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Pistorius
Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin ''pistor'' meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include: Pistorius * Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politician *Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria * Caren Pistorius, South African actress * Charlotte Pistorius (1777 – 1850), German poet * Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730 – 1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher * , German artist * Johannes Pistorius (other) refers to three 16th century bearers of that name * Martin Pistorius, South African web designer and author * Micki Pistorius (born 1961), South African forensic psychologist and author * Oscar Pistorius (born 1986), South African double-amputee athlete and convicted murderer Pistor * Johann Jakob Pistor, 18th-century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army * Ludger Pistor (born 1959), German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (; ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African convicted murderer and former professional sprinter. Both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old owing to a congenital defect; he was born missing the outside of both feet and both fibulae. Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. After becoming a Paralympic champion, Pistorius attempted to enter nondisabled international competitions, over persistent objections by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and arguments that his artificial limbs gave an unfair advantage. Pistorius prevailed in this legal dispute. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Pistorius was the first amputee to win a nondisabled world track medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius was the first double-leg amputee participant. On 14 February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Pistorius
Boris Pistorius (; born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the German Federal Minister of Defence since 19 January 2023 in the Scholz cabinet. He had previously been State Minister for Interior and Sports in the state government of Lower Saxony since 2013. He served in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2017, until his position as Federal Minister in 2023. Early life and education Pistorius was born in Osnabrück, the son of (née Raabe) and Ludwig Pistorius. His mother was a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1978 to 1990. After taking his abitur at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, he was conscripted to military service in the Bundeswehr in 1980 before taking up law studies at the University of Münster and Osnabrück University, and also, for a brief period, at the Catholic University of the West. Early career Pistorius worked as the personal advisor to State Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Pistorius
Martin Pistorius (born 31 December 1975) is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 12 years. When he was 12, he began losing voluntary motor control and eventually fell into a vegetative state for three years. He began regaining consciousness around age 16 and achieved full consciousness by age 19, although he was still completely paralysed with the exception of his eyes. He was unable to communicate with other people until his caregiver Virna van der Walt noticed that he could use his eyes to respond to her words. She sent him to the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria for testing, where they confirmed that he was conscious and aware of his surroundings. His parents then gave him a speech computer, and he began slowly regaining some upper body functions. In 2008 he met his wife Joanna through his sister Kim, and in 2009 they married. He co-wrote his autobiography ''Ghost Boy'' wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Andreas Pistorius
Hermann Andreas Pistorius (8 April 1730 – 10 November 1798) was a German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and clergyman, philosopher, reviewer, translator and writer. During his lifetime he was regarded as "the most learned man on Rügen". Early life Pistorius was born in Bergen auf Rügen. The son of a Bergen deacon, he lost his father at an early age. His stepfather Brandanus Heinrich Gebhardi (1704-1784) promoted his scientific education. He attended school in Bergen, the Stralsund Gymnasium and the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig. Afterwards he studied at the universities of Greifswald and Göttingen. He then spent two years as a private scholar in Hamburg and Altona. During this time he was engaged in the translation of works by David Hume. In Greifswald he obtained a magister degree in 1756. In 1757, he took over a position as ''Pastor substitutus'' in Schaprode. On 27 April 1759, he became pastor and provost in Poseritz, where he worked until the end of his life. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Pistorius
Charlotte Pistorius (5 November 1777 – 14 September 1850) was a German poet and letter-writer. She belonged to the circle of friends around Ernst Moritz Arndt, and corresponded with him and other notable writers, including Friedrich Schleiermacher. She took care of family members, and supported education for the lower classes of the population. Life Born Charlotte Helene Henriette Pritzbuer in (now part of Sundhagen), she was the daughter of Theodor Pritzbuer (1731-1819), the local pastor, and his third wife, Helena Dorothea Margarete von Hellström, who died in 1816. In 1787, the family moved to the small town of Garz on the island of Rügen, where her father became pastor at the St.-Petri-Kirche. Charlotte Pritzbuer, inspired by her parental home, acquired an extensive education, mainly as an autodidact. On 3 September 1797, she married Johann Philipp Pistorius (1767-1823), the second son of pastor Hermann Andreas Pistorius, who was an administrative assistant to her si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caren Pistorius
Caren Pistorius (born 30 September 1990) is a South African-New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Rose in the 2015 film ''Slow West''. Early life Pistorius was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. Her family moved to Auckland, New Zealand when she was 12. She took drama classes at school. She studied at the Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT .... Filmography Film Television References External links * * Living people 21st-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century South African actresses New Zealand film actresses New Zealand television actresses People from Rustenburg South African emigrants to New Zealand South African film actresses South African television actresses Auckland University of Techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micki Pistorius
Micki Pistorius (born 19 March 1961 in Pretoria) is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author. She was the first woman in her profession and the first profiler in South Africa. She says she has "cryptesthesia", an extra-sensory perception for killers. Early and personal life Pistorius grew up in Pretoria with several brothers and sisters. She worked as a journalist for eight years, before deciding to study psychology at the University of Pretoria, where she received a Masters in the subject, and also became a lecturer with a reputation for eccentricity. While doing her doctoral thesis on serial killers, the first in South Africa, she developed her theory linking Freudian psychosexual development with serial killing. She was married for eight years, but divorced as a result of work pressures after she became a profiler. Career Pistorius joined the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1994, where she founded and headed the Investigative Psych Unit as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calie Pistorius
Carl Wilhelm Irene ("Calie") Pistorius (born 9 August 1958) is a South African academic who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down from this role at the end of January 2017. His successor at Hull is Professor Susan Lea. Education Pistorius obtained the degree B.Sc (Eng) ( cum laude) in electronic engineering from the University of Pretoria in 1979 and the degree B.Eng (Hons) (cum laude) in electronic engineering from the same university in 1981. He obtained a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University in the U.S. in 1984, a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering also from the Ohio State University in 1986, and a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1994. Academic career Pistorius is a consultant to industry and government on issues relating to strategy, management of technology, technological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Pistorius (other)
Johannes Pistorius may refer to: * Jan de Bakker van Woerden (1499–1525), Dutch Catholic priest who was the first to be martyred for Protestant beliefs * Johann Pistorius the Elder (1504–1583), German Protestant minister, who participated in several religious disputations between Catholics and Protestants * Johann Pistorius Johann Pistorius (14 February 1546 – 19 June 1608), also anglicized as John Pistorius or distinguished as Johann Pistorius the Younger, was a German controversialist and historian. He is sometimes called Niddanus from the name of his birthp ... Niddanus (the Younger) (1546–1608), German controversialist and historian, son of Johann Pistorius the Elder * Johan Pistorius (died 1722), Danish grenadier executed for witchcraft * Johannes Pistorius (badminton) (born 1995), German badminton player {{hndis, Pistorius, Johannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demian
''Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth'' is a Bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. ''Demian'' was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author; the tenth edition was the first to bear his name. Plot summary Emil Sinclair is a young boy raised in a middle class home, amidst what is described as a ''Scheinwelt'', a play on words meaning "world of light" as well as "world of illusion". Sinclair's entire existence can be summarized as a struggle between two worlds: the show world of illusion (related to the Hindu concept of maya) and the real world, the world of spiritual truth (see Plato's cave and dualism). Accompanied and prompted by his mysterious classmate and friend 'Max Demian', he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realization of self. The novel's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastorius (other)
Pastorius may refer to: People *Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651–c. 1720), leader of the first organized settlement of Germans in Pennsylvania * Francis D. Pastorius (1920–1962), American lawyer and politician *Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987), American jazz bassist and composer ** ''Jaco Pastorius'' (album), a 1976 album *Jim Pastorius (1881–1941), American professional baseball player Other *Operation Pastorius, a failed sabotage attack by Nazi Germany on the United States in 1942 *Pastorius Park, a park in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia, United States, named after Francis Daniel Pastorius *Pastorius Brand, a knitted brand sweater company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina See also *Pistorius Pistorius or Pistor (from Latin ''pistor'' meaning miller or baker) are Latinized surnames, corresponding to the Dutch Bakker or the German Becker. Notable people with the surname include: Pistorius * Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politi ..., a surname { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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