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Hartwig (surname)
Hartwig is a Germanic-language surname, literally meaning ''hard in battle'' ('' wikt:hart'' + '' wikt:wig''). Finnish variants of the name, derived from the North German form '' Harteke'', include '' Hartik'' (archaic), '' Hartikka'', '' Harto'', '' Hartto'', '' Harttu'', '' Hartus'', '' Harttula'', '' Hartikkala'', '' Hartoinen'', '' Hartuinen'' and most often, '' Hartikainen'', a Savonian noble variant. Notable people with the surname include: *Carter Hartwig (b. 1956), American professional football player * Clayton Hartwig (1964–1989), American sailor accused of causing the 1989 explosion of the 16" gun turret on the ''USS Iowa'' * Edward Hartwig (1909–2003), Polish photographer *Ernst Hartwig (1851–1923), German astronomer *Eva Brigitta Hartwig, later Vera Zorina, German prima ballerina active in America * Gay Hartwig (contemporary), American voice actress *Ina Hartwig (b. 1963), German author, journalist, culture politician * Heike Hartwig (b. 1962), German Olympic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart
Hart often refers to: * Hart (deer) Hart may also refer to: Organizations * Hart Racing Engines, a former Formula One engine manufacturer * Hart Skis, US ski manufacturer * Hart Stores, a Canadian chain of department stores * Hart's Reptile World, a zoo in Oregon, United States * Harts Stores, a defunct American chain of department stores People * Hart (given name) * Hart (surname) ** Hart family, a family of Canadian professional wrestlers, plus some American and British wrestlers related by marriage *** The Hart Foundation, a number of tag teams or stables, most of them featuring second-generation members of the above family **** The Hart Dynasty, a late-2000s WWE stable that included third-generation members of the family * Hart family murders, a 2018 murder–suicide by Jennifer and Sarah Hart, who murdered their six adopted children Places Austria: * Hart, Austria Australia: * Hart, Northern Territory, a locality * Hart, South Australia, a locality * Cape Hart Conse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Hartwig
Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (14 January 1851 in Frankfurt – 3 May 1923 in Bamberg) was a German astronomer. On 20 August 1885, Hartwig discovered a new star, SN 1885A (S Andromedae), in the Andromeda Galaxy, which was the first supernova that was ever seen that was outside the Milky Way. He is also credited for the discovery and co-discovery of three parabolic and hyperbolic comets, namely C/1879 Q2, C/1880 S1 and C/1886 T1. In 1882, Hartwig observed the transit of Venus in Argentina. During the 1883 observation campaign of comet 6P/d'Arrest he found five NGC objects working at the Strasbourg Observatory. In 1874 he became assistant at the Observatory of Strasbourg, 1884 astronomer at Dorpat Observatory and 1887 director of the Remeis Observatory at Bamberg. The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Valz in 1902 for his heliometer observations and work on variable stars. Lunar crater ''Hartwig'' and Martian crater ''Hartwig'' were both named in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Hartwig
Rex Noel Hartwig (2 September 1929 – 30 December 2022) was an Australian tennis player. Early life Rex Hartwig was born on 2 September 1929 in Culcairn, New South Wales. Both parents played tennis, and at age 10, Hartwig won a local tournament with his father. When he was 13, he began competing in afternoon competitions and took a job managing tennis courts in Albury. He formed a doubles team with Allan Kendall Jr., and the team won the NSW, Victorian and Australian Junior titles. Tennis career Hartwig was ranked World No. 5 in both 1954 and 1955 by Lance Tingay of ''The Daily Telegraph''. ;Wimbledon He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: in 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad. ;Australian Championships In 1953, he won the doubles with Mervyn Rose and the mixed doubles with Julia Sampson Hayward. In 1954 he again won the mixed doubles title in Melbourne, this time partnering Thelma Coyne Long. ;U.S. Championships In 1953, he won the doubles title at the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Hartwig
Baron Nicholas Genrikhovich Hartwig (, ; December 16, 1857 – July 10, 1914) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and Tsarist official who served as ambassador to Persia (1906–1908) and Serbia (1909–1914). An ardent Pan-Slavist, he was said to be "more Serbian than the Serbs" and in the period prior to World War I was thought by many to exercise tremendous influence over the foreign policy of the Serbian government. He encouraged Serbia to stand up to Austria-Hungary and may therefore be seen as one of the causes of the war. Early life and career Hartwig was born into a noble family of ethnic German descent in Gori, Georgia, noted also for being the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. He attended the Saint Petersburg Imperial University where his intelligence and ambition brought him to the notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he began his diplomatic career in 1875, when he was attached to the Asiatic Department. Hartwig also wrote for the highly nationalist and slavophil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Hartwig
Marie Dorothy Hartwig (August 1, 1906 – December 31, 2001), known by the nickname "Pete", was an American professor of physical education at the University of Michigan, the university's first associate director of athletics for women, and a lifelong advocate for education, women's sports, and intercollegiate athletics. She was the second woman inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. Early years Hartwig was born in East Orange, New Jersey, but moved with her family to Detroit, Michigan where she graduated from Northwestern High School in 1925. She enrolled at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1929 with a degree in literature. Her initial ambition was to become a "cultured" private secretary working in the highest cultural circles. Women's athletics at Michigan When the Michigan League building opened at Michigan, Hartwig worked there as a secretary. Dr. Margaret Bell, the head of women's physical education, soffered Hartwig a job as a teaching f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Hartwig
Justin Hartwig (born November 21, 1978) is a former American football center who played in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas. Hartwig also played for the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers. With the Steelers, he won Super Bowl XLIII, beating the Arizona Cardinals. Early years Hartwig earned All-Conference and second-team All-State honors as a senior offensive tackle at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. He earned honorable mention All-Conference after leading his high school basketball team in rebounding. In track and field, he won the conference discus title in two consecutive years. College career Hartwig played college football for the University of Kansas where he was a three-year starter at right tackle who appeared in 38 games with 34 starts. He was named honorable mention All-Big 12 as a junior and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Hartwig
Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (14 August 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets. Life and career She was born and raised in Lublin. She studied Polish and French literature at Warsaw University and continued her studies at the Catholic University of Lublin. Her first poems appeared in the journal ''Odrodzenie'' in 1944. Hartwig lived in Paris from 1947-50. In 1954, she published ''Z niedalekich podróży'' (''From Nearby Places''), a collection of articles. She published her first collection of poetry ''Pożegnania'' (''Farewells'') in 1956. She lived in the United States from 1970 to 1974, later returning to Warsaw. During her time in America, Hartwig took part in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and also taught at several universities. She published translations of French poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy and wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Hartwig
Josef Hartwig (1880–1956) was a Bauhaus sculptor and Nazi Party member best known for his 1923 minimalist chess set design, known as in German, or Bauhaus chess in English. Personal life Josef Hartwig was born on 19 March 1880 in Munich. Beginning at age 13, he served as an apprentice in the studio of stonemason Simon Korn. During his time in Korn's studio, Hartwig met a number of prominent architects including Theodor Fischer and August Endell. From 1904 to 1908 Hartwig attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, studying under Balthasar Schmidt. For a brief period after his graduation, he worked as a stonemason, producing gravestones in Berlin. In 1921, Walter Gropius invited Hartwig to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Hartwig accepted the offer going on to serve as a teacher and head of the sculpture department from 1921 to 1925. During his brief time there, he designed two key Bauhaus pieces: his chess set design, and "Owl" or "Eule" in 1922. After his tenure at the Bauh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hartwig
William "Jimmy" Hartwig (born 5 October 1954) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga and for Austria Salzburg of Austria. The son of an African-American soldier and a German mother, Hartwig was one of the first black players in German and Austrian football. Hartwig won the European Cup in 1983 with Hamburger SV, and was three times German league champion in 1979, 1982 und 1983 and three times league runner-up with Hamburger SV. He also earned two caps for the West Germany national team, making him only the second non-white player (after Erwin Kostedde) to achieve this feat. After his playing career, Hartwig worked as a coach at FC Augsburg in 1989 and FC Sachsen Leipzig in 1990. He entered the TV business, where he has been working ever since, whilst also appearing in the theatre as an actor. Personal life In his 1994 autobio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Hartwig
Jeff Hartwig (born September 25, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American pole vaulter. Biography In 1998, Hartwig set two North American records with and . The latter was an improvement of 16 centimetres from his personal best of from 1997. In 1999, he won US national championships by improving his own record to , and his current North American record of followed in 2000. Jeff Hartwig held the American record until July 27, 2019, when Sam Kendricks set the American pole vault record by jumping . His personal best indoor is , also an area record. Only Renaud Lavillenie, Sergey Bubka, Steven Hooker, and current world record holder Armand Duplantis have jumped higher in an indoor competition. With on 4 July 2004, Hartwig holds the world's best performance for men over 35 years. He also has the world's best performance for men over 40 years at , achieved while placing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials, 29 June 2008. Hartwig has received the Jim Thorpe Award as the best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heike Hartwig
Heike Hartwig (born 30 December 1962 in Bernburg, Bezirk Halle) is a retired East German shot putter. She represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German championships in 1987, 1989 and 1990. Her personal best throw was 21.31 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens. This ranks her seventh among German shot putters, behind Ilona Slupianek, Claudia Losch, Marianne Adam, Margitta Droese, Ines Müller Ines Müller, (born 2 January 1959 in Grimma, Muldentalkreis, Saxony), is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republ ... and Eva Wilms. Achievements References External links * 1962 births Living people People from Bernburg People from Bezirk Halle East German female shot putters Athletes from Saxony-Anhalt Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{East Germany-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
