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Wolfram (name)
Wolfram is both a given name and surname of Germanic origin. It is composed as wolf ‘wolf’ + hrafn ‘raven’, important in Germanic mythology. '' Dictionary of American Family Names''as citedby ancestry.som Given name * Wulfram of Sens (c. 640–703), Merovingian saint * Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170–1220), German writer * Wolfram von Richthofen (1895-1945), German field marshal general of the Luftwaffe during World War II * Wolfram Waibel Jr. (born 1970), Austrian sport shooter * Wolfram Saenger (born 1939), German biochemist and crystallographer * Wolfram Sievers (1905-1948), German Holocaust perpetrator and manager of the Ahnenerbe, executed for war crimes * Wolfram Wuttke (1961–2015), German footballer Surname * Conrad Wolfram (born 1970), British technologist and businessman, brother of Stephen Wolfram * Donald Justin Wolfram (1919–2003), American religious leader * Gary L. Wolfram, American economist * Herwig Wolfram, Austrian historian * Hugo Wolfram (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wulfram Of Sens
Saint Wulfram of Sens or Saint Wulfram of Fontenelle (also Vuilfran, Wulfrann, Wolfran; la, Wulframnus; french: Vulfran or ''Vulphran''; c. 640 – 20 March 703) was the Archbishop of Sens. His life was recorded eleven years after he died by the monk Jonas of Fontenelle. However, there seems to be little consensus about the precise dates of most events whether during his life or ''post mortem''. Saint Wulfram is depicted in art as baptising a young king or the son of King Radbod. Sometimes the young king is near him and sometimes Wulfram is shown arriving by ship with monks to baptise the king. There are two churches dedicated to him in England, at Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Ovingdean, Sussex, and two in France, one at Abbeville, in the ''département'' of Somme, the other in Butot, in the département of the Seine Maritime. As a patron saint, he protects against the dangers of the sea. Early life Wulfram was born in the diocese of Meaux, at ''Mauraliacus'', an insec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Wolfram
Joy Wolfram (born 1989) is a Finnish nanoscientist. She is known for her pioneering work in nanomedicine concerning the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other life-threatening illnesses. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, in the school of Chemical Engineering and the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. She was the forefront of the Extracellular Vesicles and Nanomedicine laboratory at Mayo Clinic. She is also an affiliate faculty member at Houston Methodist Hospital's Department of Nanomedecine. Wolfram sits as a scientific advisor and as a board member of several biotechnology companies around the world. Personal life Wolfram was born and raised in Finland. Her father is Ben Wolfram and her mother is artist Maria Wolfram. Wolfram's interest in science started at 11 years old after seeing the swab cultures of her dog's infection seeded in bacterial plates. She was fascinated that she asked the veterinarian if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Angel Characters
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfram Von Bielefeld
The ''Kyo Kara Maoh!'' light novel, anime, and manga series features a cast of characters created by Tomo Takabayashi and Temari Matsumoto. The story mainly takes place on an alternate world, in a country called . Yuri Shibuya, a Japanese high school student from Earth, travels between this other world and Earth by coming into contact with water. On Yuri's first visit to the other world he is informed he is the king of The Great Demon Kingdom. The Demon Kingdom is split into 11 different sections. One section is ruled over directly by the king and the rest are each ruled over by one of the ten noble families of The Demon Kingdom (Christ, Voltaire, Grantz, Bielefelt, Karbelnikoff, Wincott, Spitzweg, Gyllenhaal, Rochefort, and Radford). "Von" comes before the surname of anyone who is a member of one of the noble families.''Kyo Kara Maoh!'' anime, episode 8 The Original King's era took place 4000 years before the present storyline.''Kyo Kara Maoh!'' anime, episode 72 Volume 1 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram (; born February 15, 1941) is an American sociolinguist specializing in social and ethnic dialects of American English. He was one of the early pioneers in the study of urban African American English through his work in Detroit in 1969. He is the William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University. Since the 1960s, Wolfram has authored or co-authored more than 20 books and more than 300 articles on variation in American English. He was an active participant in the 1996 debate surrounding the Oakland Ebonics controversy, supporting the legitimacy of African American English as a systematic language system. In addition to African American English, Wolfram has written extensively about Appalachian English, Puerto Rican English, Lumbee English, and many other dialects of North Carolina, particularly those of rural, isolated communities such as Ocracoke Island. Biography Wolfram was born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1941. His parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybil Wolfram
Sybil Wolfram (born Sybille Misch; 1931–1993) was an English philosopher and writer, of German Jewish origin. She was a Fellow and Tutor in philosophy at Lady Margaret Hall at University of Oxford from 1964 to 1993. Work She published two books, ''Philosophical Logic: An Introduction'' (1989) and ''In-laws and Outlaws: Kinship and Marriage in England'' (1987). She was the translator of Claude Lévi-Strauss's ''La pensée sauvage'' (''The Savage Mind''), but later disavowed the translation when she discovered the publisher had made changes to the translation that neither she nor Lévi-Strauss had authorized. She was the daughter of criminologist and psychoanalyst Kate Friedlander (1902–1949), an expert on the subject of juvenile delinquency, and the physician Walter Misch (1889–1943) who, together, wrote ''Die vegetative Genese der neurotischen Angst und ihre medikamentöse Beseitigung''. After the Reichstag fire in 1933, she emigrated from Berlin, Germany to England with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wolfram
Stephen Wolfram (; born 29 August 1959) is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Department of Computer Science. As a businessman, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research where he works as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha answer engine. Early life Family Stephen Wolfram was born in London in 1959 to Hugo and Sybil Wolfram, both German Jewish refugees to the United Kingdom. His maternal grandmother was British psychoanalyst Kate Friedlander. Wolfram's father, Hugo Wolfram, was a textile manufacturer and served as managing director of the Lurex Company—makers of the fabric Lurex. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf-Reimar Wolfram
Ralf-Reimar Wolfram (31 March 1912 – 9 February 1945) was a ''Korvettenkapitän'' during World War II. During his career he commanded two U-boats for a total of 118 days at sea spanning four patrols. During his third patrol he sank the , an American liberty ship. ''Robert Gray'' was a straggler from convoy HX 234 en route to Britain. For Wolfram's fourth patrol, he commanded during Operation Caesar Operation Caesar () was a secret mission carried out by Germany in the Second World War to supply Japan, with advanced technology. The operation failed due to the sinking of U-864 by a British submarine, the only known example of a submerged su .... He was killed when ''U-864'' was sunk by the British submarine . This was the only known instance of one submerged submarine sinking another submerged submarine. ''U-864'' remains Wolfram's grave to this day. References Bibliography * External links Ralf-Reimar Wolfram 1912 births 1945 deaths People from Wilhelmshaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Wolfram
Martin Wolfram (born 29 January 1992 in Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...) is a German diver. He represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the time he competed in the Olympics, his height was 5'5" (1m 64 cm) and his weight was 123 lbs (56 kg). Martin injured his arm whilst diving in the 10m platform competition. He finished 4th in the preliminary rounds with 496.80, 5th in the semi-finals with 519.00 and 8th in the finals 506.65. He was flown back to Germany after his injury. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's 10 m platform event. He finished in 5th place. References External links * 1992 births Living people Divers from Dresden German male divers Olympic divers for Germany Divers at the 2012 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Wolfram
Maria Wolfram (born 1961) is a Finnish visual artist. She is known for creating art that is viewed through the female perspective. Education and career Wolfram enrolled at art school Vapaa Taidekoulu to study painting. She attended Berkshire College of Art and Design in the UK and obtained a foundation diploma in art. Wolfram earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Kingston University. She obtained her master's from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Wolfram began exhibiting in 1998. Since then, she has participated in many art fairs and festivals around the world. Wolfram has held solo exhibitions outside Finland, namely in Japan, Belgium, Sweden etc. She had worked as an artist-in-residence at the Finnish Institute in Athens, among others. Wolfram began tutoring art under vocational and technical school, Axxell City, in 2011. She held governing positions in several Finnish art organizations. She is a member of several art associations in Finland, such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Maria Wolfram
Joseph Maria Wolfram (21 July 1789 – 30 September 1839) was a German-Czech politician and amateur composer who wrote operas which were performed with success. Biography Wolfram was born in Dobřany in Bohemia. He first studied philosophy at the Karls-Universität in Prague, but also harmony with Leopold Kozeluch. He went to Vienna to study piano under Joseph Drechsler and taught music there from 1811. Quitting music as a profession in 1813, he became a government official at Theusing, and eventually worked his way up to the mayor of Teplice in 1824. He wrote several operas which became popular. Such was the popularity of his opera ''Alfred'' that when a replacement for Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ... in the position of kapellmeister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Wolfram
Hugo Wolfram (; 1925–2015) was an English businessman and novelist, of German Jewish origin. He served as managing director of the Lurex Company, makers of the fabric Lurex, and was the author of three novels including ''Into a Neutral Country'', a psychological novel about the experience of refugees and the predicament of "displaced persons". Biography Hugo Wolfram was born in Germany, emigrating to England in 1933. Jüdische Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller in Westfalen. When World War II broke out, young Hugo left school at 15 and subsequently found it hard to get a job since he was an enemy alien
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