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Westermann
Westermann is a surname meaning "man from the West". Notable people with the surname include: *Antoine Westermann (born 1946), French chef *Bernt Wilhelm Westermann (1781–1868), Danish businessman and entomologist *Christine Westermann (born 1948), radio and TV host *Claus Westermann (1909–2000), German Protestant theologian *Diedrich Westermann (1875–1956), German missionary, ethnographer and African linguist *François Joseph Westermann (1751–1794), Alsace-born French general and political figure of the French Revolution *George Westermann (1810–1879), German publisher *Gerhard Westermann (1880–1971), Dutch artist *H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), American sculptor *Hans Westermann (1890–1935), German communist politician (KPD) and member of the resistance *Heiko Westermann (born 1983), German football player *Léo Westermann (born 1992), French basketball player *Liesel Westermann (born 1944), German athlete *William Linn Westermann (1873–1954), American historian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Westermann
Léo Joseph Paul Westermann (born 24 July 1992) is a French professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. He also represents the senior French national basketball team. Early years Westermann started his men's club career in 2008, playing for Centre Fédéral de Basketball, in the Nationale Masculine 1, the third division of French basketball. He played for Centre Fed for two seasons, averaging 10.1 points, 2.6 assists, and 1.1 steals per game, in 48 games played. Personal life He is a big fan of KK Partizan. Professional career ASVEL Westermann signed with the French club ASVEL Basket, in 2010. He stayed there for two seasons, playing in the top-tier level French Pro A and in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In 2012, Westermann was selected to play for the World Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon. He left the team just a few hours before he signed a contract with a diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Westermann
Antoine Westermann is a France, French chef born in 1949 in the Alsace, Alsatian town of Wissembourg, on the northeast border of France. He held 3 Michelin, Michelin Guide stars for his Strasbourg restaurant ''Le Buerehiesel'' and maintained a star rating at the restaurant for over 31 years until 2007, when he asked the Michelin Guide to remove them. Biography Early life Antoine Westermann decided to become a chef at age 8, encouraged by his father. He studied at ''L'Ecole Hôteliere'' in Strasbourg while apprenticing at the nearby ''Buffet de la Gare''. In 1969, after Westermann earned his professional diploma, his father took out a Mortgage loan, mortgage on the historic family home to purchase a small farmhouse in the middle of Strasbourg's ''Parc de l'Orangerie'' for Westermann, then 23, to turn into a restaurant. That spot became ''Le Buerehiesel'', the Alsatian dialect meaning for "little farmhouse". 1969-2007: ''Le Buerehiesel'' Westermann remained head chef and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heiko Westermann
Heiko Westermann (born 14 August 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Greuther Fürth Westermann began his professional career with 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth. He joined the senior squad in July 2002 but did not make his first appearance until 26 January 2003 in a 1–0 win over MSV Duisburg. He played a total of 83 league games in his three seasons with the club, scoring two goals. Arminia Bielefeld Following the 2004–05 season, Westermann signed for recently promoted Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. In his first season, he played in every single game for Bielefeld, including 34 league and five DFB-Pokal matches. The following season Westermann remained an integral part of the team, missing only one match. Schalke 04 Westermann moved to Schalke 04 in 2007 for a fee of €2.8 million. He played his first game for Schalke on 24 July in a Ligapokal fixture against 1. FC Nürnberg. Schalke won 4–2 with We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diedrich Westermann
Diedrich Hermann Westermann (June 24, 1875 – May 31, 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly. Westermann is seen as one of the founders of modern African linguistics. He carried out extensive linguistic and anthropological research in the area ranging from Senegal eastwards to the Upper Nile. His linguistic publications cover a wide range of African languages, including the Gbe languages, Nuer, Kpelle, Shilluk, Hausa, and Guang. Westermann's comparative work, begun in 1911, initially brought together much of today's Niger–Congo and Nilo-Saharan language phyla under the name Sudanic languages. His most important later publication ''Die westlichen Sudansprachen'' 1927a divided these into East and West Sudanic languages and laid the basis for what would become Niger–Congo. In this book and a series of associated articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Westermann
Westermann Verlag (English: "Westermann Publishing") is a German publishing firm, founded in the 19th century in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick by George Westermann (23 February 1810 in Leipzig; 7 September 1879 in Wiesbaden). Several other generations of the Westermann family succeeded him. In 1986, the "Westermann Druck- und Verlagsgruppe" in Braunschweig, comprising numerous branches, became part of Medien-Union based in Ludwigshafen, employing 800. Westermann is renowned for its meticulous world history-atlas in German, the ''Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte'', generally known as "the Westermann." For use in schools, they continue to publish the ''Carl Diercke Schul-Atlas'', a series started in the 19th century, since called '' Diercke Weltatlas''. They also offer products related to or using Google Earth, 3D-technology, and globes. Divisions * Westermann Schulbuchverlag (Braunschweig) * Georg Westermann Verlag (Braunschweig) * Westermann Lernspielverlag GmbH (Braunschw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Linn Westermann
William Linn Westermann (September 15, 1873 – October 4, 1954) was an American historian and papyrologist who served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1944. He was regarded as an expert on the economy of the ancient world. Career Westermann was born in Belleville, Illinois, and attended the University of Nebraska and University of Berlin. He taught at the University of Missouri from 1902 to 1906, then left for the University of Minnesota. In 1908, Westermann joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin. He spent twelve years of his academic career in Wisconsin, moving to Cornell University in 1920. He was appointed professor of ancient history at Columbia University on March 5, 1923. During his tenure at Columbia, Westermann acquired a large collection of Egyptian papyri for the institution. He retired in 1948 to become a visiting professor at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. Westermann was appointed to the American Commission to Negotiate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claus Westermann
Claus Westermann (7 October 1909 – 11 June 2000) was a German Protestant Old Testament scholar.Luther Seminar Word & World (1/2) 1981 He taught at the University of Heidelberg from 1958 to 1978. Born to African missionaries, he finished his studies in 1933 and he became a pastor. During his theological studies he started studying the Old Testament, and became particularly interested in the content of the Psalms. During the Nazi regime he served in the German army for five years where he was a translator on the Russian front. After the war Westermann started preaching again and also went to teach Old Testament at Heidelberg, where he would continue to teach for twenty years with colleagues such as Gerhard von Rad, Hans Walter Wolff, and Rolf Rendtorff. Westermann is considered one of the premier Old Testament scholars of the twentieth century. Particularly notable among his scholarship is his lengthy and comprehensive commentary on the Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liesel Westermann
Lieselotte "Liesel" Westermann-Krieg (born Westermann on 2 November 1944; ) is a retired German discus thrower. She held the world record from 5 November 1967 to 12 August 1971, with a two-months break in 1968. She competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in second and fifth place, respectively. She won silver medals at the 1966 and 1971 European championships. For her athletics achievements Westermann was selected as the German Sportspersonality of the year in 1967 and 1969, and inducted into the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame The Germany's Sports Hall of Fame (german: Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports) is the national sports hall of fame in Germany, initiated 2006. The inductions are made by Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund and Verband Deu ... in 2011. After retiring from competitions Westermann worked as a teacher of physical education, eventually becoming a consultant for sports and health education with the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Westermann
Hans Westermann (July 17, 1890 – March 16, 1935) was a German Communist, politician and fighter in the German resistance to Nazism, German Resistance against the Third Reich. He died in Nazi custody days after being arrested by the Gestapo. Biography Westermann was born in Hamburg and was trained as a tailor. He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1910, where he was a member of the left wing and volunteered in several capacities. in 1914, he was drafted into the navy, though opposed to the war. During this period, Westermann sympathized with the Spartacus League and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany. In November 1918, during the German Revolution of 1918–1919, he was elected delegate of the Minesweeper (ship), minesweeper flotilla in the Kiel Workers' council, Sailors' council. In 1919, he joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and in 1921, became the full-time party secretary in Hamburg, where he was primarily responsible for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Joseph Westermann
François Joseph Westermann (german: Franz Joseph Westermann; 5 September 17515 April 1794) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars and political figure of the French Revolution. __TOC__ Career Born in Molsheim ( Alsace, today department Bas-Rhin), François Joseph Westermann entered a cavalry regiment at an early age but soon left the service and went to Paris. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, and in 1790 became ''greffier'' of the municipality of Haguenau. After a short imprisonment on a charge of inciting riots in Haguenau, he returned to Paris, where he joined Georges Danton and played an important part in the attack on the Tuileries on 10 August 1792. He accompanied Charles François Dumouriez on his campaigns with the Army of the North, and assisted him in his negotiations with the Habsburgs, being arrested as an accomplice after the general's defection. Denounced by Jean-Paul Marat to the National Convention, Westermann succeeded in provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Westermann
Christine Westermann (born 2 December 1948 in Erfurt) is a German television and radio host, journalist and author. Radio and television career Westermann grew up in Mannheim. After finishing her Abitur she did an editorial traineeship at ' and attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalism School) in Munich. Starting in 1972, she worked as a freelance journalist for several radio and TV stations, produced films and reports and moderated the ' on ZDF. In 1983 she switched to WDR and moderated the ' until 2002, from 1987 on together with Frank Plasberg. Since 1996 Westermann has been moderating the show ' together with Götz Alsmann, in which an alternating famous "roommate" will be challenged with unusual tasks and games. Westermann and Alsmann called the format a "children's birthday party for celebrities". For their work with ''Zimmer frei!'' the duo has been awarded with the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2000. Westermann also works as a host for the German radio stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Westermann
Gerhardus "Gerhard" Bernardus Josephus Westermann (25 December 1880, Leeuwarden – 3 February 1971, Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist. In 1932 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Horseman". Westermann's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' g ...'' (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. References * * * * 1880 births 1971 deaths Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions People from Leeuwarden 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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