Krahmer
Krahmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carlo Krahmer (1914–1976), British jazz drummer and record producer * Holger Krahmer (born 1970), German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany See also *Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin (1787–1830), Dutch artillery officer *Kramer (other) Kramer is a Dutch-language, Dutch and Low German word for a small merchant, hawker, or retailer and is a common occupational surname. The word may refer to: People * Kramer (surname) * Kramer (musician), a musician and record producer * Cosmo Kra ...

Carel Frederik Krahmer De Bichin
Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin (28 June 1787, Korbach, Waldeck — 23 September 1830, Brussels) was a Dutch artillery officer. He took part in several campaigns of the French Grande Armée in Dutch army units of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of Holland that were attached to that army. After the United Kingdom of the Netherlands regained its independence he joined its army. He commanded, as a captain, a battery of horse artillery that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Waterloo. He died in action as a major during the Belgian Revolution of 1830. Early career Krahmer (he took the name ''Krahmer de Bichin'' only after 1815) originally came from the principality of Waldeck in Germany. He entered the service of the Batavian Republic as a cadet with the 2nd Artillery Battalion in January 1804. He was promoted to second lieutenant on 29 September 1806, and assigned to the first horse battery of that bataillon. This battery was attached to the (Dutch) ''Armée du N ...
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Carlo Krahmer
Carlo Krahmer (born William Max Geserick, 11 March 1914, Shoreditch, London – 20 April 1976, London) was a British jazz drummer and record producer. Biography Born in Shoreditch, London, Krahmer was partially sighted. He made has first record in 1939 and in the early 40s made recordings with Johnny Claes’s (1916-1956) band. He later joined Claude Bampton's Blind Orchestra, a body sponsored by the National Institute for the Blind (now the RNIB), of which George Shearing was also a member.John Chilton ''Who's Who in British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p.206-7 He worked in various bands, sometimes as leader, taking his own group to the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949. In 1947, Krahmer co-founded Esquire Records with Peter Newbrook, a label which recorded bebop and licensed recordings from American blues and jazz labels.Roberta Freund Schwartz ''How Britain Got the Blues: the Transmission and Reception of American Blues'', Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007, p.32 By 1950, ...
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Holger Krahmer
Holger Krahmer (born 16 October 1970 in Leipzig) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Education * 1989: Qualified maintenance technician Career * 1990-1996: Bank official, Commerzbank Leipzig * 1996-2000: Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG * since 2001: Self-employed * since 1997: Vice-Chairman of the Leipzig FDP * since 2001: Member of the ELDR Party Council * since 2004: Chairman of the Supervisory Board, GANOS Kaffee-Kontor & Rösterei AG, Leipzig Krahmer was first elected in the 2004 European elections. During his time in Parliament, he served on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Life after politics After leaving Parliament, Krahmer started working as a s ...
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