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Vilém Němec
Vilém or Vilem is Czech form of Germanic name William. It may refer to: *Vilém Blodek (1834–1874), Czech composer, flautist, and pianist *Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895), Czech physician *Vilém Flusser (1920–1991), philosopher born in Czechoslovakia *Vilém Gajdušek (1895–1977), Czech optician and prominent telescope designer *Vilém Goppold, Jr. (born 1893, date of death unknown), a Bohemian Olympic fencer *Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (1869–1943), Bohemian fencer and olympic medalist in sabre competition *Vilém Heš (1860–1908), Czech operatic bass *Vilém Heckel (1918–1970), Czech photographer *Vilém Klíma (1906–1985), Czech electrical engineer *Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), Czech pianist, piano teacher, professor *Vilém Loos (1895–1942), Czechoslovak ice hockey player *Vilém Lugr (1911–1981), Czech footballer and football manager *Vilém Mandlík, Olympic 200 metre semi-finalist for Czechoslovakia in 1956 *Vilém Mathesius (1882–1945), Czech lingu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William (name)
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Loos
Valentin Jaroslav "Vilda" Loos (13 April 1895 in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 8 September 1942 in Prague, Bohemia and Moravia) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... He was a member of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team that won the bronze medal in 1920. Four years later he also participated in the first Winter Olympic ice hockey tournament. References External links *Valentin LoosaSports-Reference 1895 births 1942 deaths Czech ice hockey right wingers HC Slavia Praha players Ice hockey people from Prague Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilem Sokol
Vilem Sokol (May 22, 1915August 19, 2011) was a Czech-American conductor and professor of music at the University of Washington from 1948 to 1985, where he taught violin, viola, conducting, as well as music appreciation classes directed primarily toward non-music majors. He was conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras from 1960 to 1988, and principal violist of the Seattle Symphony from 1959 to 1963. He was the featured soloist with the Seattle Symphony for subscription concerts held March 7 and 8, 1960, performing ''Harold in Italy'' by Hector Berlioz. Sokol was raised in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16, he studied with Otakar Ševčík in Boston. He received a bachelor's degree in music from Oberlin College in 1938, where he studied violin with Raymond Cerf, and studied for one year on scholarship with Jaroslav Kocián at the State Conservatory of Music in Prague. He studied under a fellowship grant at the Juilliard School in New York City. Upon his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Prusinovský Z Víckova
Vilém Prusinovský z Víckova (in German: William Prusinowsky von Wiczkov) (1534 – June 16, 1572) was a bishop of Olomouc in 1565–1572. He started his office in the times of Catholic-Protestant controversy and followed the policy of the Council of Trent. He forced the Utraquists to accept his authority. He invited Jesuits to Olomouc and a year after his death, in 1573, his plan of promotion of the Olomouc school to Jesuit Academy was realized and Palacký University, Olomouc, the second oldest university in the Czech lands was established. It is possible he was poisoned by Jan Philopon Dambrovský.Jiří Fiala: ''Olomoucký pitaval'', DANAL 1994, , str. 101-108 References External links 1534 births 1572 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Olomouc 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Victims of serial killers {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Petrželka
Petrželka in 1931 Vilém Petrželka (10 September 1889, Brno, Moravia – 10 January 1967, Brno) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Petrželka was a pupil of Leoš Janáček, Vítězslav Novák and Karel Hoffmeister. From 1914 he taught composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts ( cs, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně; abbreviation in Czech: JAMU) is a public university with an artistic focus in Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1947 and consi ... and the School of the Philharmonic Society in Brno. Selected works ;Orchestra * ''Pochod bohémů'' (March of the Bohemians) (1919) * ''Věčný návrat'', Symphony in 3 Parts, Op.13 (1922–1923) * ''Dramatická ouvertura'' (Preludio drammatico), Op.26 (1932) * ''Partita'' for string orchestra, Op.31 (1934) * ''Moravský tanec'' (Moravian Dance) * ''Pastorální symfonietta'', Op.51 * Symphony, Op.56 (1955–1956) ;C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Mathesius
Vilém Mathesius (, 3 August 1882 – 12 April 1945) was a Czech linguist, literary historian and co-founder of the Prague Linguistic Circle. He is considered one of the founders of structural functionalism in linguistics. Mathesius was the editor-in-chief of two linguistic journals, ''Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Prague'' (“Works of the Prague Linguistic Circle”) and ''Slovo a slovesnost'' ("Word and Verbal Art"), and the co-founder of a third, ''Nové Athenaeum.'' His extensive publications in these journals and elsewhere cover a range of topics, including the history of English literature, syntax, Czech stylistics, and cultural activism. In addition to his work in linguistics, in 1912 he founded the department of English philology at Charles University, which was the first such department in Czechoslovakia. He remained head of the department until 1939, when the Nazis closed all Czech universities. The department now exists as a branch of the Faculty of Arts, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Mandlík
Vilém Mandlík (born April 7, 1936) is a Czech former runner. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he was a semifinalist in the 200 metres and ran for the 4×400m relay. He also ran in the in Rome. He is the father of tennis player Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles tit ...
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Vilém Lugr
Vilém Lugr (28 June 1911 – 17 August 1994) was a Czech footballer and football manager. He played for SK Olomouc ASO, SK Židenice, SK Prostějov and SK Slezská Ostrava. He worked for Křídla vlasti Olomouc, Lech Poznań, Śląsk Wrocław, Górnik Zabrze, Jönköpings Södra IF. He then became coach for IFK Norrköping, where he won the Allsvenskan in 1963 and Nyköpings BIS Nyköpings BIS is a Swedish football club located in Nyköping. The club started out as a merger in 1966 between Nyköpings SK and Nyköpings AIK. Since their foundation Nyköpings BIS has participated mainly in the middle divisions of the Swedis .... References 1911 births 1981 deaths Czech footballers Czechoslovak footballers FC Zbrojovka Brno players FC Baník Ostrava players Czech football managers Czech expatriate football managers Czechoslovak football managers Czechoslovak expatriate football managers FC Baník Ostrava managers Lech Poznań managers Górnik Zabrze manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Kurz
Vilém Kurz (23 December 1872 – 25 May 1945) was a Czechs, Czech pianist and renowned piano teacher. Career Kurz was born in Havlíčkův Brod, Německý Brod, Bohemia in 1872. He became a professor at the State Conservatory in Lviv and Vienna, and Prague Conservatory. His students included his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, Rudolf Firkušný, Eduard Steuermann, Artur Rodziński, Břetislav Bakala, Pavel Štěpán, Stanislav Heller, František Maxián, Gideon Klein, Gidéon Klein, Rafael Schächter, Viktorie Švihlíková, Stefania Turkewich, Ilja Hurník, Pavel Šivic, Drahomir Toman, Zdeněk Jílek and Matusja Blum. His teaching methods were largely based on those of Theodor Leschetizky and his pupils he met during the time he taught in Lviv. Later they were further developed by his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová. He died in Prague in 1945. Antonin Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor Kurz is known for his reworking of the solo part of Antonín Dvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Blodek
Vilém Blodek, born Vilém František Plodek (October 3, 1834, Prague – May 1, 1874, Prague), was a Czech composer, flautist, and pianist. Biography Blodek was born into a poor family and was educated at a German Piarist school in Prague. After studying with Alexander Dreyschock (piano) and at the Prague Conservatory (1846–52) with Antonín Eiser (flute) and Johann Friedrich Kittl (composition), he became a music teacher in Lubycza, Galicia (1853–5). On returning to Prague, he worked as a concert pianist and music teacher and, briefly, as second conductor of the Prague Männergesangverein, for which he wrote a number of patriotic choruses. In 1860 he succeeded Anton Eiser as professor of flute at the conservatory, and, as a basis for teaching, he wrote his own flute tutor (1861). He was active as a writer of incidental music for the German and Czech theatres: from 1858 onwards he wrote music for 60 plays and collaborated with Bedřich Smetana on music for the tableaux f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Klíma
Vilém Klíma (10 April 1906 – 6 October 1985), originally Wilhelm Kauders, was a Czech electrical engineer and Holocaust survivor who developed a closed-form expression for the distribution factor of a symmetrical three-phase stator winding. Vilém Klíma (Wilhelm Kauders) died on 6 October 1985 and in an obituary by FrohneH. Frohne and H. Seinsch: ''Systematik der Drehstromwicklungen'', ''ETZ Archiv'', 1985, vol. 8, pp. 71–73 it is mentioned that Klíma's equation for the distribution factorAlso known as the breadth factor. of fractional slot windings is not found in textbooks. Another remark in the obituary is that in some references it is stated that it is not possible to find a closed-form expression for the winding factor of fractional slot windings. An obituary in German was written by Frohne and one in Czech by Čeřovský.Z. Čeřovský: ''Osobnízprávy'', ''Elektrotechnickobzor'', 1986, vol. 75, p. 62 Introduction Vilém Klíma was born on 10 April 1906 as Wilhel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
