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Rosenhain Tetrad
Rosenhain is surname of: * Johann Georg Rosenhain Johann Georg Rosenhain (10 June 1816 in Königsberg – 14 March 1887 Berlin) was a German mathematician who introduced theta characteristic In mathematics, a theta characteristic of a non-singular algebraic curve ''C'' is a divisor class Θ suc ... (1816 - 1887), German mathematician * Jakob ''(Jacob, Jacques)'' Rosenhain (1813, Mannheim – 1894, Baden-Baden), a Jewish German pianist and composer * Walter Rosenhain (1875, Berlin – 1934), an Australian metallurgist See also * {{surname, Rosenhain German-language surnames Jewish surnames Yiddish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Rosenhain
Johann Georg Rosenhain (10 June 1816 in Königsberg – 14 March 1887 Berlin) was a German mathematician who introduced theta characteristic In mathematics, a theta characteristic of a non-singular algebraic curve ''C'' is a divisor class Θ such that 2Θ is the canonical class. In terms of holomorphic line bundles ''L'' on a connected compact Riemann surface, it is therefore ''L'' such ...s. Rosenhain was born to a Jewish family, to Nathan Rosenhain and Röschen Joseph. References Rosenhain, Johann GeorgComplete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008 19th-century German mathematicians 19th-century German Jews Scientists from Königsberg 1816 births 1887 deaths {{Germany-mathematician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Rosenhain
Jakob Rosenhain (''Jacob'', ''Jacques'') (2 December 1813 – 21 March 1894) was a German Jewish pianist and composer. Rosenhain was born in Mannheim made his debut at the age of 11.Obituary , 21 April 1894, p. 378. During their 1837 season, he was a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (on 17 April), which in 1854 (also in April) programmed one of his symphonies. He was a friend of Felix Mendelssohn at least from 1839. He worked with Johann Baptist Cramer on a published school of piano-playing. From 1849 he made his home in Paris. Rosenhain died in Baden-Baden. Selected compositions ;Four operas: * ''Der Besuch in Irrenhause'' (1834) * ''Liswenna'' (1835) * ''Le Démon de la Nuit'' (1851); ''Liswenna'' rewritten * ''Volage et Jaloux'' (1863) ;Orchestra * Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 42See Brown (1886). * Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 43 (performed, possibly premiered, 1846 by Mendelssohn in Leipzig), vol. 40, 1899 (1 August 1899 issue), pp. 530-1. Discusses letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Rosenhain
Dr. Walter Rosenhain ForMemRS (24 August 1875 – 17 March 1934) was a German-born Australian metallurgist. Early life Rosenhain was born on 24 August 1875 in Berlin, German Empire, the son of Moritz Rosenhain, a merchant, and his wife Friederike, a daughter of Rabbi Benjamin Yosman Fink. The family emigrated to Australia when Walter was five years old, to avoid him having to do military service.Christopher J. Davey,Rosenhain, Walter (1875–1934), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 11, MUP, 1988, pp 450–451 Education He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and Queen's College, University of Melbourne, where he completed his course in civil engineering and was awarded an 1851 exhibition. Rosenhain then did three years research work with Professor James Alfred Ewing at St John's College, Cambridge. Career On the advice of his professor he took up the microscopic examination of metals, and spent some time at the Royal Mint studying the technique of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Surnames
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries CE. Jews have some of the largest varieties of surnames among any ethnic group, owing to the geographically diverse Jewish diaspora, as well as cultural assimilation and the recent trend toward Hebraization of surnames. Some traditional surnames relate to Jewish history or roles within the religion, such as Cohen ("priest"), Levi, Shulman ("synagogue-man"), Sofer ("scribe"), or Kantor ("cantor"), while many others relate to a secular occupation or place names. The majority of Jewish surnames used today developed in the past three hundred years. History Historically, Jews used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ''ben-'' or ''bat-'' ("son of" and "daughter of," respectively), and then the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
