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Quensel
Quensel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl-Erik Quensel (1907–1977), Swedish statistician and demographer * Conrad Quensel (1767-1806), Swedish naturalist * Isa Quensel (1905-1981), Swedish actress and opera singer * Nils Quensel The Kejne affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s. In 1948, Karl-Erik Kejne (1913–60), a Swedish Lutheran pastor, publicly accused groups of gay men of threatening him and making attempts on his life. This occurred after he had ... (1894–1971), Swedish cabinet minister involved in the "Kejne affair" * Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist See also * Quensel Glacier, Cooper Bay, South Georgia * Quesnel (other) {{surname, Quensel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Quensel
Conrad Quensel (10 December 1767 – 22 August 1806) was a Swedish naturalist. Biography Quensel was born at Åsbo in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of Jakob Quensel (1724-1802) and Ulrika Benedikta Billberg (1739-1806). His father was a rector at Malmö and later senior clerk in the parish of Ausås. He was named after his grandfather, noted astronomer Conrad Quensel (1676-1732). In 1789, Quensel became a student at the University of Lund and gained his Magisterexamen in philosophy in 1787. In 1789 he undertook a study trip to Lappland, where he described several new species of insects. Starting from 1791, he was an employee of the Botanic Garden at the University of Uppsala. In 1797 he became a Doctor of Medicine and after 1798 he became Director of the Natural Cabinet ('' Naturkabinetts'') at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Later he became a chemistry and natural history teacher at the Military Academy Karlberg, where he received in 1805 the title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Erik Quensel
Carl-Erik Quensel (9 October 1907 – 10 April 1977) was a Swedish statistician and demographer, specializing in population statistics, statistical distribution theory and biostatistics. Biography Early life Carl-Erik Quensel was born in Malmö, Sweden on 9 October 1907, the son of Conrad and Ester Quensel. .Svensk biografisk handbok, 1977, p.830 Scientific career In 1935 Qunsel earned a licentiate degree from the Department of Statistics at Lund University, followed by a PhD degree in 1938. In 1941, he was appointed professor of Statistics at Lund University . Quensel was an elected member of the International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov .... He served as a Swedish delegate to the United Nations Population committee.Kulldorff, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isa Quensel
Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 – 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the title role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's '' Die Kathrin'' at the Royal Swedish Opera. Partial filmography * '' The Million Dollars'' (1926) - Journalist * ''Kärlek måste vi ha'' (1931) - Cora * ''The Love Express'' (1932) - Detective's Niece * ''Jolly Musicians'' (1932) - Margit, his daughter * ''House Slaves'' (1933) - Greta * ''Pettersson & Bendel'' (1933) - Elsa Wallin * ''Love and Dynamite'' (1933) - Rosa * ''False Greta'' (1934) - Lisa * ''Äventyr på hotell'' (1934) - Elly * ''Raggen'' (1936) - Maria alias Raggen * ''Min svärmor - dansösen'' (1936) - Sylvia * '' The Girls of Uppakra'' (1936) - Elsa Brummell * ''En flicka kommer till sta'n'' (1937) - Ulla Frank * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) - Ann-Marie Brandt * '' Wanted'' (1939) - Ulla Ståhle * ''Marianne'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Quensel
The Kejne affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s. In 1948, Karl-Erik Kejne (1913–60), a Swedish Lutheran pastor, publicly accused groups of gay men of threatening him and making attempts on his life. This occurred after he had tried to put an end to gay prostitution in Stockholm, Sweden. In March 1950, Kejne published a sensationalist article in the newspaper '' Dagens Nyheter'' claiming that the prostitution of underage boys was rampant in the working class districts of Stockholm, being patronised by wealthy and well connected gay men whom the police did not dare arrest. This theme was quickly picked up by several evening papers, and reached the proportions of a witch-hunt. There was widespread belief in Kejne's conspiracy theory about a "homosexual mafia", supposedly controlling several criminal gangs of gay men. When a commission was appointed to examine Kejne's allegations, he accused the commission of being infiltrated by the same "homosexual mafia", le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quensel Glacier
Quensel Glacier () is a small glacier flowing southeast into Cooper Bay at the east tip of South Georgia. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Percy D. Quensel, Swedish geologist of Uppsala University, who visited South Georgia with Carl Skottsberg in 1909. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ... * Glaciology References Glaciers of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy D
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England * Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War * James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
