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Meta (name)
Meta is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Beqir Meta, Albanian historian *Ilir Meta (born 1969), Albanian President * Kenichiro Meta (born 1982), Japanese football player *Ermal Meta (born 1981) Italian-Albanian singer Given name: *Meta Brevoort (1825–1876), American mountain climber *Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978), Trinidad-born pianist, composer, writer and cultural activist * Meta Elste-Neumann (1919–2010), German-American gymnast *Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), African-American artist * Meta Given (1888–1981), American nutritionist, home economist, and cookbook author * Meta Golding (born 1971), Haitian-American actress and former figure skater * Meta Luts (1905–1958), Estonian actress * Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), Northern Irish children's writer * Meta Orred (1845 or 1846–1925), Scottish author and poet * Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (born 1936), British Labour Party member of the House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beqir Meta
Beqir Meta is Albanian historian and member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and director of the Institute of History. He published many works on Greek-Albanian relations. Meta is director of National Historical Museum and president of the Scientific Committee of the Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was ... Museum. References 20th-century Albanian historians Members of the Academy of Sciences of Albania Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Albanian historians {{Albania-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Mayne Reid
Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991) was a Northern Irish children's writer. Early life and education Meta Mayne Reid was born to Marcus and Elvina Hopkins in Woodlesford, Yorkshire in 1905 and grew up there although her family was from Ulster in Ireland. She had one sister, Audrey. She was educated at home through governesses before going to Leeds Girls' High School. Mayne Reid went on to attend Manchester University. Later she moved to Crawfordsburn in County Down when her parents returned to the north of Ireland and there she was married to Dr E. Mayne Reid. Work It was in Ulster that she set most of her novels, both historical fiction and modern settings with a fantasy side. She wrote more than twenty children's novels as well as two novels for adults and one collection of poetry. Reid was involved with the Belfast chapter of PEN A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metta (given Name)
Metta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Metta Fock (1765–1810), Swedish noble and sentenced murderer * Metta Permadi (born 1989), Indonesian actress *Metta Spencer (born 1931), Canadian sociologist * Metta von Oberg (1737–1794), German baroness *Metta Sandiford-Artest (born 1979), American basketball coach and former player See also * LaMetta Wynn LaMetta Wynn (August 4, 1933 – June 24, 2021) was the mayor of Clinton, Iowa from 1995 to 2007. She was the first African-American woman to hold the position of mayor in any Iowa municipality. Wynn has 10 children and worked for 30 years as a re ... (1933–2021), U.S. politician * * Meta (name), given name and surname * Metta (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Vidmar
Meta Vidmar (born Metoda Vidmar, 15 May 1899, Ljubljana – 1 November 1975, Ljubljana) was the first Slovene modern dancer, notable for establishing the Mary Wigman dance school in Ljubljana in 1930, the first modern dance school in Slovenia. Life Meta Vidmar was the sister of the literary critic and politician Josip Vidmar, the chess master Milan Vidmar, the Yugoslavia gymnastics team coach for the Olympic games in London in 1948 Stane Vidmar, and the publisher Ciril Vidmar (her twin). In 1927, she graduated from the dance school in Dresden established and led by Mary Wigman, with whom she spent seven years and who gave her a license to open a dance school in her name in Slovenia. Her school in Ljubljana taught the first Slovene dancers and teachers of modern dance, such as Marta Paulin, Živa Kraigher, and Marija Vogelnik, who then taught subsequent classes of contemporary dancers in Slovenia after World War II. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Vannas
Meta Vannas (born Meta Jürgenson, 1949–1975 Meta Jangolenko; 9 January 1924 – 25 November 2002In memoriam 2002 Sirp, 3 January 2003 (retrieved 21 November 2022)) was an n politician. She was a member of the . Vannas was born in Suuremõisa [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Tuke
Dame Margaret Janson Tuke (13 March 1862, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England21 February 1947, Hitchin) was a British academic and educator. She was the youngest child of the philanthropist James Hack Tuke. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1932. Education Tuke was educated at home until she was 15, then for two years at St John's School in Withdean, now part of Brighton. She also went to Bedford College in London one day a week in Michaelmas term 1879. In 1885 she became one of the first women to go up to Cambridge University, where she read Modern and Medieval Languages at Newnham, gaining the equivalent of a first class honours degree in 1888. As women were not awarded degrees by Cambridge at the time, her BA and MA were conferred upon her by Trinity College, Dublin in 1905. (Women could only receive Cambridge degrees after 1948.) Career Tuke began her academic career at Newnham College and taught French there, as a staff lecturer in modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Seinemeyer
Meta Seinemeyer (September 5, 1895 – August 19, 1929) was a German opera singer with a spinto soprano voice. Seinemeyer was born in Berlin, where she studied at the Stern Conservatory with Ernst Grenzebach. She made her debut at the Deutsche Opernhaus in 1918. She joined the Dresden Semperoper in 1924, and began appearing at the Vienna State Opera in 1927. On the international scene, she sang at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as Agathe in ''Der Freischütz'', Sieglinde in ''Die Walküre'', Elisabeth in ''Tannhäuser'' and Eva in ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' in 1926, and at the Royal Opera House in London in 1929, as Eva, Elsa in ''Lohengrin'' and Sieglinde. Besides the great Wagner heroines, she also played an important role in the renaissance of Verdi's operas in Germany, winning considerable acclaim as Leonora in ''La forza del destino'', Elisabeth de Valois in ''Don Carlos'', and the title role in ''Aida''. She was also admired as Marguerite in ''Faust'', Maddalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay Of Cartvale
Margaret Mildred "Meta" Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (born 12 July 1936) is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords. Professional career Educated at the University of Glasgow and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Ramsay served in the British diplomatic service from 1969 to 1991. A fluent Russian speaker, having studied with Elizabeth Smith, wife of the late John Smith, she was a well-respected Case Officer with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). She served with distinction in Stockholm and in Helsinki where, as the SIS Head of Station, she was involved in the successful exfiltration of the former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. A news3 article states that SIS will neither confirm nor deny they ever employed Ramsay. A contemporary of Sir John Scarlett, the chief of SIS from 2004 to 2009, she was short-listed to succeed an earlier MI6 chief – Sir Colin McColl, though at that time, 1994, she lost out to Sir David Spedding, left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Orred
Meta Caroline Orred (1845 or 1846, in Edinkillie, Elginshire, Scotland – 23 May 1925, in Bournemouth) was an author and poet. Though born in Scotland, she lived most of her life in England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ..., where she produced her literature and poetry. The lyric for the 1877 popular song " In the Gloaming", with music by Annie Fortescue Harrison, comes from ''Poems''. Selected works *''Poems'' (1874) *''A Long Time Ago'' (1876) *''Berthold, and Other Poems'' (1878) *''Honor's Worth; or, The Cost of a Vow'' (1878) *''Ave (all' Anima mea)'' (1880) *''A Dream Alphabet and Other Poems'' References *''The Book of World Famous Music, Popular, Classical and Folk'' (1966) by James Fuld. *Notes to CD ''More Songs My Mother Taught Me'' (Hyperion, 2002) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Luts
Meta Luts (5 September 1905 – 1 July 1958) was an Estonian actress. Known mostly for her appearances on stage, she also performed in radio theatre and appeared in several films. Her career spanned nearly forty years. Early life and education Meta Luts was born in the rural municipality of Riidaja in Valga County to parents Andres and Juuli Mari Luts (''née'' Gentalen). She had two older sisters, Lonny and Karin, and a younger brother named Elmar. Karin would go on to become a successful painter and graphic artist. Her first cousin was artist . The family moved to Pärnu in her early childhood where she attended primary and secondary schools and took dance lessons from Marie Kalbek-Maddi, who worked as a dance instructor for the Endla Theatre. Later, when instructors from the Estonia Theatre (now, the Estonian National Opera) came to Pärnu to offer theatre courses, she studied dance with actor and dancer Robert Rood and was convinced by her father's friend, Estonia Theatre dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilir Meta
Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian politician. He served as President of Albania from 24 July 2017 to 24 July 2022. Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania from 2013 to 2017.parlament.al Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania He also held positions as , Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Golding
Meta Golding is a Haitian-American actress. Life and career Golding was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her parents were international aid workers and she was raised in several countries. Besides the United States, Golding also lived in India, Haiti, France and Italy. During her years in Italy, she competed on ice as an Italian national figure skater, but when an injury ended her skating career she started acting in Italian theater. She returned to the U.S to attend Cornell University and earned degrees in Theatre Arts and International Relations. Golding played District 2 tribute Enobaria in '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' and '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2''. She also guest starred on Criminal Minds temporarily replacing A. J. Cook, and played villainous Selina in an episode of ''Burn Notice''. Golding currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is fluent in English, French, Haitian Creole and Italian. Filmography References External links *Meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
