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Oller () is a common surname in the Catalan language. Variants are Ollé and Olle. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Oller (born 1994), American baseball player * Denisse Oller (born 1955), Puerto Rican-born broadcaster and journalist * Fidela Oller (1869–1936), Spanish Roman Catholic nun * Francisco Oller (1833–1917), Puerto Rican Impressionist painter * Francisco Oller Simón (1860–1940), Spanish and Argentinian publisher * María Teresa Oller (1920–2018), Spanish Valencian composer and folklorist * Narcís Oller (1846–1930), Spanish Catalan author * Joseph Oller (1839–1922), Catalan-born French bookmaker, betting innovator and entertainment entrepreneur * Rico Oller (born 1958), U.S. politician See also * Ullr In Norse mythology, Ullr (Old Norse: ) is a Æsir, god associated with skiing. Although literary attestations of Ullr are sparse, evidence including relatively ancient place-name evidence from Scandinavia suggests that he was a major god i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, where it is called ''Valencian language, Valencian'' (). It has semi-official status in the Italy, Italian ''comune'' of Alghero, and it is spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the La Franja, eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Països Catalans". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. It became the language of the Principality of Catalonia and the kingdoms of kingdom of Valencia, Valencia and Kingdom of Majorca, Mallorca, being present throughout the Mediterranean. Replaced by Spanish as a language of gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Oller
Adam Samuel Oller (born October 17, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and Miami Marlins. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the 2016 MLB draft. Amateur career A native of Conroe, Texas, Oller attended Concordia Lutheran High School in Tomball, Texas, where he was a teammate of current major leaguer Glenn Otto. As a senior, Oller helped the Crusaders reach the State Championship Game and was named all-state at both pitcher and catcher. Oller was also a standout football player and was named to the all-state team twice during his high school career. Oller played college baseball at Northwestern State University, where in addition to pitching, he played catcher. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, becoming the first NSU player invited to play in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denisse Oller
Denisse Marie Oller (born September 30, 1955 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a journalist, documentarian, entrepreneur, author, chef, and healthy living advocate. For over twenty years, she served as a correspondent, interviewer, news anchor, and television host for Univision and Telemundo, the two dominant Spanish-language television networks in the United States. Oller has received nine Emmy Awards, five Emmy nominations, twGraciesfrom the American Women in Radio and Television and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Journalism for her coverage of the US Navy withdrawal from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico after sixty years of military occupation. In 1986, Denisse became the first news anchor of Noticiero Univision Weekend Edition. In 1995, she joined Raul Peimbert as co-anchor of Noticiero Telemundo National News, which airs weekdays in the United States and twenty-two countries in Latin America. Oller also left her mark in New York, where she has lived most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidela Oller
Fidela Oller Angelats (born Maria Dolors Oller Angelats; 17 September 1869 – 30 August 1936) was a Spanish religious sister of the ''Hermanas de Sant Josep o Vetlladores'' (Sisters of Saint Joseph of Girona). She suffered martyrdom in the Spanish Civil War when she was gunned together along a road at Xeresa. On 5 September 2015, she was beatied in the Girona Cathedral.''Revista Ecclesia'', 13-07-2015 onsulta: 17 de septiembre 2015/ref> Life Maria Dolors Oller Angelats was born on 17 September 1869 in Bañolas as the oldest of four children born to the potter Lorenzo Oller Verdaguer (1842–88) and Margarita Angelats Frigola. Her baptism was celebrated just moments after in the parish church of Santa María del Turers where she was baptized with the names ''Dolors Margarita Teresa''. The Bishop of Girona Constantino Bonet conferred Confirmation upon her two months later that November. Her three brothers (in order) were Lorenzo (b. 1873), Teresa (male name; b. 1875) and Salva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Oller
Francisco Manuel Oller y Cestero (June 17, 1833 – May 17, 1917) was a Puerto Rican painter, the only Latin American painter to have played a role in the development of Impressionism. One of the most distinguished transatlantic painters of his day, Oller helped transform painting in the Caribbean. Biography Early years Francisco Manuel Oller y Cestero was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, the third of four children of aristocratic and wealthy Spanish parents Cayetano Juan Oller y Fromesta and María del Carmen Cestero Dávila. When he was eleven he began to study art under the tutelage of Juan Cleto Noa, a painter who had an art academy in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, Oller demonstrated that he had an enormous talent in art and in 1848, when Oller was fifteen years old, General Juan Prim, Governor of Puerto Rico, offered Oller the opportunity to continue his studies in Rome. However, the offer was not accepted as Oller's mother felt that he was too young to travel abroad a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Oller Simón
Francisco de Paula Oller Simón (1860–1940) was a Spanish people, Spanish and Argentines, Argentinean publisher. Politically he supported the Carlism, Carlist cause. He is known mostly as owner, manager and the moving spirit behind numerous Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist periodicals, mostly '':es:El Legitimista Español, El Legitimista Español'' (1898–1912) and ''España'' (1915–1929), both published in Buenos Aires. In Spain he briefly issued some Carlist Barcelona-based periodicals in 1889–1892; during this period he managed a publishing house Biblioteca Tradicionalista and published numerous propagandistic books, booklets and brochures. In 1898-1912 he was the chief Carlist representative for South America. Family and youth The Oller surname, possibly of French origin, was first noted in Spain in Catalonia, Catalan records from the 11th century; however, there is close to nothing known about Oller's distant ancestors. His paternal grandparents were Manuel Oller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Teresa Oller
María Teresa Oller (1920 – 2 September 2018) was a Spanish composer and folklorist of the Valencian Community.«Catàleg d'autoritats de la Biblioteca del Museu Valencia d'Etnologia» Since the 1950s, she carried out extensive fieldwork to collect traditional Valencian music, highlight it, and make it known in numerous publications. Oller was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. Biography María Teresa Oller Benlloch was born in Valencia in 1920. From a very young age, she developed an interest in popular music. She was attracted to the music she heard on the street, mainly the party music performed by the dulzaina and the tabalet at city festivities as well as the street songs like the ones sung by the street sweeper, the carpenter, or those sung by children. Likewise, during her stays with her family in Alcoy, she became aware of popular rural music.''Entrevista inédita realizada a Mª Teresa Oller por Fermín Pardo y Joan Seguí'', Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcís Oller
Narcís Oller i de Moragas (; 10August 184626July 1930) was a Catalan writer, most noted for the novels ''La papallona'' (The Butterfly) which appeared with a foreword by Émile Zola in the French translation; his most well-known work ''L'Escanyapobres'' (''The Usurer''); and ''La febre d'or'' (''Gold Fever'') which is set in Barcelona during the period of promoterism. His novel ''La bogeria'' has been translated into English by Douglas Suttle under the title ''The Madness'', published by Fum d'Estampa Press, 15 September 2020. He also translated the works of Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using pre-reform Russian orthography. ; ), usually referr ... and Dumas. External links * Narcís Ollerat the Association of Catalan Language Writers. * * 1846 births 1930 deaths People from Valls Renaixença ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Oller
Josep Oller i Roca (1839–1922) was a Catalan entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life. He co-founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge with Charles Zidler and was the inventor of parimutuel betting. Biography Born in Catalonia in the city of Terrassa, Josep Oller emigrated to France with his family as a child. Later, he relocated back to Spain to study at the university in Bilbao. There, he became fond of cockfighting and started his career as a bookmaker. Once in Paris, in 1867, Josep Oller invented a new method of wagering, which he named Pari Mutuel ( French for Parimutuel betting). He successfully introduced his pool method system at French race tracks. Nonetheless, in 1874, Josep Oller was sentenced to fifteen days in prison and fined for operating illegal gambling. Later, in 1891, the French authorities legalised his system and banned fixed-odds betting. Quickly, Oller's Pari Mutuel spread across most race tracks around the world, but the method was operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Oller
Thomas "Rico" Oller (born July 16, 1958) is an American politician from California. A Republican, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the 4th District from 1996 to 2000, and the California State Senate, representing the 1st district from 2000 to 2004. Early life Born in Fresno, California, Oller graduated from California State University, Stanislaus in 1980. In 1981, Oller started his building materials business. Political career In 2004, Oller ran for Congress in California's 3rd congressional district, but narrowly lost the Republican primary to former California Attorney General Dan Lungren. On January 10, 2008, Oller again ran for Congress, this time in California's 4th congressional district, for a seat being vacated by retiring Congressman John Doolittle. He faced opposition from former Congressman Doug Ose. On March 4, 2008, Oller dropped out of the race when California State Senator Tom McClintock (R-Thousand Oaks) announced that he was running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullr
In Norse mythology, Ullr (Old Norse: ) is a Æsir, god associated with skiing. Although literary attestations of Ullr are sparse, evidence including relatively ancient place-name evidence from Scandinavia suggests that he was a major god in earlier Germanic paganism. Proto-Germanic *''wulþuz'' ('Glory (religion), glory') appears to have been an important concept of which his name is a reflex. The word appears as ''owlþu-'' on the 3rd-century Thorsberg chape. Name and origin The Old Norse theonym ''Ullr'' derives from a Proto-Germanic (PGmc) form reconstructed as ''*Wulþuz'' ('Glory'), which is attested in the Compound (linguistics), compound ''owlþu-þewaz'' (ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ), meaning either 'servant of ''Owlþuz''' (if interpreted as a theonym), or 'who has glorious servants' (if interpreted as an adjective), found on the Thorsberg chape (3rd c. AD). It is a cognate (linguistic sibling from the same origin) of the Gothic language, Gothic noun ''wulþus'' (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
