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Horning (surname)
Horning is a German language surname. Like the related Hörning and Hornung it may either be derived from the term '' hornung'' and in this case be used as a nickname for someone with a relationship to the month of February or derived from Middle Low German ''hornink'' and then used for a person born out of wedlock (horns as symbols of cuckoldry) or a topographic name referring to the hornlike shape of a property.Notable people with the surname include: * Al Horning (1939–2023), Canadian politician *Jim Horning (1942–2013), American computer scientist * Karen Horning (born 1966), former Peruvian swimmer * Marjorie G. Horning (1917–2020), American biochemist and pharmacologist *Ross Horning (1920–2005), American historian *Steamer Horning (1892–1982), American football player *William A. Horning William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. Together the ... [...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] |
Hörning
Hörning is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder * Dan Hörning (born 1970), Swedish historical fantasy author * Walo Hörning (1910–1986), Swiss fencer See also * Horning (surname) Horning is a German language surname. Like the related Hörning and Hornung it may either be derived from the term '' hornung'' and in this case be used as a nickname for someone with a relationship to the month of February or derived from Middle ... * Hornung {{DEFAULTSORT:Hornung German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornung
Hornung is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clarence P. Hornung (1899–1998), American graphic designer *Dirk Hornung, German curler * Erik Hornung (born 1933), German Egyptologist *Ernest William Hornung (1866–1921), British author *Joe Hornung (1857–1931), American baseball player *Larry Hornung (1945–2001), Canadian ice hockey player *Otto Hornung R.P.S.L. (1920–2013), philatelist, postal historian and member of the Czecho-Slovak Legion in Poland and Russia 1939–1945 *Paul Hornung (1935–2020), American football player *Pitt Hornung (1869–1940), Sugar entrepreneur It was also a Frankish name for the month of February, introduced by Charlemagne; see . See also * Operation Hornung, a 1943 Nazi security campaign in Belarus * Horning (surname) * Hörning Hörning is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder * Dan Hörning (born 1970), Swedish historical fantasy author * Walo Hörni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornung
Hornung is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clarence P. Hornung (1899–1998), American graphic designer *Dirk Hornung, German curler * Erik Hornung (born 1933), German Egyptologist *Ernest William Hornung (1866–1921), British author *Joe Hornung (1857–1931), American baseball player *Larry Hornung (1945–2001), Canadian ice hockey player *Otto Hornung R.P.S.L. (1920–2013), philatelist, postal historian and member of the Czecho-Slovak Legion in Poland and Russia 1939–1945 *Paul Hornung (1935–2020), American football player *Pitt Hornung (1869–1940), Sugar entrepreneur It was also a Frankish name for the month of February, introduced by Charlemagne; see . See also * Operation Hornung, a 1943 Nazi security campaign in Belarus * Horning (surname) * Hörning Hörning is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse Hörning, Swiss bobsledder * Dan Hörning (born 1970), Swedish historical fantasy author * Walo Hörni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Low German
Middle Low German or Middle Saxon (autonym: ''Sassisch'', i.e. " Saxon", Standard High German: ', Modern Dutch: ') is a developmental stage of Low German. It developed from the Old Saxon language in the Middle Ages and has been documented in writing since about 1225/34 (''Sachsenspiegel''). During the Hanseatic period (from about 1300 to about 1600), Middle Low German was the leading written language in the north of Central Europe and served as a lingua franca in the northern half of Europe. It was used parallel to medieval Latin also for purposes of diplomacy and for deeds. Terminology While ''Middle Low German'' (MLG) is a scholarly term developed in hindsight, speakers in their time referred to the language mainly as (Saxon) or (the Saxon language). This terminology was also still known in Luther's time in the adjacent Central German-speaking areas. Its Latin equivalent was also used as meaning 'Low German' (among other meanings). Some languages whose first contacts w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Horning
Edward Allan (Al) Horning (born 11 June 1939 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. His career included real estate, shipping, business and orchards. Horning attended secondary school at Rutland, British Columbia then studied at the University of British Columbia. In 1980, he became an alderman for the Kelowna City Council, where he remained until 1988. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 federal election at the Okanagan Centre electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament but lost to Werner Schmidt of the Reform Party in the 1993 federal election. He made another unsuccessful bid to return to federal Parliament in the 1997 federal election at the Kelowna riding. In 2002, he returned to Kelowna City Council as a councillor. In the 2005 provincial election in British Columbia, Horning was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing Kelowna-Lake Country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Horning
James Jay Horning (24 August 1942 – 18 January 2013) was an American computer scientist and ACM Fellow. Overview Jim Horning received a PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 1969 for a thesis entitled ''A Study of Grammatical Inference''. He was a founding member, and later chairman, of the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of Toronto, Canada, from 1969 until 1977. He was then a Research Fellow at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) from 1977 until 1984 and a founding member and senior consultant at DEC Systems Research Center (DEC/SRC) from 1984 until 1996. He was founder and director of STAR Lab from 1997 until 2001 at InterTrust Technologies Corp. Peter G. Neumann reported on 22 January 2013 in the RISKS Digest, Volume 27, Issue 14, that Horning had died on 18 January 2013. Peter G. Neumann, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Horning
Karen Horning (born November 28, 1966) is a former female breaststroke swimmer, who swam for Peru at the 1988 Summer Olympics Peru competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Field events Shooting ;Men ;Mixed Swimming ;Men ;Wom .... At the Games, she finished in 28th (100 m breaststroke) and in 24th place (200 m breaststroke), setting the nation record latter (2:37.84). As of late 2009, it still stands as the Peru Record. of the FDPN website. Retrieved 2010-02-09. References 1966 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie G
Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram. It came into English from the Old French, from the Latin ''Margarita'' (pearl). After the Middle Ages this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century. Short forms of the name include Marge, Margie, Marj and Jorie. People *Marjorie, Countess of Carrick (also Margaret) (1253–1292), mother of Robert the Bruce *Marjorie Abbatt (1899–1991), English toy maker and businesswoman *Marjorie Acker (1894–1985), American artist *Marjorie Agosín (born 1955), American writer, activist, and professor *Marjorie Anderson (1913–1999), British actress and BBC radio broadcaster *Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002), Scottish historian and paleographer *Marjorie Arnfield (1930–2001), English landscape artist *Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987), Australian writer, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Horning
Ross Charles Horning Jr. (October 10, 1920 – April 1, 2005) was an American historian and baseball player. He played professional baseball in the Minor League Baseball, minor leagues while completing his studies. Horning was a professor of Russian history at Creighton University. Early life Horning was born in Watertown, South Dakota, to Ross Sr. and Harriet Horning. He had seven siblings. Horning attended Watertown High School (South Dakota), Watertown High School, where he earned Letterman (sports), letters in basketball and football and was captain (sports), captain of the basketball team. Baseball career In 1941, Horning made his professional baseball debut with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the Class D (baseball), Class D Western League (1939–1941), Western League. He returned to Sioux Falls, now in the Class C (baseball), Class C Northern League (minor league), Northern League, in the 1942 season. During the season, he was sold to the Duluth Dukes of the Northern League f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamer Horning
Clarence Edward "Steamer" Horning (November 15, 1892January 24, 1982) was an American football player in the 1910s and 1920s. He played college football for the Colgate Raiders and was selected in 1916 as a first-team All-American at the tackle position. He also played professional football in the Ohio State League in 1917 and 1919 and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1920 to 1923. He was selected as a first-team All-NFL player in both 1922 and 1923. Early years Horning was born in 1892 in Phoenix, New York. His parents, Wilburt (or William) and Amelia Horning, were both New York natives. In 1900, the family lived in Phoenix, and Horning's father was described as a "paper machine tender". By 1910, the family had moved to Wheatland, New York, where Horning's father worked as a fireman in another paper mill. Athletic career Colgate University Horning played college football for the Colgate Raiders from 1913 to 1916. In December 1915, he was selected as the captai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
