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Zahn
Zahn is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable persons with the surname include: *Albert Zahn (1864–1953), folk artist from Wisconsin, decorated the Albert Zahn House with carvings. *Anthony Zahn (born 1974), American cyclist *Ernst Zahn (1867–1952), Swiss writer *Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn (1845–1904), German pathologist *Geoff Zahn (born 1945), American baseball player * Gordon Zahn (1918–2007), American sociologist and pacifist * Helmut Zahn (1916–2004), German chemist * Joachim Zahn (1914–2002), German automotive executive *Johann Zahn (1641–1707), German canon who wrote on the camera obscura and who invented an early camera *Johannes Zahn (1817–1895), German musicologist and theologian who developed a taxonomy of Lutheran hymns and melodies *Karl Hermann Zahn (1865–1940), German botanist *Margaret A. Zahn, American sociologist and criminologist * Markus Zahn, (1946-2022) American professor of Electrical engineering * Otto J. Zahn (1872–1965), American p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Zahn
Steven James Zahn ( ; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor. In film, Zahn is best known for his lead roles in '' That Thing You Do!'' (1996), '' Happy, Texas'' (1999), '' Joy Ride'' (2001), ''National Security'' (2003), '' A Perfect Getaway'' (2009), the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series (2010–2012), '' Cowboys'' (2020), and '' LaRoy, Texas'' (2023). His notable supporting roles in films include '' Reality Bites'' (1994), '' Out of Sight'' (1998), '' Forces of Nature'' (1999), '' Employee of the Month'' (2004), the ''Stuart Little'' film series (1999–2002), '' Riding in Cars with Boys'' (2001), '' Chicken Little'' (2005), ''Sahara'' (2005), '' Rescue Dawn'' (2006), '' Dallas Buyers Club'' (2013), '' The Good Dinosaur'' (2015), '' Captain Fantastic'' (2016) and '' War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017). In television, Zahn is best known for his main cast credits as Davis McAlary in the HBO series '' Treme'' (2010–2013), Cobi in the Amazon Prime Video series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Zahn
Wilhelm Zahn (29 July 1910 – 14 November 1976) was a German ''Kriegsmarine'' officer during the ''Second World War''. He began his career as a U-boat First Watch Officer, then advanced to the rank of commander and was finally promoted to ''Korvettenkapitän'' on 1 April 1943. As commander of ''U-56'' he was able to avoid detection by the destroyers surrounding and came in close proximity to the British flagship, launching three torpedoes against her whilst she was carrying Winston Churchill and two senior officers of the British Navy. Following that incident he became widely known as the "man who almost killed Churchill" amongst the U-boat submariner corps. He was one of the commanding officers during the sinking of which has been described as "Adolf Hitler ''Titanic''". U-boat action ''U-56'' At 10 a.m. on 30 October 1939, Zahn successfully guided in evading detection by a fleet of ten destroyers and the battle cruiser , protecting the Home Fleet west of the Orkney Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn
Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn (21 August 1800 in Rodenberg, Schaumburg – 22 August 1871 in Berlin) was a German architect, painter, art critic and design researcher particularly of Roman interior designs found in the ruins of Pompeii. Wilhelm was born as the fourth of five children of painter Bernhard Zahn, and his wife, Christiane, née Weis according to church records. He attended high schools in Bückeburg and Rinteln where he received a universal education. It was in Rinteln where Zahn studied the classics under a Professor Stein who Zahn remembered with particular affection. Professional Development Zahn received lessons in architecture and painting from Andreas Range and Sebastian Weygandt, a portrait painter, in Kassel, Germany. He also studied under German neoclassical architect and garden designer, Heinrich Christoph Jussow. Around 1823/24, while he was in Paris with his brother Georg and Johann Wilhelm Nahl, he attended the studios of Jean-Victor Bertin, a French landsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Zahn
Paula Ann Zahn (; born February 24, 1956) is an American journalist and newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She currently produces and hosts the true crime documentary series '' On the Case with Paula Zahn'' on the Investigation Discovery channel. Early life and career Zahn was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a schoolteacher/artist mother and an IBM sales executive father. She initially grew up in Canton, Ohio, with her parents and three siblings. The family relocated to Naperville, Illinois, as her father's job required them to move frequently. She once joked that "IBM" really stood for "I've been moved" . She attended Washington Junior High School in Naperville and later graduated from Naperville Central High School in 1974. Zahn also competed in several beauty pageants, making the semi-finals of the 1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant. She continued her education at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, on a cello scholarship, and received fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Zahn
Timothy Zahn (born 1951) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is known best for his prolific collection of ''Star Wars'' List of Star Wars books, books, chiefly the Thrawn trilogy, ''Thrawn'' trilogy, and has published several other series of sci-fi and fantasy novels of his own original creation, in addition to many works of short fiction. Early life and education Zahn grew up in Lombard, Illinois, and attended Glenbard East High School in Lombard. He has been a fan of sci-fi since he was a child. He attended Michigan State University, before working towards a doctorate in physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Illinois. Career Zahn's novella ''Cascade Point'' won the 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novella, Hugo Award. Zahn novels also won five Dragon Awards He is the author of the ''The Blackcollar, Blackcollar'' trilogy and the ''COBRA (Timothy Zahn novel series), Cobra'' series (nine novels so far), fourteen Star Wars Expande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Zahn
Gordon Zahn (born Gordon Charles Paul Roach; August 7, 1918 – December 9, 2007) was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author. Early life Born out of wedlock, Zahn took his stepfather's last name. During World War II, he was a conscientious objector, and served in a Civilian Public Service camp established by the Catholic Worker Movement. Zahn later transferred to Rosewood State Training School in Maryland, a school for the developmentally disabled. He worked there as a conscientious objector until April 1946. His experiences at Rosewood were published in the Catholic Worker in the July and October 1946 issues, as a continuation of his attempt to reform Rosewood. Education and career In 1946 Zahn and a friend went to Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. There they met Eugene McCarthy, who hired them when he became a U.S. Senator. Zahn received a PhD from The Catholic University of America and then a job at Loyola University Chicago. Cardin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Zahn
Robert Zahn (23 March 1861 in Münchberg– 21 January 1914 in Leipzig) was a German engineer and industrialist. Zahn started designing embroidery machines. As the director of the ''Vogtländische Maschinenfabrik (VOMAG)'' at a later stage, he played a major role in the technical perfection of the machines being produced there. The Plauen firm became one of the leading public limited companies in the engineering sector in Germany under his leadership. Life Zahn was born as the son of Christian Karl Zahn and his wife Johanna Louise (née Jahreis). He attended school in Münchberg and later went to the vocational college in Hof, Bavaria. He started a course at the Technicum Mittweida in 1876, but did not complete his studies. He found work as a technician at the Stickmaschinenfabrik Kappel in 1882. He gained a fundamental knowledge of engineering there. However, he saw better opportunities for promotion at the Hilscher knitting and embroidery machine factory and moved to this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shammai Zahn
Shammai Zahn (6 July 1920 – 4 March 2001) was a Polish-born rabbi who was the chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Sunderland, United Kingdom and rosh yeshiva of the Sunderland Yeshiva. Early life Zahn was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1920 to Meshulam Zushe and Pessel Zirel Zahn. He held Polish citizenship. He began his education at the Würzburg teachers' seminary but fled to Britain in 1939, escaping the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. Education and community leadership Zahn studied in Yeshivas Toras Emes in London under Rabbi Moshe Schneider. In 1944, he joined the newly established Kollel in Gateshead as its sole unmarried student. The following year, he married Lotte Bergman, also a refugee. He helped the founding of the Sunderland Yeshiva in 1946 and served as its Rosh Yeshiva from approximately 1949 until his death in 2001. Zahn made annual trips to Morocco from 1950 to 1967 to recruit students, impacting the education of future chief rabbis of Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zahn
Albert Zahn was a self-taught sculptor from the Prussian province of Pomerania, who lived and worked in Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Wisconsin, United States for most of his life. He is known primarily for his painted wood carvings of birds. He is also known for his depictions of angels, and for the creation of the Albert Zahn House, which he built with his wife Louise Zahn and adorned with hundreds of his carvings. Albert carved most of his sculptures from cedar, and then instructed Louise, who painted them. Some of his other notable subjects include maritime workers, Prussian soldiers, dogs, and deer. Life and work Born in 1864 in Pomerania (now part of Germany), Albert Zahn immigrated to the United States as a child, settling in Door County, Wisconsin, where he worked as a farmer. He began his career in the arts after retirement. He was raised Lutheran, and his piety informed most of his sculpture. His relatives have attested to Zahn's familiarity with the Bible, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Zahn
Theodor Zahn or Theodor von Zahn (10 October 1838 in Moers – 5 March 1933 in Erlangen) was a German Protestant theologian, a biblical scholar. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Career Zahn was born in Moers of the Rhineland, Prussia (now Germany). After studying at Basel, Erlangen and Berlin, he became professor of theology in the University of Göttingen in 1871. He filled a similar chair at Kiel in 1877, at Erlangen in 1878, at Leipzig in 1888 and in 1892 returned to Erlangen. He was distinguished for his eminent scholarship, especially in connection with the New Testament canon. He stood at the head of the conservative New Testament scholarship of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zahn House
The Albert Zahn House is located in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. History The house was built by folk artist Albert Zahn Albert Zahn was a self-taught sculptor from the Prussian province of Pomerania, who lived and worked in Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Wisconsin, United States for most of his life. He is known primarily for his painted wood carvings of bird ... and his wife, Louise. Zahn displayed many of his bird carvings on the property and named it Bird's Park. Other carvings he displayed there include those of other animals and Biblical figures. References External linksThe Bird House at Bird Park photo, ''Wisconsin Historical Society''The Zahn Family with Randy Zahn, still photos of carvings by Caleb Whitneyby the Baileys Harbor Historical Society, ''Sevastopol TV'', September 12, 2013, 58:40 long Further reading Albert Zahn Carvings at the Kohler Foundation* ''Door Way: The People in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Zahn
Ernst Zahn (24 January 1867 in Zürich, Switzerland – 12 February 1952 in Meggen) was a Swiss people, Swiss author. His writing took its themes from Swiss local life. Biography In 1873 his father, an innkeeper, bought a hotel at Siders in the canton of Valais, Wallis, and here Ernst obtained his first instruction in the Protestant Elementary School. In 1875, he went to Zurich, where his grandparents took charge of him and sent him to the public schools, later (for three years) to the gymnasium (school), gymnasium. His father leased, in 1880, the restaurant in the railroad station at Goschenen, at the entrance to the Gotthard Rail Tunnel, Saint Gotthard Tunnel, and here Zahn worked as a waiter in 1883. For a year and a half he also attended the Breidenstein International Boys' School at Grenchen, canton of Solothurn. In all these various capacities, and in spite of a much interrupted education, he was energetically pursuing every opportunity that presented itself to him for increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
