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Veit
Veit is a personal name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Gustav Veit (1824–1903), German gynecologist and obstetrician, a native of Leobschütz * Johann Veit (1852–1917), German gynecologist *Mario Veit (born 1973), German boxer * Mauro Luis Veit (born 1983), Brazilian defensive midfielder *Philipp Veit (1793–1877), German Romantic painter * Sankt Veit (other), the German name for Saint Vitus and a number of derived names *Sixten Veit (born 1970), retired German football player *Stan Veit (1919–2010), entrepreneur and publisher in the early days of the personal computer industry in the United States * Václav Jindřich Veit (1806–1864), Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer Given name *Veit Amerbach, professor of theology and member of Martin Luther's entourage who converted to Catholicism *Veit Arnpeck (1440–1505), Bavarian historian *Veit Bach (1550–1578), Hungarian miller who founded the Bach family of composers and musicians * Veit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Veit
Philipp Veit (13 February 179318 December 1877) was a German Romantic painter and one of the main exponents of the Nazarene movement. It is to Veit that the credit of having been the first to revive the nearly forgotten technique of fresco painting is due. Biography Veit was born in Berlin, Prussia. He was the son of a banker, Simon Veit and his wife Brendel, daughter of Moses Mendelssohn. After Veit's parents divorced in 1799, Veit initially stayed with his mother and lived with her and her new husband Friedrich Schlegel in Jena, Paris, and Cologne. In 1806, he returned to his father in Berlin and finished his schooling in the "Graues Kloster". From 1808 on, Veit received his first art education at the Royal Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where he was taught by Friedrich Matthäi and Caspar David Friedrich, later in Vienna. Although a prodigious talent when it came to drawing, Veit was not comfortable with oil painting, for which reason in Vienna he took to the medium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Stoss
Veit Stoss (also: ''Veit Stoß'' and ''Stuoss''; pl, Wit Stwosz; before 1450about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance. His style emphasized pathos and emotion, helped by his virtuoso carving of billowing drapery; it has been called "late Gothic Baroque". He had a large workshop, and in addition to his own works there are a number by pupils. He is best known for the altarpiece in St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland. Life According to the contracts and other official documents written in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Stoss was born in a place pronounced as Horb or Horbn. Most researchers identify this place with Horb am Neckar near Stuttgart in Germany. However, there are artistic traces indicating that Stoss's early education could take place in the modern Switzerland. Moreover, his brother was certainly born in Aarau in northern Switzerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit V
Veit is a personal name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Gustav Veit (1824–1903), German gynecologist and obstetrician, a native of Leobschütz * Johann Veit (1852–1917), German gynecologist *Mario Veit (born 1973), German boxer * Mauro Luis Veit (born 1983), Brazilian defensive midfielder *Philipp Veit (1793–1877), German Romantic painter * Sankt Veit (other), the German name for Saint Vitus and a number of derived names *Sixten Veit (born 1970), retired German football player *Stan Veit (1919–2010), entrepreneur and publisher in the early days of the personal computer industry in the United States * Václav Jindřich Veit (1806–1864), Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer Given name *Veit Amerbach, professor of theology and member of Martin Luther's entourage who converted to Catholicism *Veit Arnpeck (1440–1505), Bavarian historian *Veit Bach (1550–1578), Hungarian miller who founded the Bach family of composers and musicians * Veit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit (other)
Sankt Veit is the German name for Saint Vitus in place names (cf. wiktionary:Sankt). Places named Sankt Veit in Austria include: * Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia ** Sankt Veit an der Glan (district), Carinthia * Sankt Veit an der Gölsen, Lower Austria * Sankt Veit im Pongau, Salzburg * Sankt Veit am Vogau, Styria * Sankt Veit in Defereggen, Tyrol * Sankt Veit im Innkreis, Upper Austria * Sankt Veit im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria * Sankt Veit in der Gegend, Styria * The Ober Sankt Veit and Unter Sankt Veit (now part of Hietzing) neighborhoods in Vienna, formerly known as ''Sankt Veit an der Wien''. Other places named Sankt Veit include: * Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria, Germany * St. Vith (''Sankt Veit'' in German), Liège, Belgium * Canton of Sankt-Vith (''Sankt Veit'' in German), Belgium; part of Eupen Sankt Vith The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Geme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial. While viewed critically for his ideologies, a number of critics consider him a capable director on the grounds of such work as his ''Opfergang'' (1944). Life and career Harlan was born in Berlin, the son of the writer Walter Harlan and his wife Adele, nee Boothby. His elder brother Peter was a multi-instrumentalist and musical instrument maker. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1934 he starred in the Berlin premiere of Eugen Ortner's tragedy '' Meier Helmbrecht'', but it was a critical disaster and he later described it as his lowest point as an actor. Shortly afterwards he directed his first play, the comedy '' Marriage on the Panke'', at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Jindřich Veit
Václav Jindřich Veit known in German as Wenzel Heinrich Veit (19 January 1806 in the village of Řepnice, now part of Libochovany, near Litoměřice – 16 February 1864, Litoměřice) Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer. To pay tuition at a law school in Prague, Veit gave music lessons. After earning his law degree and getting a position as a legal clerk, Veit continued to teach music and even started writing music. He wrote mostly chamber music, and later on in his life wrote more and more songs with texts in Czech, such as "Pozdravení pěvcovo". He also wrote some church music, including a setting of the Te Deum and a couple of masses. Although he wrote some orchestral music, such as a violin concertino and a parody of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Veit only wrote one symphony, in E minor, which is however considered "a notable milestone in the development of the Czech symphonic style." Adrienne Simpson, "Veit, Václav enzelJindřich einrich in ''The New Grove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veith
Veith is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Veith (born 1991), American climber, producer, and writer * Anna Veith (born 1989), Austrian alpine ski racer * Bob Veith (1926–2006), American racing driver * Johann Veith (1916–1945), German SS officer * Johann Emanuel Veith (1787–1876), Czech Roman Catholic priest *, born 1944) German chemist * Michael Veith (born 1957), German alpine skier * (born 1957), German biologist * Oswin Veith (born 1961), German politician (CSU) *Robin Veith Robin Veith is an American television writer. She served as a writer's assistant on the first season of ''Mad Men'' and co-wrote the final episode of the season "The Wheel" with the series creator Matthew Weiner. Weiner and Veith were nominated ..., American television writer * Walter Veith, South African zoologist and a Seventh-day Adventist lay preacher {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Bach
Vitus "Veit" Bach (around 1550 – 8 March 1619, Wechmar) was a German baker and miller who, according to Johann Sebastian Bach, founded the Bach family, which became one of the most important families in musical history. Life and family Veit's son, Johannes Bach I (ca. 1580–1626), was the grandfather of Johann Ambrosius Bach, J.S. Bach's father, Veit therefore being Johann Sebastian's great-great-grandfather. There are other theories which hold that a different Veit Bach who died before 1578 in Erfurt was the father of Johann(es)/Hans, and was thus Johann Sebastian's great-great-grandfather. bach-cantatas.com Evading religious persecution in the Kingdom of Hungary, then under the control of the staunchly Roman Catholic Habsburgs, Bach, being a Protestant, settled in Wechmar, a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Veit
Mario Veit (born 22 December 1973) is a German former professional boxer. He is a former European Boxing Union, European super middleweight champion and multiple time world title challenger. Professional career Veit went undefeated in his first 30 fights, until losing to Joe Calzaghe via first-round knockout#Technical knockout, stoppage in 2001, in a bid for the World Boxing Organization, WBO super middleweight title. A fifteen-fight win streak followed, during which Veit won the European super middleweight title in 2003. Veit was granted a second chance at Calzaghe and his title in 2005, but was again stopped in six rounds. In 2006, Veit became the first to defeat Jürgen Brähmer. However, in the same year, a third loss for Veit came against Denis Inkin, who stopped him in seven rounds. Veit's final professional fight was a rematch against Brähmer in 2007, which ended in a fourth-round knockout victory for Bräehmer. External links * * http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Veit
Johann Veit (17 June 1852, Berlin – 2 June 1917 near Schierke) was a German gynecologist. He was the son of obstetrician and gynecologist Gustav Veit (1824-1903). In 1874 he earned his medical degree at Humboldt University in Berlin, and in 1879 became an assistant physician at the university ''Frauenklinik''. While still a student, he served as a medic during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1893 he attained the title of ''professor extraordinarius'' (associate professor), afterwards serving as a professor at the Universities of Leiden (1896), Erlangen (1902) and Halle (1904). At Halle he served as university rector in 1911–12. Veit is renowned for adapting the knowledge of immunology into the field of gynecology. He was successful in treatment of cancer with radium, and was involved in training nurses and midwives for service in the German colonies and diaconal hospitals in the Middle East. During his tenure in Berlin, Veit worked closely with Carl Arnold Ruge (1846-1926) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Veit
Stan Veit (25 December 1919 - 29 July 2010) was an entrepreneur and publisher. He ran "Computer Mart", the first computer store in New York City, was the personal computer editor of ''Popular Electronics'' magazine, and then Editor-in-Chief of '' Computer Shopper''. He published his reminiscences about the early history of the personal computer industry in a 1993 book called ''Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer.'' Biography Early life Veit studied at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, RCA Institutes, Hofstra College, and received a bachelor's degree in education from New School University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He then worked as a technical writer for a number of defense contractors. Career In 1976 he opened Computer Mart of New York. This was one of the first computer stores in the world. It sold computers from Imsai, Sphere Computers, South West Technical Products, and Apple Computer, among others. It was the third Apple dealer appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Amerbach
Veit Amerbach (also Vitus Amerpachius) (born in 1503 in Wemding, Germany – died on September 13, 1557 in Ingolstadt, Germany), was a German Lutheran theologian, scholar and humanist, who converted to Catholicism. Life Amerbach was born at Wembdinden in 1503. Up to age of 14 he attended in his hometown Wemding at Weth the Latin School and then went to study at the University of Ingolstadt. On July 7, 1521, he enrolled at the University of Freiburg. In the following year, he moved to the University of Wittenberg, where he met with the reformer Martin Luther and the humanist Philipp Melanchthon that shaped his future. Through the mediation of Luther in 1528 he became a teacher at the Latin school in Eisleben, where he worked with Johannes Agricola of Eisleben. In the University of Wittenberg he continued his philosophical studies and on December 12, 1529 with the acquisition of the Magister found their completion. In the same year, he married Elisabeth, and the couple had eleven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
