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Karl Hofmann (mountaineer)
Karl Hoffmann may refer to: * Karl Hoffmann (architect) (1883–1951), German architect *Karl Hoffmann (politician) (1820–1895), declined election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1881 *Karl Hoffmann (naturalist) (1823–1859), German physician and naturalist *Karl Hoffmann (linguist) (1915–1996), German linguist *Karl Hoffmann (rower) (born 1906), German Olympic rower *Karl Hoffmann (footballer) (1935–2020), German footballer *Karl W. Hofmann (born 1961), former United States Ambassador to Togo See also *Carl Hoffman (born 1960), American travel and fiction writer * Carl Henry Hoffman (1896–1980), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *Carl Hoffmann (1885–1947), German cinematographer and film director *Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (other) Karl-Heinz Hoffmann may refer to: * Heinz Hoffmann Heinz Hoffmann (28 November 1910 – 2 December 1985) was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since 2 October 1973 member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (architect)
Karl Hoffmann (1883 – 30 November 1951) was a German architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from .... References 1883 births 1951 deaths 20th-century German architects Olympic competitors in art competitions Place of birth missing {{Germany-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (politician)
Karl Jakob Hoffmann (2 February 1820, in St. Gallen – 18 December 1895, in St. Gallen) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party and President of the Swiss Council of States (1877/1878 and 1889/1890). After studying law in Bern, Jena and Munich, Karl Hoffmann obtained a doctorate in 1839 and became a lawyer in St. Gallen (1840–1891). He was elected to the Grand Conseil of the Canton of St. Gallen between 1853 and 1870, and again between 1873 and 1895. In parallel, he was elected to the Council of States between 1873 in 1891. On 22 February 1881, he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state and governme ... but declined the election for family reasons. His son Arthur Hoffmann (1857–1927) was a member of the Federal Council (1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (naturalist)
Karl Hoffmann (7 December 1823 – 11 May 1859) was a German physician and naturalist. Hoffmann was born in Stettin and studied at Berlin University. In 1853 he travelled to Costa Rica with Alexander von Frantzius to collect natural history specimens. With his wife, Emilia Hoffmann, he settled in San José, where he operated a consultation clinic and small pharmacy from his home. In order to supplement his income, he sold wine and liquor. He served as a doctor in the Costa Rican army during the invasion of William Walker in 1856. He died of typhoid in Puntarenas. Hoffmann is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (''Choloepus hoffmanni'' ), Hoffmann's woodpecker (''Melanerpes hoffmannii'' ), the sulphur-winged parakeet (''Pyrrhura hoffmanni'' ), Hoffmann's antthrush (''Formicarius hoffmanni'' ), Hoffmann's earth snake ('' Geophis hoffmanni'' ), and a millipede ''Chondrodesmus hoffmanni'' (Peters, 1864). Works about Karl Hoffmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (linguist)
Karl Hoffmann (26 February 1915 – 21 May 1996) was a German linguist who specialized in Indo-European and Indo-Iranian studies. He is most recognized for his achievements in his studies of Vedic Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian languages. Biography Early life Karl Hoffmann was born the son of a railway official, during World War I in Hof, Upper Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. His family later moved to the state capital of Munich, whence he remained for the duration of his childhood. World War II In 1934, Hoffmann began his education in Indo-European studies, which he continued until he was called in for military service for Nazi Germany at the start of World War II in 1939. Hoffmann took his leave from the war during 1941, just long enough to receive his doctorate for his unpublished dissertation, titled ''Die altindoarischen Wörter mit -ṇḍ- besonders im Ṛgveda''. Hoffmann was at the Russian front until 1943, after which he joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (rower)
Karl Hoffmann may refer to: *Karl Hoffmann (architect) (1883–1951), German architect *Karl Hoffmann (politician) (1820–1895), declined election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1881 *Karl Hoffmann (naturalist) (1823–1859), German physician and naturalist *Karl Hoffmann (linguist) (1915–1996), German linguist * Karl Hoffmann (rower) (born 1906), German Olympic rower * Karl Hoffmann (footballer) (1935–2020), German footballer * Karl W. Hofmann (born 1961), former United States Ambassador to Togo See also * Carl Hoffman (born 1960), American travel and fiction writer *Carl Henry Hoffman (1896–1980), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *Carl Hoffmann (1885–1947), German cinematographer and film director *Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (other) Karl-Heinz Hoffmann may refer to: * Heinz Hoffmann Heinz Hoffmann (28 November 1910 – 2 December 1985) was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since 2 October 1973 memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hoffmann (footballer)
Karl Hoffmann (10 October 1935 – 16 March 2020) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed for West Germany in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1935 births 2020 deaths Footballers from Düsseldorf German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Olympic footballers for the United Team of Germany Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fortuna Düsseldorf players 20th-century German people West German men's footballers {{Germany-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl W
Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoeira Della Vedova Júnior, Brazilian footballer In myth * Karl (mythology), in Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) * ''Karl'', giant in Icelandic myth, associated with Drangey island Vehicles * Opel Karl, a car * ST ''Karl'', Swedish tugboat requisitioned during the Second World War as ST ''Empire Henchman'' Other uses * Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''Karl-Gerät'', AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War * KARL project, an open source knowledge management system * Korean Amateur Radio League, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in South Korea * KARL, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hoffman
Carl Hoffman (born 1960) is an American journalist and the author of five books of narrative non-fiction. Biography Carl Hoffman is a second generation native of Washington, D.C., a graduate of the District of Columbia public schools. Hoffman is the author of a five narrative non-fiction books about his own journeys and those of other contemporary travelers and explorers. Hoffman is a former contributing editor at ''Wired'' magazine, ''National Geographic Traveler'', and ''Popular Mechanics'', and has published articles in ''Outside'', ''Smithsonian'', ''Men’s Journal'', ''National Geographic Adventure'', The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics and many others. Hoffman has traveled to Afghanistan, Sudan, Congo, New Guinea, Greenland, Mongolia, Russia, China, Indonesia and more than 80 other countries on assignment Books ''Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World Of Trump's MAGA Rallies'' (2020) journeys deep inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Henry Hoffman
Carl Henry Hoffman (August 12, 1896 – November 30, 1980) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Carl H. Hoffman graduated from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in 1922. He served during the First World War as a candidate in Officers' Training School for Infantry. He taught school and was a coach of athletics at Juniata College in 1922. He was engaged in the lumber, oil, and banking businesses in Somerset, Pennsylvania Somerset is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpi ... from 1923 to 1946. Hoffman was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Buell Snyder and served from May 21, 1946, to January 3, 1947. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hoffmann
Carl Hoffmann (9 June 1885, in Neisse – 13 July 1947) was a German cinematographer and film director. Selected filmography Cinematographer * '' The Vice'' (1915) * ''Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * ''The Plague of Florence'' (1919) * '' Der Herr der Liebe'' (1919) * ''The Woman with Orchids'' (1919) * '' Madness'' (1919) * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * ''The Head of Janus'' (1920) * ''Patience'' (1920) * '' Figures of the Night'' (1920) * ''Kurfürstendamm'' (1920) * '' Der Graf von Cagliostro'' (1920) * '' The Eyes of the World'' (1920) * ''Lady Hamilton'' (1921) * '' The Lord of the Beasts'' (1921) * '' The House on the Moon'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa'' (1921) * '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921) * '' The Flight into Death'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler'' (1922) * ''A Dying Nation'' (1922) * ''Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues'' (1922) * ''The Stone Rider'' (1923) * ''Siegfried' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
