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Terras Do Bouro (1939–2005), Estonian-American mathematician ...
{{disambig Terras may refer to: Locations *Terras de Bouro, a municipality in Portugal * Terras Salgadas, a geographical feature in southeastern Cape Verde * Terras Bridge, a bridge in Cornwall, UK * Terras, Cornwall a hamlet in Cornwall, UK Novels * Terras do Sem Fim, a Brazilian novel People * Anthony Terras (born 1985), French sports shooter *Artur Terras (1901–1963), Estonian politician, former mayor of Tallinn (1941–1944) *Audrey Terras (born 1942), American mathematician *Melissa Terras, British scholar of digital humanities *Riho Terras (born 1967), Estonian military commander *Riho Terras (mathematician) Riho Terras (1939–2005) was an Estonian-American mathematician. He was born in Tartu, Estonia and moved to Ulm, Germany before starting school. In 1951 he migrated to United States along with his mother. In 1965, he was given the Milton Abramow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terras De Bouro
Terras de Bouro () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,253, in an area of 277.46 km². It is bordered to the north by Ponte da Barca and Spain, to the east by Montalegre, to the south by Vieira do Minho, to the southwest by Amares, and to the west by Vila Verde. The present Mayor is Manuel Tibo, elected by the PSD. The municipal holiday is 20 October, day that celebrates the granting of a charter by King D. Manuel I in 1514 . History The Germanic tribe of the Buri accompanied the Suebi in their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and establishment in Gallaecia (modern northern Portugal). The Buri settled in the region between the rivers Cávado and Homem, in the area known thereafter as ''Terras de Boiro'' or ''Terras de Bouro'' (Lands of the Buri). Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (''freguesias''): * Balança * Campo do Gerês * Carvalheira * Chamoim e Vilar * Chorense e Monte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terras Salgadas
Terras Salgadas (Portuguese meaning "salty lands") is a vast natural area covering the northwestern part of the island of Maio, Cape Verde. It is part of the protected area ''Parque Natural do Norte da Ilha do Maio''.Áreas protegidas Maio Maio Biodiversity Foundation It is the largest saline ecosystem of the whole archipelago, characterized by imposing sand dunes. The area is rich in endemic species of sea birds, fish and sea turtles. The nearest settlements are Morrinho, Cascabulho and |
Terras Bridge
Terras Bridge, also known as Terras Pill Bridge, is a road bridge near Morval in Cornwall, England. Built in , the Grade II listed bridge crosses the tidal East Looe River, and is adjacent to the Liskeard and Looe Railway and the remains of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal. Description Built in , the stone bridge carries an unclassified road over the East Looe River at Terras Pill, between the parishes of Morval and Duloe. As well as the main span across the river channel, the bridge has a second small flood arch. The main bridge arch was navigable, maintaining the river's navigability to Sandplace. Downstream of the bridge, the only crossing of the river is Looe Bridge. At the north side of the bridge, the road continues on a causeway over mudflats and saltings. The East Looe River is tidal as far as Tregarland Bridge – a little over upstream of Terras Bridge – and so flooding of the causeway is not uncommon. At the north end of the causeway crosses the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terras Do Sem Fim
''The Violent Land'' (Portuguese: ''Terras do Sem Fim'') is a Brazilian Modernist novel written by Jorge Amado in 1943 and published in English in 1945. It describes the battles to develop cacao plantations in the forests of the Bahia state of Brazil. Amado wrote that "No other of my books. . . is as dear to me as ''The Violent Land'', in it lie my roots; it is from the blood from which I was created; it contains the gunfire that resounded during my early infancy", and suggested that the novel belongs to a distinct Brazilian "literature of cacao". By 1965, the book had been adapted as a film, as well as for the stage, television and radio. Background The ''Violent Land'' was written when Jorge Amado was thirty-one and, as a communist, had gone into exile in Uruguay. It is set in the cocoa or cacao-growing areas of the state of Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Terras
Anthony Terras (born 21 June 1985) is a French shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ... and Olympic athlete who won the bronze medal at the Men's skeet at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Records References * External links * * * 1985 births Living people French male sport shooters Skeet shooters Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Sportspeople from Marseille Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for France European Games medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2019 European Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Terras
Artur Terras (18 February 1901 – 23 November 1963) was an Estonian lawyer and politician who was the mayor of Tallinn from 24 August 1941 to September 1944. His older brother was former Estonian State Secretary Karl Terras. After being deported in 1941, he was a Forest Brothers guerrilla fighter in Vihasoo, eventually becoming the commander of the North Estonian Omakaitse. He was the mayor of Tallinn during the majority of World War II, being mayor while Estonia was occupied by Nazi German forces. He assumed numerous titles, including mayor, lord mayor and first mayor (''Erster Bürgermeister''). He resigned in September 1944 after the Soviet Union reconquered Estonia. He was succeeded by Aleksander Kiidelmaa as chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn. He eventually fled to Sweden and became a minister without portfolio of prime minister Otto Tief from 20 April 1952. He died on 23 November 1963 in Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Terras
Audrey Anne Terras (born September 10, 1942) is an American mathematician who works primarily in number theory. Her research has focused on quantum chaos and on various types of zeta functions. Early life and education Audrey Terras was born September 10, 1942, in Washington, D.C. She received a BS degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in 1964, and MA and PhD degrees from Yale University in 1966 and 1970 respectively. She was married to fellow UMD alumnus Riho Terras. She stated in a 2008 interview that she chose to study mathematics because "The U.S. government paid me! And not much! It was the time of Sputnik, so we needed to produce more mathematicians, and when I was deciding between Math and History, they weren’t paying me to do history, they were paying me to do math." Career Terras joined the University of California, San Diego as an assistant professor in 1972, and became a full professor there in 1983. She retired in 2010, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Terras
Melissa Mhairi Terras (born 1975 Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a leading international figure in the field of Digital Humanities. Since 2017, she has been Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh, and director of its Centre for Digital Scholarship. She previously taught at University College London, where she was Professor of Digital Humanities and served as director of its Centre for Digital Humanities from 2012 to 2017: she remains an honorary professor. She has a wide ranging academic background: she has an undergraduate degree in art history and English literature, then took a Master of Science (MSc) degree in computer science, before undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree at the University of Oxford in engineering. Education Terras studied classical art history and English literature at the University of Glasgow. She was given the opportunity to hand in her dissertation as a website, and, after learning to code, did so in 1996. She gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riho Terras
Riho Terras (born 17 April 1967) is an Estonian politician and a former military officer who is serving as a member of the European Parliament since 1 February 2020. He was the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces from 2011 to 2018. He was promoted to general in 2017. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 and took his seat after Brexit. Military career His military education includes studies in the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom, the Joint Command and General Staff Course in the Baltic Defence College, the European Security. Policy Course in the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, a Battalion Commander's Course in Switzerland, a Company Commander's course in Germany, a Company Commander's course in Sweden and the Officer's Basic course in Estonia. Terras's civilian education includes history studies in the University of Tartu, and a master's degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Bundeswehr. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
