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Thiessen (other)
Thiessen may refer to: * Alfred H. Thiessen (1872–1956), American meteorologist * Brad Thiessen (ice hockey player, born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Dan Thiessen (1946–2014), college football coach * Dan Thiessen (politician) (1922-2012), Kansas state legislator * Del Thiessen, American psychology professor * Duane D. Thiessen (born 1951), Lieutenant General in US Marine Corps * Georg Heinrich Thiessen (1914–1961), German astronomer * Gordon Thiessen (born 1938), Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1994–2001 * J. Grant Thiessen (born 1947), Canadian bibliographer and bookseller * Jack Thiessen (1931-2022), lexicographer * James Thiessen (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer * Jayson Thiessen (born 1976), Canadian director * Juliana Thiessen Day (born 1980), former 1998 Miss Canadian Universe * Marc Thiessen (born 1967), American author and speech-writer for President George W. Bush * Matt Thiessen (born 1980), Canadian-American musician * Nolan Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred H
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario * Alfred Island, Nunavut * Mount Alfred, British Columbia United States * Alfred, Maine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Adolf Thiessen
Peter Adolf Thiessen (6 April 1899 – 5 March 1990) was a German physical chemist. He voluntarily went to the Soviet Union at the close of World War II, and he received high Soviet decorations and the Stalin Prize for contributions to the Soviet atomic bomb project. Education Thiessen was born in Schweidnitz (modern Świdnica, Poland). From 1919 to 1923, he attended Breslau University, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, University of Greifswald, and University of Göttingen. He received his doctorate in 1923 under Richard Adolf Zsigmondy at Göttingen.Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Thiessen. Career Early years In 1923, Thiessen was a supernumerary assistant at the University of Göttingen and from 1924 to 1930 was a regular teaching assistant. He joined the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi Party) in 1925. He became a Privatdozent at Göttingen in 1926. In 1930, he became head of the department of inorganic chemistry there, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North German Surnames
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyssen (other)
Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. While Thijssen is the more common form in the Netherlands, "Thyssen" prevails elsewhere. It may refer to: People * Craig Thyssen (born 1984), South African cricketer * Greta Thyssen (1933–2018), Danish film actress and model * Ingrid Thyssen (born 1956), German javelin thrower * Marianne Thyssen (born 1956), Belgian politician and EU Commissioner * Nicole Thyssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player * Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish philosopher and sociologist * Thyssen family, an industrialist family originating in Aachen, with many notable members including: **Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), German banker **August Thyssen (1842–1926), German founder of the Thyssen steel company, son of Friedrich **Joseph Thyssen (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thissen (other)
Thissen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * David Thissen (born c. 1950), American professor of psychology * Frans Thissen (1909–?), Belgian rower *Jean Thissen (born 1946), Belgian footballer * Paul Thissen (born 1966), American politician * Tof Thissen (born 1957), Dutch politician * Werner Thissen (born 1938), German Roman Catholic archbishop See also *Thiessen (other) *Thijssen *Thyssen (other) Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs ( Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fix ... {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theiss (other)
__NOTOC__ Theiss may refer to: Companies * Theiss Aviation, an American aircraft manufacturer *Konrad Theiss Verlag, a German book publishing company People * Brooke Theiss (born 1969), American actress * Christine Theiss (born 1980), German female world champion in professional full contact kickboxing * Mike Theiss (born 1978), American photographer * William Ware Theiss (1930–1992), American costume designer * ''Theiss.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Ferdinand Theissen (1877–1919), German-Austrian mycologist Places * Lake Theiss or Lake Tisza * Theiss River or Tisza See also * * Theis (other) * Tisza (other) * Thiess (other) Thiess may refer to: * Thiess (surname) * Thiess of Kaltenbrun, Livonian werewolf * Thiess Pty Ltd Thiess Pty Ltd is an international mining services company based in Brisbane, Australia. Established in the 1930s as Horn & Thiess, the company l ... * Theissen (other) * Thiessen (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiess (other)
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Thiess may refer to: *Thiess (surname) * Thiess of Kaltenbrun, Livonian werewolf * Thiess Pty Ltd, an Australian mining services company ** Thiess Contractors Indonesia, the regional subsidiary of Thiess See also *Thies (other) * Theiss (other) * Thiessen (other) * Theissen (other) Theissen is a surname, and may refer to many people. * Gerd Theissen (born 1943), German theologian * Joel Theissen (born 1986), Australian footballer * Mario Theissen (born 1952), motorsport director See also * Theißen, a village in Saxony-Anha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Theissen is a surname, and may refer to many people. * Gerd Theissen (born 1943), German theologian * Joel Theissen (born 1986), Australian footballer * Mario Theissen (born 1952), motorsport director See also * Theißen, a village in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Thiessen (other) * Theiss (other) * Thiess (other) Thiess may refer to: * Thiess (surname) * Thiess of Kaltenbrun, Livonian werewolf * Thiess Pty Ltd Thiess Pty Ltd is an international mining services company based in Brisbane, Australia. Established in the 1930s as Horn & Thiess, the company l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thießen
Thießen () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Coswig. Copper hammer mill Thießen copper hammer mill (''Kupferhammer Thießen'') is an industrial monument and the only copper hammer mill in Saxony-Anhalt. It lies in a park, roughly 1 hectare in area. The Rossel stream, which flows through the park, is impounded above the mill into a hammer pond, part of which drains freely, but part of which is used to drive the water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or bucket ...s of the mill. References Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Coswig, Saxony-Anhalt {{Wittenberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiessen (crater)
Thiessen is a lunar impact crater that lies in the far northern latitudes, on the far side of the Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of .... To the west of Thiessen is the younger crater Ricco, and to the south-southwest is Roberts. Farther to the east lies Heymans. This is a heavily worn crater with overlapping impacts along the rim to the northeast, northwest, and west. A small crater occupies the northwestern interior floor. The remaining rim is worn and rounded, and the crater is now essentially a depression in the surface. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Thiessen. References * * * * * * * * * * * * {{refend Impact craters o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
