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Jepsen
Jepsen is a Danish–Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language ''Jepson''. Jepsen may refer to: Surname * Aage Jepsen Sparre (1462–1540), Danish priest, Archbishop of Lund * Allan K. Jepsen (born 1977), Danish football player * Carly Rae Jepsen (born 1985), Canadian singer/songwriter * George Jepsen (born 1954), Attorney General of Connecticut * Glenn Lowell Jepsen (1903–1974), American paleontologist * Les Jepsen (born 1967), American basketball player * Kevin Jepsen (born 1984), American baseball player * Maria Jepsen (born 1945), German, first woman to become a Lutheran bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide * Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), Danish politician * Mary Lou Jepsen Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965) is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware. Her contributions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of '' Canadian Idol'' in 2007. In 2008, Jepsen released her folk music-influenced debut studio album, '' Tug of War'', exclusively in Canada before it was internationally released in 2011. Jepsen's breakthrough came in 2012 with her universally acclaimed single "Call Me Maybe", being declared the best-selling single of that year, selling over 18 million copies, reaching number one in more than 19 countries, and leading to major record deals with School Boy Records and Interscope Records. Jepsen's sophomore album, ''Kiss'', released later that year and included the single " Good Time" with Owl City, charting in the top ten in Canada and the United States. In 2014, Jepsen made her Broadway theatre stage debut, playing the titular character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Jepsen
George Christian Jepsen December 17, 1989, ''The New York Times'' (born November 23, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 24th from 2011 to 2019. Jepsen was a from Connecticut's 27th Senate District, representing Stamford and part of Darien, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou Jepsen
Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965) is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware. Her contributions have had worldwide adoption in head-mounted display, HDTV, laptop computers, and projector products; she was the technical force behind a generation of low-cost computing, and innovative consumer and medical imaging technologies. She was named one of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time Magazine (Time 100), was named in 2013 to CNN's top 10 thinkers in science and technology for her work in display innovation, and she has over 200 patents published or issued. She was the co-founder and first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), and later founded Pixel Qi in Taipei, Taiwan, focused on the design and manufacture of displays. She founded and led two moonshots at Google X, reporting to Sergey Brin, and was an executive at Facebook / Oculus VR, leading an effort to advance virtual reality. In 2016 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Jepsen
Kevin Martin Jepsen (born July 26, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers. Professional career Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Jepsen in the second round (53rd overall) in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Bishop Manogue High School. Jepsen earned his first All-Star selection in the minor leagues, and was enjoying his finest season to date with a combined 3–4 record, 13 saves, a 1.87 earned run average and 55 strikeouts for the Arkansas Travelers and Salt Lake Bees when he was selected to play for the United States national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He and his team won a bronze medal. Jepsen made his major league debut against the New York Yankees on September 8, 2008, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. He pitched one inning in a blowout game, retirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jepsen
Roger William Jepsen (December 23, 1928 – November 13, 2020) was an American politician from the state of Iowa. A Republican, he served in the United States Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Early life Jepsen was born on December 23, 1928 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Emil and Esther (Sorensen) Jepsen. His grandparents were all Danish immigrants. Jepsen attended public schools. Education Jepsen attended University of Northern Iowa. Jepsen graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona in 1950 with a bachelor's degree and in 1953 with a master's degree. At ASU, Jepsen was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon. Career Jepsen became a paratrooper in the United States Army 1946–1947 and served in the United States Army Reserve 1948–1960, where he achieved the rank of captain. He was active in farming, insurance and health care businesses. Jepsen served as a county supervisor of Scott County from 1962 to 1965 and was a state Senator from 1966 to 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Jepsen
Marie Jepsen (27 March 1940 – 20 October 2018) was a Danish politician who served in the European Parliament as a member of the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 1994. Biography Marie Jepsen was born on 27 March 1940 in the town of Nørre Nissum in West Jutland. Following her marriage in 1963, Jepsen moved to the town of Silkeborg, where she worked as a technical assistant. Jepsen was elected to the Silkeborg Town Council in 1978, serving until her election to the Aarhus City Council in 1984. Jepsen ran for the European Parliament in the 1984 election as a member of the Conservative People's Party. Jepsen, who stated she ran because there were not enough women on the ballot, won election. Jepsen sat as a member of the European Democrats, serving as the group's vice chair from 1988 until 1992. Jepsen sat on various committees throughout her tenure, particularly the Committee on Women's Rights and the Committee on Agriculture. She also served as first deputy lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Jepsen
Les Burnell Jepsen (born June 24, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the early 1990s.Les Jepsen profile and statistics , ''basketballreference.com'' A 7'0" , Jepsen played at Bowbells High School in North Dakota and at The University of Iowa. He was part of 's recruiting class at The University of Iowa in 1985 which included B. J. Armst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Lowell Jepsen
Glenn Lowell "Jep" Jepsen (4 March 1903 – 15 October 1974) was an American paleontologist and professor of vertebrate paleontology at Princeton University. He collected and described many fossil species particularly from the Oligocene of the Badlands of South Dakota and the Paleocene of Polecat Bench, Wyoming. The Eocene bat '' Icaronycteris index'' was one of his discoveries. Life Jepsen was born in Lead, South Dakota to Victor and Kittie née Gallup. He grew up in Rapid City where following the death of his mother in 1910, he was raised by an aunt on a ranch outside town. Here he found his first fossil, an ammonite. After high school he wen to the University of Michigan for a year, and two years at the South Dakota school of Mines as a part-time student as well as serving as an instructor in English. Here he became deeply interested in fossils, collecting from the Oligocene deposits in the Badlands where he met William J. Sinclair. The Sioux tribe of the region called him "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Jepsen
Maria Jepsen (born 19 January 1945, in Bad Segeberg) is the former bishop of Hamburg in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church. On 4 April 1992 the synod of the Hamburg Ambit elected her bishop, the first Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ... woman to be a bishop worldwide, and since then she has been re-elected for a second ten-year period. On 16 July 2010 she resigned due to allegations that she did not act on information about an abuse case in her ambit of the church in 1999. References External links Official Biography of Maria Jepsen(German) 1945 births Living people People from Segeberg Bishops of Hamburg Women Lutheran bishops 20th-century German Lutheran bishops 21st-century German Lutheran bishops {{Germany-reli- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aage Jepsen Sparre
Aage Jepsen Sparre ( 1460–1540) was a Danish priest who was archbishop of Lund from 1523 to 1532. Sparre enrolled at the University of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1483 and graduated in 1490. Dansk biografisk Lexikon / Volume XVI. Skarpenberg - Sveistrup / Page 194 See also *List of bishops of Lund
List of (arch)bishops of Lund. Until the Danish Reformation the centre of a great Latin (arch)bishopric, Lund has been in Sweden since the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The Diocese of Lund is now one of thirteen in the Church of Sweden.
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Ibsen (other) , a name
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Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. Ibsen may also refer to: People * Ibsen (name), a surname and given name, including a list of people with that name Places *Lake Ibsen, a small lake near Leeds in Benson County, North Dakota, U.S. ** Lake Ibsen Township, Benson County, North Dakota * Ibsen (crater), on the planet Mercury Other uses * Ibsen Museum (Oslo), Norway, a museum occupying the last home of Henrik Ibsen *International Ibsen Award, a Norwegian government award for drama and theatre *Norwegian Ibsen Award, an award from Ibsen's hometown to playwrights *''Ibsen Studies'', a peer-reviewed academic journal See also * Ebsen, a name *Jepsen Jepsen is a Danish–Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the English language ''Jepson''. Jepsen may refer to: Surname * Aag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørg Tofte Jebsen
Jørg Tofte Jebsen (27 April 1888 – 7 January 1922) was a physicist from Norway, where he was the first to work on Einstein's general theory of relativity. In this connection he became known after his early death for what many now call the Jebsen-Birkhoff theorem for the metric tensor outside a general, spherical mass distribution. Biography Jebsen was born and grew up in Berger, Vestfold, where his father Jens Johannes Jebsen ran two large textile mills. His mother was Agnes Marie Tofte and they had married in 1884. After elementary school he went through middle school and gymnasium in Oslo. He showed already then particular talents for mathematical topics.N. Voje Johansen og F. Ravndal''Jørg T. Jebsen og Birkhoffs teorem'' Fra Fysikkens Verden 4, 96-103 (2004). After the final examen artium in 1906, he did not continue his academic studies at a university as would be normal at that time. He was meant to enter his father's company and spent for that purpose two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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