 1996 she was a pastor at ''Reformations-Gedächtnis-Kirche'' in München-Großhadern. In 1999 she was awarded a Ph.D. in practical theology by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 1998 to 2003 she was theological director of studies at ''Diakonie Neuendettelsau'', and from 2003 to 2013 a professor at Lutheran University in Nuremberg (now Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg). In 2012 she completed her habilitation at Augustana Divinity School Neuendettelsau with an empirical study on religious education for adults, and in 2013 was appointed professor for diaconal science and diacon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Hoffman
Barbara Hoffman (born January 18, 1931) is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6" .68 m/small>, 133 lb. 0 k/small>, she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Belleville, Illinois, Barbara Hoffman began playing softball at age nine and advanced to organized softball leagues in St. Louis, where she was spotted by an AAGPBL scout who offered her a contract to play for the 1951 season.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Hoffman joined the South Bend Blue Sox and was inserted at third base. But she hurt a knee and was temporarily switched to second base because the pivot was easier to catch. She hit .212 with 20 runs and 11 RBI in just 46 games, helping the Blue Sox win their first championship title in the league. In 1952, Hoffman was selected to the All Star Team and belted a home run in the contest, which she considered her greatest individual thrill. Just before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |