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Lisco Baltic Service , a Libyan steelmaker
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Lisco may refer to one of the following: * Lisco, Nebraska, a census-designated place in the United States ** Lisco State Aid Bridge, listed on National Register of Historic Places * Adrian Esquino Lisco (died 2007), El Salvadoran activist * Emil Gustav Lisco (1819-1887), German Protestant minister * Friedrich Gustav Lisco (1791-1866), German Protestant theologian * Libyan Iron and Steel Company The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (Lisco) is one of the largest iron and steelmaking companies operating in North Africa. Based in Misrata, it is subsidized and owned by the Libyan government. Lisco's foundation stone was officially laid on 18 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisco, Nebraska
Lisco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 64 at the 2010 census. History Lisco was laid out in 1909 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named after Reuben Lisco, a cattleman who owned about of land in the area, including the land on which the town currently stands. Mr. Lisco later became the president of the Lisco State Bank. In the 2000 United States Census, the community of Lisco was mistakenly called "Cisco" by the Census Bureau. The surrounding census county division (CCD) was still called Lisco. By 2005, the Census Bureau had realized its error, stating that "Lisco census designated place (CDP) is erroneously shown...with the name 'Cisco.'" Geography Lisco is located in western Garden County at (41.4972022, -102.6201979), on the north side of the valley of the North Platte River. The western border of Lisco follows the Morrill County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisco State Aid Bridge
The Lisco State Aid Bridge is located on a county road over the North Platte River south of Lisco, Nebraska. Completed in 1928, the bridge today "is distinguished as an important crossing of the Platte River and one of the last two intact multiple-span state aid truss bridges" in Nebraska."Historic bridges of Nebraska: Garden County" - . Retrieved 6/4/08. History The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Esquino Lisco
Adrian Esquino Lisco (died September 8, 2007) was an El Salvadoran activist and spiritual chief and advisor to El Salvador's indigenous community. Lisco rose to international prominence during the Salvadoran Civil War when he called attention to human rights atrocities committed against El Salvador's indigenous peoples, who number about 1 percentEl Salvador of the country's 7 million people. Early life Adrian Esquino Lisco was born in Comarca San Ramon, in western Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. He was of indigenous Nahua heritage. Esquino Lisco's older brother had been killed during the suppression of the 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising (also called ''La matanza'') by the Salvadoran dictatorship. Esquino Lisco was described as a short, soft-spoken man who was less than 5 feet tall. He was a farmer and artisan by profession. Esquino Lisco's father founded the Asociación Nacional de Indigenas de El Salvador (ANIS) in 1954. The main purpose of ANIS was to preserve the cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Gustav Lisco
Emil Gustav Lisco (January 13, 1819 – February 8, 1887) was a German Protestant Christian pastor. Lisco was born in Berlin, the son of Friedrich Gustav Lisco, a pastor and theologian. From 1845 Emil became a pastor as well, also in Berlin. Among his more notable public positions was strident opposition to Copernican heliocentrism Copernican heliocentrism is the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in 1543. This model positioned the Sun at the center of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular pa ..., against which he argued in an 1868 letter and in an 1872 lecture. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisco, Emil Gustav German Protestant clergy 1819 births 1887 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Gustav Lisco
Friedrich Gustav Lisco (February 12, 1791 – July 5, 1866) was a German Protestant Christian theologian born in Brandenburg an der Havel. His son, Emil Gustav Lisco, was also a preacher. He studied at Viadrina University in Frankfurt and at the University of Berlin, where his instructors were Friedrich Schleiermacher, August Boeckh, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, with the latter being an important influence to his career. From 1814 he worked as a preacher in Berlin. In 1839 he obtained an honorary doctorate from the University of Berlin. at Selected works * ''D ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |