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Ottomar
Ottomar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It is derived from Audamar, a name comprised from the elements *aud, meaning wealth, and *mari, meaning fame. Other variant of the name is Othmar. The name may refer fo: *Ottomar Anschütz (1846–1907), German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer * Ottomar Gern (1827–1882), Russian fortification engineer * Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco (1940–2007), German socialite * Ottomar Ladva (born 1997), Estonian chess player * Ottomar von Mayenburg (1865–1932), German pharmacist * Ottomar Pinto (1931–2007), Brazilian politician * Ottomar Rosenbach (1851–1907), German physician * Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832–1932), German-American painter * Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli (1804–1860), Prussian chief of police, diplomat, scientist, and author * Paolo Ottomar Malchiodi (1970 - ) Italian triathlete See also * Othmar *Omar (name) *Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Anschütz
Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846, in Lissa – 30 May 1907, in Berlin) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer Career Anschütz studied photography between 1864 and 1868 under the well-known photographers Ferdinand Beyrich (Berlin), Franz Hanfstaengl (Munich) und Ludwig Angerer (Vienna). He received recognition for his photograph of John of Saxony on horseback in 1867. He then took over his father's company in Lissa, mainly working as a portrait photographer and as a decorative painter. Anschütz made his first instantaneous photographs in 1881. He developed his portable camera that allowed shutter speeds as short as 1/1000 of a second in 1882. He made a name for himself with sharp photographs of imperial military demonstrations in Breslau in 1882 and gained more fame with pictures of flying storks in 1884. He organized exhibitions of his work at the Berlin Kriegsakademie and the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle. In 1885, Anschütz started working on chronophotography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Ladva
Ottomar Ladva (born 17 June 1997) is an Estonian chess player and grandmaster. He is a four-time Estonian Chess Champion (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018). Chess career Ladva won the Estonian Junior Chess Championships (U18) in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Since 2006 he has participated in the European Junior Chess Championships and in European Union's Junior Chess Championships in different age groups. In the Estonian Chess Championship, he has won four gold (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) and one silver (2014) medals. He became the youngest Estonian champion at age 15, when he beat Lembit Oll's (1982) record. In June 2015, he won a round-robin tournament in Riga finalised to get a Grandmaster norm. Ladva represented Estonia in Chess Olympiads: ''OlimpBase.org''. * In 2012, at reserve board i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Pinto
Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (January 19, 1931 – December 11, 2007) was a Brazilian politician, who was Governor of the state of Roraima from November 2004 until his death in December 2007. He was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. Education and aeronautics work He was born in Petrolina, Pernambuco. He was a brigadier in the Brazilian Air Force. He studied in Petrolina and Recife before entering the aeronautic school at Campos dos Afonsos in Rio de Janeiro. He completed the course for a military staff in 1973 and became a colonel. During his military career, he realized six superior level courses, in civil engineering, electrical engineering, medicine, law, accounting, and economics. He completed two master's courses in the United States, and took courses for an MBA from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and law at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), also in Rio. Pinto undertook activities related to the construction, reform, and enlargement o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco
Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula Prinz Kretzulesco (born Ottomar Berbig; 10 October 1940 – 17 November 2007) was a flamboyant German socialite who achieved fame through a claim of adopted lineage from Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for Count Dracula. Biography Berbig was an antiques dealer in West Berlin in 1978 when an elderly woman entered his store wanting to sell heirlooms. The woman was Romanian princess Catherine Caradja (also known as Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco), who claimed to be a blood relative of Vlad Dracula. The two became friends, and the princess was keen to adopt Berbig as her family had no male heirs to carry the family name. Once formally adopted, the newly renamed "Prince Kretzulesco" proved adroit at exploiting his 'Dracula lineage'. From his 46-room palace located in the town of Schenkendorf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Gern
Ottomar Gern also known as Konstantin Borisovich Gern (16 November 1827 – 9 November 1882), was a Russian fortification engineer. Gern was born to a Polish noble family of German origin in Vitebsk Governorate, Russia. He studied war engineering at school and later became a lecturer in the field of construction of fortifications. During the Crimean War in 1854, Gern was sent to Tallinn to organise better protection for batteries. Gern built four submarines during his life. After the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), he made a comprehensive presentation of the protective construction operations of both sides. He was awarded the rank of Lieutenant-General. Career In summer 1854, Gern arrived in Tallinn to strengthen the local defence facilities. After a couple of months, the Crimean War (1853-1856) had reached a point where the British and French allies of Turkey has reached the Gulf of Finland, and Russia announced a naval blockade. The British warships were stationed near Nai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Von Mayenburg
Ottomar von Mayenburg (5 December 1865, in Schönheide – 24 July 1932, in Gut Roseneck at Wörthersee) was a German pharmacist. He invented the ''Clorodont'' toothpaste for the German market. Life Mayenburg studied botany pharmaceuticals at Leipzig University. After finishing his university studies he worked as a pharmacist in Dresden. In 1907 while in Dresden, he invented a toothpaste, which he named ''Clorodont''. He filled tubes with his new toothpaste and sold it to customers. His new product competed with the ''Kalodont'' toothpaste manufactured by Carl Sarg and also the ''Pebco'' toothpaste manufactured by Beiersdorf Beiersdorf AG is a German multinational company that manufactures and retails personal-care products and pressure-sensitive adhesives. Its brands include Elastoplast, Eucerin (makers of Aquaphor), Labello, La Prairie, Nivea, Tesa SE (Tesa t .... He was very successful and founded the ''Leowerke'' company to sell ''Clorodont''. In the 1920s over 1,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottomar Rosenbach
Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (4 January 1851 in Krappitz, Silesia – 20 March 1907) was a German physician. Krappitz was a Silesian city where his father, Samuel Rosenbach, practised medicine. He received his education at the universities of Berlin and Breslau (M.D. 1874). His studies were interrupted by the Franco-Prussian war, in which he took an active part as a volunteer. From 1874 to 1877 he was assistant to Wilhelm Olivier Leube (1842-1922) and Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (1841-1905) at the medical hospital and dispensary of the University of Jena; in 1878 he was appointed assistant at the Allerheiligen-Hospital at Breslau, and became ''privatdozent'' at the university of that city; in 1887 he became chief of the medical department of the hospital, which position he resigned in 1893; and in 1888 he was appointed assistant professor. In 1896 he resigned his professorship and removed to Berlin, where he practised until his death. He discovered unusual eye tremors when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (15 November 1831Zivilregister Bremen page 592 No. 1200/1832 – 6 February 1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. He almost always signed his work "H. Herzog"; as a result, his first name is spelled both "Herman" and "Hermann" in various sources. Life and work He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog achieved early commercial success, allowing him to travel widely and continue his training. His patrons included royalty and nobility throughout Europe. In the late 1860s, after an extensive trip to Norway, Herzog settled permanently near Philadelphia in the United States. Thereafter, he traveled throughout the U.S. and Mexico. He painted his way across the western states, arriving in California in 1873. His works from this trip included a series of Yose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr Von Minutoli
Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli (30 August 1804, in Berlin – 5 November 1860, in Khaneh Zanian Caravanserai, near Shiraz, Persia) was a Prussian chief of police, diplomat, scientist, and author, as well as a gifted draughtsman. Life He was the second son of the military officer and Egyptologist Heinrich Menu von Minutoli, then one of the teachers of the Berlin cadet corps. His father was in 1810 appointed the educator of the Prince Carl, and in 1820 was given the title of Baron von Minutoli. His mother, Wolfardine von Schulenburg was also an Egyptologist. Because the family has lived since 1810 in the royal palace of Unter den Linden, Julius von Minutoli had personal contact early in life with Carl and with the crown prince, later Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Julius studied jurisprudence and cameralism in Berlin and Heidelberg and in 1828 or 1830 entered the Prussian civil service, first of all as a Kammergerichtsassessor in Koblenz, from where he produced his book " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmar
Othmar, also spelled Otmar or Ottmar, is a masculine German given name, derived from the Germanic name ''Audamar'', from the elements ''aud'' "wealth, prosperity" and ''mar'' "fame". Notable people with the name include: *Saint Othmar *Othmar Ammann *Otmar Emminger *Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer *Otmar Hasler *Ottmar Hörl *Ottmar Hitzfeld *Otmar Issing *Othmar Karas *Ottmar Liebert *Ottmar Luscinius *Ottmar Mergenthaler *Othmar Muller von Blumencorn *Othmar Reiser *Othmar Schoeck *Othmar Spann *Othmar Zeidler *Otmar Szafnauer *Othmar Gispert Fictional characters *King Ottmar in the Legacy of Kain series See also *Ottomar *Omar (name) *Otto *Ademar External links * {{given name German masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar (name)
Omar/Umar ( ar, عمر) is a masculine given name that has different origins in three languages across the world (Arabic, Hebrew and Germanic) even though it is best known as an Arabic name and the name Omar was mentioned in the Old Testament. Omar is represented in Islamic traditions. The name means "flourishing, long lived". After the emergence and military success of Islam, which was partly due to the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab (also spelled Omar, ), Umar or Omar became a common name in Muslim Arab and Muslim populations in general. The name is also used in Spanish-speaking countries. There was a biblical figure by the name of Omar. In the Middle Ages, there was a large population of Jews and Muslims in Spain, therefore the name could have spread because of this. The name Omar (spelled as Ómar) is also popular as a man's name in Iceland, and to a much lesser extent in Nordic countries. The name can also be a variant of Ottomar or Othmar, a Germanic name consistin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
