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Wolfner Tivadar
Wolfner is a German surname. Notable people the name include: * Jozsef Wolfner (1856–1932), Hungarian publisher * Mariana Wolfner, American molecular biologist and geneticist * Theodore Wolfner Theodore Wolfner (18 June 1864 Újpest – 18 May 1929, Budapest) was a Hungarian deputy. He was educated at the gymnasium and at the school of technology in Budapest. After spending some time in his father's tannery in order to acquire a pra ... (1864–1929), Hungarian politician * Violet Bidwill Wolfner (1900–1962), American businesswoman References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozsef Wolfner
Jozsef Wolfner ( Arad, June 5, 1856; Budapest, February 16, 1932) was a Hungarian publisher, founder of the publishing house Singer and Wolfner. "''He was a bourgeois, and in Hungary there are bourgeois, proletarians and Bohemians, but the real bourgeois is not common. Wolfner was a real bourgeois whose lifestyle was the dignity and enthusiasm for his job. He perfectly adhered to Baudelaire’s expression that stated: "You have to work, because work is less boring than fun." Well, Wolfner was a man who was never bored. His life was dedicated to design and creativity''". - From Ferenc Herceg’s memorial speech Life We know very little about Jozsef Wolfner’s life. In 1885, after completing his university studies, he founded along with Sandor Singer the publishing house ''Singer and Wolfner'' which was mainly devoted to literary works for children. In 1923 Wolfner transformed the publishing house into a joint stock company assuming the role of President and Director. ''Singer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Wolfner
Mariana Federica Wolfner is the Goldwin Smith Professor of molecular biology and genetics at Cornell University. Her research investigates sexual conflict in the fruit fly '' Drosophila melanogaster''. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2019 in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Early life and education Wolfner became interested in biology as a child. She decided to study at Cornell University because it was well known for genetics. During her undergraduate degree she worked in Gerald Fink's laboratory, studying the control of amino acids in yeast, and graduated in 1974. She moved to Stanford University for her graduate degree, where she was a doctoral student in the lab of David Hogness. She was one of the first to use recombinant DNA to isolate the genes in '' Drosophila''. Wolfner pioneered the use of cDNA hybridisation to isolate the genes which respond to ecdysone during metamorphosi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wolfner
Theodore Wolfner (18 June 1864 Újpest – 18 May 1929, Budapest) was a Hungarian deputy. He was educated at the gymnasium and at the school of technology in Budapest. After spending some time in his father's tannery in order to acquire a practical knowledge of the manufacture of leather, he undertook an extensive tour, visiting Germany, Egypt, Palestine, and Turkey. Wolfner was an alderman of Újpest, a member of the county council of Pest, president of the national association of leather manufacturers, director of the technological industrial museum, and a member of the chamber of commerce and industry in Budapest. From 1896 he represented Gödöllő Gödöllő (; german: Getterle; sk, Jedľovo) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can ... in the Hungarian Parliament, a fact which is the more noteworthy becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
