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Schiess
Schiess or Schieß is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Betty Bone Schiess (1923–2017), American Episcopal priest *Ferdinand Schiess (1856–1884), Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross *Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (born 1945), former Swiss long-distance runner *Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus (1833–1914), Swiss ophthalmologist *Johann Ulrich Schiess (1813–1883), Swiss politician *Robert Schiess Robert Schiess (1896–1956) was a Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Life Robert Schiess was born in 1896 in Cham, Switzerland. After learning to paint in Altdorf, Uri, Schiess worked in Lucerne and in 1920 took a stud ... (1896–1956), Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard * Franz Schieß (1921–1943), German fighter ace See also * * * {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Bone Schiess
Betty Bone Schiess (April 2, 1923 – October 20, 2017) was an American Episcopal priest. She was one of the first female Episcopal priests in the United States, and a member of the Philadelphia Eleven: leaders of the movement to allow the ordination of women in the American Episcopal Church. Early life and education Betty Bone was born on April 2, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Leah and Evan Bone. She attended Hillsdale College Preparatory School where she was president of the student body in her senior year.p. 7 She then attended the University of Cincinnati and was the chaplain for Tri Delta.p. 8 Bone earned her BA in 1945. After graduating, she worked in the personnel department at Wright-Patterson Field.pp. 8–9 Bone earned her master's degree in 1947 from Syracuse University. She married William A. Schiess the same year and lived with him in Algiers for several weeks. She later wrote that they returned from their travels determined to "do something about the pligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Schiess
Christian Ferdinand Schiess VC (7 April 1856 – 14 December 1884) was a Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He died in poverty at just 28. Biography Schiess was born in Burgdorf, Switzerland on 7 April 1856, and spent time in an orphanage after his parents died. In 1870 he joined the French Army and fought in the Franco-Prussian War. Schiess later served in the Armée de l'Est and thus was interned in his home country when it surrendered there. He went to South Africa in 1877 and volunteered for the last Xhosa War. When the Anglo-Zulu War began the 22-year-old veteran was made a corporal in the Natal Native Contingent of the British Army in South Africa. On 22 January 1879, at Rorke's Drift, Natal, Corporal Schiess, in spite of suffering from bad blisters on his foot caused by ill fitting boots, displayed great gallantry when the garrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schiess
Robert Schiess (1896–1956) was a Swiss painter and member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Life Robert Schiess was born in 1896 in Cham, Switzerland. After learning to paint in Altdorf, Uri, Schiess worked in Lucerne and in 1920 took a study trip to Italy to further refine his artistry. In 1923, Schiess began serving with the Pontifical Swiss Guard at Vatican City and continued his education here until 1927. During his time in Italy, Schiess was introduced to famous painter Philip de László, and in 1928 the two artists travelled throughout the world to destinations including Africa, America, Spain and France. In 1933, Schiess returned to Italy and again began to serve with the Swiss Guard, a position in which he remained until 1951. During his time serving as a Swiss Guard, Schiess impressed many with his artistic talents, including the pontiff who had him design and paint new frescoes for the church of St. Martin and St. Sebastian which was built for the Swiss Guards in 1568 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
Gabriela "Gaby" Andersen-Schiess (born 20 May 1945 in Zürich) is a former Swiss long-distance runner who participated in the first women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though living in Sun Valley, Idaho, and working as a ski instructor at the time, Andersen-Schiess represented Switzerland in the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Major marathons Andersen-Schiess won the inaugural California International Marathon in 1983. On October of the same year, she was invited to the 2nd annual Twin Cities Marathon. With a starting temperature that was warmer than average (a low of and a high of ), many of the 7,500 runners struggled. But Andersen excelled, winning the race in 2:36:22, setting the course record. 1984 Olympics Fourteen minutes into the 1984 Olympic marathon, Joan Benoit began to pull away from the rest of the pack. She went on to win in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 52 seconds. Twenty minutes after Benoit finished, then 39-year-old Andersen-Schiess entered the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus
Heinrich Schiess-Gemuseus, name sometimes given as Heinrich Schiess (3 January 1833, in Heiden – 12 September 1914) was a Swiss ophthalmologist. He studied medicine at the universities of Basel, Würzburg, Munich and Vienna, where he learned ophthalmology as a pupil of Eduard Jäger von Jaxtthal and Karl Stellwag von Carion. In 1858, by way of an invitation from Albrecht von Graefe, he traveled to Berlin, where he studied under pathologist Rudolf Virchow. In 1864 he obtained his habilitation at Basel, and during the same year, opened a private eye hospital. In 1867 he became an associate professor at the university, followed by a full professorship nine years later. He specialized in ocular histopathology, and was the author of around 64 papers on clinical and histopathological subjects. At Basel, he was notably the eye doctor of Friedrich Nietzsche. Selected works * ''Versuch einer speziellen Neurologie der Rana esculenta'', 1857 – Essay on the special neurology of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ulrich Schiess
Johann Ulrich Schiess (21 February 1813 in Wald, Switzerland – 6 July 1883) was a Swiss politician who served as the third Chancellor of Switzerland. After having studied at the University of Bâle, he successively studied at Jena, Berlin, and Göttingen, where he obtained a doctorate in 1835. He was a member of the ''Jenaischen'' fraternity. Beginning his working life as an archivist, he became a magistrate from 1836 to 1839 and was elected Chancellor of State of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (1839-1847). In July 1847, he learned from the newspapers of his appointment as Secretary of State of the Confederacy and took office in November 1847. He also acted as the Federal Chancellor after the resignation of Franz Josef Karl Amrhyn in the Sonderbund crisis. In the autumn of 1848, the Diet formally elected Schiess as the first Chancellor of the Confederation following the adoption of the Federal Constitution of 1848, a position he held for 33 years. He was awarded an honora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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