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Fürth (surname)
Fürth, von Fürth or Furth is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Charlotte Furth (1934–2022), American historian of China * Ernestine von Fürth (1877–1946), Austrian-Jewish women's activist * George Furth (1932–2008), American librettist, playwright, and actor * Hans G. Furth (1920–1999), Austrian-American psychology professor * Harold Furth (1930–2002), Austrian-American physicist * Herbert Furth (1899–1995), Austrian-American economist * Jacob Furth (1840–1914), Austrian–American entrepreneur *Jaro Fürth (1871–1945), Austrian actor * Meyer Fürth (), German writer * Otto von Fürth (1867–1938), Austrian physician, physiologist and biochemist * Peter Furth, bike and transit researcher and professor *Robin Furth Robin Furth is the personal research assistant to Stephen King and the author of Stephen King's '' The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance'', which was published by Scribner on December 5, 2006. It is a compilation of her two prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Furth
Charlotte Davis Furth (January 22, 1934 – June 19, 2022) was an American scholar of Chinese history. She was a professor at California State University, Long Beach, and at the University of Southern California. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright fellowship for her research, and published several books. Early life and education Charlotte Davis was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the daughter of Lambert Davis and Isabella Davis. She earned a bachelor's degree in French literature from the University of North Carolina in 1954. She completed doctoral studies in Chinese history at Stanford University in 1965, the same year her younger child was born. Career Furth taught history for 23 years at the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), until 1989, and then for 18 more years at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1972 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She taught at Beijing University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernestine Von Fürth
Ernestine is a feminine given name. Ernest is the male counterpart of this name. Notable people with the name include: * Ernestine Anderson (1928–2016), American jazz and blues singer * Ernestine Bayer (1909–2006), American athlete * Ernestine Bazemore, American politician * Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908–2006), American author * Ernestine Cannon (1904–1969), American ceramicist * Ernestine Carter (1906–1983), American journalist * Ernestine Chassebœuf (1910–c.2005), French letter-writer * Ernestine Cobern Beyer (1893–1972), American poet and author * Ernestine Eckstein (1941–1992), American LGBT activist * Ernestine Fuchs (1885–1962), German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter * Ernestine Fu (born 1992), American venture capital investor and author * Ernestine de Lambriquet (1778–1813), the adopted/foster daughter of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France * Ernestine Leibovici (1918–1988), more commonly known as Eren Eyüboğlu, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Furth
George Furth (born George Schweinfurth; December 14, 1932 – August 11, 2008) was an American librettist, playwright, and actor. Life and career Furth was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of George and Evelyn (née Tuerk) Schweinfurth. He was of German and Irish ancestry, and was raised as a Christian Scientist. He received a bachelor of science in speech at Northwestern University in 1954 and received his master's degree from Columbia University. A life member of the Actors Studio, Furth made his Broadway debut as an actor in the 1961 play ''A Cook for Mr. General'', followed by the musical '' Hot Spot'' two years later. He was also known for his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim: the highly successful ''Company'', the ill-fated '' Merrily We Roll Along'', and the equally ill-fated drama '' Getting Away with Murder''. Furth wrote the plays '' Twigs'', ''The Supporting Cast'', and ''Precious Sons'' as well as the book for the Kander and Ebb musical '' The Act''. One of Furt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans G
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device * Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese characters See also *Han (other) Han may refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Furth
Harold Paul Furth (January 13, 1930 – February 21, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist who was a pioneer in leading the American efforts to harness thermonuclear fusion for the generation of electricity. He died of a heart ailment on 21 February 2002. Early life Furth emigrated to the United States in 1941. His father fled a POW camp during WWI, but returned to Vienna a few years later. In his later years, he ran a shoe-making business with his family. He also developed an interest for literature. In the summer of 1939, Harold's father had escaped to Switzerland. After studying at the French-speaking École Internationale in Geneva, Harold immigrated to New York City in 1941. He later graduated at the head of his class at The Hill School. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1951 and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1960. His PhD thesis is entitled ''Magnetic Analysis of K– Interactions in Emulsion Nuclei''. Career Furth worked at Lawrence L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Furth
Josef Herbert Furth (J. Herbert Furth, October 12, 1899, Vienna, Austria – March 6, 1995, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States) was an Austrian and American jurist and economist.. Herbert Furth Biographical Sketch M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives / University Libraries / University at Albany / State University of New York He was the son of Ernestine von Fürth, née "Kisch", the founder and leader of the women's suffrage movement in and Emil von Fürth (1863 - 1911), an Austrian lawyer and politician. In 1938, after [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Furth
Jacob Furth (November 15, 1840 – June 2, 1914) was an Austrian Empire-born United States, American entrepreneur and prominent Seattle banker. He played a key role in consolidating Seattle's electric power and public transportation infrastructure, and was a member of Ohaveth Sholum Congregation, Seattle's first synagogue.Lee MicklinFurth, Jacob (1840-1914) HistoryLink, October 30, 1998. Accessed online 2009-10-06. Bill Speidel called him "the city's leading citizen for thirty years," adding that Furth "may even have been the most important citizen Seattle ever had.", p. 39. Clarence Bagley wrote shortly after Furth's death: Early life Furth was born in Schwihau, Bohemia (now Švihov (Klatovy District), Švihov, Czech Republic) November 15, 1840, the son of Lazar and Anna (Popper) Furth, Jewish natives of Bohemia. Of their ten sons and two daughters, eight eventually came to United States, America. He attended school to the age of thirteen years, then began a career as a confect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaro Fürth
Jaro Fürth (born Jaroslav Edwin Fürth; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Profile Cyranos.ch; accessed 16 March 2015. Initially he studied law, but began his acting career under the tutelage of Alexander Römpler before taking stage engagements in Scandinavia, performing in roles created by . In 1905 he travelled to Vienna, where he received an engagement at the Deutschen Volkstheater. Film career In the late 1910s he went to Berlin and began appearing in silent films. Under the direction of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer Fürth
Meyer Elkan Fürth () was a German writer and teacher, who belonged to the school of the Me'assefim. He annotated a mathematical work by Abraham Joseph Menz that had appeared in Berlin in 1775, and wrote a number of Hebrew and German works. Publications * * * A commentary on the ''Sefer ibronot'', with German translation. * Moses Mendelssohn's '' Phädon'', with a commentary in refutation of Mendelssohn's views. * A polemic against the Reform movement. * * * A polemic against Joseph Wolf and Gotthold Salomon Gotthold Salomon (born as Schlomo Salman ben Lippmann haLewi; November 1, 1784 in Sandersleben (Anhalt-Dessau) – November 17, 1862 in Hamburg) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician and Bible translator. Following on the work of Moses Mendelsso ...'s book ''Der Charakter des Judenthums'', and against the latter's ''Selimas Stunden der Weihe'', in Judæo-German. * A portion of the preceding work in German. * A commentary to Maimonides' '' Hilkhot kiddush ha-ḥode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Von Fürth
Otto von Fürth (18 November 1867 – 7 June 1938) was an Austrian physician, physiologist and biochemist. Fürth studied at the University of Prague, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin. He worked at the University of Vienna, the University of Prague and the University of Straßburg where received his habilitation in medical chemistry in 1899. From that point on he worked in Vienna focusing on biochemistry. In 1898 he announced the discovery of "suprerenin." He received the Lieben Prize The Ignaz Lieben Prize, named after the Austrian banker , is an annual Austrian award made by the Austrian Academy of Sciences to young scientists working in the fields of molecular biology, chemistry, or physics. Biography The Ignaz Lieben Prize ... in 1923. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Furth, Otto Von 1867 births Austrian physiologists Austrian chemists Czech Technical University in Prague alumni 1938 deaths Austrian biochemists Austrian physicians Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Furth
Peter G Furth is a researcher and professor at Northeastern University known for his work in transit planning, traffic signals, and bicycle infrastructure. Furth is also considered an expert on Dutch cycling policy and history. He is an advocate for European style cycling infrastructure to be brought to the United States. Furth developed the concept of "Bicycle Priority Lane markings" in 2009 which have since been implemented in several US cities. He also developed the "Level of Traffic Stress" method for categorizing cycling routes, which has been adopted as an organizing concept for some local cycling maps as well as research. He is opposed to the concept of "vehicular cycling" developed by John Forester (cyclist), John Forester and instead supports the implementation of low-stress cycling networks. Furth is also an advocate for increased pedestrian zones in downtown areas. Furth is the son of Hans G. Furth, a renowned psychology professor. Education Furth has a BS, MS and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Furth
Robin Furth is the personal research assistant to Stephen King and the author of Stephen King's '' The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance'', which was published by Scribner on December 5, 2006. It is a compilation of her two previous encyclopedic books dealing with King's magnum opus, ''The Dark Tower: A Concordance, volume I'' - which explores the first four books in King's series - and ''A Concordance II'', which gives the reader definitions and explanations of pivotal terms used over the course of the final three books of The Dark Tower. She is now currently working on the graphic novel adaptation of the Dark Tower for Marvel Comics . Life and work Raised in Upper Darby and along the coast of Maine, Furth has worked as King's assistant for over five years. She is credited as having illustrated the maps that appear in the novel '' The Dark Tower''. Furth plotted the comic book spin-off miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
