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Krauss is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alison Krauss (born 1971), American bluegrass musician * Alexander Krauß (born 1975), German politician * Alexis Krauss (born 1985), musician of the noise pop duo Sleigh Bells * Anna Krauss (born 1884) German clairvoyant * Beatrice Krauss (1903–1998), American botanist * Clemens Krauss (1893–1954), Austrian conductor * Charles A. W. Krauss (1851–1939), American politician * Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890), known as Ferdinand Krauss, German scientist, traveller and collector * Friedrich Salomon Krauss (1859–1938), Austrian ethnographer * Gabrielle Krauss (1842–1906), Austrian-born French operatic soprano * Georg Krauß, (1826–1906), German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works ** Krauss-Maffei, German engineering company, named in part after Georg Krauß * Hermann August Krauss (1848–1937), Austrian entomologist * Johan Carl Krauss (1759–1826), German phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station, and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989. Krauss has released fourteen albums, appeared on numerous soundtracks, and sparked a renewed interest in bluegrass music in the United States. Her soundtrack performances have led to further popularity, including the ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack, and the ''Cold Mountain'' soundtrack, which led to her performance at the 2004 Academy Awards. As of 2019, she has won 27 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, ranking her fourth behind Beyoncé, Quincy Jones and classical conductor Georg Solti for most G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael E
SS ''Michael E'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1941. She was the first British Catapult Aircraft Merchant ship: a merchant ship fitted with a rocket catapult to launch a single Hawker Hurricane fighter to defend a convoy against long-range German bombers. She was sunk on her maiden voyage by a German submarine. Description ''Michael E'' was built by William Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow. Launched in 1941, she was completed in May of that year. She was the United Kingdom's first CAM ship, armed with an aircraft catapult on her bow to launch a Hawker Sea Hurricane. The ship was long between perpendiculars ( overall), with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was and . She had six corrugated furnaces feeding two 225 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of . The boilers fed a 443 NHP triple-expansion steam engine that had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by David Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krausz
Krausz is a German language surname. Notable people with the name include: *Adrienne Krausz (born 1967), Hungarian pianist *Andor Kraszna-Krausz (1904-1989), Hungarian-British writer *Ernest Krausz (1931-2018), Israeli professor *Ferenc Krausz (born 1962), Hungarian-born Austrian physicist *Gergely Krausz (born 1993), Hungarian badminton player * Ilona Vincze-Krausz (1902-1998), Hungarian-Israeli teacher *Michael Krausz (born 1942), Swiss-born American philosopher * Nikolett Krausz (born 1981), Hungarian artistic gymnast *Peter Krausz (born 1946), Romanian-born Canadian artist * Robert Krausz (1936-2002), Israeli trader See also *Kraus *Krause *Krauss *Krauze Krauze is the Polish language, Polish form of the German surname Krause. Notable people with the surname include: * Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938), Polish composer * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-born British cartoonist and illustrator * Enrique ... {{surname, Krausz German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krauze
Krauze is the Polish language, Polish form of the German surname Krause. Notable people with the surname include: * Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938), Polish composer * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-born British cartoonist and illustrator * Enrique Krauze (born 1947), Mexican historian, essayist and publisher * Krzysztof Krauze (1953 – 2014), Polish film director, cinematographer and actor * León Krauze (born 1975), Mexican journalist See also * Kraus * Krause * Krauss * Krausz {{surname Polish-language surnames Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krause
Krause (German for ''ruffle'') is a common German surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 64.9% of all known bearers of the surname ''Krause'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:531), 20.6% of the United States (1:7,541), 3.5% of Brazil (1:24,831), 2.4% of South Africa (1:9,550), 2.1% of Poland (1:7,891), 1.4% of Canada (1:11,446) and 1.2% of Australia (1:8,488). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:531) in the following states: * 1. Brandenburg (1:204) * 2. Saxony-Anhalt (1:240) * 3. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:250) * 4. Berlin (1:279) * 5. Saxony (1:305) * 6. Schleswig-Holstein (1:345) * 7. Thuringia (1:388) * 8. Lower Saxony (1:448) * 9. Bremen (1:464) * 10. Hamburg (1:506) People * Alan Krause, a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne *Albert A. Krause, (1841–1913), US Civil War Veteran, City Engineer of Buffalo NY, brother of Aurel Krause, great grandfather of Tory Bruno * Allison Krause (1951–1970) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraus
Kraus is a German surname meaning "curly". Notable people with the surname include: * Adalbert Kraus (born 1937), German tenor * Adam Kraus (born 1984), American footballer * Adolf Kraus (1850–1928), lawyer and Jewish leader * Adolph Robert Kraus (1850–1901), American sculptor * Alanna Kraus (born 1977), Canadian speed skater * Albert Kraus (born 1980), Dutch welterweight kickboxer * Alfredo Kraus (1927–1999), Spanish opera singer * Barbara Kraus, Austrian physicist * Bill Kraus (1947–1986), American homosexual rights and AIDS activist * Brigitte Kraus (born 1956), German middle distance runner * Bruce Kraus (born 1954), American politician and businessman * Charles A. Kraus (1875–1967), American chemist * Charles Kraus (clown) (born 1946), American clown, magician, writer, and comedian * Chris Kraus (American writer) (born 1955), American writer and filmmaker * Chris Kraus (director) (born 1963), German author and filmmaker * Christian Jakob Kraus (1753–1807), German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Krauss (academic)
Werner Krauss (7 June 1900 - 28 August 1976) was a German university professor (Romance studies). During the 1940s he became a political activist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. In 1943 he was found guilty of preparing to commit high treason and condemned to death. Following the intervention of influential fellow-intellectuals the sentence was commuted to a five-year prison term in 1944. Life Provenance and early years Werner Krauss was the son of the archivist-scholar and his wife, born Ottilie Schüle. Werner's mother's sister was the mother of Eberhard Koebel. In June 1918 Werner Krauss successfully completed his schooling at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in Stuttgart, after which he was conscripted into the wartime army. Discharged from the army in 1919 Krauss went on to study Literary sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at what later became the Humboldt University of Berlin, with a particular focus on Romance studies. Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Krauss
Werner Johannes Krauss (''Krauß'' in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the antisemitic propaganda film ''Jud Süß'' and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure. Early life Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen bei Sonnefeld in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was a Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg. After it became known that he worked as an extra at the Breslau Lobe-Theater, he was suspended from classes and decided to join a travelling theatre company. Acting career In 1903 he debuted at the Guben municipal theatre. Although never trained as an actor, he continued to play in Magdeburg, in Bromberg at the Theater Aachen, in Nuremberg and in Munich. By the agency of Alexander Moissi, in 1913 he met the theatre director Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas F Krauss
Thomas F Krauss is a physics researcher at the University of York, where he is the head of the photonics group and of the nanocentre cleanroom. Before he was head of the school of physics and astronomy at the University of St Andrews. He has several research interests, but is mostly known for his work in the field of photonic crystals, where he made the first demonstration of two-dimensional photonic band-gap effects at optical wavelengths. More recently, his research has been to use slow-light in photonic crystal waveguides in order to improve the performance of optoelectronic components. Krauss has been at the University of St Andrews since 2000, when he set up the Photonic Crystal Research Group (now called St Andrews Microphotonics). At St Andrews, Krauss holds the chair of Professor of Optoelectronics. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, both after being elected in 2002. Krauss has works in the field of integr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Krauss
Samuel Krauss ( Ukk, 18 February 1866 - Cambridge, 4 June 1948) was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, Budapest, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1906–1938. He moved to England as a refugee and spent his last years at Cambridge. He was a contributor to the ''Jewish Encyclopedia'' as ''S. Kr.'' "Professor Krauss's scholarship encompassed every area of ancient Judaism." In 1910, he became a pioneer in Talmudic archaeology with the publication of ''Talmudische Archäologie'', which was reprinted in Hebrew in 1924. In 1998, his 1922 study of the ancient synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ..., ''Synagogale Altertümer'', was still considered essential reading on the topic. In 1935 he published a comprehensive and detailed study ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Krauss
Ruth Ida Krauss (July 25, 1901 – July 10, 1993) was an American writer of children's books, including '' The Carrot Seed'', and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print. Early life and education Ruth Krauss was born July 25, 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland to Julius Leopold and Blanche Krauss. As a child, Ruth had numerous health problems, including the rare autoimmune disorder pemphigus. She began writing and illustrating her own stories while still a child, hand sewing her pages into books. Ruth went to a local high school but left in 1917 after her sophomore year to focus on the study of art. She enrolled in the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts (now known as the Maryland Institute College of Art). The school's focus on applied arts did not suit her and she left after about a year. Her next stop was a girls camp, Camp Walden in Maine, where she discovered her love for writing; the camp yearbook for 1919 contains her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind E
Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'': People *Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas *Rosalind Blauer (1943–1973), Canadian economist * Rosalind Brett, writer of romance novels *Rosalind Cash (1938–1995), American singer and actress *Rosalind Chao (born 1957), American actress born in Anaheim, California * Rosalind Creasy (born 1939), American landscape designer and author * Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), British physical chemist and crystallographer who made very important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of coal and graphite, DNA and viruses * Rosalind Hackett, American historian *Rosalind Halstead (born 1984), British actress *Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (1869–1958), British aristocrat *Rosalind Heywood (1895–1980), British psychical researcher * Rosalind Hicks (1919–2005), British li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
