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Hoch or Höch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Hoch (1910–1992), Austrian architect * August Hoch (1868–1919), Swiss-born American psychiatrist * Beverly Hoch (born 1951), American opera singer * Daniel Hoch (born 1979), Swedish soccer player * Daniel K. Hoch (1866-1960), American politician *Danny Hoch (born 1970), American actor and writer *Edward D. Hoch (1930–2008), American writer * Edward W. Hoch (1849–1925), American politician *Eva-Maria Hoch (born 1984), Austrian tennis player *Gebhard Hoch (1943–2000), Liechtenstein politician * Gottfried Höch (1800–1872), German official *Hannah Höch (1889–1978), German artist * Harry Hoch (1887–1981), American baseball player * Heinrich Theodor Höch (1845–1905), German businessman *Homer Hoch (1879–1949), American politician * James Hoch, microbiologist *James Hoch (poet), American poet *Johann Otto Hoch (1855–1906), German-born American murderer *Joseph Hoch (1815–1874), German la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Hoch
Adolf Hoch (June 17, 1910 – May 24, 1992) was an Austrian architecture, architect. He was born in Vimperk, Winterberg, Austria-Hungary, Austrian-Hungarian Empire. In 1948 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Skisprungschanze auf dem Kobenzl" ("Ski jumping hill on the Kobenzl"). Hoch was the last Austrian gold medalist in art competition. He was the architect of the Opernpassage in Vienna, a pedestrian underpass of the most busy crossroads of the city near the opera house. It was built in 1955 and opened on 4 November 1955, one day before the reopening of the Vienna State Opera after World War II. Since then it has been a symbol of the modern spirit in architecture and urban planning in Vienna. Cooperating with the Federal Office for the Protection of Monuments in Austria the City of Vienna undertook a complete restoration of the structure, which was reopened on 17 September 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer Hoch
Homer Hoch (July 4, 1879 – January 30, 1949) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, United States Congressman from Kansas, and judge who served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1933. Biography Born in Marion, Kansas, Hoch graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, in 1902. He attended George Washington Law School, Washington, D.C., and Washburn Law School, Topeka, Kansas, from which he graduated in 1909. Career He served as clerk and chief of the Appointment Division in the United States Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. from 1903 to 1905. He was private secretary to the Governor of Kansas Edward Wallis Hoch in 1907 and 1908. He engaged in the practice of law in Marion from 1909 to 1919 and was editor of the '' Marion County Record'' newspaper. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention The Republican National Convention (RNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xaver Hoch
Xaver Hoch (born 18 April 1947) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1993 to 1997. He also served as the mayor of Triesen from 1987 to 2007. He works as a self-employed civil engineer and architectural drafter. He was a member of the Triesen municipal council from 1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ... to 1987. Honours * : Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2007) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoch, Xaver Living people 1947 births People from Triesen Mayors of Triesen Liechtenstein engineers Liechtenstein architects Progressive Citizens' Party members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein Progressive Citizens' Party mayors of Liechtenstein Members of the Landtag of Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor, politician and fraudster. After escaping the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Nazi occupation of his native country, Maxwell joined the Czechoslovak Legion (1939), Czechoslovak Army in exile during World War II and was decorated after active service in the British Army. In subsequent years he worked in publishing, building up Pergamon Press to a major academic publisher. After six years as a Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) during the 1960s, Maxwell again put all his energy into business, successively buying the British Printing Corporation, Mirror Group Newspapers and Macmillan Publishers, among other publishing companies. Robert Maxwell led a flamboyant lifestyle, living in Headington Hill Hall in Oxford, from which he often flew in his helicopter, or saili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winton C
Winton may refer to: Places Australia * Winton, Queensland, a town * Shire of Winton, Queensland * Winton, Victoria, a town * Winton Motor Raceway in Winton, Victoria New Zealand * Winton, New Zealand, a town in Southland United Kingdom *Winton, an archaic name for Winchester, the county city of Hampshire, England * Winton, Cumbria, England, a village and civil parish * Winton, Dorset, a suburb of Bournemouth, England * Winton, East Sussex, England *Winton, Greater Manchester, a small village * Winton, North Yorkshire, a hamlet * Winton House, Pencaitland, East Lothian, the ancient seat of the Earls of Winton * Winton Square, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England United States * Winton, California, a census-designated place * Winton, Minnesota, a city * Winton, North Carolina, a town * Winton, Washington, an unincorporated community * Winton, Wyoming, a ghost town * Winton (Clifford, Virginia), a home on the National Register of Historic Places * Camp Winton, California, a summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Hoch
Scott Mabon Hoch ( ; born November 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002. Early life Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. While attending Needham B. Broughton High School, he won the 1973 North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) men's golf state championship. Amateur career Hoch was a member of the golf team at Wake Forest University before graduating in 1978. In 1978, Hoch reached the final of the U.S. Amateur, losing 5 & 4 to John Cook. His good play earned him membership for top international team competitions like the 1978 Eisenhower Trophy and the 1979 Walker Cup. The Americans won both events. His achievements in 1978 led to an invitation to the 1979 Masters Tournament where he tied for 34th place, the second low amateur only behind Bobby Clampett. Professional career Hoch turned professional in 1979 after competing in the U.S. Amateur. Hoch has won several tournaments, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preben Hoch
Preben Hoch (10 December 1925 – 12 July 2014) was a Danish rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1925 births 2014 deaths Danish male rowers Olympic rowers for Denmark Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Rebild Municipality Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Hoch
Matthew Hoch (born December 29, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American academic and teacher of singing. Hoch is currently professor of voice at Auburn University, where he teaches applied voice, lyric diction, and vocal literature courses. From 2006 to 2012 he was assistant professor of voice at Shorter University in Rome, Georgia, where he was a member of the voice faculty, taught vocal literature, and served as coordinator of voice studies. From 2006 to 2008, he conducted the Shorter Chorus. Before coming to Shorter University, he was assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin–Barron County. Prior to that appointment, he held part-time teaching positions at Central Connecticut State University, Northeastern University, the Hartt School, and the New England Conservatory. Hoch is primarily known to the national voice pedagogy community through his scholarship, authorship of several books, and service to several high- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambert Anthony Hoch
Lambert Anthony Hoch (February 6, 1903 – June 27, 1990) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Bismarck (1952–1956) and Bishop of Sioux Falls (1956–1978). Biography Early life Lambert Hoch was born on February 6, 1903, in Elkton, South Dakota, to George and Philomena (née Kniest) Hoch, the youngest of their nine children. After graduating from Elkton High School, he entered Creighton University at Omaha, Nebraska in 1920. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Creighton in 1924, and then studied theology at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Priesthood Hoch was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Sioux Falls by Bishop Bernard Mahoney on May 30, 1928. Hoch then served as a professor of philosophy at Columbus College until 1929, when he became a curate at Immaculate Conception Parish in Watertown. In 1933 he was named chancellor of the diocese. In addition to his duties as chancellor, he served as cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hoch
Joseph Paul Johannes Hoch (3 May 1815 – 19 September 1874) was a German lawyer and benefactor. He willed his fortune to the Hoch Conservatory Foundation, founded in 1878 in Frankfurt. It is, after Leipzig and Berlin, the seventh oldest music conservatory in Germany. He was born and died in Frankfurt am Main. Life Hoch came from a family which had been in Frankfurt am Main for generations. All four of his grandparents had lived there. His father, the lawyer Johann Peter Hieronymus Hoch (1779 – 1831), was a magistrate and senator who, in 1829, became mayor of the Free City of Frankfurt. His mother, the Swiss-born Ottilie von Sodenstern, was also the child of a magistrate and senator. He began to learn piano and violin at a young age. Like his father before him, Hoch studied law and received the degree of Doctor of Law. At the age of 41 he married the Baroness Ottilie von Sodenstern, who would outlive him by 48 years. She died in Kassel in 1922. The couple had no offsprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Otto Hoch
Johann Otto Hoch (also known as The Bluebeard Murderer and Chicago Bluebeard) (1855 – February 23, 1906) is the most famous and last-used alias of a German-born murderer and bigamist, John Schmidt. He was found guilty of the murder of one wife but is thought to have killed more, perhaps up to fifty victims. He was executed by hanging in 1906. Early life Hoch was born John Schmidt in 1855, at Horrweiler, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ..., Germany). He emigrated to the United States in the 1890s and dropped his surname in favor of assorted pseudonyms where he began to marry a string of women, frequently taking the name of his most recent victim. Hoch used matrimonial ads to find victims. He would sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hoch (poet)
James Hoch is an American poet. Biography The son of a teacher-coach and a saleswoman, Hoch grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey, with three older siblings. Hoch studied philosophy at Millersville University and graduated from University of Maryland with an MFA in creative writing/poetry. He has taught at Franklin and Marshall College and Lynchburg College. He now teaches in the Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies at Ramapo College in New Jersey. Prior to teaching, Hoch worked as a dishwasher, dock worker, cook, social worker, and shepherd. Hoch's poems have appeared in '' American Poetry Review'', '' Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Antioch'', ''Slate'', '' The Kenyon Review'', '' The Gettysburg Review'', '' Ninth Letter'', '' Carolina Quarterly'', '' The Virginia Quarterly Review'', '' New England Review'', ''Pleiades'', '' Black Warrior Review'', ''Gettysburg'', ''Five Fingers'', and ''The New Republic''. He was the 2008 The Frost Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
