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Littauer Foundation
Littauer and Litauer are German language surnames, meaning "a person from Littau" "a person from Litovel". Notable people with the surname include: * Florence Littauer (1928–2020), Christian writer and motivational speaker * Lucius Littauer (1859–1944), politician, businessman, and college football coach * Mary Aiken Littauer (1912–2005), equestrian *Raphael M. Littauer Raphael Max Littauer (November 28, 1925 – October 19, 2009) was an American physicist who was a longtime Professor of Physics and Nuclear Studies at Cornell University. He was involved in the development of several particle accelerators there, ... (1925–2009), American physicist * (1892–1959), Polish journalist and state functionary * Vladimir Littauer (1892–1989), horseback riding master See also * * {{surname, Littauer, Litauer German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin German toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littau
Littau is a former municipality, and now part of the city of Lucerne, in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the municipality of Littau merged into the municipality of Lucerne. History Littau is first mentioned in 1178 as ''Litowo''. On 1 January 2010, Littau has merged with the city (and municipality) of Lucerne. Art. 5 of the merger treaty states that the new municipality's name is to be "Luzern". Geography Littau has an area of . Of this area, 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). , 21.08% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 49.17% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.16% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 10.47% is covered with buildings, 4.29% is industrial, 1.96% is classed as special developments, 2.33% is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litovel
Litovel (; ) is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Litovel consists of 11 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Litovel (6,910) *Březové (205) *Chudobín (213) *Myslechovice (394) *Nasobůrky (438) *Nová Ves (204) *Rozvadovice (243) *Savín (129) *Tři Dvory (254) *Unčovice (378) *Víska (91) Geography Litovel is located about northwest of Olomouc. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Upper Morava Valley lowland. The highest point is the hill Šumina at above sea level. The Morava (river), Morava River and six its branches flow through the town, which gave it the nickname "Moravian Venice". The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area, named af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Littauer
Florence Littauer (née Chapman; April 27, 1928 – July 11, 2020) was an American Christian self-help author and public speaker. Littauer is best known for her series of books based upon the Personality Plus personality system. She was listed as one of Helen K. Hosier's "100 Christian Women Who Changed the Twentieth Century" and has received the National Speakers Association's Council of Peers Award for Excellence and has been designated by them as a Certified Speaking Professional.The Fort Scott Tribune. ''All Paths Have Led Here: Florence Littauer As Speaker''. Jan 31, 1996, p1-2 Background The daughter of Walter and Katie F. Chapman, she grew up in her father's store in Haverhill, Massachusetts, sharing three rooms with her family. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst on a scholarship, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English with a minor in psychiatry.Weldon, Ann. "I Had To Humble Myself. Florence Littauer Gave Her Life To Jesus Christ After Life's Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Littauer
Lucius Nathan Littauer (January 20, 1859 – March 2, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and college football coach. He served in the United States House of Representatives from New York for five terms between 1897 and 1907. Littauer graduated from Harvard University in 1878 and was the school's first head football coach, guiding the Crimson to a record of 6–1–1 in 1881. In 1936, Littauer's donation of $2 million helped found Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, which was later renamed the Harvard Kennedy School in honor of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and is routinely ranked as the world's top graduate school for public policy, social policy, international affairs, and government. Biography Littauer was born January 20, 1859, to a Lithuanian-Jewish family ("Litauer" being German for "Lithuanian") in Gloversville, New York. He moved with his parents to New York City in 1865. Education After attending the Charlier Institute for boys and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Aiken Littauer
Mary Aiken Littauer, Graver (February 11, 1912 – December 7, 2005), was a leading authority on ancient domesticated horses and related materials (Brownrigg 2006). Using her knowledge of contemporary horsemanship, she wrote works on ridden horses and chariots in Greece, the Near East and Egypt. She was born Mary Aiken Graver in Pittsburgh and raised in New York. She was married to Captain Vladimir S. Littauer, an equestrian whose training and teaching methods are still in use today. Her family chose the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm, international equestrian competition venue, and an educational theme park opened in 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located off Kentucky State Highway 1973 (Iron Works Pike) and Interstate 75, at ... as the recipient of her vast library and her own works on ancient horses. The museum - a Smithsonian affiliate - has hired an archivist to create an inventory of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael M
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. His father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the ruler of the small but highly cultured city of Urbino. He died when Raphael was eleven, and Raphael seems to have played a role in managing the family workshop from this point. He probably trained in the workshop of Pietro Perugino, and was described as a fully trained "master" by 1500. He worked in or for several cities in north Italy until in 1508 he moved to Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius II, to work on the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. He was given a series of important commissions there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Littauer
Vladimir Stanislavovitch Littauer (January 10, 1892 – August 31, 1989) was an influential Russian and American Equestrianism, horseback riding master and the author of books and films on educated riding and the training of horses. As a riding instructor, Littauer was in great demand during his lifetime by professionals and amateurs. He was considered an early, important and controversial advocate of the hunt seat, forward seat riding system during his career. He wrote more than a dozen books between 1930 and 1973 which sparked vivid debates among experienced riders of various backgrounds. He also wrote many articles on forward seat, forward riding (sometimes referred to as "hunt seat") for the notable equestrian magazines of his day. His methods continue to be taught at Sweet Briar College and other riding programs. Early life Littauer was born in the Ural Mountains of Russia but grew up in St. Petersburg. In the fall of 1911, at age 19, he entered the two year officer training p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
