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Pietsch
Pietsch is a German surname. It may refer to: * Bill Pietsch (1935–2004), American politician and businessman * Charles Francis Pietsch (1844–1920), American German-language newspaper publisher * Coral Wong Pietsch (born 1947), American brigadier general * Gustav Pietsch (1893–1975), German captain, resistance fighter, and politician * Hans Pietsch (Go player) (1968–2003), German Go player * Hans Pietsch (1907–1967) German mathematician and cryptographer * Janine Pietsch (born 1982), German Olympian backstroke swimmer * Ludwig Pietsch (1824–1911), German painter, art critic, and writer * Paul Pietsch (1911–2012), German racing driver and magazine publisher * Sara Mohr-Pietsch (born 1980), British music broadcaster * Theodore Wells Pietsch I (1869–1930), American architect * Theodore Wells Pietsch II Theodore Wells Pietsch II (September 23, 1912, in Baltimore, Maryland ‒ August 24, 1993, in Everett, Washington) was an American automobile stylist and indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wells Pietsch II
Theodore Wells Pietsch II (September 23, 1912, in Baltimore, Maryland ‒ August 24, 1993, in Everett, Washington) was an American automobile stylist and industrial designer who, with little formal education, managed to launch a career in automobile design that took him over a period of 38 years to nearly every major automobile company in the nation. Formative Years: 1912–1934 From an early age, Theodore W. Pietsch showed a strong fascination for cars, reflecting a wide family interest in automobiles and the automotive industry. In the teens and 20s, before the stock-market crash of 1929 took most of it away, the family was quite well-off, able to afford "big Packards" driven by a full-time chauffeur. While his father, Theodore Wells Pietsch I (1869−1930), a well-known Baltimore architect, never learned to drive, his mother, Gertrude Carroll Zell (1888−1968), knew cars very well—she is said to have been the first woman to drive a car in Maryland. One of his uncles, Arthur S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wells Pietsch III
Theodore Wells Pietsch III (born March 6, 1945) is an American systematist and evolutionary biologist especially known for his studies of anglerfishes. Pietsch has described 72 species and 14 genera of fishes and published numerous scientific papers focusing on the relationships, evolutionary history, and functional morphology of teleosts, particularly deep-sea taxa. For this body of work, Pietsch was awarded the Robert H. Gibbs Jr. Memorial Award in Systematic Ichthyology by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 2005. Pietsch has spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle as a professor mentoring graduate students, teaching ichthyology to undergraduates, and curating the ichthyology collections of the UW Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His zoological author abbreviation is Pietsch. See also :Taxa named by Theodore Wells Pietsch III and query for taxa he authored Education Pietsch attended John Adams High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pietsch
Paul Pietsch (20 June 1911 – 31 May 2012) was a racing driver, journalist and publisher from Germany, who founded the magazine '' Das Auto''.Glückwunsch zum 100. Geburtstag - ADAC Motorwelt 6/2012 p12 He was the first German ever to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix. Biography Born in Freiburg, Pietsch began his racing career in 1932 with a private Bugatti and Alfa Romeo. Racing with an Alfa Romeo, he won the 1933 III Svenska Isloppet GP ice race in Hemfjärden, and the 1934 I Vallentunaloppet ice race in Vellentunasjön, both in Sweden. In the 1935 German Grand Prix he raced for Auto Union, and he finished third in the 1935 Italian Grand Prix before leaving the team with its hard-to-drive rear engines. From 1937 onwards he entered a private Maserati. His greatest hours came in the 1939 German Grand Prix which he led from lap two until the ignition failed, making him drop down to third, which was still an excellent result for a privateer against the dominant force of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Francis Pietsch
Charles Francis Pietsch (1844–1920), an American newspaper publisher, founder, and long-time publisher of ''Das Wochenblatt'', a weekly American newspaper printed in the German language. Education and career Reared in Baltimore, Maryland, and educated at the then famous Professor Scheib's School, C. F. Pietsch moved to Chicago in 1866, where, from 1867, he became associated with newspapers printed in German. From that same year, he was secretary, treasurer, and general business manager of the'' Illinois Staats-Zeitung ''(founded April 21, 1848), until he left in 1899. In 1904, he founded ''Das Wochenblatt'', a weekly American newspaper printed in German, headquartered at 35 North Dearborn Street—"If You Can Read German, Subscribe to ''Das Wochenblatt'', One Dollar Per Year, All Authentic News in a Nutshell"—which he was still publishing in 1920 at the time of his death. His obituary refers to him as "Chicago's oldest publisher.""Charles Francis Pietsch aus dem Leben geschied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Pietsch (mathematician)
Hans Karl Georg Heinrich Pietsch (22 November 1907 – 14 October 1967) was a German mathematician who was most notable for being a director of the Mathematical Referat of the Wehrmacht signals intelligence agency, the General der Nachrichtenaufklärung during World War II. Life In 1938, Pietsch was promoted to Dr Phil with a doctoral dissertation titled: ''Areas that have a bundle of closed geodesic or a pair of conjugated counterparts'' (German:Über Flächen, die ein Bündel geschlossener Geodätischer oder ein Paar konjugierter Gegenpunkte besitzen), achieving a rerum naturalium at Humboldt University of Berlin. His doctoral advisor was Ludwig Bieberbach, the mathematician and nazi. Career In 1930 Pietsch was appointed to the mathematical review journal, Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik and held the position until the start of World War II. On 22 November 1939, Pietsch was conscripted into the Wehrmacht as a mathematician and was ordered to report to Inspecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Pietsch
Ludwig Pietsch (25 December 1824 – 27 November 1911) was a German painter, art critic and feature writer and a friend of Theodor Fontane."PIETSCH, Ludwig (1824–1911), Painter, illustrator, lithographer, art writer" in ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (2006) Life Pietsch attended the Danzig art and vocational school, and in 1841–1843 the Berlin Art Academy; he also studied under Swiss painter Charles Gleyre in Paris. He worked as an illustrator for various newspapers and journals, including the well-known Leipzig ''Illustrirte Zeitung''. His articles in the ''Vossische Zeitung'' and the ''Haude- und Spenersche ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Pietsch
Gustav Pietsch (1893 – 1975) was a German captain, resistance fighter and Politician of the Free City of Danzig. Pietsch was born in Bellin, Pomerania and served in the German Navy in World War I on a minesweeper and U-boat escort. He received his master’s certificate and served in 1919/20 at the harbour of Danzig (today GdaÅ„sk). In 1918 he married Gertrude née Behnke from Glettkau (today Jelitkowo), where they settled. Glettkau lay on the soil of the Free City of Danzig and throughout the 1920s Pietsch worked as a captain on several cargo and fishing boats. He was a member of the German Merchant Navy Officer’s Association and the Association of Combat Veterans, closely affiliated to the German National People's Party (DNVP). His wife was active in the female section of the Combat Veteran’s Association. In 1932 the Officer’s Association en bloc joined the Nazi Party, which was opposed by Pietsch, who left the Association. In early 1933 the Nazis joined the gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wells Pietsch I
Theodore Wells Pietsch (October 2, 1868, Chicago, Illinois – January 1, 1930, Baltimore, Maryland) was a well-known American architect, best remembered for a large body of work in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Among his best-known buildings are Recreation Pier at Fell’s Point (now a luxury hotel, the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore) at 1715 Thames Street, and the SS. Philip and James Catholic Church at 2801 North Charles Street, Baltimore. Education and early career After attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1885–1888), he returned to Chicago to begin his career with the architectural firms of Flanders & Zimmerman and of Burnham & Root, both of Chicago. On September 12, 1891, he left the U.S. for Paris and spent the next six years studying at the ''École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts'' where he received the French Government Diploma for architecture in December 1897, the ninth American to receive this award. In 1898, he received an honorary men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch (; born 1980) is a British music broadcaster who works principally for BBC Radio 3. Early life and education Mohr-Pietsch was born in London to a mother of Polish and a father of German descent. She sang in her school's choral society and took the role of Aeneas in a school production of ''Dido and Aeneas''. After school, she studied music at Newnham College, Cambridge (1998–2001), where she was the first ever Newnham Choral Scholar in Selwyn College's Chapel Choir. After gaining a first-class degree, she studied for an MA at the University of Edinburgh, subsequently becoming a tutor, a post she retained until 2006. Career While based in Edinburgh, Mohr-Pietsch embarked on a career in arts administration and began to broadcast on Radio 3, winning a BBC talent contest in 2004. After moving back to London, her involvement with the network became more extensive. She became a regular presenter of the network’s ''Breakfast'' programme in 2007. Her fortnightly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pietsch
William Herman Pietsch (March 5, 1935 – July 15, 2004) was an American businessman and politician. Early life and education Pietsch was born in Casselton, North Dakota and graduated from Lincoln High School in Casselton. He received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from North Dakota State University and his doctorate from the Washington State University. He also attended the University of North Dakota. Career Pietsch worked as a business consultant and served in the North Dakota Air National Guard. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 until his resignation on December 16, 2002, because of health problems. He was a Republican. Personal life His wife, Vonnie, also served in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Pietsch died at the Elm Care Center in Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoÊŠ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coral Wong Pietsch
Coral Wong Pietsch (born November 11, 1947) is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. She is a former brigadier general in the United States Army Reserve. In 2001 she became the first female general officer in the Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, and the first Asian-American woman to reach general officer rank in the United States Army. Biography Born in Waterloo, Iowa, to a Chinese immigrant father from Canton, China who had come to the United States to start a Chinese restaurant, and a Czech American mother, she grew up feeling different from her peers during the height of the Cold War, often being mocked for the Asian half of her ethnicity. Initially earning a bachelor's degree in theatre from the College of Saint Teresa, and later a master's degree in drama from Marquette University, she went on to attend the Catholic University of America for law school, graduating in 1974. There she would meet her futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Pietsch
Janine Pietsch (born 30 June 1982 in Berlin) is a German backstroke swimmer. In the course of her career, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, won two gold medals on the short course at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships, and four European gold medals. Career 2001–2005 Pietsch's first success on an international stage was at the 2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Antwerp, where she won one silver medal, in the 4x50m medley and three bronze medals, in the 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, and 4x100m freestyle relay. She would win another silver and two more bronze medals the next year in 2002. Between 2003 and 2005 she would win a further five silvers and one bronze in three European short course championships. In 2004, she competed in her only Olympic race, the 100 m backstroke. She finished seventh in her heat, and 23rd overall. 2006–2007 2006 was the best year of her career. In April she competed in Shanghai at the 2006 FINA Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
