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Senff
Senff is a German surname. People with the surname include: * Bartholf Senff (1815–1900), German music publisher * Birgit Senff, retired German gymnast * Karl August Senff (1770–1838), Baltic German painter * Nida Senff (1920–1995), Dutch swimmer * Theresa Senff (b. 1982), German road cyclist * Senff (b. 1971), Dutch/Canadian musician and actor {{Surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl August Senff
Karl August Senff (12 March 1770 – ) was a Baltic German painter, engraver and teacher. He is best known for his etchings of famous German and Baltic German military figures in service to the Imperial Russian Army. He served as professor of drawing at the University of Dorpat (now University of Tartu) from its reopening in 1802 until his death in 1838 where he trained some of Estonia's most celebrated artists. Life and work Senff was born in the village of Kreypau, Kingdom of Prussia. The son of Karl Friedrich Senff, a Protestant theologian, he had originally planned to study medicine at Halle but by 1788 had transferred to the Leipzig Academy of Arts to study painting with the German etcher, painter and sculptor Adam Friedrich Oeser. Oeser zealously opposed mannerism in art and was a stout champion of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's advocacy of reform on antique lines. As director of the newly founded academy, he insisted on an aesthetic of austerity in art that was mingl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nida Senff
Dina Willemina Jacoba "Nida" Senff (3 April 1920 – 27 June 1995) was a backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She did so after missing a turning point, went back to push the wall, and still won the race. Senff won the Dutch title in the 100 metres backstroke in 1935 and 1937, and set five world records in 100 m, 150 yd and 200 m backstroke in 1936–1937. In 1983, she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the s .... See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame References 1920 births 1995 deaths Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Senff
Theresa Senff (born 2 February 1982) is a road cyclist from Germany. She represented her nation at the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 UCI Road World Championships 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small .... References External links profile at ''Procyclingstats.com'' 1982 births Living people People from Arnstadt People from Bezirk Erfurt German female cyclists Cyclists from Thuringia 20th-century German women {{Germany-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Senff
Birgit Senff is a retired German artistic gymnast. In 1981 she won a silver medal in the vault at the European Championships and a team bronze at the world championships. She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... due to their boycott by the Soviet block and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal with the East German team. Nationally, she won the vault in 1981, 1983 and 1984 and the uneven bars in 1984. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Senff, Birgit Living people German female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Year of birth missing (living people) East German female artistic gymnasts 20th-century German women Friendship Games medalists in gymnastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholf Senff
Bartholf Senff (2 September 1815 25 June 1900) was an eminent German music publisher from Friedrichshall, Coburg. In 1850, he founded the publishing house which bears his name in Leipzig. His catalog contains original editions of Mendelssohn, Brahms, Gade, Hiller, and Rubinstein, as well as the education works by Louis Köhler. In addition, Senff was the founder, editor, and proprietor of the well known periodical ''Signale für die musikalische Welt ' was a German music magazine established by Bartholf Senff in Leipzig in 1843 and ceasing publication in 1941. From 1907 (when the journal was sold to Simrock) to 1919, it was based in Berlin and Leipzig, and from 1920 to 1941 in Berlin. Its m ...''. 1815 births 1900 deaths German publishers (people) {{Germany-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
