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Hoffmanns
Hoffmann is a German surname. People A * Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist * Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician *Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council * Asa Hoffmann (born 1943), American chess player *August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), German poet B *Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986), American mathematician and physicist, biographer of Einstein *Baptist Hoffmann (1863–1937), German operatic baritone and voice teacher * Bettina Hoffmann (born 1960), German politician *Bruno Hoffmann (1913–1991), German glass harp player C * Charles F. Hoffmann (1838–1913), German-American topographer * Christoph Hoffmann (1815–1885), German politician and Templer * Christoph Hoffmann (born 1957), German politician D * David Hoffmann (other) E * E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' *Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Hoffmann
Friedrich Hoffmann or Hofmann (19 February 1660 – 12 November 1742) was a German physician and chemist. He is also sometimes known in English as Frederick Hoffmann. Life His family had been connected with medicine for 200 years before him. Born in Halle, he attended the local gymnasium where he acquired that taste for and skill in mathematics to which he attributed much of his later success. Beginning at age 18, he studied medicine at the University of Jena. From there, in 1680, he went to Erfurt, to attend Kasper Cramer's lectures on chemistry. Next year, returning to Jena, he received his doctor's diploma, and, after publishing a thesis, was permitted to teach. Constant study then began to tell on his health, and in 1682, leaving his already numerous pupils, he opened a practice in Minden at the request of a relative who held a high position in that town. After practising at Minden for two years, Hoffmann made a journey to Holland and England, where he formed the acquaintan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Hoffmann (author)
Heinrich Hoffmann (June 13, 1809 – September 20, 1894) was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including ''Der Struwwelpeter'', an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving. Early life and education Hoffmann was born in Frankfurt on Main to an architect father, Philipp Hoffmann, who was responsible for the city's streets and waterways. Hoffmann's mother died when he was a baby. His father later married his mother's sister, Antoinette Lausberg, who was a loving and more than adequate mother to him. Lazy and easily distracted, Hoffmann at first struggled at school, but became a successful student after conforming to the strict discipline imposed by his demanding father. At university in Heidelberg, he immersed himself into the corps student culture. His zest for dueling was small, but owing to his sociability, good humour and wit, Hoffmann soon became the center of many social circles, a pattern that would later repeat itself in his hometown. His progres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Hoffmann
Gottlob Christoph Jonathan Hoffmann (December 2, 1815 – December 8, 1885) was born in Leonberg in the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany. His parents were Beate Baumann (1774-1852) and Gottlieb Wilhelm Hoffmann (1771-1846), who was chairman of the Unitas Fratrum congregation in Korntal. Gottlieb's theological thinking was inspired by reading the works of Johann Albrecht Bengel, whose studies had led him to the conclusion that Christ would return in 1836. Christoph Hoffmann had a Pietist-Christian background and enjoyed a Christian education with the Brethren congregation in Korntal. As a young man he studied theology in Tübingen. An opponent of the much better known liberal theologian David Friedrich Strauss, Hoffmann was elected to the First National German Parliament, which met in Frankfurt am Main in 1848. The failure of his efforts to create a better Christian State through politics caused him to return to the roots of Christianity as expressed by Jesus. He became con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Hoffmann (conductor)
Ernst Heinrich Hoffmann (June 18, 1899–January 3, 1956) was an American conductor who served as the music director of the Houston Symphony for eleven years. Hoffmann was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Although Ernst was an accomplished musician in his youth, during which he studied piano with the noted Harold Bauer, he enrolled in the anthropology program at Harvard University. Hoffmann was graduated cum laude in that discipline, whereupon he was offered a position on the Harvard anthropology faculty. He chose instead to go to Germany in 1920 to study music at the conservatory in Berlin. During this time he met Annemarie Clara ("Mini") Hoffmann (her maiden name), a native German teacher of mathematics and languages, whom he married in 1922, and with whom he had one child, a son, Clifford (born in 1927). Following his Berlin studies, Hoffmann performed as a violinist in Berlin theatre orchestras, often under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, 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 language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Hoffmann (basketball)
Felix Hoffmann (born 11 July 1989) is a German professional basketball player for s.Oliver Würzburg of the German League Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). During the 2014-15 season, he played for the Oettinger Rockets Gotha Rockets is a German professional basketball team. It is originally based in Gotha, Germany but plays its home games in Erfurt. The Rockets are the first team of the BiG Gotha basketball club. In 2017, Rockets promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga .... big-gotha.de, 26 June 2014. Accessed 22 Dec 2017. References External links Team Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Hoffmann (painter)
Hans Hoffmann (c. 1530 in Nuremberg – 1591/92 in Prague) was a German painter and draftsman. A leading representative of the Dürer Renaissance, he specialised in watercolor and gouache nature studies, many of them copied from or based on Dürer's work. Biography By 1576 he was living in Nuremberg, where he was mentioned in the records of the town-council meetings as the painter Hans Hoffmann, citizen of the town. He quickly became known for his copies after works by Albrecht Dürer. In 1584 he went to Munich to work on behalf of William V, Duke of Bavaria. In 1585 he was appointed as a court painter by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, who brought him to the imperial court in Prague. At the imperial court, Hoffmann advised Rudolph on the development of his art collection and acquired for him works by Dürer. The art collection assembled by the Nuremberg citizen contained more than 100 works by Hans Hoffmann. Because the collection was intact until the beginning of the 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleisi Hoffmann
Gleisi Helena Hoffmann ( or ; born 6 September 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. She was the Chief of Staff of Brazil from 8 June 2011 to 2 February 2014, during the presidency of Dilma Rousseff. Following her tenure as Chief of Staff, she became a Senator for Paraná and in 2017 became national president of the Workers' Party. Biography Gleisi Hoffmann began her involvement in politics in the student movement during her youth, becoming a Workers' Party' member in 1989. She graduated in law in the Centro Universitário Curitiba (Faculdade de Direito de Curitiba). Known for her public management skills, Hoffmann has served as state secretary in Mato Grosso do Sul and as municipal secretary in the city of Londrina. She was a member of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential transition team in 2002, and served as the financial director at the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam from 2003 to 2006. She ran for the Federal Senate of Brazil in 2006 and for the office o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Franz Hoffmann
Georg Franz Hoffmann was a German botanist and lichenologist. He was born on 13 January 1760 in Marktbreit, Germany, and died on 17 March 1826 in Moscow, Russia. Professional career After graduating from the University of Erlangen in 1786, he worked there between 1787 and 1792 as a professor of botany. Between 1792 and 1803 he was Head of the Botany Department and Director of the Botanical Garden of Göttingen University. Already a famous botanist, in particular for his work on lichens, he settled in Moscow in January 1804 and directed the Department of Botany at University of Moscow, as well as the Botanical garden. Works *''Descriptio et adumbratio plantarum e classe cryptogámica Linnaei qua lichenes dicuntur...'' (1789-1801) *''Vegetabilia cryptogama''. (1790, Erlangen) *''Nomenclator Fungorum''. (1789-1790, two volumes, Berlin) *''Historia salicum, iconibus illustrata''. (1785-1787, Leipzig) *''Deutschlands Flora, oder, Botanisches Taschenbuch (1791, 1795, 1800, and 1804, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geza Von Hoffmann
Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921)Turda, Marius, and Paul Weindling. "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940. Budapest: Central European UP, 2007. pp. 1 Print. was a prominent Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer. He lived for a time in California as the Austrian Vice-Consulate where he observed and wrote on eugenics practices in the United States. His best known book, ''Die Rassenhygiene in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika'' (''Racial Hygiene in the United States of America'') described his observations in America. His reports on American eugenicist activity influenced German and especially Berlin eugenicists up to the first World War. He served as a key connection between American and German eugenics activities. Views on eugenics He shared his views with Germans and Hungarians “that eugenic policies should improve the racial qualities of the nation”.Turda, Marius, and Paul Weindling. "Blood and Homeland": ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaby Hoffmann
Gabrielle Mary Antonia HoffmannStated on '' Finding Your Roots'', November 21, 2017 (born January 8, 1982) is an American actress. She initially found success as a child actress, appearing in ''Field of Dreams,'' ''Uncle Buck,'' and ''Sleepless in Seattle'', and then later as a teenager with '' Now and Then,'' ''Volcano,'' '' All I Wanna Do,'' and '' 200 Cigarettes''. After a hiatus, Hoffmann returned to film acting in 2007, appearing in various independent projects that garnered critical acclaim. This has been described as a career "resurgence", due to her roles in '' Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus'' with Michael Cera, ''Wild'' with Reese Witherspoon, and her leading role in '' C'mon C'mon'' alongside Joaquin Phoenix. On television, she starred as Ali Pfefferman in ''Transparent'' (2014–2019), and appeared as Caroline Sackler in ''Girls'' (2014–2017), which garnered her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Early life Hoffmann was born in New York City. Her mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche
Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, later Fritz Hoffmann-von der Mühll (1868 1920), was a Swiss businessman who founded the pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co. Early life Hoffmann was born in Basel, Switzerland (french: link=no, Bâle) on the 24 October 1868 as the third child of Friedrich Hoffmann and Anna Elisabeth Merian. His godfathers were the parental grandfather Johan Heinrich Merian von der Mühll, his uncle, the Mayor of Basel Carl Felix Burckhardt von der Mühll and Anna Von der Mühll. His family were wealthy businesspeople from Basel's social elite (called the "Daig"), and they provided both employment experience and investment at the beginning of his business career. In the 1870s and 80s he absolved primary and high school in Basel and then absolved an apprenticeship at a bank in francophone part of Switzerland. When he returned to Basel in 1889 he entered a second internship at a pharmaceuical company.Wanner, Gustaf Adolf (1968). pp.25–27 Between 1891 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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