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Neff is a surname of German (also Naf, Naef, Kneff), Swiss (also Naff, Naffe, Nafe) Czech or Ashkenazi Jewish origin. It may refer to: People *Charles D. Neff (1922–1991), American Mormon missionary and humanitarian * Christophe Neff (born 1964), Franco - German geographer *Donald Neff (contemporary), American journalist *Dorothea Neff (1903–1986), Austrian stage and film actress *Felix Neff (1798–1829), Swiss Protestant divine and philanthropist * Francine Irving Neff (1925-2010), 35th Treasurer of the United States 1974–77 * Garrett Neff (born 1984), American fashion model *Henry H. Neff (born 1973), American author and illustrator *Jacob H. Neff (1830–1909), American politician; lieutenant governor of California 1899–1903 *Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), American newspaper publisher; mayor of Kansas City 1904–05 *Jean-Marie Neff (born 1961), French racewalker * John Neff (American football) (before 1907-1938), American college football coach * John Neff (1931-2019), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Neff
Leonard Neff (July 8, 1925 – March 26, 2006) was an American psychiatrist, known for his work with military veterans and adolescents and his work on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Jocelyn Y. StewartLeonard Neff, 80; Doctor Diagnosed Vets' Stress ''Los Angeles Times'' (April 9, 2006). Neff was also known for his successful resolution of a high-profile hostage event which took place in Los Angeles, California in 1974 and in which three people were held at gunpoint by a Vietnam War veteran who was experiencing a flashback to his wartime experiences. Early life and education Neff was born in Peoria, Illinois on July 8, 1925. He studied at the University of Illinois before being drafted in the U.S. Army, where he served in the Pacific Theater of World War II but did not experience combat. Career Work with veterans Neff was a founding member of the Vietnam Veteran's Working Group, a group of mental health professionals who met at a meeting of the American Psychological Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Neff
Wolfgang Neff (8 September 1875 – after November 1936) was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930. He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic). Selected filmography * ''Nat Pinkerton in the Fight, Nat Pinkerton im Kampf'' (1920) * ''John Hopkins the Third, Die verschwundene Million'' (1921) * ''Raid (1921 film), Raid'' (1921) * ''The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * ''Fratricide (film), Fratricide'' (1922) * ''The Cigarette Countess'' (1922) * ''Yellow Star (film), Yellow Star'' (1922) * ''The Woman from the Orient'' (1923) * ''The Heart of Lilian Thorland'' (1924) * ''The Old Ballroom'' (1925) * ''The Salesgirl from the Fashion Store'' (1925) * ''People in Need (film), People in Need'' (1925) * ''Ash Wednesday (1925 film), Ash Wednesday'' (1925) * ''German Women - German Faithfulness'' (1927) * ''The Harbour Bride'' (1927) * ''The Girl from Frisco'' (1927) * ''The Lorelei'' (1927) * ''Circus Renz (1927 film), Circus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Neff
Edwin Wallace Neff (January 28, 1895 – June 8, 1982) was an architect based in Southern California and was largely responsible for developing the region's distinct architectural style referred to as "California" style. Neff was a student of architect Ralph Adams Cram and drew heavily from the architectural styles of both Spain and the Mediterranean as a whole, gaining extensive recognition from the number of celebrity commissions, notably Pickfair, the mansion belonging originally to Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Early years Edwin Wallace Neff was born January 28, 1895, to Edwin Neff and Nannie McNally, daughter of Chicago printing tycoon Andrew McNally ( Rand-McNally Corporation). Since Andrew McNally had moved to Altadena, California, in 1887 and founded Rancho La Mirada. La Mirada, California, was Neff's birthplace. However, he spent a great deal of time at the Altadena residence, a grand Queen Anne Victorian mansion which looked from the hillside community down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Neff
Vladimír Neff (13 June 1909, Prague – 2 July 1983, Prague) was a popular Czech writer and translator. He wrote numerous historical novels, political satires and parodies on criminal stories and adventure tales. He is best known for his historical novels, especially the pentalogy Reasonable marriages, Emperor's violets, Mean blood, The happy widow and The royal charioteer (Sňatky z rozumu, Císařské fialky, Zlá krev, Veselá vdova a Královský vozataj) and the satirical pseudo-historical trilogy depicting the travels and adventures of an imaginary nobleman Petr Kukaň z Kukaně (Peter Coop from Coop) consisting of the books Queens have no legs, The ring of the Borgias and The beautiful sorceress (Královny nemají nohy, Prsten Borgiů a Krásná čarodějka). He was the father of the contemporary publicist and science-fiction writer Ondřej Neff. See also * List of Czech writers Below is an alphabetical list of Czech writers. A * Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (154 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Neff
Thomas Linden Neff (born 1953)-, known as Tom Neff, is an American film executive, director and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Education Neff received his Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University with a major in English. In 1981, he completed a Master of Fine Arts at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Career Neff is the founder and former CEO of DOC: The Documentary Channel, the first channel in the United States to show documentaries on a full-time basis. The Documentary Channel, created in 1998, was shown on the DISH Network, Channel 197 and DirecTV, Channel 263. Neff is also a documentary film producer and director. Neff's films have won several national and international awards, including an Academy Award nomination and an Emmy win. In 1983 he began Tennessee's first feature film production company, Polaris Productions, and wrote and directed the feature film ''Running Mates'' (1985) dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence Neff
Prudence Maria Neff (June 9, 1887 – December 23, 1949) was an American pianist and music teacher, based in Alabama as a young woman, and in Chicago for the rest of her career. Early life Prudence Neff was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and raised in Chicago, the daughter of Anton Neff and Theresa Meyer Neff. Her father, who worked for the railroad, was born in Switzerland. At the Chicago Musical College, she studied piano with Glenn Dillard Gunn, and music theory with Adolphe Brune and Felix Borowski. Her "All-American" education was a selling point for Neff as a performer during the 1910s. Career Neff was a concert pianist who toured the United States with Hugo Heermann and Maggie Teyte Dame Maggie Teyte (born Margaret Tate; 17 April 188826 May 1976) was an English operatic soprano and interpreter of French art song. Early years Margaret Tate was born in Wolverhampton, England, one of ten children of Jacob James Tate, a succ .... She taught piano at Englewood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Morris Neff
Pat Morris Neff (November 26, 1871 – January 20, 1952) was an American politician, educator and administrator, and the 28th Governor of Texas from 1921 to 1925, ninth President of Baylor University from 1932 to 1947, and twenty-fifth president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1944 to 1946. He served as Grand Master of Masons in Texas in 1946. Early life Born on his family ranch near the Eagle Springs community in Coryell County, Texas, to Isabella Neff and her husband, Pat Neff grew up in a rural area and attended local schools. He graduated from McGregor High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Baylor University in Waco. He worked for the next two years teaching at Southwestern Academy in Magnolia, Arkansas, to earn money to go to law school. Among his students was Harvey C. Couch, who would later become a successful entrepreneur in Arkansas. Upon returning to Texas, Neff studied and received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Neff
Ondřej Neff (born June 26, 1945, Prague) is a Czech science fiction writer and journalist. He is the founder o''Neviditelný pes''(''The Invisible Dog''), one of the earliest and most popular Czech daily news/comments websites, an''Digineff'' a website about digital photography for amateurs. His father Vladimír Neff was a popular writer, author of many historical novels. Neff had two children with his first wife: a son, David, born in 1970, who works as a photographer for Mladá fronta DNES and a singer; and a daughter named Irena, born in 1979, murdered by her husband on 23 February 2008. Ondřej Neff has supported Czech President Václav Klaus in his fight against environmentalism. He described his opinions, for example, in the article Klaus versus the Warming Ideology . Works * 1978 ''Holky se perou jinak'' (with Vladimír Kovářík ml.) * 1980 ''Klukoviny a tátoviny'' * 1981 ''Tajná kniha o fotografii'' * 1983 ''A včely se vyrojily'' (humorous novel) * 1987 ''Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Neff
''Pennoyer v. Neff'' 95 U.S. 714 (1878) was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that a state court can only exert personal jurisdiction over a party domiciled out-of-state if that party is served with process while physically present within the state. More importantly, the court imposed a procedural limit on quasi in rem jurisdiction over property located within the state; it would have to be "brought under the control of the court" at the time the suit commenced otherwise quasi in rem jurisdiction would remain unavailable. The case emerged from a dispute regarding a parcel of land, which now includes portions of Forest Park near downtown Portland, Oregon, secured by settler Marcus Neff. He had received legal aid to obtain the property from unscrupulous attorney John H. Mitchell, who sued Neff in 1865 for an alleged debt related to the legal service. Mitchell won by default, and Neff's land was sold off to pay the debt. Mitchell himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Neff
Lyle Neff (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and journalist in Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Prince George, British Columbia, he is the author of three books of poetry published by Anvil Press. He has also written scattered essays, cultural journalism and literary criticism for various Canadian publications, ranging from the national newspaper ''The Globe and Mail'' to such obscure literary journals as '' Sub-Terrain''. Notorious for his hotheaded nationalism and elaborate use of profanity, Neff elaborated in 2003 his controversial Three Laws of Honest Dominion Belletrism, a sort of code for Canadian writers. The Laws, as published in ''Monarchist'' magazine, went as follows: *1. Don't ask for subsidies from the Canadian people. *2. Don't teach. *3. Don't work for Americans Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Neff
Lucas Neff (born November 7, 1985) is an American actor best known for his lead role in the Fox sitcom '' Raising Hope'' (2010-2014). Most recently, he starred in the CBS sitcom '' Carol's Second Act'' (2019) and co-starred as Duncan on ''Monsters at Work'' (2021) for Disney+. Personal life Neff was born and raised in the Andersonville area of Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Meade Palidofsky, is the founder of Storycatchers Theatre and his father, Alan, is a lawyer and novelist. He is of Irish and Jewish descent. He graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in 2004 and with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2008. He started acting when he was mistakenly assigned to the performing arts department at UIC. After college, he took classes at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Neff has a younger brother. He lives in Los Angeles, California. He and Australian actress Caitlin Stasey were married in 2016, and divor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
