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Niemeyer
Niemeyer, Niemeier, or Niemeijer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Maria Niemeyer (1929–2012), Brazilian architect, furniture designer, daughter of Oscar *August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828), German Protestant theologian and poet * Brian Niemeier, American science fiction horror author * Carol A. Niemeier (born 1934), American politician * Deb Niemeier, American civil engineer *Felix von Niemeyer (1820–1871), German physician *Frédéric Niemeyer (born 1976), Canadian tennis player *Hans-Volker Niemeier, German mathematician * Hermann Niemeyer Fernández (1918-1991), Chilean biochemist *Isidora Niemeyer (born 2001), Chilean rower * (1870–1937), Dutch member of parliament *Jo Niemeyer (born 1946), German artist and designer *Jule Niemeier (born 1999), German tennis player * (1902–1987), Dutch chess problemist *Mitchell Niemeyer (born 1988), Dutch DJ and house music Producer *Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), Brazilian architect *Otto Niemeyer (1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments", Niemeyer was hailed as a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his generation by his supporters. He said his architecture was strongly influenced by Le Corbusier, but in an interview, assured that this "didn't prevent isarchitecture from going in a different direction".Salvaing, Matthieu (2002) ''Oscar Niemeyer''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Niemeyer
Frédéric Niemeyer (born April 24, 1976) is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and current tennis coach at Tennis Canada. Career Niemeyer reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 22 March 2004. He also reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 142, achieved on 5 August 2002. In his only Grand Slam singles main draw appearance, Niemeyer reached the second round of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships by beating World No. 8 Felix Mantilla. He also reached the Wimbledon doubles second round on two occasions, in 2005 partnering Glenn Weiner, and again the following year with Tuomas Ketola. Niemeyer took over as Canada's top-ranked singles player in the ATP rankings on 7 January 2002, when he surpassed both Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor and remained Canada no. 1 until 6 January 2003. He had multiple stints as Canada's number one over the next three years alternating with Simon Larose and Frank Dancevic until 30 January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Niemeyer
Anna Maria Baldo Niemeyer (16 December 1929 – 6 June 2012) was a Brazilian architect, furniture designer and gallery owner. The only daughter of Oscar Niemeyer, she worked with her father to design the civic buildings for Brasília, focusing primarily on interior spaces and decoration. When her father decided to make furniture to harmonize his structures with the design elements, she turned her interest to furniture designing. Her two most noted designs were the initial prototype called the "Alta" and the "Rio". In her later career, she ran an art gallery in Rio, which at one time was the only gallery in the city, and assisted in the creation of the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum. Early life Niemeyer was born on 16 December 1929 in Rio de Janeiro to Annita Baldo and Oscar Niemeyer. Career When the Urbanization Company of New Capital of Brazil ( pt, Companhia Urbanizadora da Nova Capital do Brasil (NOVACAP)), was established in 1956, Niemeyer's father held the position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Niemeyer
Peter Niemeyer (born 22 November 1983) is a German football manager, executive, and former player. He serves as the sporting director of Preußen Münster. During his playing career, he mainly featured as a defensive midfielder, he also operated as a central defender. Club career Although born in Germany, Niemeyer spent the first years of his professional career in the Netherlands, playing for FC Twente in the Eredivisie. In January 2007, he joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen, appearing in three league games for the main squad in the 2006–07 season. On 29 September 2007, Niemeyer participated in the 8–1 home crushing of Arminia Bielefeld, scoring the game opener and his first Bundesliga goal. Incidentally, he fell out with an injury in the match after just 33 minutes. In the 2008–09 season, Niemeyer appeared in a career-best 25 official games, including five in the UEFA Cup, as Werder reached the final against Shakhtar Donetsk, where he started in a 2–1 ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Niemeyer
Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer (23 November 1883 – 6 February 1971) was a British banker and civil servant. He served as a director of the Bank of England from 1938 to 1952 and a director of the Bank for International Settlements from 1931 to 1965. An Oxford graduate, Niemeyer began working for HM Treasury in 1906 and rose rapidly through the ranks, finishing his time there as controller of finance (1922–1927). He was recruited to the Bank of England by Montagu Norman, and represented the bank at the League of Nations and on a number of missions overseas. His visit to Australia in 1930 contributed to a political crisis that resulted in the Australian Labor Party split of 1931 and the collapse of James Scullin's government. Personal life Niemeyer was born in Streatham, London, the eldest of three children born to Ethel (née Rayner) and Ernst August Wilhelm Niemeyer. His mother was English. His father, originally from Hanover, Germany, arrived in Britain in 1870 and became a natura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Niemeyer
Jo Niemeyer (born in 1946 in Alf, Germany) is a concrete artist and designer. Niemeyer's work is based on the observation of nature through the use of mathematics and, especially, the "Golden Section". He has experimented with various media such as photography and film video, and today, he principally uses painting to compose his graphic works. Niemeyer also realized sculptural objects and big scale projects such as the land art "20 steps around the world". Biography Jo Niemeyer was born in 1946 in the German village Alf. He comes from a long-time artist family. His mother was a textile designer and worked in Saabrücken at the former State School for Art and Crafts, where she was in charge of a handloom weaving factory. His father began to paint at a relatively young age, in abstract and concrete art. Unfortunately, his paintings were considered to be degenerate and most of his works were destroyed or lost during WWII. After three years of studying photography and graphic ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Niemeyer
Mitchell Niemeyer (born February 7, 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a DJ/Producer. Working in house music he has played gigs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, London, Miami, Brazil and Hong Kong. Biography Mitchell Niemeyer was raised in Amsterdam in the neighbourhood of “Jordaan”. It was here that he was exposed to all kinds of music, and where he became a DJ/Producer. Niemeyer has played every big festival in the Netherlands and surrounding countries, these have included Tomorrowland (BE), Mysteryland, Solar Festival and he has been in every Dirty Dutch line-up world-wide. In 2013 Niemeyer released his first big single, a collaboration with Jonathan Mendelsohn, known for his work with Laidback Luke and Dash Berlin. Besides this single, he is working on new collaborations with multiple international artists, including former Destiny Child lead singer Kelly Rowland, who has already achieved house hits with artists such as David Guetta, announcing the collaboration with Mitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Niemeyer
Hermann Niemeyer Fernández (26 October 1918 – 7 June 1991) was a well-known Chilean scientist he did much to establish biochemistry as a research discipline in Chile. In 1983 he received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias de Chile, National Science Prize for his major advances in biochemistry in the fields of bioenergetics, metabolic regulation of enzymes, and studies of metabolism in liver cells. Life and career Education Hermann Niemeyer was born in Ovalle, Chile, where his father was the German consul. His secondary education was at the :es:Internado Nacional Barros Arana, Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Santiago, where he joined an exceptional group of young people, including :es:Jorge Millas, Jorge Millas [es] and Nicanor Parra (brother of Violeta Parra). Membership of this group, illustrated at a web page about Nicanor Parra that has a photograph that includes Niemeyer as a young man (easily recognizable to those who knew him as an old man), marked Niemeyer's chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niemeyer (tobacco)
Koninklijke Theodorus Niemeyer BV (Royal Theodorus Niemeyer Ltd.) is a Dutch tobacco company. The company is currently part of the multinational British American Tobacco (BAT). History Koninklijke Theodorus Niemeyer BV has been a family-run business for a long period with origins from the trade in products from the (Dutch) colonies. Meindert Niemeyer started the trading-business on 25 March 1819. The company sold products from the colonies, among which tobacco (brandname ''Wapen van Rotterdam'' (Arms of Rotterdam). When son Theodorus Niemeyer took over the business they started producing and selling different brands: both under their own name but also supplying other companies (such as De Bijenkorf). The company then also started selling other goods from the colonies such as tea and coffee In the 20th century they company grew by acquiring other tobacco-companies in the city of Groningen and they also started looking to overseas markets When the company celebrated its 150th bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Hermann Niemeyer
August Hermann Niemeyer (1 September 1754 in Halle (Saale) – 7 July 1828 in Magdeburg) was a German Protestant theologian, teacher, a librettist, a poet, a travel writer, a Protestant church song poet and a Prussian political educator. He was professor of theology in 1780, then vice-chancellor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He studied at the University of Halle, where his teachers included Johann August Nösselt (1734-1807), Johann Jakob Griesbach (1745-1812) and Johann Salomo Semler (1725-1791). In 1775 he published a highly regarded work, titled ''Charakteristik der Bibel'' (Characteristics of the Bible). In 1778 he met with Johann von Goethe, with whom he established a friendship that lasted until Niemeyer's death in 1828. Around 1802, Niemeyer translated Terence’s ''Andria'' for Goethe under the title ''Die Fremde aus Andros''. Soon afterwards the play was performed by the Weimar theatre. In 1807, after Halle fell to French forces, Napoleon ordered the closure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Niemeyer (doctor)
Paul Niemeyer (9 March 1832 – 24 February 1890) was a German physician and hygienist, born in Magdeburg and a half brother of internist Felix von Niemeyer.Niemeyer, Johann Paul Otto, Dr. med. Magdeburger Biografisches Lexikon In 1849–51 he studied medicine at the , where his influences were physiologist and chemist . In 1854 Niem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Von Niemeyer
Felix von Niemeyer (31 December 1820 – 14 March 1871) was a German internist born in Magdeburg. He was the grandson of theologian August Hermann Niemeyer (1754–1828). Biography He studied medicine at the University of Halle and in 1844 started work as a physician in Magdeburg. Later, he was a professor of internal medicine at the University of Greifswald (from 1855), and at the University of Tübingen (from 1860). During the Franco-Prussian War, he served as a medical consultant. Niemeyer is largely remembered for his written works, in particular, the ''Lehrbuch der speziellen Pathologie'', a textbook that was published in eleven editions up until 1884, and was translated into seven languages. He is also known for espousing a high-protein, low-carbohydrate dietMiller, Ian. (2014). ''Reforming Food in Post-Famine Ireland: Medicine, Science and Improvement, 1845-1922''. Manchester University Press. p. 80. that was in essence a modification of the popular "Banting diet", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
