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Körner Report
Körner, also rendered Koerner, or Korner is a German surname which may refer to People * Alexis Korner (1928–1984), born Koerner, musician * Alfred Körner (1926–2020), Austrian footballer * August T. Koerner (1843–1912), American politician * Brendan I. Koerner, contributing editor for ''Wired'' magazine * Christian Gottfried Körner (1756–1831), German writer and lawyer * David Korner (1914–1976), Romanian and French communist militant * Diana Körner (born 1944), German actress * E. F. K. Koerner (born 1939), German and Canadian professor of linguistics * Edith Körner (1921–2000), British magistrate, wife Stephan, mother of Thomas William * Friedrich Körner (1921–1998), German World War II flying ace * Gabriel Köerner (born 1982), visual effects artist * Gustav Koerner (1809–1896), German revolutionary, American politician * Hal Koerner, American ultramarathon runner * Henry Koerner, Austrian-American painter * Hildegard Körner (born 1959), German athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western order" of "given name, surname", unless it occurs in an alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. " Bach, Johann Sebastian". In this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English, Dutch, Italian, and French. There are some vestiges of a patronymic system as they survive in parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, but these do not form part of the official name. Women traditionally adopted their husband's name upon marriage and would occasionally retain their maiden name by hyphenation, in a so-called '' Doppelname'', e.g. "Else Lasker-Schüler". Recent legislation motivated by gender equality now allows a married couple to choose the surname they want to use, including an option ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Koerner
"Spider" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He has also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy. Biography Koerner grew up in Rochester, New York, and after a brief military service attended the University of Minnesota. He intended to major in engineering but soon became involved in the Minneapolis music scene, where he met Dave Ray and Tony Glover. They formed a loose-knit trio, releasing albums under the name Koerner, Ray & Glover. The group gained notice with their first album, '' Blues, Rags and Hollers'', originally released by Audiophile in 1963 and re-released by Elektra Records later that year. Koerner was an early influence on Bob Dylan, who mentioned Koerner in his autobiography, ''Chronicles''. Speaking of the early 1960s, Koerner later said, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Körner (writer)
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas William Körner
Thomas William Körner (born 17 February 1946) is a British pure mathematics, pure mathematician and the author of three books on popular mathematics. He is titular Professor of Fourier Analysis in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Trinity Hall. He is the son of the philosopher Stephan Körner and of Edith Körner. He studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and wrote his PhD thesis ''Some Results on Kronecker, Dirichlet and Helson Sets'' there in 1971, studying under Nicholas Varopoulos. In 1972 he won the Salem Prize. He has written academic mathematics books aimed at undergraduates: *''Fourier Analysis'' *''Exercises for Fourier Analysis'' *''A Companion to Analysis'' *''Vectors, Pure and Applied'' *''Calculus for the Ambitious'' He has also written three books aimed at secondary school students, the popular 1996 title ''The Pleasures of Counting'', ''Naive Decision Making'' (published 2008) on probability, statistics and game theory, and ''Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Körner (Austrian President) , a set of annual Austrian awards
* (1863–1933), German merchant and politician
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Theodor Körner may refer to: * Theodor Körner (author) (1791–1813), German poet and soldier ** Theodor Körner (opera), premiered in 1872, based on an episode in the life of the German poet and soldier * Theodor Körner (president) (1873–1957), president of Austria 1951–1957 ** Theodor Körner Prize The Theodor Körner Prize ( German: ''Theodor-Körner-Preis'') is a set of annual Austrian awards bestowed by the Theodor Körner Fund in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The prize is awarded at the University of Vienna. The pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Körner (author)
Carl Theodor Körner (23 September 1791 – 26 August 1813) was a German poet and soldier. After some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works for the Burgtheater, he became a soldier and joined the Lützow Free Corps in the German uprising against Napoleon. During these times, he displayed personal courage in many fights, and encouraged his comrades by fiery patriotic lyrics he composed, among these being the "Schwertlied" (Sword Song), composed during a lull in fighting only a few hours before his death, and "Lützows wilde Jagd" (Lützow's Wild Chase, or Hunt), each set to music by both Carl Maria von Weber and Franz Schubert. He was often called the "German Tyrtaeus." Early life He was born at Dresden, capital of the Saxon electorate, the son of the consistorial councillor Christian Gottfried Körner and his wife Minna Stock Körner. He was raised by his parents and by his aunt, the artist Dora Stock, who lived in the home. He attended the Kreuzsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Spider" John Koerner
"Spider" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He has also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy. Biography Koerner grew up in Rochester, New York, and after a brief military service attended the University of Minnesota. He intended to major in engineering but soon became involved in the Minneapolis music scene, where he met Dave Ray and Tony Glover. They formed a loose-knit trio, releasing albums under the name Koerner, Ray & Glover. The group gained notice with their first album, '' Blues, Rags and Hollers'', originally released by Audiophile in 1963 and re-released by Elektra Records later that year. Koerner was an early influence on Bob Dylan, who mentioned Koerner in his autobiography, ''Chronicles''. Speaking of the early 1960s, Koerner later said, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Körner
Stephan Körner, FBA (26 September 1913 – 17 August 2000) was a British philosopher, who specialised in the work of Kant, the study of concepts, and in the philosophy of mathematics. Born to a Jewish family in what would soon become Czechoslovakia, Körner left that country to avoid certain death at the hands of the Nazis after the German occupation in 1939, and came to the United Kingdom as a refugee, where he began his study of philosophy; by 1952 he was a professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol, taking up a second professorship at Yale in 1970. He was married to Edith Körner, and was the father of the mathematician Thomas Körner and the biochemist, writer and translator Ann M. Körner. Early life Körner was born in Ostrava, then part of Austria-Hungary, on 26 September 1913. "Jur Dr, PhD; FBA 1967, ''Born'' 26 Sept. 1913; ''os'' of Emil Körner and Erna (''née'' Maier); ''m'' 1944, Edith Laner, CBE, BSc, LLD, JP.." He was the only son of a teacher of cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Körner
Rudolf Körner (8 January 1892, Leipzig – 13 November 1978, Füssen) was a German gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... In 1912 Körner was a member of the German team which finished fourth in the team, free system competition and fifth in the team, European system event. He studied in Leipzig Biology, Chemie, Geologie, History and Sport to become a Teacher. He was member of the Frankfurt-Leipziger Burschenschaft Arminia. In both world wars he fought as an Officer and was appreciated with high medals of honour. References 1892 births 1978 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Germany Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Leipzig {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Koerner
Roy Koerner MBE was a Polar explorer who participated in the 1968-1969 surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean with expedition leader Sir Wally Herbert. The then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson described the journey as "a feat of endurance and courage which ranks with any in polar history", and Prince Philip felt "ranks among the greatest triumphs of human skill and endurance". Early life and career Koerner was born on 3 July 1932 in Copnor, Portsmouth. From an early age, he was nicknamed "Fritz" on account of his Germanic surname, and the moniker stuck. He was educated at Sheffield University, after which he taught at Bridgemary Community School before joining the British Antarctic Survey in 1957. Polar career From 1968 to 1969 he was a member of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition led by Wally Herbert, a surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean, from Alaska to Spitsbergen. In the 1970s Koerner emigrated to Canada where he spent more than forty years studying the history embedded in gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Körner
Robert Körner (21 August 1924 – 22 June 1989) was an Austrian footballer. Club career Körner played for and captained SK Rapid Wien, and later managed SK Rapid Wien (four times), SV Waldhof Mannheim (as coach), and 1. FC Nürnberg (as co-trainer). International career Körner made his debut for Austria in November 1948 against Sweden and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup where Austria finished third with his younger brother Alfred. He earned 16 caps, scoring one goal. Honours Player * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957 * Austrian Cup: 1946 * Zentropa Cup: 1951 Managerial * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1960, 1964 * Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...: 1961, 1972, 1976 External linksProfile and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Körner (Nazi Official)
Paul Körner (2 October 1893 – 29 November 1957) was a German Nazi functionary who served as State Secretary of both the Prussian State Ministry and the Four Year Plan. A close associate of Hermann Göring, he was also an SS-''Obergruppenführer'' and was convicted as a war criminal by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. Early life Körner was the son of a physician. He attended elementary school and the gymnasium in Zittau, graduating in 1912. He studied law at the University of Berlin until volunteering for the First World War in 1914, in which he initially fought on the Western Front with the 28th (2nd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Regiment. Commissioned as a Leutnant, he rose to the rank of Hauptmann and was posted as an adjutant to Erich Ludendorff, the Deputy Chief of the German General Staff in December 1917. He was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class, and was discharged as a Major in the reserves. After his discharge from the army, Körner served as a member of the Lützow F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
