Johannes Wolf
Johannes or Johann Wolf may refer to: *Johannes Wolf (theologian) (1521–1572), Swiss Reformed theologian *Johannes Wolf (musicologist) (1869–1947), German musicologist *Johann Wolf (naturalist) (1765–1824), German naturalist *Johann Christoph Wolf (1683–1739), German Christian Hebraist and polyhistor See also *Johann Wolff (1537–1600), German jurist *Rudolf Wolf (born Johann Rudolf Wolf, 1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician * John de Wolf (born Johannes Hildebrand de Wolf, born 1962), Dutch former professional footballer *Markus Wolf Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (, abbreviated MfS, commonl ...

Johannes Wolf (theologian)
Johannes Wolf (1521–1572) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Life Johannes Wolf was born in Zurich in the year 1521. He became the chaplain of the Zurich hospital in 1544. He received a ministerial position of at the Fraumünster in 1551. In 1565 he became theology professor at the ''Carolinum'' in Zürich, also known as the ''Zurich Academy'' or ''Lectorium''. He died in 1572. Wolf was an important acolyte of Heinrich Bullinger in the 1550s and 1560s. With Bullinger and Rudolf Gwalther he intervened unsuccessfully on behalf of Thomas Erastus and the general Zwinglian conception of church-state relations in the Electorate of the Palatinate church discipline controversy of the late 1560s. Wolf's colleague Johann Wilhelm Stucki composed a biography of him upon his death.Backus (2008). ''Life writing in Reformation Europe.'' p. 106-111 Works * ''Tabulae chronologicae in Nehemiam et Esdram'' (Zürich 1570) * ''Considerationes in aliquot libros veteris testamenti'' * ''F ...
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Johannes Wolf (musicologist)
Johannes Wolf (17 April 1869 – 25 May 1947) was a German musicologist, archivist and teacher, known for his research on medieval and Renaissance music, particularly Ars Nova, and early music notation. Born in Berlin, Wolf studied music history under Philip Spitta and Heinrich Bellermann at the Friedrich Wilhelm University. He completed his doctorate at the Berlin University in 1902. Wolf is viewed as one of the last great universal musicologists of the twentieth century, his published researches and editions ranging from the Middle Ages to the Romantic period. He devoted particular attention to music of the Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ..., the history of music theory and the interpretation of Ars Nova notation. He died in Munich aged 78. Sel ...
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Johann Wolf (naturalist)
Johann Wolf (26 May 1765 in Nürnberg – 16 February 1824) was a German naturalist and ornithologist. He was a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founde .... Works *''Neue methodische Vorschriften für Erziehungs- und Schulanstalten'' *''Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands'', *''Taschenbuch der Vogelkunde für Deutschland'', Nürnberg 1810 *''Abbildung und Beschreibung der Kreuzotter'', Nürnberg 1815; *''Abbildungen und Beschreibung merkwürdiger naturwissenschaftlicher Gegenstände'', 2 Bände, Nürnberg 1818–1822 *''Ein sicheres und wohlfeiles Mittel, Insekten schnell und ohne Verletzung zu tö''dten, Nürnberg, 1803 *''Der Steinkrebs, Nürnberg, 1805 References *Wilhelm Heß: Wolf, Johann (Pädagoge). In: Allgem ...
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Johann Christoph Wolf
Johann Christoph Wolf (born at Wernigerode, February 21 1683; died at Hamburg, July 25 1739) was a German Christian Hebraist, polyhistor, and collector of books. He studied at Wittenberg, and traveled in Holland and England in the interest of science, coming in contact with Campeius Vitringa, Willem Surenhuis, Adriaan Reland, Jacques Basnage, and others. He especially occupied himself with the study of Oriental languages and literature, of which he became professor at the Hamburg gymnasium in 1712. At this time the Oppenheimer Collection was housed at Hamburg, and Wolf determined to devote himself to a description of Jewish literature based upon this collection. His researches resulted in ''Bibliotheca Hebræa'' (4 vols., Hamburg, 1715–33), the first volume of which contains a list of Jewish authors, while the second deals with the subject matter under the headings "Bible," "Talmud," "Cabala," etc. The knowledge of Christendom about the Talmud was for nearly a century a ...
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Johann Wolff
Johann Wolf Joannes Wolfius (10 August 1537 in Bergzabern – 23 May 1600 in Mundelsheim) was a German jurist who corresponded with Lelio Sozzini Lelio Francesco Maria Sozzini, or simply Lelio Sozzini (Latin: ''Laelius Socinus''; 29 January 1525 – 4 May 1562), was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian and, alongside his nephew Fausto Sozzini, founder of the Non-trinitarian Chri ... on the sacrament 1555. He was also a diplomat, translator, historian and theologian. He married in 1572 Maria Magdalena Achtsynit, she died in 1581. The next year he married Christina von Bühel, she died in 1591. In 1592 he married the widow Barbara Schaiblin. From these wives he had five daughters and two sons. Works *''Lectiones memorabiles et reconditae'' 1600.full title ''Lectionum memorabilium et reconditarum centenarii XVI Habet hic lector doctorum ecclesiae, vatum, politicorum, philosophorum, historicum, aliorumq esapientum & eruditorum pia, gravia, mira, arcana, & stupenda; ...
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Rudolf Wolf
Johann Rudolf Wolf (7 July 1816 – 6 December 1893) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. Wolf was born in Fällanden, near Zurich. He studied at the universities of Zurich, Vienna, and Berlin. Encke was one of his teachers. Wolf became professor of astronomy at the University of Bern in 1844 and director of the Bern Observatory in 1847. In 1855 he accepted a chair of astronomy at both the University of Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Wolf was greatly impressed by the discovery of the sunspot cycle by Heinrich Schwabe and he not only carried out his own observations, but he collected all the available data on sunspot activity back as far as 1610 and calculated a period for the cycle of 11.1 years. In 1848 he devised a way of quantifying sunspot activity. The Wolf number, as it is now called, remains in use. In 1852 Wolf was one of four people who discovered the link between the cycle and geomagnetic activity ...
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John De Wolf
Johannes Hildebrand de Wolf (born 10 December 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He earned six caps for the Dutch national team, scoring two goals. Career Club De Wolf was born in Schiedam. He began his professional career with Sparta Rotterdam, making his senior debut in 1983. After two seasons in the team, he departed for FC Groningen where he continued to impress and won a call-up to the Dutch national team in 1987. The defender moved on to Feyenoord in 1989 and after a season outside their first team, he settled into the side and won the Dutch league championship in 1992–93 with the club. During a stay of four full seasons he also won three Dutch Cups, a Johan Cruyff Shield and made it to the 91–92 Cup Winners' Cup semi-final, which they lost on away goals against Monaco. He left for English First Division (second tier) side Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 1994 for £600,000. He was swiftly made captain of the side by m ...
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