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Schinz
Schinz is a Swiss surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albert Schinz (1870–1943), Swiss-born U.S. editor and academic *Hans Schinz (1858–1941), Swiss explorer and botanist *Heinrich Rudolf Schinz Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (30 March 1777 – 8 March 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist. Biography Schinz was born in Zürich and studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg and Jena. In 1798 he received his doctorate and subseque ... (1777–1861), Swiss physician and naturalist {{Surname Surnames of Swiss origin Notable Judge Walter Schinz the late judge of the circuit court for Milwaukee county born August 14, 1874, died on the day his beloved Milwaukee Braves won the World Series October 9, 1957. He with the help of a group of young lawyers formed a class for the teaching and study of law at night. This informal night school was known as the Milwaukee Law Class and in 1909 was absorbed by Marquette University. He was elected to the circuit be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Schinz
Albert Schinz (1870 – December 19, 1943) was an American French and philosophical scholar, editor, and professor of French literature. Although he was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Schinz died in the United States at an Iowa State University Hospital, in Iowa City, of pneumonia. Education and career Albert graduated from the University of Neuchâtel (1888–1892),Scull, David. ''Bryn Mawr College Annual Report''. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1908. and studied at Berlin, Tübingen (Ph.D., 1894), Sorbonne and Collège de France (1894), and in the United States at Clark University. He taught at the University of Minnesota for one year, then became professor of French literature at Clark University (1897–1898), University of Minnesota (1898–1899), Bryn Mawr College (1899- ), and at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts "Contributors to This Issue." ''Nation'' 107.2789 (1918): 729. (1913–1928). He finally retired after teaching French at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schinz
Hans Schinz (6 December 1858 – 30 October 1941) was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich. In 1884 he participated in an exploratory expedition to German Southwest Africa that was organized by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz (1834–1886). For the next few years Schinz undertook extensive scientific studies of the northern parts of the colony. As a result of the expedition, he published ''Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Forschungsreisen durch die deutschen Schutzgebiete Groß- Nama- und Hereroland, nach dem Kunene, dem Ngamisee und Kalahari884-1887'' (German South West Africa: Research Expedition of Herero and Nama Country, the Kunene Region, Lake Ngami and the Kalahari; 1884–1887). This work was an important scientific, geographic and ethnographic study of the colony, and was one of the first comprehensive works on the Ovamboland region. It was during this expedition that he made the acquaintance of the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen (1845–1926) at Oluk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (30 March 1777 – 8 March 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist. Biography Schinz was born in Zürich and studied medicine at the universities of Würzburg and Jena. In 1798 he received his doctorate and subsequently returned to his hometown of Zürich as a medical practitioner. In 1804 he became a teacher of physiology and natural history at the medical-surgical institute in Zürich, and from 1833 to 1855 he served as an associate professor of zoology at the university of Zurich. Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz Works He was also curator at the natural history society of Zurich, and was the author of many important zoological works; such as: * ''Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage'' (1821–25), translation of |