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Mayer (name)
Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname Mayer *Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), a German-Dutch virologist * Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German classical oboist * Alfred G. Mayer (1868–1922), German-American cnidariologist and entomologist *Alfred M. Mayer (1836–1897), American physicist *Arno J. Mayer (born 1926), Luxembourgish historian *Arthur Mayer (1886–1981), film producer and distributor who worked with Joseph Burstyn *Auguste Étienne François Mayer (1805–1890), French naval painter *Ben Mayer (1925–2000), amateur astronomer *Bernadette Mayer (born 1945), American poet and author *Brantz Mayer (1809–1879), American writer *Carl Mayer (1894–1944), Austrian-German screenwriter * Charles Mayer (other) * Christa Mayer, German mezzo-soprano *Christian Mayer (astronomer) (1719–1783), Czech astronomer *Christian Mayer (skier) (born 1972), Austrian skier *Christian Mayer (Wisconsin politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Mayer (skier)
Christian Mayer (born 10 January 1972 in Villach) is an Austrian former alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for .... He won the Alpine Ski World Cup Giant Slalom title in 1993/94 (and two bronze-medals in Winter Olympic Games and one bronze-medal in FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships). World cup victories External links * * 1972 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Else Mayer
Else Mayer (1891–1962) was a German nun and women's liberation activist during the period of first-wave feminism. She was one of the pioneers of the German Women's Liberation Movement. Together with Alexandra Bischoff she founded the Erlöserbund. Biography Else Mayer was the daughter of the German jeweler Victor Mayer. She spent her childhood and youth in the family business before she became a nun. After she visited several nunneries, she decided to open her own, Erlöserbund, in 1916. With the support of her family, she bought buildings in Bonn and started to support young female students who received housing from her. Erlöserbund was closed in 2005 and reorganized as a charitable foundation. The Else Mayer Foundation presents an annual award, the Else Mayer Award, to applicants who are deemed to qualify as ideological successors to Else Mayer. The award is for 4000 euros. German Education Minister Annette Schavan was the inaugural recipient of this award in 2006. The Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Mayer
Elizabeth Wolff Mayer (1884 – 14 March 1970) was a German-born American translator and editor, closely associated with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After emigrating to the United States in the 1940s she used her homes in Long Island and New York City as salons for visiting artists. Biography Elizabeth Mayer was born in Germany and spent her early life in Munich. Her father had been chaplain to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg; she studied music and was a skilled pianist. She was married to the psychiatrist, William Mayer, with whom she had two sons and two daughters. She worked as a translator in Germany, and visited D.H. Lawrence in Irschenhausen in 1927, where they discussed translation techniques. The Mayers moved to the United States in 1936 in order to flee Nazi persecution. Her homes in Long Island and New York City were used as a salon for artists. Between 1939 and 1940, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears stayed at her Long Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Justus Mayer
Edwin Justus Mayer (November 8, 1896 – September 11, 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958. Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays but he is remembered now for his work with Ernst Lubitsch. He worked with Lubitsch on the scripts for ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942) and '' A Royal Scandal'' (1945). ''A Royal Scandal'' (1945) did poorly at the box office, but is considered by many as one of Lubitsch's finest films. Personal life and family Mayer was born at 71 W. 125th Street in New York City on November 8, 1896, the son of Paul, who was born in Karlovy Vary while the town was part of the Austrian Empire, and Isabella Mayer. He had two siblings, sisters Olga and Estelle. Mayer's draft card for World War I, filled out in either 1917 or 1918, shows that he and his mother lived together at 108 W. 95th Street and that he worked on Broadway in Manhattan. Additionally, the card described him as being of ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eckehard Mayer
Eckehard Mayer (born 1946) is a German composer.Eckhard RoelckeSchwetzingen: "Sansibar" von Eckehard Mayer: Oper, fernsehtauglich''Die Zeit'' 22 April 1994, retrieved 13 May 2019 Career Born in Hainsberg, Mayer was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1957 to 1965. He then studied music in Leipzig. From 1970 to 1982 he worked at various theatres as repétiteur and conductor (among others at the Volkstheater Rostock, and the Semperoper). From 1982 to 2011 he worked at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden as a composer, conductor and pianist, with interruptions as director of acting music. He was awarded the Carl Maria von Weber Prize for composition in 1976 and 1984. His opera ''Sansibar'' was premiered at the Schwetzingen Festival in 1994. Stage works * ''Ballade für Nico und Maria'', 1978, chamber opera after M. Richter * ''Die Weise von Liebe und Tod'', (see '' The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke'') 1984, ballet after Rainer Maria Rilke * ''Der goldene Topf'', 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delia Mayer
Delia Mayer (born 8 March 1967) is a Hong Kong-born Swiss actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Isabel Becker in the German television series ''Die Cleveren'' and as Miriam Shapiro in the German-American television drama mini-series '' Unorthodox. Biography Mayer was born on 8 March 1967 in Hong Kong. She is the daughter of Swiss jazz musician Vali Mayer and sister of Jojo Mayer, and grew up near Zürich. She trained in acting, dance, and singing in Vienna and classical singing at the Zürich Conservatory and the BGZ Opera School. She played Isabel Becker in the German television series ''Die Cleveren ''Die Cleveren'' ( en, The Smart Ones) is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nationwide special unit of the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), dealing with serial offenders. The main characters are ...'' and as Miriam Shapiro in the German-American television miniseries '' Unorthodox''. References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David R
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mayer
Daniel Raphaël Mayer (29 April 1909 – 29 December 1996) was a French politician and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and president of the ''Ligue des droits de l'homme'' (LDH, Human Rights League) from 1958 to 1975. He founded the '' Comité d'Action Socialiste'' in 1941 and was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistant Socialist group. Mayer also supported the '' Libération-sud'' resistance movement headed by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (6 January 190012 June 1969) was a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance. Biography Born in Paris, he attended the Naval Academy but resigned from the French Navy in 1923. He became a .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Daniel 1909 births 1996 deaths Politicians from Paris Jewish French politicians French Section of the Workers' International politicians Unified Socialist Party (France) politicians French Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Daisy von Scherler Mayer, sometimes credited as Daisy Mayer (born September 14, 1966), is an American film and television director. Life and career Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha von Scherler (1934–2000) and Paul Avila Mayer (1928–2009). Through her father, she was a grandchild of American screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer, and through her mother, she was a grandchild of Prussian aristocrat Baron Walram Voystingus Albert Alexander von Schoeler. After contributing to the New York Shakespeare Festival as a teen, von Scherler Mayer graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in theater and history. Her experience with theater served as a foundation for her career as a director, where she applied her understanding of stage acting to her work for the screen. Upon graduating from Wesleyan, von Scherler Mayer directed contemporary interpretations of classic plays such as Euripides' ''Electra (Euripides), Electra'', William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constant Mayer
* Constant Mayer (October 3, 1829 – May 12, 1911) was a French painter who emigrated to the United States. Mayer was born in Besançon, France to a Jewish family. He studied in Paris in the École des Beaux-Arts and under Léon Cogniet, and followed his profession in that city until 1854, when he moved to New York City. Mayer worked as a colorist at the photography studio of Jeremiah Gurney and CD Fredericks, at 340 Broadway, in Manhattan. With his own studio, at 1155 Broadway, he became known for his genre or historical paintings based on literature, and particularly for his portraits. He also created many sketches and drawings. His sentimental Civil War-themed painting, "Recognition" of 1865, drew considerable attention over the years. In 1869, Mayer was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He had been elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1866, and was also a member of the American Art Union. Mayer left the U.S. in 1869 for Paris, where he died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Mayer (Australian Actor)
Christopher Mayer (born Christopher Plummer; 1961) is an Australian actor known for his work on the sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. Personal life Mayer was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He is now married to Nicole Smith and has two children. Career Mayer starred in the Australian sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. His other TV appearances include: ''Home and Away'', ''Underbelly 3'', ''Good Guys Bad Guys'', ''Neighbours'' and the TV Mini-Series ''My Brother Tom''. He also appeared as Oliver Mellors in the open-air production of ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' directed by Australian film and theatre director Robert Chuter for Foster Grace Productions in 1999 at Tranby House, Maylands, Perth. Mayer underwent a career change after leaving ''Hey Dad..!'', and became a location manager in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
