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Scheffer
Scheffer is a German occupational surname related to German Schäfer (meaning "shepherd") or Schaffer (meaning "overseer"). Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Scheffer (born 1975), American baseball pitcher *Ary Scheffer (1795–1858), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia * Cornelia Scheffer (1769–1839), Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist * Cornélia Scheffer (1830-1899), French sculptor and designer *David Scheffer (born 1953), American diplomat, UN Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues *Emmanuel Scheffer (1924–2012), Israeli football player and coach *François Scheffer (1766–1844), Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Luxembourg City * Frank Scheffer (born 1956), Dutch cinematographer *Guus Scheffer (1898–1952), Dutch weightlifter *Hendrik Scheffer (1798–1862), Dutch-born French painter, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia *Henrik Teofilus Scheffer (1710–1759), Swedish chemist *Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Dutch polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ary Scheffer
Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime. Politically, Scheffer had strong ties to King Louis Philippe I, having been employed as a teacher of the latter's children, which allowed him to live a life of luxury for many years until the French Revolution of 1848. Life Scheffer was the son of Johan Bernard Scheffer (1765–1809), a portrait painter who was born in Homberg upon Ohm or Kassel (both presently in Germany) and moved to the Netherlands in his youth, and Cornelia Lamme (1769–1839), a portrait miniature painter and daughter of landscape painter Arie Lamme of Dordrecht, for whom Arij (later "Ary") was named. Ary Scheffer had two brothers, the journalist and writer Karel Arnold S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer ; born 3 April 1948) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Secretary General of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009. De Hoop Scheffer studied Law at the Leiden University obtaining a Master of Laws degree and worked as a civil servant and diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diplomatic service from October 1976 until June 1986. After the election of 1986 De Hoop Scheffer was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 3 June 1986 and served a frontbencher and spokesperson for Foreign and European Affairs. After Party Leader and Parliamentary leader Enneüs Heerma stepped down De Hoop Scheffer was selected as his successor on 27 March 1997. For the election of 1998 De Hoop Scheffer served as ''Lijsttrekker'' (top candidate). Following an internal power struggle with Party Chairman Marnix van Rij before an upcoming election De Hoop Scheffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Scheffer
Johan Emiel Scheffer (born February 7th, 1948) is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Labor Party. Scheffer is chair of the Victorian government agency Sustainability Victoria. He was originally elected to the Legislative Council in 2002 for Monash Province, becoming only the second Labor member to represent that electorate since its creation in 1937. When Monash Province was abolished in 2006, he was successful in winning one of the five seats in the newly created Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council. Johan Scheffer joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1991 and shortly after joined its Socialist Left faction. He was active in the Victorian Branch, holding positions of Local FEA (Federal Electorate Assembly) Secretary and State Conference Delegate for the Federal electorate of Melbourne Ports (renamed Macnamara in 2019). He was elected to the party's State Administrative Committee and to the Agenda Committee (1996-2009), playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Scheffer
Cornelia Scheffer (''née'' Lamme; 23 April 1769 – 4 July 1839) was a Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century el ....''"Lamme, Cornelia (1769-1839)". Retrieved'' 11 March ''2018'' She was known as "a woman of much energy and strength of character." She also "was distinguished by her talents, her wit, and many good qualities, which rendered her one of the remarkable women of her time." She is often thought of as the most visually commemorated artist’s mother of all time. Biography Early life Born Cornelia Lamme, in Dordrecht, she was the daughter of Johanna van Es and the landscape painter Arie Lamme (1748–1801), by whom she was probably trained. She grew up with a younger brother, Arnoldus (1771–1856) in the artistic society of Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer (born 13 September 1958) is a Dutch ecologist, mathematical biologist and professor of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management at Wageningen University and Research Centre. He was a winner of the 2009 Spinoza Prize. His research focuses on complex systems and their adaptability. Career Scheffer was born on 13 September 1958 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He studied ecology at Utrecht University and gained a degree in 1985. He obtained a doctorate from the same university in 1992. He subsequently held research positions at and the governmental agency . In 1998 he became professor of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management at Wageningen University and Research Centre and has since headed the department. Scheffer's research focuses on complex systems and their adaptability, finding that different ecosystems have tipping points. His research is located inside the field of ecology as well as outside of it, with studies into climate change and evolution. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrik Scheffer
Hendrik Scheffer (The Hague, 25 September 1798 – Paris, 15 March 1862) was a Dutch painter in the Romantic tradition who lived in France for most of his life. In France he is usually known as Henri Scheffer. Personal life Scheffer was the younger brother of painter Ary Scheffer, son of Johann Baptist and Cornelia Scheffer and grandson of Arie Lamme. When his father died in 1809, his mother first moved to Brussels and in 1811 to Paris. His daughter Cornélie married French philosopher Ernest Renan. Their son Ary Renan also became a painter. Work Scheffers, like his brother Ary, was a pupil of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. His work was much sought after in his lifetime. He mainly painted genre pieces and portraits which were finely crafted. His work was exhibited at the Salon from 1824 onwards and was heavily criticised by Charles Baudelaire and Théophile Gautier. Scheffers best known work is probably a picture portraying ''the arrest of Charlotte Corday'' (now in the Musée L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer
Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (born 12 September 1844 in Spaarndam, Netherlands - died 1880 in Singaraja, West Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) was a Dutch botanist and director of Buitenzorg Botanical Garden. Biography Schefferd received his education at the University of Utrecht on medicine and mathematics and physics, where he graduated in 1864. His professor Miquel suggested Scheffer for the post of director of the botanical garden at Buitenzorg. In the National Herbarium in Leiden, he immersed himself in the specification of plant families. On March 20, Scheffer complete his doctor degree in mathematics and physics on the dissertation the ''Myrsinaceis Archipelagi Indici''. That same year he received a scholarship from the Dutch government to Kew Gardens in London and visit to Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Following his graduation in 1868, travelled to Java in the Dutch East Indies and took the directorship of s Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg'' (today: Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Blanchard Scheffer
Victor Blanchard Scheffer (November 27, 1906 – September 20, 2011) was an American biologist and the author of eleven books relating to natural history. He was born in Manhattan, Kansas and moved to Washington state at a young age. His father, Theophilus H. Scheffer (1866-1966), was an associate biologist for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey for 27 years, who focused on wildlife management in the Pacific Northwest. Early years and education Scheffer received his bachelor of science in 1930, his master of science in 1932, and his doctorate in zoology in 1936, all at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1937, he began his scientific career as a biologist for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, where he remained for three years. Scheffer investigated fishes and invertebrates in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska from 1936-1938, a survey overseen by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. From 1940 to 1969, Scheffer was an employee in various (he als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Teofilus Scheffer
Henrik Teofilus Scheffer (December 28, 1710 – August 10, 1759) was a Swedish chemist notable for his contribution to the discovery of platinum. He was the son of (secretary of the Swedish Board of Mines) and Gustafviana Sofia Ehrenstierna and was born in Stockholm. Scheffer was raised by his uncle after his parents died. Scheffer was the grandson of scholar Johannes Schefferus and cousin of Counts Carl Fredrik and . Scheffer studied at Uppsala University from 1725 to 1731, studying mathematics under Anders Celsius. He then began work at the Swedish Board of Mines as an ' – an unpaid civil servant allowed to take part in the agency's negotiations – and studied under Georg Brandt. While working there, chemist Gustaf von Engeström was one of his students. Scheffer became director of the Ädelfors gold mine in 1739 and began working as an assayer () in 1752. In 1747 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1756 he was made a Swedish noblem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer (born 1956 in Venlo) is a Dutch cinematographer and producer of documentary film, mostly known for his work ''Conducting Mahler'' (1996) on the 1995 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle. Education Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design ( Eindhoven), the " Vrije Academie" Art College in The Hague, where he studied with the famous experimental filmmakeFrans Zwartjesand is a graduate from the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam. Early films Early films include ''Zoetrope People'' (1982), a documentary on Francis Ford Coppola and his studio with Wim Wenders, Tom Waits, Vittorio Storaro and others, as well as documentaries on the Dalai Lama and various socio/cultural subjects. In 1985 he directed the music video A Day for the band XYMOX on the 4AD Records label, leading him towards musical subjects. 1987 saw his short experimental films ''Wagner‘s Ring'', a distillation of The Rin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Scheffer
David John Scheffer (born September 18, 1953) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. He is the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he directed the Center for International Human Rights from 2006 to 2019. Scheffer received B.A.s from Harvard and Oxford University, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He began his legal career at the international law firm Coudert Brothers, working for a time in their Singapore office. He also served as counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. During Clinton's first term, he was initially the senior advisor to Madeleine Albright, who then served as ambassador to the United Nations. Scheffer then sat on the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council from 1993 until 1996, and then became the first Ambassador-at-Large for Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornélia Scheffer
Francès Cornelia Marjolin-Scheffer (29 July 183020 December 1899) was a French artist and designer, notable for her drawings, ceramics and sculptures. Life Born in Paris, Cornélia Scheffer was the daughter of the Dordrecht-born Ary Scheffer. In her birth registration, her father stated her mother's name as "Maria Johanna de Nes", but this is traditionally held to be a pseudonym for an anonymous woman of royal descent. M. Sterckx« Scheffer, Cornelia » in Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. Named after Ary's mother Cornelia, Cornélia was initially raised in the countryside but when she turned six she was entrusted to her paternal grandmother, Cornelia Scheffer-Lamme. She spent much time at her father's studio on rue Chaptal in the Nouvelle Athènes in Paris, a district much-frequented by artists. Her father's brother Arie Johannes Lamme painted her sitting at a piano in the small studio. Cornelia herself produced several bust of figures such as her father and Goethe as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
