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Vincenz
Vincenz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vincenz Armann (1599–1649), Flemish or Dutch landscape painter *Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), German Bohemian surgeon * Vincenz Fettmilch (died 1616), grocer and gingerbread baker who led the Fettmilch uprising * Vincenz Fischer (born 1729), historical painter and professor of architecture at the Academy of Vienna * Vincenz Fohmann (1794–1837), German-Belgian anatomist born * Vincenz Fux (1606–1659), Austrian musician and composer * Vincenz Grimm (1800–1872), Hungarian chess master * Vincenz Hasak (born 1812), Catholic historian *Vincenz Hruby (1856–1917), Czech chess master *Vincenz Hundhausen (1878–1955), German-language professor at Peking University *Vincenz Kollar (1797–1860), Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera *Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782–1843), physician and mycologist *Vincenz Lachner (1811–1893), German composer and conductor *Vincenz Liechtenstein (1950–2008), Austrian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo
Vincenzo is an Italian male given name, derived from the Latin name Vincentius (the verb ''vincere'' means to win or to conquer). Notable people with the name include: Art * Vincenzo Amato (born 1966), Italian actor and sculptor *Vincenzo Bellavere (c.1540-1541 – 1587), Italian composer *Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), Italian composer *Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1844), Italian academic painter *Vincenzo Catena (c. 1470 – 1531), Italian painter * Vincenzo Cerami (1940–2013), Italian screenwriter *Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012), Italian writer *Vincenzo Coronelli (1650–1718), Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist * Vincenzo Crocitti (1949–2010), Italian cinema and television actor *Vincenzo Dimech (1768–1831), Maltese sculptor *Vincenzo Galilei (1520–1591), composer, lutenist, and music theorist, father of Galileo *Vincenzo Marra (born 1972), Italian filmmaker *Vincenzo Migliaro (1858–1938), Italian painter *Vincenzo Natali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Priessnitz
Vincenz Priessnitz, also written Prießnitz (sometimes in German ''Vinzenz'', in English ''Vincent'', in Czech ''Vincenc''; 4 October 1799 – 26 November 1851) was a peasant farmer in Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia, who is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as vegetarian food, air, exercise, rest, water, and traditional medicine. He is thus also credited with laying the foundations of what became known as Nature Cure, although it has been noted that his main focus was on hydrotherapeutic techniques. The use of cold water as a curative is recorded in the works of Hippocrates and Galen, and techniques such as spas, bathing, and drinking were used by various physicians in Europe and the US through to the 18th century. The practice was becoming less prevalent entering the 19th century however, until Priessnitz revived the technique after having major success applying it on pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Hundhausen
Vincenz Maria Hermann Hundhausen (15 December 1878 – 18 May 1955) was a German who was a German-language professor at Peking University and a translator of Chinese works into German.Walravens, p92 "xi 洪濤生" (footnote) He used the Chinese name Hong Taosheng (). Hundhausen owned the Poplar Island Press, based out of his Beijing house. In addition, Hundhausen saw himself as a poet and an artist.Bieg, p71 In 2001 Annette Merker, author of a book review of ''Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955): Leben und Werk des Dichters, Druckers, Verlegers, Professors, Regisseurs und Anwalts in Peking'', wrote that he was "little known by non- sinologists".Merker, p. 241. "This stay grew into a lifelong intimate relationship with China, where Hundhausen ..This extraordinary German expatriate, little known by non-sinologists, .. Life Hundhausen was born in Grevenbroich on 15 December 1878. His father, V. Hundhausen, was a factory owner. V. Hundhausen's grandfather, , was a friend of Ernst Moritz Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Armann
Vincenzo Armanno (c. 1599–1649) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish or Dutch Republic, Dutch landscape painter, who was active in Rome in the 1640s. The only source of information about Vincenzo Armanno is the 17th century Roman biographer Giovanni Battista Passeri who in his book ''Vite de pittori, scultori ed architetti: che anno lavorato in Roma, morti dal 1641 fino al 1673'' included a chapter about Armanno.Giovanni Battista Passeri, ''Vite de pittori, scultori ed architetti: che anno lavorato in Roma, morti dal 1641 fino al 1673'' Presso Gregorio Settari, 1772 Since the publication of Passeri's book there has been a lot of speculation by art historians about the identity of this Vincenzo Armanno. Some historia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Liechtenstein
Prince Vincenz of Liechtenstein, known in Austria as Vincenz Liechtenstein (30 July 1950, in Graz – 14 January 2008, in Deutschfeistritz, Styria) was an Austrian politician (ÖVP). He was a grandson of Charles I of Austria, the last Austrian Emperor. He was born a Prince of Liechtenstein. He never renounced his succession to the Liechtensteiner throne, but since the nobility in Austria was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he did not use his princely title or honorific (''Serene Highness'') in his Austrian civic life. Ancestry Born ''His Serene Highness'' Prince Vincenz Karl Alfred Maria Michael of Liechtenstein (Germ. ''Seine Durchlaucht'' der Prinz Vincenz Karl Alfred Maria Michael von und zu Liechtenstein), the first child of Prince Heinrich of Liechtenstein and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Liechtenstein". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 52, 68. . Prince Heinrich was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilli Vincenz
Lilli Vincenz is a lesbian activist and the first lesbian member of the gay political activist effort, the Mattachine Society of Washington (MSW). She served as the editor of the organization's newsletter and in 1969 along with Nancy Tucker created the independent newspaper, the ''Gay Blade'', which later became the ''Washington Blade''. Vincenz invited women to meet every week at her home during the 1970s to create a safe venue for gay women to discuss gay activism and other lesbian-related issues and her home became known as the Gay Women's Open House (GWOH). These meetings became the Gay Women's Alternative. She described her decision in an interview: Vincenz was the only self-identified lesbian to participate in the second White House picket with Frank Kameny in 1965. A January 1966 photograph of Vincenz, taken by Kay Lahusen, appeared on the cover of lesbian magazine ''The Ladder'', making her the first woman with her face showing to do so. Vincenz made an appearance on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Vincenz Von Krombholz
Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (19 December 1782 – 1 November 1843) was a physician and mycologist born in Oberpolitz (today Horní Police, Czech Republic), northern Bohemia. He studied medicine at the University of Prague, receiving his doctorate in 1814. In 1828 he was appointed professor of special pathology and therapy. At Prague, he used his influence to help the penniless August Carl Joseph Corda (1809–1849) get admitted to the university. In 1831 he was named rector of the university. Contributions In addition to his career in medicine, Krombholz had a keen interest in mycology. He performed numerous experiments involving the toxicity of mushrooms. He is known fo''Naturgetreue Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der essbaren, schädlichen und verdächtigen Schwämme''(1831–1846), a publication on mushrooms that was based on his own observations. It is acclaimed for its true-to-nature pictures and its descriptions of edible, harmful and suspect mushrooms. Krombholz died bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzi (1939-2018), British novelist
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Vincenzi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Tommaso Vincenzi (died 1478), Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pesaro (1475–1478) and Bishop of Terni (1472–1475) * Giacomo Vincenzi (died 1619), Italian bookseller and music printer from Venice, also known as Giacomo Vincenti *Alfredo Ciriaco De Vincenzi (1907–date of death unknown), Italian Argentine professional football player * Francesco Vincenzi (born 1956), Italian footballer and manager * Giorgio De Vincenzi (1884–1965), Italian painter and etcher * Giovanni Vincenzi (1905–1970), Italian footballer *Guido Vincenzi (1932–1997), Italian footballer *Marta Vincenzi (born 1947), Italian politician *Penny Vincenzi Penelope Vincenzi (née Hannaford; 10 April 1939 – 25 February 2018) was a British novelist, who wrote 17 novels and 2 collections of stories. Her sales by 2014 amounted to over 7 million copies. Early life She was born Penelope Hannaford, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Müller
Vincenz Müller (5 November 1894 – 12 May 1961) was a military officer and general who served in the Imperial German army, the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, and after the war in the National People's Army of the (East) German Democratic Republic, where he was also a politician. Müller eventually became a member of the East German parliament, the ''Volkskammer'', and served as chief of staff of the National People's Army. Early career Müller was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria into a non-military family, being the son of a tanner. He completed high school at the Metten Abbey gymnasium and joined the Württemberg Army's pioneer force. As a lieutenant he spent much of World War I with the German military mission to the Ottoman Empire. He was wounded by a grenade fragment at Gallipoli, and was then transferred to Baghdad and the Persian Front, returning to Germany after contracting malaria and typhus. In 1917 he returned to Turkey as a tactics instructor for Turkish officers. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Kollar
Vincenz Kollar (15 January 1797 in Kranowitz, Silesia – 30 May 1860 in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He was especially concerned with species of economic interest, particularly those of forests. Kollar described many new species. He was Curator of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. He worked mainly on insects collected on expeditions, especially that from the Austrian Brazil Expedition The Austrian expedition to Brazil (Österreichische Brasilien-Expedition) was a scientific expedition which explored Brazil. It was organized and financed by the Austrian Empire from 1817 to 1835. History The expedition had as its main supporter t ... of 1817–1835. Works *''Die vorzüglich lästigen Insekten Brasiliens'', p. 101-119. In J.E. Pohl. ''Reise im Innern von Brasiliens'', vol. I, 448p.(1832) * Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freih. Carl v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himalayagebirge gesammelten Insekten. (mit L. Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenz Czerny
Vincenz Czerny (19 November 1842 – 3 October 1916) was a German Bohemian surgeon whose main contributions were in the fields of oncological and gynecological surgery. Czerny was born in Trutnov, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He initially studied at Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague, later transferring to the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819–1892). In 1866 he graduated summa cum laude. Afterwards, he remained in Vienna as an assistant to Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871) and Theodor Billroth (1829–1894). In 1871 he became a clinical director at the University of Freiburg. In 1877 Czerny was appointed professor at Heidelberg, where he succeeded surgeon Gustav Simon (1824–1876). In 1906 he founded the ''Institut für Experimentelle Krebsforschung'' (Institute for Experimental Cancer Research), which was a forerunner to today's German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. Here he established a hospital for 47 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle
Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle (6 June 1825 – 17 September 1892) was an Austrian poet and scholar. Zingerle was born, the son of the Roman Catholic theologian and orientalist Pius Zingerle (1801-1881), at Meran. He began his studies at Trento, and entered for a while the Benedictine monastery at Marienberg. Abandoning the clerical profession, he returned to Innsbruck, where, in 1848, he became teacher in the gymnasium, and in 1859 professor of German language and literature at the university. He died at Innsbruck in September 1892. Zingerle is known as author through his ''Zeitgedichte'' (Innsbruck, 1848); ''Von den Alpen'' (1850); ''Die Müllerin, a village tale'' (1853); ''Der Bauer von Longfall'' (1874); and ''Erzählungen aus dem Burggrafenamte'' (1884). His ethnographical writings and literary studies, dealing especially with Tirol, have, however, rendered him more famous. Among them may be mentioned his editions of ''König Laurin'' (1859), of the legend, ''Von den heyligen dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
