Maibaum
Maibaum is a German surname meaning "maypole". Notable people with the surname include: *Richard Maibaum (1909–1991), American film producer, playwright, and screenwriter *Tom Maibaum Thomas Stephen Edward Maibaum Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) is a computer scientist. Maibaum has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) undergraduate degree in pure mathematics from the University of Toronto, Canada (1970), and a Doctor of Phi ..., British-Canadian computer scientist See also * Heinrich Meibom (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Maibaum German-language surnames ...
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Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his screenplay adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. Among his works are the first anti-lynching play on Broadway, ''The Tree'' (1932); the first anti-Nazi play on Broadway, ''Birthright'' (1933); the first film that dealt with the problem of medication abuse, ''Bigger Than Life'', written in 1955, released in 1956; the first film that dealt with the ethical and moral decisions in kidnapping cases, ''Ransom!''; the first film that introduced the American public to the importance of training airmen for the defense of the United States in a war many recognized as coming, ''I Wanted Wings'' (Spring, 1941); and '' Diamonds Are Forever'', begun 1970, the first film that discussed the use of laser-like satellite mounted weapons for global warfare. His papers now reside at his alma mater, the University of Iowa. Biography Early career Maibaum was born ...
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Maypole
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place. The festivals may occur on 1 May or Pentecost (Whitsun), although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer (20–26 June). In some cases the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again. Primarily found within the nations of Germanic languages, Germanic Europe and the neighbouring areas which they have influenced, its origins remain unknown. It has often been speculated that the maypole originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had. It has been a recorded practice in many parts of Europe throughout the Medieval and Early Modern periods, although it became less popul ...
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Tom Maibaum
Thomas Stephen Edward Maibaum Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) is a computer scientist. Maibaum has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) undergraduate degree in pure mathematics from the University of Toronto, Canada (1970), and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in computer science from Queen Mary and Royal Holloway Colleges, University of London, England (1974). Maibaum has held academic posts at Imperial College, London, King's College London (UK) and McMaster University (Canada). His research interests have concentrated on the theory of specification, together with its application in different contexts, in the general area of software engineering. From 1996 to 2005, he was involved with developing international standards in programming and informatics, as a member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IFIP Working Group 2.1 on Algorithmic Languages and Calculi, which specified, maintains, and supports the programming languages ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68 ...
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Heinrich Meibom (other)
Heinrich Meibom may refer to: * Heinrich Meibom (poet) (1555–1625), German historian and poet * Heinrich Meibom (doctor) Johann Heinrich Meibom ( la, Iohannes Henricus Meibomius; 29 June 1638, in Lübeck – 26 March 1700, in Helmstedt) was a German physician and scholar. Life Heinrich Meibom was the son of physician Johann Heinrich Meibom (1590-1655), who was the ...