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Weygand
Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist * Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander * Robert Weygand (born 1948), American politician * Zina Weygand, French historian See also * Wiegand * Weigand Weigand is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Weigand (born 1977), Canadian lawn bowler * Andreas Weigand (born 1945), American sprint canoeist *Bill Weigand (1928–2021), Canadian politician * Geoff Weigand (born ... * Wigand Surnames from given names {{surname, Weygand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand (; 21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II. Born in Belgium, Weygand was raised in France and educated at the Saint-Cyr military academy in Paris. After graduating in 1887, he went on to become an instructor at the Cavalry School at Saumur. During World War I, Weygand served as a staff officer to General (later Marshal) Ferdinand Foch. He then served as an advisor to Poland in the Polish–Soviet War and later High Commissioner of the Levant. In 1931, Weygand was appointed Chief of Staff of the French Army, a position he served until his retirement in 1935 at the age of 68. In May 1940, Weygand was recalled for active duty and assumed command of the French Army during the German invasion. Following a series of military setbacks, Weygand advised armistice and France subsequently capitulated. He joined Philippe Pétain's Vichy regime as Minister for Defence and served until September 1940, when he was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Weygand
Robert A. "Bob" Weygand (born May 10, 1948) is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 until 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party from Rhode Island. Life and career Weygand was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, to Charles E. Weygand and Lillian M. (Kingsley) Weygand. He attended St. Raphael Academy for his high school years, attended the University of Rhode Island where he became a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater in 1971, a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1976, a Master of Arts in Political Science in 2009 and a Masters of Public Administration in 2010 all from the University of Rhode Island. A landscape architect for the Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources from 1973 to 1977, a city planner and landscape architect for an architectural firm from 1977 to 1982, he founded and was president of Weygand, Orchich, & Christie, Inc., an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zina Weygand
Zina Weygand (born April 23 1945) is a French historian and emeritus researcher at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. She obtained her PhD from University Paris 1 in 1998. Weygand is a specialist of disability history, especially the history of blind people in France from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century. She is part of the Annales School, and her scholarship focuses on the history of individual and collective representations of blindness, organisations supporting blind people, and the pedagogical techniques developed for blind pupils during the 18th and 19th century. She was born in Paris. Research themes Weygand has extensively published about the history of education for blind people. In her history of blind people in France, she examines the evolution of collective perceptions of blind people, from duplicitous beggars or powerless people needing Christian charity in the Middle Ages, to educable subjects in the late 18th century. She argue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Weygand
Conrad Weygand (8 November 1890 – 18 April 1945) was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Leipzig. In 1938 he put forward a method for the classification of chemical reactions based on bond breakage and formation during the reaction. The preparative part of his book, ''Organisch-Chemische Experimentierkunst'', was translated into English and published as ''Organic Preparations'' by Interscience Publishers, Inc. in 1946. His book about German chemistry introduces similar thoughts like there were presented by Philipp Lenard in his Deutsche Physik movement. Enlisting as a commander of a Volkssturm The (; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German ''Wehrmacht'' armed forces, ... unit, Conrad Weygand was killed in action on 18 April 1945 in Leipzig against US ground forces during the final battle for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiegand
Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the past participle form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''. The word comes from ''wîg'' (''battle''/''war''). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name. People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand: * Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist * Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist * Dave Wiegand (1974-), American Scrabble player * David Wiegand (1947–2018), American journalist and critic * Ernest H. Wiegand (1886–1973), American scientist * Frank Wiegand (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming * Haike Beruriah Wiegand (born 1965), Oxford Lector in Hebrew and Jewish Studies * Heinrich Wiegand (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd * Joe Wiegand (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt * John R. Wiegand ** Wiegand effect ** Wiegand wire ** Wiegand protocol, used in many kinds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weigand
Weigand is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Weigand (born 1977), Canadian lawn bowler * Andreas Weigand (born 1945), American sprint canoeist *Bill Weigand (1928–2021), Canadian politician * Geoff Weigand (born 1964), Australian rock climber *Günter Weigand (1924–2003), German economist *Gustav Weigand (1860–1930), German linguist * Peter Weigand (1941–2011), American sprint canoeist *Wilhelm Weigand (1862–1949), German poet and writer *William Weigand (born 1937), American Roman Catholic bishop See also *Wiegand * Wigand * Weygand *Weigand of Redwitz Weigand of Redwitz (1476 in Tüschnitz, now part of Küps – 20 May 1556 in Kronach) was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1522 until his death. Background Weigand of Redwitz was a member of the Franconian Redwitz family. The Redwitzes were ... {{surname Surnames from given names Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand (other)
Wigand may refer to: Given name *Saint Wigand, three people: ** Venantius of Berri, 5th century ** Venantius of Camerino, 3rd century ** Venantius of Salona, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint Waltger *Wigand Siebel, German sociologist *Wigand Wirt, German theologian *Wigand of Marburg, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia Surname *Johann Wigand (ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand (1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution *Jeffrey Wigand, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *Justus Heinrich Wigand, German obstetrician Other * ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood See also *Weigand *Wiegand Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the past participle form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''. The word comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
