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Witte
Witte (and de Witte) are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer * Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor and teacher * Dave Witte, American drummer * Earl Witte (1906–1991), American football player * Edwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security" * Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historian * Erich Witte (1911–2008), German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director * George Witte (21st-century), American poet * Helmut Witte (1915–2005), German U-boat commander * Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch engineer and politician * Jean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) player * Jerry Witte (1915–2002), American baseball player * Joe Witte (born 1943), American weatherman * John Witte (1933–1993), American football player * John Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Witte
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (; ), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government. Neither a liberal nor a conservative, he attracted foreign capital to boost Russia's industrialization. Witte's strategy was to avoid the danger of wars. Witte served under the last two emperors of Russia, Alexander III () and Nicholas II ().Harcave, Sidney. (2004)''Count Sergei Witte and the Twilight of Imperial Russia: A Biography,'' p. xiii./ref> During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), he had risen to a position in which he controlled all the traffic passing to the front along the lines of the Odessa Railways. As finance minister from 1892 to 1903, Witte presided over extensive industrialization and achieved government monopoly control over an expanded system of railroad lines. Following months of civil unrest and outbreaks of violence in what became known as the 1905 Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Witte
Dave Witte (born August 11, 1971) is an American drummer. He is known for his work in numerous extreme metal or hardcore punk bands including Municipal Waste, Melt-Banana, Discordance Axis, Black Army Jacket, Birds of Prey, Burnt by the Sun, and Deny the Cross among others. He has also played as a session drummer for many other acts. Early life Witte is a New Jersey native. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia to join Municipal Waste. He has been the drummer on numerous albums since 1990. He plays many styles of drumming while retaining heavy aspects of music in all his projects. Witte was introduced to drumming in grade school by his Uncle Victor.Dave Witte Biography paiste.com, October 25, 2009 Before he graduated high school he was studying many performances, and had already formed his first band, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Witte
''De Witte'' or ''Dewitte'' is Dutch language, Dutch and Flemish language, Flemish for "The White" and may refer to: * The noble family "de Witte" (from Antwerpen) Surname * André de Witte (1944–2021), Belgian bishop in Brazil * Bruno de Witte (born 1955), Belgian legal scholar * Chris De Witte (born 1978), Belgian footballer * Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692), Dutch perspective painter * (1882–1952), Czech politician * Gaspar de Witte (1624–1681), Flemish painter * Gaston-François de Witte (1897–1980), Belgian herpetologist * Hans de Witte (1583–1630), German financier * Ivan De Witte (born 1947), Belgian entrepreneur and football executive * (1738–1809), Flemish architect, who designed the fortification of Tallinn * Jacomina de Witte (1582–1661), Dutch woman central in a famous corruption case * Jan de Witte (bishop) (1475–1540), Flemish priest, first Bishop of Cuba * Jan de Witte (1709–1785), Dutch-Polish military engineer and architect *Jeremy Dewitte (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Witte
Alfred Witte (2 March 1878 in Hamburg, Germany – 4 August 1941 in Hamburg, Germany), was a German surveyor, astrologer, an amateur astronomer, and the founder of the Hamburg School of Astrology. Witte revived and further developed the use of astrological midpoints (a+b)/2 for precision in astrological analysis and prediction. Alfred Witte died 4 August 1941, Hamburg. The time of death is unclear. Writings In his early writings between 1919 and 1925 (his first was 1913), he experimented with numerous historical astrology techniques, including the astrological houses, planetary formulae a+b-c = c similar to Arabic parts, and for a brief period a new scheme of planetary rulerships. His approach to astrology was to verify assumptions by current reality checks rather than historical validation. He sought to approach astrology as a science, and the controversy over his assertion of the existence of Trans-Neptunian objects other than Pluto led to widespread ridicule and rejection duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Witte
Erich Witte (19 March 1911 – 30 June 2008) was a German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director. He was based for almost five decades at the Berlin State Opera, and performed leading roles at major opera houses in Europe and at the Metropolitan opera. He participated in world premieres, including Louise Talma's '' Die Alkestiade'' and Alan Bush's '' Joe Hill''. Life Born in Graudenz, West Prussia, Witte grew up in Bremen from 1920 and first became an actor and répétiteur. At the Bremen conservatory, he then studied singing with the bass-baritone Philipp Kraus. In 1930, at the age of 19, he made his stage debut at the Theater Bremen as Nando in d'Albert's '' Tiefland''. In 1931 he was engaged as an actor at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, but soon took on singing roles such as Châteauneuf in ''Zar und Zimmermann'' and Jaquino in ''Fidelio''. From 1932 to 1937 he was again in the ensemble of the Bremen theatre. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Witte
Herman Bernard Jan Witte (18 August 1909 – 30 May 1973) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and civil engineer. Witte applied at the Delft Institute of Technology in June 1927 majoring in civil engineering and obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering degree before graduating with a Master of Engineering degree in July 1933. Witte worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Water Management as a civil engineer at Rijkswaterstaat from July 1933 until August 1939 and as a civil servant for municipality of Bergen op Zoom as director of Public Works from August 1939 until June 1940. Witte also served in the military reserve force of the Royal Netherlands Army and was mobilized on in April 1940 before Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands. Witte was captured following the Battle of Zeeland and was detained from May 1940 until August 1940. During the German occupation Witte was associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Witte
Luke Witte (born October 19, 1950) is a retired American college and professional basketball player who is now a church minister. He played at the collegiate level for Ohio State University and professionally for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was during his time at Ohio State that he was severely injured in one of the more brutal on-court brawls in basketball history. High school and college Witte was a standout player at Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, where he scored over 1500 points during his career. He went on to the Ohio State University, where, as a sophomore, in 1971 led the team in rebounds (331 for the season) and was all-Big Ten. The Ohio State team were Big Ten champions, and teamed with fellow Buckeye standouts Allan Hornyak and Jim Cleamons. The 1971 Ohio State team defeated Marquette in the NCAA Tournament Mid-East regional semifinal before losing to Western Kentucky. Brawl in Minnesota Witte is best known for the incident at the Ohio State–Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Witte (suffragette)
Laura Witte (April 16, 1869 — November 15, 1939) was an American who became a women’s rights activist and suffragette in Germany during the early 20th century. Formative years Born on April 16, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York, Laura Elisabeth Theodore Roth was the eldest daughter of Johannes Roth (1837–1894), a cotton merchant, and his wife, Jane (Bean) Roth (1841–1901). A sister of sculptor Frederick Roth (1872–1944), Laura Witte was also the aunt of politician Annemarie von Harlem (1894–1983). Hoping to improve her education, she traveled to Germany to the community of Bremen, where her family had a home, and to Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ..., where her uncle Friedrich Roth resided. While in Germany, she met Friedrich Carl Witte (1864–193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witte De With
Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599 – 8 November 1658) was a Dutch naval officer. He is noted for planning and participating in a number of naval battles during the Eighty Years War and the First Anglo-Dutch war. Early life and childhood De With was born on a farmstead in the hamlet of Hoogendijk near Brielle or Brill, the very town in which Maarten Tromp had been born a year earlier. According to legend, they were friends or even already rivals in their youth, but there is no proof of this. His father died in 1602, leaving behind three sons, besides Witte also Abraham and Andries, and a daughter Catharina. The De With family were Mennonites and strict pacifists; in 1610, Witte, as an anabaptist not yet baptised, obtained a baptism by a Calvinist preacher so that he would no longer feel constrained in using violence, as he was by nature not a peace-seeking boy. After some failed minor jobs, he went on his first sea voyage to the Dutch East Indies on 21 January 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Witte
Leslie Witte (April 2, 1911 – December 23, 1973), nicknamed "Beanie" and "One Grand Witte", was a two-time consensus All-American basketball player for the Wyoming Cowboys in 1932 and 1934. A forward, he was the first All-American in University of Wyoming history and was also the first Wyoming player to score 1,000 career points, finishing with 1,069, which was the inspiration for his "One Grand Witte" nickname. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Witte played football and basketball at Lincoln High School from 1927–28 to 1929–30. In football, he helped his teammate (and future National Football League player) Bernie Masterson lead the 'Links' to a 23–0–2 record, while in basketball he also guided the team to a 40–10 record between 1929 and 1930. In his senior season of 1929–30 the basketball team won the state championship. Les Witte was the younger brother of Cowboys head coach Willard "Dutch" Witte who coached Les for his entire career, including the national ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Witte
Joe Witte (born 1943) is currently an Outreach Specialist for Aquent, a contractor of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA. He adapts science content for use by 2,000 television meteorologists around the country. Joe Witte started his career as a glaciologist for the USGS, working on the ice of South Cascade Glacier, in the northern Cascades of Washington State, as well as the Nisqually Glacier of Mt. Rainier and Blue Glacier on Mt. Olympus. He was the principal investigator on ice island T-3 in the Arctic Ocean studying the Greenhouse infrared radiation budget as well as the ice crystals of the Arctic clouds, winter and summers. Next was 1 year at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton, where original climate change computer modeling was created. Witte left television in 2010 with 2 local TV Emmys (NYC Blizzard coverage and Wash.DC hurricane coverage) after a career of 4 decades as a meteorologist. He started TV in 1970 in Seattle, Washington at KING-TV. Witte has wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Witte
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Karl Witte (July 1, 1800 in Lochau (now part of Schkopau) – March 6, 1883 in Halle (Saale), Halle) was a German jurist and scholar of Dante Alighieri. Biography Karl Witte was the son of pastor Karl Heinrich Gottfried Witte (1767–1845) who encouraged a fairly intense program of learning. When Karl Witte was nine, he spoke German, French, Italian, Latin, and Greek, and on April 10, 1814, at the age of 13, he became a doctor of philosophy at the University of Giessen in Germany. As a result, Witte was listed in ''Guinness World Records, The Guinness Book of World Records'' as the "youngest doctorate", a record that still stands; however, ''The Guinness Book of World Records'' lists his age as 12. Witte was the subject of a book written by his father: ''The Education of Karl Witte: Or, The Training of the Child''. This book attracted criticism and soon fell into oblivion in Germany. He achieved his reputation as a Dante scholar in 1823 with his essay "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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