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Thereza Banzer
Thereza is an alternative spelling for the feminine given name Teresa and may refer to: People named Thereza Given name * Thereza Bazar (born 1955) British-Canadian singer * Thereza Imanishi-Kari (born 1943) American academic and professor of pathology * Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834–1926) British photographer * Thereza Rucker (1863–1941), born as Thereza Charlotte Story-Maskelyne, British promoter of household science education * Thereza Santos (1930–2012), Brazilian writer Middle name * Maria Thereza Alves (born 1961) Brazilian-born artist and activist * Maria Thereza Goulart (born 1936) widow of the 24th president of Brazil Other * ''Thereza'' (genus), a harvestman genus in the sub-family Caelopyginae See also * Theresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (''theros'') "summer". It is first recorded in the form ''Therasia'', the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and Mother Teresa. In the United States it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900). People In aristocracy: *Teresa of Portugal (other) ** Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080–1130), mother of Afonso Henriques, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza Bazar
Theresa Lorraine Bazar (born 23 May 1955) is a Canadian-born singer, best known as one half of the pop duo Dollar. Career Bazar met with success in her late teens as a member of 1970s group Guys 'n' Dolls, who scored a 1975 hit with "There's A Whole Lot of Lovin'" and went on to have a period of chart success, which also included "Here I Go Again On My Own", a composition by the 17-year-old Bazar. Disillusioned with the direction of the group, her then-boyfriend and bandmate David Van Day left the group and when Bazar was subsequently dismissed by the group, they formed Dollar in 1977. Their hits began with "Shooting Star" in 1978. They then had several big hits including "Love's Gotta Hold on Me" in 1979, " Mirror Mirror" in 1981 and "Give Me Back My Heart" in 1982, until "Oh L'amour" which hit the Top 10 across Europe in 1987. Bazar's solo career was less successful. Her album, ''The Big Kiss'', as well as a single of the title track, were released in 1985. She contributed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza Imanishi-Kari
Thereza Imanishi-Kari is an associate professor of pathology at Tufts University. Her research focuses on the origins of autoimmune diseases, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus, studied using mice as model organisms. Previously she had been a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is notable for her role in what became known as the "Baltimore affair", in which a 1986 paper she co-authored with David Baltimore was the subject of research misconduct allegations. Following a series of investigations, she was fully exonerated of the charges in 1996. Early life and education A native of Brazil, Thereza Imanishi-Kari earned a BS degree in biology from the University of Sao Paulo near her home town of Indaiatuba, Brazil. Subsequently, she studied at Kyoto University, in Kyoto, Japan, and the University of Helsinki in Finland, which awarded her a PhD in the field of immunogenetics. Research Imanishi-Kari's research focuses on immunology, particularly on u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn
Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834 – 21 February 1926) was a Welsh astronomer and pioneer in scientific photography. Biography The eldest of six children, Llewelyn was born to photographer and botanist John Dillwyn Llewelyn and Emma Thomasina Talbot at Penllergare House in Glamorganshire. Along with her parents, her extended family were active in the fields of science in photography, including her mother's cousin the photographer Henry Fox Talbot and her aunt, Mary Dillwyn, one of earliest female photographers in Wales. Llewelyn developed an interest in photography and astronomy, although both were uncommon endeavours for women in the Victorian era. See pages 474–476. Her cousins were the sisters novelist and industrialist Amy Dillwyn and the lepidopterist Mary De la Beche Nicholl. Llewelyn married Nevil Story-Maskelyne, a professor of mineralogy at Oxford University, on 29 June 1858. Through him, she began a correspondence with Charles Darwin. Together they had two daughters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza Rucker
Thereza Charlotte, Lady Rucker (born Thereza Charlotte Story-Maskelyne; 3 June 1863 – 20 December 1941) was a British promoter of household science teaching. She helped establish Domestic Science as a university subject but only at one university. Life Rucker was born in 1863 in London to a landed gentry family. Her father, Nevil Story Maskelyne, was a politician and a professor of mineralogy at Oxford and her mother, Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn of Penllergare House, was a leading scientist studying astronomy and photography. Rucker was granddaughter of the Welsh botanist and photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn and a great-granddaughter of Nevil Maskelyne, who served as Astronomer Royal. Her education was important. She took correspondence courses with the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh. She had lessons at home and she studied at Bedford College, London. She married on 7 September 1892 becoming the second wife of Arthur William Rücker who was the Principal of the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza Santos
Jaci dos Santos, better known as Thereza Santos, (July 7, 1930 – December 19, 2012) was a Brazilian writer, actor, playwright, professor, and activist for women's rights and for the Black Movement of Brazil for over five decades. Biography Santos was born in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Santa Teresa to Antonio Luiz dos Santos, a civil servant, and Marta Martins dos Santos, a nurse. Her career as an actress began early: She appeared in her first film, ''O Cortiço'', at age 15, and later appeared in the Oscar-winning '' Black Orpheus.'' Santos studied at the Faculdade Nacional de Filosofia (now the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and became a member of the National Union of Students, Brazil's largest student organization. In this intellectual environment, she began to create works of street theater, with the goal of engaging audiences politically. She joined the Teatro Experimental do Negro, a theater company founded in rejection of blackface performances, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thereza Alves
Maria Thereza Alves (born 1961) is a Brazilian-born American and German installation artist, video artist, activist, filmmaker, and writer. She lives in Berlin. Early life and education Maria Thereza Alves was born in São Paulo in 1961. When she was a child, her family moved to New York City to escape the dictatorship in Brazil. She attended Cooper Union, and graduated in architecture (BFA 1985). Career In 1978, Alves presented at the United Nations Human Rights Committee meeting in Geneva on the indigenous population human rights abuses in Brazil. She is a co-founder of the Partido Verde (or Green Party) of São Paulo in 1987. Her long-term art project ''Seeds of Change'' studies colonialism, slavery, migration, and the global commerce. The series was started in 1999 and focuses on displaced plant seeds used to balance shipping vessels during the colonial period. It has been held in port cities such as Marseille, Reposaari, Liverpool, Exeter– Topsham, Dunkirk, Bristol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thereza Goulart
Maria Thereza Fontella Goulart (born August 23, 1936) is the widow of the 24th president of Brazil, João Goulart, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until 1964, when he was deposed by a military-led coup d'état. Biography Early life Born in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, daughter of Italian immigrants Dinarte Fontella and Maria Júlia Pasqualotto, who gave birth alone, on an isolated road, when she was 15 years old. With her mother she learned Italian and with her maternal uncle she learned to ride and shoot - already mastering target shooting at age 8. At the age of 5 she moved in with Aunt Horaides Zambone, in São Borja, to recover from anemia. Still at the age of 5 she was enrolled in the Getúlio Vargas School Group, but was expelled. Then she was enrolled in an extremely strict nun school, where she stayed for two years, until she was expelled. She studied at the American Methodist College, a boarding school in Porto Alegre, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereza (genus)
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Thereza may refer to: * an alternative spelling for the feminine given name Teresa ** Thereza Bazar (born 1955), a British-Canadian singer ** Thereza Imanishi-Kari, an Associate Professor of Pathology at Tufts University * ''Thereza'' (genus), a harvestman genus in the sub-family Caelopyginae Caelopyginae is a harvestmen sub-family in the family Gonyleptidae, containing the following genera: * ''Ampheres In Greek mythology, Ampheres (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφήρη means "fitted") was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caelopyginae
Caelopyginae is a harvestmen sub-family in the family Gonyleptidae, containing the following genera: * ''Ampheres In Greek mythology, Ampheres (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφήρη means "fitted") was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato's myth of Atlantis. He was the elder brother of Evaemon and his other siblings were Atlas and Eumelus, Mneseus and ...'' Koch, 1839 – includes ''Prosodreana'' Giltay, 1928, ''Coelopygulus'' Roewer, 1931, ''Zalonius'' Mello-Leitão, 1936, ''Metampheroides'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 and ''Pizaius'' Soares, 1942 * '' Arthrodes'' Koch, 1839 * '' Caelopygus'' Koch, 1839 – includes ''Liarthrodes'' Mello-Leitão, 1922 and ''Heterarthrodes'' Mello-Leitão, 1935 * '' Garatiba'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 * '' Metampheres'' Roewer, 1913 * '' Metarthrodes'' Roewer, 1913 – includes ''Exochobunus'' Mello-Leitão, 1931, ''Heterampheres'' Mello-Leitão, 1935, ''Varzellinia'' Mello-Leitão, 1942 and ''Kapichaba'' Mello-Leitão, 1942 * '' Pristocnemis'' Koch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
