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Kirsch (surname)
Kirsch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Kirsch (born 1976), an American book critic and writer * Brandon Kirsch (born 1983), an American football player * Delbert Kirsch, a Canadian politician * Don Kirsch (1920–1970), an American college baseball coach * Ernst Gustav Kirsch (1841–1901), a German engineer * Helene Kirsch (1906–1999), a German politician * Irving Kirsch (born 1943), an American professor of psychology * Johanna Kirsch (1856–1907), a German painter * Jonathan Kirsch, an American author, lawyer and columnist * Olga Kirsch (1924–1997), a South African-Israeli poet * Philippe Kirsch (born 1947), a Canadian lawyer * Rainer Kirsch (1934–2015), a German writer and poet * Randell Kirsch, an American singer and songwriter * Raymond Kirsch (1942–2013), a Luxembourgian businessman * Robert Kirsch (1922–1980), American literary critic and author * Roman Kirsch (born 1988), a German entrepreneur * Russell Kirsch (1929–2020), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch (born 1976) is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO. Life and career Kirsch was born in Los Angeles in 1976. He is the son of lawyer, author, and biblical scholar Jonathan Kirsch. He started writing poetry around the age of 14, after encountering the work of T.S. Eliot: "Eliot showed me the possibility of finding in poetry a source of complex intellectual and moral interest." He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in English in 1997 and began his career as assistant literary editor for ''The New Republic''. Next he worked as the editor for Lipper Publications. For a while, Kirsch made his living as a freelance writer, and he has regularly written freelance articles for many different publications including ''Slate'', ''The New Yorker'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', and ''Poetry''. Richard John Neuhaus, writing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Kirsch
Raymond Kirsch (18 January 1942 - 11 March 2013) was a Luxembourgian businessman, economist, and administrator. He was the chairman of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, from 1 February 2004. to 20 April 2011. Kirsch had previously sat as administrator of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange since 1990, and vice-chairman since 1993, and had also been the Director-General of the Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État The State Bank and Savings Bank (french: Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État), also known by its Luxemburgish name Spuerkeess (), is the leading national financial institution founded in 1856 and governed by the law of March 24, 1989. Spuerke ... (1989 – 2004). Kirsch was President of the Council of State for a single term, from 14 January 2000 to 13 January 2001. Footnotes Luxembourgian businesspeople Luxembourgian economists Luxembourgian bankers Presidents of the Council of State of Luxembourg Members of the Council of State of Luxembourg Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirch (other)
Kirch may refer to: People * Darrell Kirch, AAMC president * Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), German astronomer * Maria Margarethe Kirch (née Winckelmann) (1670–1720), German astronomer and spouse of Gottfried Kirch * Leo Kirch (1926–2011), German media entrepreneur * Oliver Kirch (born 1982), German footballer * Patrick Vinton Kirch, American archaeologist Other uses * Kirch Group, a former German media conglomerate * Kirch (crater), a lunar impact crater * Kirch, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province See also * Kirch Jesar, a municipality in the district of Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Kirch Mulsow, a municipality in the district of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Kirsch (other) Kirsch is a fruit brandy. Kirsch may also refer to: * Kirsch equations The Kirsch equations describe the elastic Elastic is a word often used to describe or identify certain types of elastomer, elastic used in garments or stretchable fabrics. ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch
Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was curator of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. His collection is shared betweeUpper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu)in Bytom and Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. He described the birdwing butterfly ''Troides riedeli ''Troides riedeli'', or Riedel's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands, part of the Maluku Islands archipelago in Indonesia. Very little is known of the life history and distribution. Biogeographic realm Australasi ...''. Works Partial list * 1865 "Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Bogotá". ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 9: 40-104. * 1875 "Neue Käfer aus Malacca". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden''. 1: 3-34. * 1876 "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Coleopteren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kirsch
Steven Todd Kirsch is an American entrepreneur. He has started several companies and was one of two people who independently invented the optical mouse. Kirsch has been both a philanthropic supporter of medical research, and a promoter of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Education Kirsch received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. Career In 1980, Kirsch and Richard F. Lyon independently invented the first versions of the optical mouse. Kirsch has started several companies. In 1993, he founded the search engine Infoseek, which in 1999 was sold to the Walt Disney Co. He co-founded Frame Technology Corp., bought by Adobe in 1995. In 2002 he was CEO of Propel Software. In 2005 he founded Abaca, which made a spam filter. In September 2011, he started OneID to create a user-centric Internet-scale digital identity system using public key cryptography to replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Kirsch
Stanley Benjamin Kirsch, Jr. (July 15, 1968 – January 11, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and acting coach. Biography Kirsch was born in New York City, New York. He began acting as a young child. His first acting job was at the age of 4 when he appeared in some Campbell's soup television commercials. Kirsch appeared in the short-lived Saturday morning TV series '' Riders in the Sky'' and on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' in 1992. He has made guest appearances in some TV shows including '' JAG'', ''Family Law'', and ''Friends''. His most notable role began in 1992 on '' Highlander: The Series'' as Richie Ryan. He left the show as a regular cast member in the fifth season finale in 1997, but he made one last guest appearance in the series finale episode, "Not To Be" which aired May 17, 1998. Kirsch made his debut as director and producer with the film ''Straight Eye: The Movie'' in 2004. In 2008, he founded his own acting studio called Stan Kirsch Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Kirsch (poet)
Sarah Kirsch (; 16 April 1935 – 5 May 2013) was a German poet. Biography Sarah Kirsch was originally born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's anti-semitism. She studied biology in Halle and literature at the Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature in Leipzig. In 1965, she co-wrote a book of poems with writer Rainer Kirsch, to whom she was married for ten years. She protested against East Germany's expulsion of Wolf Biermann in 1976, which led to her exclusion from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). One year later she left the country herself, nevertheless being critical of the west as well. She is mainly known for her poetry, but she also wrote prose and translated children's books into German. According to '' complete review'', "the great German-language post-war poets were largely East German (or Austrian) born in the mid to late 1930s which included towering figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Kirsch
Russell A. Kirsch (June 20, 1929August 11, 2020) was an American engineer at the National Bureau of Standards (now known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology). He was recognized as the developer of the first digital image scanner, and subsequently scanned the world's first digital photograph-- an image of his infant son. Background Education Kirsch was born in Manhattan on June 20, 1929. His parents were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Hungary. He attended the Bronx High School of Science, graduating in 1946. He continued his education at New York University in 1950, Harvard University in 1952, and later the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Personal life Kirsch was married to Joan (née Levin) Kirsch for 65 years until his death. Together, they had four children: Walden, Peter, Lindsey, and Kara. Kirsch spent most of his professional life in Washington, D.C., where he was affiliated with the National Bureau of Standards for nearly 50 years. He moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Kirsch
Roman Kirsch is a German serial entrepreneur and investor in the tech- and consumer-internet-space. Early life and education Kirsch holds a business degree from the German business school WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics in Finance, Accounting and Management. He also spent time at the University of Southern California as well as the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Career At the age of 13, Roman set up a business of importing watches from China. Later in 2003, at the age of 15, Kirsch founded his first company (a souvenir shop in Hamburg). In 2011, Kirsch founded Casacanda; a furniture company that was later acquired by Fab.com in February 2012, making it one of the fastest company exits in tech history for one of the youngest founders. He spent a year as the CEO of Fab Europe until end of 2012 where he oversee the company reaching the unicorn status at a USD 1 billion valuation. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kirsch
Robert R. Kirsch (October 18, 1922 – August 16, 1980) was an American literary critic and author. He was the literary editor of ''The Los Angeles Times'' for more than two decades. Early life Robert R. Kirsch was born on October 18, 1922 on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City. He moved out of Coney Island at the age of 17. He had two sons, Paul Kirsch, and Jonathan Kirsch, who is a renowned lawyer. He also later had a daughter named Maria Kirsch in his second marriage. Career Kirsch joined ''The Los Angeles Times'', where he was the literary editor for 23 years. Over the course of his career, he wrote "thousands of columns, book reviews, and essays." He was one of the first critics to praise the works of Joseph Wambaugh and Tom Sanchez. Kirsch authored several books about California and Las Vegas. He used the pennames of Robert Dundee and Robert Bancroft. Death and legacy Kirsch died of cancer on August 16, 1980, in Santa Barbara, California. A public funeral was he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randell Kirsch
Randell Kirsch is an American musician. Early life Kirsch received his first guitar lesson in 1962, performed publicly for the first time in 1963 at the Fresno County Fair, won the Wolters Elementary School talent show in 1966 with his band The Scorchers with Jeff Bryon and Perry Hodge, formed The Pranks with Jeffrey Foskett and Bo Fox in 1979 and has since worked with Jan and Dean, The Beach Boys, Roger McGuinn, Michael Penn, Skunk Baxter, Jeff Larson, Jeff Foskett, Stephen Bishop, The Cowsills, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Papa Doo Run Run and other Southern California bands. Career Randell's voice can be heard on recordings alongside Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Stephen Bishop, Lou Rawls, John Stamos, LuAnn Olson, Jeff Larson, Jon Anderson of Yes, Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket, Don Felder of the Eagles, Jan and Dean, The Indigo Girls, Andrew Gold, D.B. Cooper, Dwight Twilley, Bill Lloyd, The Cowsills, Russell Watson, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb, Cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
