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Meta (name)
Meta is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Beqir Meta, Albanian historian * Ilir Meta (born 1969), Albanian President * Kenichiro Meta (born 1982), Japanese football player * Ermal Meta (born 1981) Italian-Albanian singer Given name: * Meta Brevoort (1825–1876), American mountain climber * Meta Davis Cumberbatch (1900–1978), Trinidad-born pianist, composer, writer and cultural activist *Meta Elste-Neumann (1919–2010), German-American gymnast * Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), African-American artist * Meta Given (1888–1981), American nutritionist, home economist, and cookbook author * Meta Golding (born 1971), Haitian-American actress and former figure skater * Meta Luts (1905–1958), Estonian actress * Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), Northern Irish children's writer * Meta Orred (1845 or 1846–1925), Scottish author and poet * Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (born 1936), British Labour Party member of the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beqir Meta
Beqir Meta is Albanian historian and member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and director of the Institute of History. He published many works on Greek-Albanian relations. Meta is director of National Historical Museum and president of the Scientific Committee of the Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, ; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic Church, Roman Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of ... Museum. References 20th-century Albanian historians Members of the Academy of Sciences of Albania Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Albanian historians {{Albania-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Orred
Meta Caroline Orred (1845 or 1846, in Edinkillie, Elginshire, Scotland – 23 May 1925, in Bournemouth) was an author and poet. Though born in Scotland, she lived most of her life in England, where she produced her literature and poetry. The lyric for the 1877 popular song " In the Gloaming", with music by Annie Fortescue Harrison Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison (30 December 1848 – 12 February 1944), also known as Annie, Lady Hill and Lady Arthur Hill, was an English composer of songs and piano pieces. She composed two operettas that were staged in London, but is best ..., comes from ''Poems''. Selected works *''Poems'' (1874) *''A Long Time Ago'' (1876) *''Berthold, and Other Poems'' (1878) *''Honor's Worth; or, The Cost of a Vow'' (1878) *''Ave (all' Anima mea)'' (1880) *''A Dream Alphabet and Other Poems'' References *''The Book of World Famous Music, Popular, Classical and Folk'' (1966) by James Fuld. *Notes to CD ''More Songs My Mother Taught Me'' (Hyperion, 2002) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Estonian Feminine Given Names
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia The official language of Estonia is Estonian language, Estonian, a Uralic languages, Uralic language of the Finnic languages, Finnic branch, which is related to Finnish language, Finnish. It is unrelated to the bordering Russian language, Russian ... * List of Estonians {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Metta (given Name)
Metta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Metta Fock (1765–1810), Swedish noble and sentenced murderer * Metta Permadi (born 1989), Indonesian actress * Metta Spencer (born 1931), Canadian sociologist * Metta von Oberg (1737–1794), German baroness *Metta Sandiford-Artest (born 1979), American basketball coach and former player See also * LaMetta Wynn (1933–2021), U.S. politician * *Meta (name) Meta is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Beqir Meta, Albanian historian * Ilir Meta (born 1969), Albanian President * Kenichiro Meta (born 1982), Japanese football player * Ermal Meta (born 1981) ..., given name and surname * Metta (other) Feminine given names Given names derived from gemstones {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Vidmar
Meta Vidmar (born Metoda Vidmar, 15 May 1899, Ljubljana – 1 November 1975, Ljubljana) was the first Slovene modern dancer, notable for establishing the Mary Wigman dance school in Ljubljana in 1930, the first modern dance school in Slovenia. Life Meta Vidmar was the sister of the literary critic and politician Josip Vidmar, the chess master Milan Vidmar, the Yugoslavia gymnastics team coach for the Olympic Games in London in 1948 Stane Vidmar, and the publisher Ciril Vidmar (her twin). In 1927, she graduated from the dance school in Dresden established and led by Mary Wigman, with whom she spent seven years and who gave her a license to open a dance school in her name in Slovenia. Her school in Ljubljana taught the first Slovene dancers and teachers of modern dance, such as Marta Paulin, Živa Kraigher, and Marija Vogelnik, who then taught subsequent classes of contemporary dancers in Slovenia after World War II. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Vannas
Meta Vannas (born Meta Jürgenson, 1949–1975 Meta Jangolenko; 9 January 1924 – 25 November 2002In memoriam 2002 Sirp, 3 January 2003 (retrieved 21 November 2022)) was an n politician. She was a member of the . Biography Vannas was born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Margaret Tuke
Dame Margaret Janson Tuke (13 March 1862, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England21 February 1947, Hitchin) was a British academic and educator. She was the youngest child of the philanthropist James Hack Tuke. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1932. Education Tuke was educated at home until she was 15, then for two years at St John's School in Withdean, now part of Brighton. She also went to Bedford College in London one day a week in Michaelmas term 1879. In 1885, she became one of the first women to go up to Cambridge University, where she read Modern and Medieval Languages at Newnham, gaining the equivalent of a first class honours degree in 1888. As women were not awarded degrees by Cambridge at the time, her BA and MA were conferred upon her by Trinity College, Dublin in 1905. (Women could only receive Cambridge degrees after 1948.) Career Tuke began her academic career at Newnham College and taught French there, as a staff lecturer i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Seinemeyer
Meta Seinemeyer (September 5, 1895 – August 19, 1929) was a German opera singer with a spinto soprano voice. Seinemeyer was born in Berlin, where she studied at the Stern Conservatory with Ernst Grenzebach. She made her debut at the Deutsche Opernhaus in 1918. She joined the Dresden Semperoper in 1924, and began appearing at the Vienna State Opera in 1927. On the international scene, she sang at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as Agathe in ''Der Freischütz'', Sieglinde in ''Die Walküre'', Elisabeth in ''Tannhäuser'' and Eva in ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' in 1926, and at the Royal Opera House in London in 1929, as Eva, Elsa in ''Lohengrin'' and Sieglinde. Besides the great Wagner heroines, she also played an important role in the renaissance of Verdi's operas in Germany, winning considerable acclaim as Leonora in '' La forza del destino'', Elisabeth de Valois in ''Don Carlos'', and the title role in ''Aida''. She was also admired as Marguerite in ''Faust'', Maddale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay Of Cartvale
Margaret Mildred "Meta" Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (born 12 July 1936) is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords. Professional career Ramsay was educated at the University of Glasgow and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. Whilst at Glasgow she served as President of the Students' Representative Council, wrote for the then Gilmorehill Guardian, and was a member of the Dialectic Society. Ramsay served in the British diplomatic service from 1969 to 1991. A fluent Russian speaker, having studied with Elizabeth Smith, wife of the late John Smith, she was a well-respected Case Officer with Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). She served with distinction in Stockholm and in Helsinki where, as the SIS Head of Station, she was involved in the successful exfiltration of the former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. A news article states that SIS will neither confirm nor deny they ever employed Ramsay. A contemporary of Sir John Scarlett, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meta Mayne Reid
Meta most commonly refers to: * Meta (prefix), a common affix and word in English ( in Greek) * Meta Platforms, an American multinational technology conglomerate (formerly ''Facebook, Inc.'') Meta or META may also refer to: Businesses * Meta (academic company), performing analysis of scientific literature (2009–2022) * Meta (augmented reality company), a maker of digital eyewear (2013–2019) * Meta Linhas Aéreas, a Brazilian airline (1991–2011; formerly ''META'') * MetaBank, an American bank (founded 1954; now ''Pathward'') Computing * Meta element (<meta … >), an (X)HTML element providing a webpage's structured metadata * Metadata, data about data * META II, a compiler-writing language * Meta key, a modifier key on 1970s/80s workstation keyboards * FF Meta, a typeface * Metasequoia (software), a 3D computer graphics package * Metaverse, proposed networks of 3D virtual worlds for social connection * Imagination META, a microprocessor * Meta-Wiki, a Wikimedia Foundati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ilir Meta
Ilir Rexhep Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian former politician who served as President of Albania from 2017 to 2022. Previously Meta served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and he was Speaker of the Parliament of Albania from 2013 to 2017.parlament.al Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania He also held positions as , Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
