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Thoma
Thoma is a version of Thomas, originating from Aramaic t’om’a, meaning ‘twin’, and may refer to: *Antonius von Thoma (1829–1897), German Roman Catholic archbishop *Annette Thoma (1886-1974), German composer *Busso Thoma (1899–1945), German army officer; hanged for his part in the July 20 assassination attempt on Hitler * Dan J. Thoma (b. 1963), American metallurgist and professor *Dieter Thoma (b. 1969), German Olympic ski jumper *Georg Thoma (b. 1937), German Olympic skier *Godfrey Thoma (born 1957), Nauruan politician *Hans Thoma (1839–1924), German artist *Hans Thoma (engineer), Germany engineer, inventor of the bent-axis axial piston pump/motor, the "Thoma-design", USPTO patent No. 2155455, 1935. *Heini Thoma (b. 1900, d. unknown), Swiss Olympic rower * Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921), German author, editor, and publisher *Maralyn Thoma, American soap opera television writer *Thoma (scholar) (died 1127), Moorish Spaniard author and scholar *Thoma, a playable character in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Thoma
Ludwig Thoma (; 21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life. After graduation from the Imperial Latin School in Landstuhl (today: Sickingen- Gymnasium Landstuhl), he first studied Forestry in Aschaffenburg, then Law until 1893 in Munich and Erlangen. Subsequently, he settled down as a lawyer, at first in Dachau, later in Munich. After 1899, he worked for the magazine ''Simplicissimus'' and published humorous narrations, comedies, novels and stories. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels ''Andreas Vöst'' (1905), ''Der Wittiber'' (1911), and ''Der Ruepp'' (1922), as well as his humorous collections ''Assessor Karlchen'' (1900), ''Lausbubengeschichten'' (''Tales of a Rascal'', 1904), and ''Tante Frieda'' (''Aunt Frieda'', 1906), are characterized by authenticity of regional language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas (name)
Thomas is a male given name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration; through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration ( el, Θωμᾶς, Thōmâs), from Aramaic; , from Classic Syriac; , meaning 'twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus). Etymology The masculine noun (Tôm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning 'twin'. Popularity Various historical figures such as Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Jefferson have borne the name. This list of people with given name Thomas contains others. Europe Thomas was a popular name throughout medieval Europe. In Britain the name was rare prior to the Norman Conquest (11th century CE), but by the 13th and 14th centuries it had become common. In 2017 it ranked 13th in popularity in the United Kingdom with 3,246 babies given the name. United States The Social Security Administration lists the name Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Thoma
Hans Thoma (2 October 1839 – 7 November 1924) was a German painter. Biography Hans Thoma was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of clock faces. He entered the Karlsruhe academy in 1859, where he studied under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig des Coudres – the latter of which had a major influence on his career. He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich. He died in Karlsruhe in 1924 at the age of 85. Style In spite of his studies under various masters, his art has little in common with modern ideas, and is formed partly by his early impressions of the simple idyllic life of his native district, partly by his sympathy with the early German masters, particularly with Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Thoma (engineer)
Hans Thoma (2 October 1839 – 7 November 1924) was a German painter. Biography Hans Thoma was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of clock faces. He entered the Karlsruhe academy in 1859, where he studied under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig des Coudres – the latter of which had a major influence on his career. He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich. He died in Karlsruhe in 1924 at the age of 85. Style In spite of his studies under various masters, his art has little in common with modern ideas, and is formed partly by his early impressions of the simple idyllic life of his native district, partly by his sympathy with the early German masters, particularly with Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Ritter Von Thoma
Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma (11 September 1891 – 30 April 1948) was a German army officer who served in World War I, in the Spanish Civil War, and as a general in World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Thoma is known for his indiscretion while a POW in British captivity, when he unwittingly revealed the existence of the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 weapons programmes. He was subject to surveillance by British intelligence and while speaking to another German officer, was recorded discussing rockets that were being tested at Kummersdorf West, which he had observed while on a visit that also included ''Generalfeldmarschall'' Walther von Brauchitsch, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. British reconnaissance flights over Peenemünde Army Research Center in May and June 1943 brought back unmistakable images of rockets at the facility; the subsequent bombing of the site severely disrupted the programme. Military career Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Thoma
Annette Schenk Thoma (23 January 1886 – 26 November 1974) was a German author, composer, and folklorist who is best remembered for her composition ''Deutsche Bauernmesse'' (German Farmers’ Mass''), a mass in Bavarian adapting folk tunes. Life and career Thoma was born in Neu-Ulm. Her father was Lieutenant (later Major General) Albert Schenk. Thoma studied English and French abroad, then married the painter Emil Thoma and moved to Riedering. There she met and worked with the Bavarian folk musician Paul Kiem in 1930 to record local folk music. She wrote a book and many articles about folk music. Thoma composed the ''Deutsche Bauernmesse'' in 1933, and wrote the lyrics for the first Salzburg Advent Singing in 1946. Thoma received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1964, and the Bayerischer Poetentaler award in 1974. Her composition ''Die Kleine Messe (The Little Mass)'' was recorded on: *TELEF 6 22 149 AG *EMI 066 32 042 *DAU PLPS 30 159 *AVES INT 160 807 In 2020, Thoma's Deutsche ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force
or ''Magical War Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha Force'' is a Japanese manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Yukari Higa. It is part of the fourth Nanoha series along with ViVid, and was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Nyantype magazine, first appearing in that magazine's inaugural issue in April 2009, until going into indefinite hiatus in 2013. Six volumes of the series have been released. The story is set six years after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, and focuses on the investigation into the "Eclipse Virus," a magical disease that turns those infected with it into superhumans with violent impulses. A four-panel comic based on the series, titled ''Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force Dimension'', began serialization in ''Nyantype'' on March 30, 2010, before being transferred to Kadokawa's''4koma Nano Ace'' magazine from March 9, 2011. Plot The story appears to be centered on the investigation of the Book of the Silver Cross, an ancient B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Thoma
Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma was not the first known ski jumper in the family: his uncle Georg Thoma was both world and Olympic champion in the nordic combined. Thoma won his first competition in 1990 when he won the Four Hills Tournament. He also won Ski-flying World Championships in Vikersund at the end of the 1989-90 season. Before the start of the 1993-94 season, Thoma changed his technique from jumping with parallel skis to the V-style, and was a part of the German team who won the team competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill in Lillehammer, then won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Thoma also won a bronze in the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1998 in Oberstdorf. Thoma won five medals at the FIS Nordic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Thoma
Georg Thoma (; born 20 August 1937) is a retired German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first non-Scandinavian athlete to do so, and was voted German Sportsman of the Year. At the 1964 Olympics he won a bronze medal and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Germany at the opening ceremony. He further won the world championships title in 1966. Thoma's strength in the Nordic combined was jumping. He was three times German champion in ski jumping (1960, 1961, and 1963). Additionally, he won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival from 1963 to 1966. For his Nordic combined successes, Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (ahared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs). Thoma is the uncle of the ski jumper Dieter Thoma Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Wei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Thoma
Godfrey Awaire Thoma (born 22 January 1957) is a Nauruan politician and police officer. Member of Parliament Thoma started his first term in the parliament after being elected in 1995, ousting Theodore Moses after only three years. He had been subsequently re-elected to parliament until 2007, when he lost his seat to newcomer Dantes Tsitsi. Second term Following the parliament's dissolution in 2008 after President Marcus Stephen had declared a state of emergency, Thoma was re-elected to parliament to serve a second term for the Aiwo Constituency, ending the 31-year parliamentary term of former president René Harris who died just two months later. He retained his seat in the 2010 parliamentary election. Thoma was defeated in the 2013 election. Minister of Justice and Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru Thoma served as Minister of Justice in the administrations of René Harris and Ludwig Scotty. In May 2003 he was elected Speaker of Parliament, but resigned just one day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maralyn Thoma
Maralyn Thoma-Dougherty is an American television soap opera writer. Early life Thoma was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in Houston, Texas. At age 15 she moved to Las Vegas and became a chorus girl at the Sahara Hotel. A year later, she returned to Memphis to finish school and worked as one of eight summer stock theatre dancers. She pursued a dancer career on Broadway where she worked as such for 10 years. She relocated to Los Angeles along with her two children assuming that California is better for her and them. Career In 1980, Thoma became a screenwriter for Columbia Pictures. A year later, she was hired as the secretary to the head writer of ''General Hospital''. Eventually, she became a writer for the show, earning 30 million viewers. Her favorite writing was for the episode where ''General Hospital''s Anna fell in love with a man from another planet. While she was a writer for the show, she also did writing for the ''Days of Our Lives'' and Emmy-winning '' Santa B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heini Thoma
Heinrich Thoma (born 16 October 1900, date of death unknown) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the bronze medal with his partner Rudolf Bosshard in the double scull A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ... event. References External links profile 1900 births Year of death missing Swiss male rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic rowers of Switzerland Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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