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Post (surname)
Post is a surname of Low German and Dutch origin. It can be either toponymic (near a post, or marker) or occupational ("messenger; courier"). People with the name Post include: *Achim Post (born 1959), German politician * (1839–1895), German jurist and judge *Albertson Van Zo Post (1866–1938), American fencer * Alfred Post (1926–2013), German footballer * Alfred Charles Post (1806–1886), American surgeon * Alfred M. Post (1847–1923), Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court *Alise Post (born 1991), American bicycle motocross (BMX) racer * (b. 1983), Norwegian winter triathlete * Arthur Post (born 1959), American conductor *Amy Post (1802–1889), American abolitionist and women's rights activist *Anders Post Jacobsen (born 1985), Danish footballer *Austin Richard Post (born 1995), American rapper known as "Post Malone" * Bill Post (born 1950s), American radio personality and Oregon politician * C. W. Post (1854–1914), American foods manufacturer * Carole Post (fl. 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low German
: : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle Low German , dia1 = West Low German , dia2 = East Low German , iso2 = nds , iso3 = nds , iso3comment = (Dutch varieties and Westphalian have separate codes) , lingua = 52-ACB , map = Nds Spraakrebeet na1945.svg , mapcaption = Present day Low German language area in Europe. , glotto = lowg1239 , glottoname = Low German , notice = IPA Low German or Low Saxon (in the language itself: , and other names; german: Plattdeutsch, ) is a West Germanic language variety spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern part of the Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Frederick Post
Christian Frederick Post (an anglicanization of Christian Friedrich Post) (1710 Polish Prussia - 29 April 1785 Germantown, Pennsylvania) was a missionary of the Moravian Church to the indigenous peoples of the Americas who played a brief but significant role in Colonial diplomacy. Biography He came to Pennsylvania in 1742, and worked at forming groups of German heritage into a church federation, but was unsuited to the task. His facility in learning the native languages suited him better to organizing native groups. Between 1743 and 1749 was a missionary to the Moravian Indians in Province of New York and Connecticut Colony. His and his co-workers' activities were viewed with suspicion by the settlers: he was expelled from New York and Connecticut once, and another time he was jailed in New York for seven weeks. He returned to Europe in 1751, and thence was sent to Labrador, but afterward he came again to Pennsylvania, and was again employed in the Indian missions. Following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florian Post
Florian Post (born 27 May 1981) is a German politician who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2013 to 2021. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Political career Post became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian .... He was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection until 2019. References External links * Bundestag biography 1981 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany People from Neustadt an der Waldnaab (district) {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Post-Parrish
Ethel Post-Parrish (died 1960) was an American Spiritualist medium. Biography In 1932 Parrish founded Camp Silver Belle a Spiritualist summer camp situated at Mountain Springs Hotel in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. In her séances Parrish claimed to materialize her spirit guide an Indian girl known as Silver Belle. In a séance at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, in 1953, Parrish materialized her spirit guide Silver Belle whilst sitting in her curtained cabinet. The pictures claimed to be taken at 50 second intervals in infra-red light by photographer Jack Edwards, show Silver Belle growing from a cloud of " ectoplasm". Fraud A related spiritualist camp known as Camp Chesterfield in Anderson, Indiana was managed by Mabel Riffle the cousin of Parrish. The camp was exposed in 1960 as infra red film had revealed that the materialized figures were all human and had entered the séance room through a side door. Camp Silver Belle was also practicing fraudulent mediumship, and had been exposed in var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Post
Emily Post ( Price; October 27, 1872 – September 25, 1960) was an American author, novelist, and socialite, famous for writing about etiquette. Early life Post was born Emily Bruce Price in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly in October 1872. The precise date is unknown. Her father was the architect Bruce Price Bruce Price (December 12, 1845 – May 29, 1903) was an American architect and an innovator in the Shingle Style. The stark geometry and compact massing of his cottages in Tuxedo Park, New York, influenced Modernist architects, including ..., famed for designing luxury communities. Her mother Josephine (Lee) Price of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the daughter of a wealthy coal baron. After being educated at home in her early years, Price attended Miss Graham's finishing school in New York after her family moved there. ''The New York Times'' Dinitia Smith reports, in her review of Laura Claridge's 2008 biography of Post,Emily was tall, pretty and spoiled. [...] ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Leon Post
Emil Leon Post (; February 11, 1897 – April 21, 1954) was an American mathematician and logician. He is best known for his work in the field that eventually became known as computability theory. Life Post was born in Augustów, Suwałki Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland) into a Polish-Jewish family that immigrated to New York City in May 1904. His parents were Arnold and Pearl Post. Post had been interested in astronomy, but at the age of twelve lost his left arm in a car accident. This loss was a significant obstacle to being a professional astronomer, leading to his decision to pursue mathematics rather than astronomy. Post attended the Townsend Harris High School and continued on to graduate from City College of New York in 1917 with a B.S. in Mathematics. After completing his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1920 at Columbia University, supervised by Cassius Jackson Keyser, he did a post-doctorate at Princeton University in the 1920–1921 academic year. Pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Post
Elizabeth Lindley Post (May 7, 1920 – April 24, 2010) was an American etiquette writer, the granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post. Born the third child of Allen Ledyard Lindley and Elizabeth Ellsworth Lindley,Elizabeth Lindley Post, Etiquette Author, Successor to Emily Post, Dies at 89 PR Newswire she was the great-granddaughter of . Elizabeth Lindley's first husband was Lt. George Eustis Cookman, USN, who was killed in action in 1943. They had one son, Allen, who took his stepfathers last name. She married William Goadby Post, the only grandchild of Emily Post, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Maria Post
Elisabeth Maria Overdorp (née Post; 22 November 1755, Utrecht – 3 July 1812, Epe) was a Dutch poet and prose writer, and is esteemed the foremost female representative of sensibility in Dutch literature.Boheemen-Saaf 2005, n.p. She is also credited as the first Dutch woman writer to speak out against slavery.https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/7962988/deze-gelderse-vrouw-sprak-zich-als-eerste-uit-tegen-slavernij Life Early life Elisabeth Maria, daughter of Evert Post (1719–1787), owner of a sugar factory, and Johanna Maria van Romondt (1724–1792), was the sixth child in the Post family, and initially grew up in Utrecht, where her father held various administrative positions. When his sugar factory went bankrupt in 1768 – Elisabeth was twelve – the family was forced to withdraw from the genteel society of the city and moved to Emminkhuizen (below Renswoude). There the family lived in worrisome circumstances. Elisabeth spent six gloomy years there, with reading as her only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Post
Elisabeth Post (born 27 July 1965) is a Dutch politician who served as a member of the Provincial-Executive of North Holland from 2009 to 2019. She is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Career Elected to the municipal council of Hilversum from 1994 to 2006 for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Post chaired the party's group during her last four years in office. In the 2007 provincial election, she was elected to the Provincial Council of North Holland. Two years later, she became a member of the Provincial-Executive. She also served as Acting Queen's Commissioner of North Holland after the resignation of Harry Borghouts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehrhardt Post
Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post (23 September 1881 in Cottbus – 1 August 1947 in Berlin) was a German chess master and functionary. Biography At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tourn). He tied for 7-8th at Coburg 1904 (14th DSB–Congress, B tourn) and 12-13th at Barmen 1905 (B tourn, Leo Forgacs (Fleischmann) won). He took 7th at Ostend 1906 (elim.). In 1907 he took 2nd, behind Richard Teichmann, in Berlin. In 1910 Post won a match against Wilhelm Cohn (+6 –3 =3) in Berlin. He tied for 13-14th in interrupted the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament (19th DSB–Congress, Alexander Alekhine won). In 1917, he tied for 3rd-4th in Berlin (Paul Johner and Walter John won). Post won, ahead of Friedrich Sämisch, at Hamburg 1921 (21st DSB–Congress). He won, ahead of Carl Carls, at Oeynhausen 1922 (22nd DSB–Congress). He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Ernst Grünfeld, at Frankfurt 1923 (23rd DSB–Congress). In 1933–1945 Ehrhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Post
Donald Post (March 14, 1902 – November 17, 1979), dubbed by many as The Godfather of Halloween, created and sold some of the first rubber masks, which remain popular today. Career In the 1970s, Post made masks of such actors as Tor Johnson and William Shatner, the latter of which was slightly altered in the 1978 film, ''Halloween'', into the infamous Michael Myers mask. In the 1980s, Post and his company, Don Post Studios, also produced some of the rarer masks of the classic Cenobites from the ''Hellraiser ''Hellraiser'' is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barker's 1986 novella ''The Hellbound Heart''. The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Its plot invol ...'' franchise, as well as creating the masks used in the movie '' Halloween III: Season of the Witch''. The company is currently owned by the Paper Magic Group. Notes External links * * 1902 births 1979 deaths Burial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickie Post
Richard M. Post (born September 27, 1945) known as Dickie Post is a former college and professional American football player. A halfback, he played for the American Football League's San Diego Chargers and was the UPI choice for AFL Rookie of the Year in 1967. Post was known as one of pro football's most elusive backs. In 2008, NFL films named him the ninth most elusive runner of all-time. He finished in the top five of AFL rushers for three consecutive years (1967–1969) and won the AFL rushing crown in 1969. Football career Post played his college football for the University of Houston Cougars. He played professionally for the San Diego Chargers of the AFL from 1967 to 1969 and in their first season in the merged National Football League. During his San Diego stay, he played in two Pro Bowls in 1967 and 1969. His last year in the NFL was 1971, which he started by playing for the Denver Broncos and ended playing for the Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
