|
Wolff Planetarium
Wolff is a variant of the Wolf surname which is derived from the baptismal names Wolfgang or Wolfram. List of people surnamed Wolff A * Albert Wolff (other), several people * Alex Wolff, American actor * Alexander Wolff, American writer * Alexander Wolff (soldier), (1788–1863), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington B * Betje Wolff (1738–1804), Dutch writer * Bernard Wolff (1811–1879), German media mogul * Beverly Wolff (1928–2005), American mezzo-soprano * Bobby Wolff (born 1932), American bribe player C * Carl Gustaf Wolff, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman * Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734–1794), founder of embryology * Christian Wolff (other), several people * Christoph Wolff (born 1940), German-born musicologist E * Ed Wolff (actor) (1907–1966), American actor * Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist *Elsie and Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (''alive in'' 1914), British suffragette sisters * Enrique Wolff (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf (surname)
Wolf is a given name and a surname. It is common among Germanic-speaking peoples, alongside variants such as Wulf. Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf (essentially all of North America). Geographical distribution As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Wolf'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:413), 27.4% of the United States (1:3,608), 3.9% of Austria (1:596), 2.5% of Brazil (1:21,995), 1.4% of Switzerland (1:1,622), 1.2% of the Netherlands (1:3,735) and 1.0% of France (1:17,534). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:413) in the following states:Wolf surname distribution at forebears.io # |
Elsie And Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau
Elsie and Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (died in 1926, aged 83) were British suffragette sisters: Elsie was arrested for smashing shop windows, went on hunger strike and was awarded the Women's Social and Political Union Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour'. Mathilde was a musician and suffragette, and was imprisoned twice, also for smashing windows, and was a founder of London's women's chess club and an active vegetarian. Life and suffrage activism Elsie and sister Mathilde Wolff Van Sandau (also known as Matilda) were the granddaughters of Dr. E. Schwabe, private chaplain to the Duchess of Kent. Mathilde was a pianist, a music teacher and became a founder member of the London Ladies Chess Club, and became a leader in vegetarian groups. The Wolff Van Sandau sisters joined the militant Women's Social and Political Union protesting on women's right to vote. They were among the three hundred women brutally attacked by police and men in the crowd for about six hours, on what is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Wolff
Heinz Siegfried Wolff, (29 April 1928 – 15 December 2017) was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series ''The Great Egg Race''. Early life Wolff was born in Berlin. His father, Oswald Wolff, was a volunteer in World War I and a publisher specializing in German history. His mother, Margot Wolff (née Saalfeld) died "of an acute heart infection" in 1938. Father and son fled to the Netherlands in August 1939, and then arrived as Jewish refugees in Britain on 3 September 1939, on the same day that World War II was declared by Britain and France; Wolff was 11. He was educated at the City of Oxford High School for Boys. Career Wolff worked in haematology at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford under Robert Gwyn Macfarlane, where he invented a machine for counting patients' blood cells, before joining the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff. He went on to University Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellmuth Wolff (other)
Hellmuth Wolff may refer to: * Hellmuth Wolff (organ builder) Hellmuth Wolff (September 3, 1937 – November 20, 2013) was a Canadian organ builder and the founder of the firm Wolff & Associés. Under his guidance the firm set new standards in Canada for historical organ building. Life Born in Zurich, Sw ... (1937–2013), Canadian organ builder * Hellmuth Christian Wolff (1906–1988), German composer and musicologist {{Hndis, Wolff, Hellmuth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Walter Wolff
Hans Walter Wolff (December 17, 1911 – October 22, 1993) was a German Protestant theologian. He was professor at the University of Mainz from 1959 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1978 he was Professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg. Selected works * ''Amos the Prophet'' (1973) * ''The Old Testament: A Guide to Its Writings'' (1973) * ''Anthropology of the Old Testament'' (1974) * ''The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions'' (1975, with Walter Brueggemann) * ''Hosea'' (1977) * ''Joel and Amos'' (1977) * ''Micah'' (1981) * ''Haggai'' (1990) * ''Obadiah and Jonah'' (1991) See also *Christoph Wolff Christoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German musicologist. He is best known for his works on the music, life, and period of Johann Sebastian Bach. Christoph Wolff is an emeritus professor of Harvard University, and was part of the faculty sinc ... – his son {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Hans Walter 20th-century German Protestant theologians Old Testament scholars Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Wolff (aviator)
Leutnant Hanns Joachim Wolff was a World War I German flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/wolff1.php Retrieved on 18 April 2010. Early life Hans Joachim Wolff was born in Mühlhausen, the German Empire, on 24 September 1895. Aerial service Wolff served with FA(A) 216 until 6 July 1917, when he was reassigned to Jagdstaffel 11. He was wounded in action fighting No. 1 Squadron RNAS on 14 August, and again on 23 November in combat against No. 56 Squadron RFC. On 18 March 1918, Wolff shot down and killed his first victim, which was possibly Lt. John McCudden. Wolff then steadily scored for the next two months, downing his tenth victim on 15 May 1918. He and his Fokker Dr.I were shot down the following day, most probably by Lt. Horace Barton of No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AMOCU). Based at RAF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Wolff
Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937) is an American novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Among his honors and recognition are the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994) and fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy in Berlin (2007), and the Guggenheim Foundation. His younger brother Tobias Wolff is also an award-winning writer. Biography Geoffrey Wolff was born in Hollywood, California, as the first son to "Duke" Arthur Samuels and Rosemary () Wolff. He is the older brother of the novelist and memoirist Tobias Wolff. Their parents separated when Geoffrey was twelve, his brother living with their mother, and Geoffrey with their father; their parents eventually divorced. He has described the adventure of his upbringing with his father on the East Coast in an acclaimed memoir, ''The Duke of Deception'' (1979), which was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. (Tobias has treated with similar candor his own years with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Wolff
Frederick Ferdinand Wolff, CBE, TD (13 October 1910 – 26 January 1988) was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Early life On 13 October 1910, Wolff was born in British Hong Kong, the eldest son of a family of four children. Wolff was a member of the Kowloon Cricket Club, where he won his first race in 1919. Wolff and his family returned to England. Wolff attended Shirley House Preparatory School and Beaumont College in Windsor, England.Freddie Wolff . Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-23. Career Frederick Wolff won the British in in 1933. At the 1936 |
Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Franklin Merrell-Wolff (born Franklin Fowler Wolff; 11 July 1887 – 4 October 1985) was an American mystic and esoteric philosopher. After formal education in philosophy and mathematics at Stanford and Harvard, Wolff devoted himself to the goal of transcending the normal limits of human consciousness. After exploring various mystical teachings and paths, he dedicated himself to the path of jnana yoga and the writings of Shankara, the expounder of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. Life Franklin Fowler Wolff was born in Pasadena, California in 1887.Versluis, Arthur (2014). American Gurus: From American Transcendentalism to New Age Religion, , p. 84 He was raised as a Methodist, but abandoned Christianity during his youth. Wolff studied mathematics and philosophy at Stanford and Harvard. At Stanford, he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1911. He briefly taught mathematics at Stanford in 1914, but left academia the following year. In 1920, Wolff married Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wolff (other)
Frank Wolff may refer to: *Frank Wolff (actor) (1928–1971), American actor * Frank Wolff (comics), fictional character from ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé See also * Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887–1985), American mystical philosopher *Francis Wolff, record producer *Frank Wolf (other) *Frank Wolfe (other) Frank Wolfe may refer to: *Frank Delos Wolfe (1863–1926), architect in California *Frank Wolfe (before 1868–after 1906), English footballer in 1886–87 Royal Arsenal F.C. season *Frank Wolfe (fictional character), see List of ''American Picke ... * Wolff {{hndis, Wolff, Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Philosophers
A list of notable French philosophers: {{Columns-list, colwidth=22em, *Pierre Abélard *Sylviane Agacinski *Pierre d'Ailly * Alain *Ferdinand Alquié *Louis Althusser * Bernard Andrieu *Anselm of Laon *Antoine Arnauld *Raymond Aron *Gwenaëlle Aubry * Nicolas d'Autrecourt *Kostas Axelos *Pierre Hyacinthe Azais *Gaston Bachelard * Suzanne Bachelard *Élisabeth Badinter *Alain Badiou *Bonaventure *Étienne Balibar *Renaud Barbaras *Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire *Roland Barthes *Victor Basch * Frédéric Bastiat *Georges Bataille *Charles Batteux * Jean C. Baudet *Jean Baudrillard *Louis Eugène Marie Bautain *Pierre Bayle *Jean Beaufret * Émile Beaussire *Simone de Beauvoir *Gustave Belot *Julien Benda *Alain de Benoist * Daniel Bensaïd *Nikolai Berdyaev *Gaston Berger *Henri Bergson *Gilles Bernheim *François Bernier *Henri Berr *Jean-Michel Berthelot *Abdennour Bidar *Jacques Bidet * Guillaume Bigot *Maine de Biran * Michel Bitbol * Antoine Blanc de Saint-Bonnet *Robert Blan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Wolff (philosopher)
Francis Wolff (April 5, 1907 – March 8, 1971) was a record company executive, photographer and record producer. Wolff's skills, as an executive and a photographer, were important contributions to the success of the Blue Note record label. Career Jakob Franz "Franny" Wolff was born in Berlin, Germany, where he became a jazz enthusiast, despite the government ban placed on this type of music after 1933. After a career as a commercial photographer in Germany, Wolff emigrated to the United States. A Jew, he left Berlin for New York in the late 1930s. In 1939 in New York his childhood friend Alfred Lion had co-founded Blue Note Records (with sleeping partner Max Margulis, who soon dropped out of any involvement in the company), and Wolff joined Lion in running the company. During Lion's war service, Wolff worked for Milt Gabler at the Commodore Music Store, and together they maintained the company's catalogue until Lion was discharged. Until Lion retired in 1967, Wolff concen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
