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Shlesinger
Shlesinger is a surname derived from ''Schlesien'', the German name for Silesia. Notable people with this surname include: * Bernard Shlesinger (born 1960), American bishop * Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), American comedian * Michael F. Shlesinger (born 1948), American physicist * Miriam Shlesinger (1947–2012), US-Israeli linguist See also * Schlesinger Schlesinger is a German surname (in part also Jewish) meaning "Silesian" from the older regional term ''Schlesinger''; someone from ''Schlesing'' (Silesia); in modern Standard German (or Hochdeutsch) a '' Schlesier'' is someone from ''Schlesien'' a ... * Schlessinger * Slesinger {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iliza Shlesinger
Iliza Vie Shlesinger (; born ) is an American comedian, actress, television host, executive producer, and screenwriter. She was the 2008 winner of NBC's ''Last Comic Standing'' and went on to host the syndicated dating show ''Excused'' and the TBS game show ''Separation Anxiety''. In 2017, Shlesinger hosted her own late-night talk show called '' Truth & Iliza'' on Freeform. As of 2022, she has released six comedy specials on Netflix. Her sketch comedy show '' The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show'' premiered on Netflix in April 2020. Early life Iliza Vie Shlesinger was born in New York City to a Jewish family. She was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her family moved when she was a baby. She attended the private Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, where she studied Spanish and participated in the school's improvisation team. Shlesinger performed with ComedySportz Dallas, and studied at the University of Kansas for her freshman year. She also participated in Semester at Sea. She tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Shlesinger
Bernard Edward "Ned" Shlesinger III (born December 17, 1960) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Georgia in 2017. Biography Early life Bernard Shlesinger III was born on December 17, 1960, in Washington, D.C. to Bernard E. “Bill” Shlesinger Jr. and Rita Belmont Shlesinger. Bill Shlesinger was an inventor and attorney. Bernard Shlesinger has two brothers and three sisters. Shlesinger attended Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Virginia, then entered Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, with plans to become a farmer. While at Virginia Tech, he started pilot training through the college. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering in 1983, Shlesinger entered the US Air Force as a commissioned officer. As a pilot, he flew Lockheed C-130E Hercules air transport planes out of Pope Field in Fayetteville, North Carolina. While in the Air Force, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Shlesinger
Miriam Shlesinger (20 May 1947, in Miami Beach – 10 November 2012) was a US-Israeli linguist and interpreter. Biography Miriam Shlesinger was born in 1947 in Florida. In 1964 she moved to Israel in order to study. She completed her BA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Musicology and English Linguistics. At the beginning of the 1970s Shlesinger took up Translation Studies at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan. From 1978 she taught at the Institute for Translation Studies at the same university. She completed her MA in Poetics and Literary Studies in 1990 at the Tel Aviv University with a thesis on "Simultaneous interpretation as a factor in effecting shifts in the position of texts in the oral-literate continuum". She completed her PhD at Bar-Ilan University, where she was head of the Institute for Translation Studies from 2003 to 2007. Shlesinger was head of the ''Language Policy Research Center'' at Bar-Ilan University. She developed a course in ''Translation in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlesinger
Schlesinger is a German surname (in part also Jewish) meaning "Silesian" from the older regional term ''Schlesinger''; someone from ''Schlesing'' (Silesia); in modern Standard German (or Hochdeutsch) a '' Schlesier'' is someone from ''Schlesien'' and may refer to: * Adam Schlesinger (1967–2020), American composer and musician * Adolf Martin Schlesinger (1769–1838), German founder of A.M. Schlesingers Musikhandlung * Alan Schlesinger (born 1960), American politician and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2006 * Alice Schlesinger (born 1988), Israeli Olympic judoka * Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. (1888–1965), American historian and professor at Harvard University * Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), son of the above, American historian, social critic and former John F. Kennedy associate * Bruno Schlesinger (1876–1962), American German-born conductor and composer who changed his name to "Bruno Walter" in 1911 * Carl Schlesinger (1813–1871 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlessinger
, he, שלזינגר), Slesinger, Slezak, Ślęzak ; Similar surnames: * Schleußinger ( Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen) , footnotes Schlessinger is a German language, German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: ''Schlesien'') and may refer to: * Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor People * Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University * David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains * David Schlessinger (geneticist) (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist * Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer * Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show * Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main subregions, Lower Silesia in the west and Upper Silesia in the east. Silesia has a diverse culture, including architecture, costumes, cuisine, traditions, and the Silesian language (minority in Upper Silesia). Silesia is along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border. The region contains many historical landmarks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is also rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. The largest city and Lower Silesia's capital is Wrocław; the historic capital of Upper Silesia is Opole. The biggest metropolitan area is the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael F
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
