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Suk (name)
Suk is a both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Suk (Korean name), uncommon Korean surname *Cyril Suk (born 1967), Czech tennis player * Feliks Suk (1845–1915), Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb *Grigoriy Suk (1896–1917), flying ace during World War I *Jeannie Suk (born 1973), law professor at Harvard Law School *Joey Suk (born 1989), Dutch-Indonesian footballer, currently with the Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles *Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer of classical music *Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), grandson of Josef Suk, the composer * Julie Suk (born 1924), American poet from Charlotte, North Carolina *Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian pianist * Oleh Suk (born 1965), Ukrainian rock musician, primarily bass guitar * Sao Seng Suk (1935–2007), Prominent Shan leader in Burma, also known as Khun Kyar Nu *Václav Suk (1861–1933), also Vyacheslav Ivanovich Suk, violinist and composer Giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suk (Korean Name)
Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names. As a family name The family name Seok can be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "stone" (), and the other meaning "ancient" (). The former version is the more widespread of the two. The 2000 South Korean census found 46,066 people by this name. Of these, the great majority are members of the Gyeongju Seok clan and the Chungju (also called Hongju) Seok clan. The latter had a 2000 South Korean population of 9,544. The Gyeongju Seok clan claims descent from certain of the early rulers of Silla; the first Gyeongju Seok to sit on the throne was the fourth Silla king, Talhae. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 61.3% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Seok in their passports, vs. 30.6% as Suk. Rarer alternative spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Suk
Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career. Early life Suk was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, a member of a prominent Czech tennis family. His mother, Věra Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. His father, Cyril Suk II, was President of the Czechoslovak Tennis Federation. His sister, Helena Suková, was an even more successful professional player on the women's tour who teamed-up with Suk to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the 1990s. Juniors In 1985, Suk partnered fellow-Czech Petr Korda to win the boys' doubles title at the French Open. Suk and Korda were ranked the joint-World No. 1 junior doubles players that year. Career Suk claimed his first Grand Slam mixed doubles title in 1991 at the French Open, partnering sister Helena. In 1992, he te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feliks Suk
Feliks Suk (December 30, 1845 in Petelinek near Blagovica, Slovenia – April 8, 1915 in Zagreb) was Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb. It was Zagreb archbishop and cardinal Juraj Haulik who enabled young Suk a study of theology in Innsbruck. He was ordained for a priest in 1868. He received his Ph.D. in 1870. He conducted various jobs in the Zagreb Archdiocese, before he became a professor of moral theology at the newly established Royal University of Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his .... He served as a dean of the Faculty of Theology in two mandates. In the academic year 1882/1883 he served as a rector of the University of Zagreb, and the following academic year he served as a prorector. He contributed to the perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigoriy Suk
''Praporshik'' Grigoriy Suk (also known as Grigory Suk in English, russian: Григорий Эдуардович Сук) was a flying ace for the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War I. Early life and service Born the Estate near Moscow on 12 December 1896, Grigoriy Suk was of Czech and Russian heritage. His Russian mother, Ljubov Osipovna Sorokina, was the daughter of a well-known physician, as well as an alumnus of the Women's College of Mariinskoe. His Czech father, scientist Eduard Ivanovich Suk, was notable enough to be a hereditary honorary citizen of Moscow. His siblings were brothers Boris and Alexei.Russian language website translated via Microsoft http://persones.ru/biography-19408.html Retrieved 4 August 2011. His uncle, Vyacheslav Suk, conducted the orchestra at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.Franks et al 1997, p. 215. Grigoriy Suk was raised in the Russian Orthodox faith.Durkota et al 1995, pp. 127-130. Young Suk was educated at the Moscow Classical Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannie Suk
Jeannie Suk Gersen (born 1973) is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Biography Suk attended Hunter College High School, graduating in 1991. In 1995, Suk received her B.A. in Literature from Yale University, and a D.Phil at St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1999, where she was a Marshall Scholar. In 2002, she graduated with a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, she clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2003 term. In 2006, Suk became an assistant professor at Harvard Law School, making her the second woman of minority background to join the faculty (after Lani Guinier). In 2010, Suk was granted tenure; she was the first Asian American woman awarded tenure in the law school's history. She is currently the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law. Career and writing She was named one of the "Best Lawyers Under 40" by the National Asian Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Suk
Joey Suk (born 8 July 1990) is a Dutch professional football player as a midfielder for Karmiotissa. Suk has Dutch-Indonesian roots. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Croatia. Early life Suk was born in Deventer, Overijssel, a town in eastern Netherlands. Career Suk started his career at local Deventer club DVV Davo. He was picked up by Deventer's only professional club, Go Ahead Eagles as a youth player. Suk made his league debut on 6 February 2009, in Go Ahead Eagles' away-match against FC Omniworld. Surprisingly, he was in the starting lineup and stayed there until the end of the match. The game ended 2–1 for ''the Eagles''. The following season, he became a regular for the Deventer side, featuring in 22 matches and scoring four goals. This created interest from several unnamed clubs. On 5 January 2013, Suk signed with Beerschot until the summer of 2016. However, after Beerschot's bankruptcy Suk became without a club. On 14 June 2014, Suk signed a three-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Suk (composer)
Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married. Biography From a young age, Josef Suk (born in Křečovice, Bohemia) was deeply involved and well trained in music. He learned organ, violin, and piano from his father, Josef Suk Sr., and was trained further in violin by the Czech violinist Antonín Bennewitz. His theory studies were conducted with several other composers including Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Knittl, and Karel Stecker. He later focused his writing on chamber works under the teachings of Hanuš Wihan. Despite extensive musical training, his musical skill was often said to be largely inherited. Though he continued his lessons with Wihan another year after the completion of his schooling, Suk's greatest inspiration came from another of his teachers, Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.Tyrell, Grove. Page 1 Known as one of Dvořák's favorite pupils, Suk also became personally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Suk (violinist)
Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist. Youth and studies Josef Suk was born in Prague, the grandson of the composer and violinist Josef Suk, and great-grandson of the composer Antonín Dvořák. After finishing high school in 1945 he entered the Prague Conservatory (1945-1951), where his teachers were Jaroslav Kocián, Norbert Kubát and Karel Šnebergr. The most important of all his teachers was Jaroslav Kocián, who started teaching him privately when Suk was 7 years old. Led by him, Suk mastered the violin art drawing from the spectacular interpretative art of his teacher, who was specific with his noble technique of tone formation. During his studies, in 1949, Suk was sent to Paris and Brussels where he represented successfully the young generation of Czech violinists. After leaving the Prague Conservatory, he spent four terms at the Academy of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Suk
Julie Madison Suk ( Gaillard; born 1924) is an American prize-winning poet and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the author of six volumes of poetry - ''The Medicine Woman'' (St. Andrews Press, 1980), ''Heartwood'' (Briarpatch Press, 1991), ''The Angel of Obsession'' (The University of Arkansas Press, 1992), ''The Dark Takes Aim'' (Autumn House Press, 2003), ''Lie Down With Me'' (Autumn House Press, 2011), and ''Astonished To Wake'' (Jacar Press, 2016), and co-editor of ''Bear Crossings: an Anthology of North American Poets''. She is included in ''The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry''. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals including ''The Georgia Review'', ''Great River Review'', '' The Laurel Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Poetry'', '' Shenandoah'', and ''TriQuarterly''. Life and career Suk was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama in 1924. She attended Stephens College and the University of Alabama. In 1944 she married naval officer Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykola Suk
Mykola Petrovich Suk ( uk, Микола Петрович Сук; born December 21, 1945) is a Ukrainian American pianist and Merited Artist of Ukraine. Biography Born in Kiev, Ukraine (formerly: USSR), into a musical family, Mykola studied at Kiev Specialized Music School and made his first public appearance at the age of eight. He later studied at Moscow Conservatory. Pianist Mykola Suk gained international recognition as the winner of the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 1971 International Liszt-Bartok Competition in Budapest, Hungary. Still very much attached to Liszt's music, he was called "the greatest present-day Liszt pianist" by former music critic for the New York Times, Joseph Horowitz. His international career has spanned four continents, performing in the most prestigious venues from the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory to Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York. Mr. Suk has given recitals in countries of the former Soviet Union, France, Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleh Suk
Oleh Suk ( uk, Олег Сук, born June 26, 1965, in Ternopil) is a Ukrainian rock musician, specializing in the bass guitar (although he also plays the acoustic guitar and the synthesizer). Early creative steps He began his artistic path at the Lviv Polytechnic with sound and the bass guitar experiments. Permanent searches led him to the popular Lviv jazz band ''Melodrome''. As a result, he received prizes at the ''Crystal Lion'' jazz festival twice in a row in the late 80's. The musician founded the art-rock ''Catharsis''. After collaboration with Ludwik Konopko the two formed a new band ''Tea Fan Club'' (TFC). TFC had establishes itself as the premier art-rock band, drawing such notable musicians to join them such as singer Oleksandr Ksenofontov and guitarist Vlad DeBriansky. The band finished its existence in 1993, and to this day it is considered as the most influential musical project in Ukraine, rising to the status of legendary. Shortly after the TFC Oleg creates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sao Seng Suk
Sao Seng Suk (1935 – 13 August 2007), also known as Khun Kyar Nu, was a Shan political and military leader. Early life He was the sixth son of Shan leader Khun Kyaw Pu, who signed the Panglong Agreement in 1947. Politician In 1959, he joined the Noom Suk Harn in 1960 and became the commander of the Shan State Army's third brigade. He later became chairman and commander in chief of the Shan State Progress Party, Co-founded Shan State Organization, Co-founded Shan Democratic Union and was elected as first President of Shan State Constitutional Drafting Commission before becoming involved in the Ethnic Nationalities Council. Death He died at a hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ... on 13 August 2007, aged 72 following a leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
