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Joh. Enschedé
Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé is a printer of security documents based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Haarlem For almost 300 years the company has been located at the Klokhuisplein near the Grote Markt in the innercity of Haarlem. In the 1980s it moved to a larger location in the Waarderpolder out..
Johan
Johan may refer to: John as a common nameJohan (band), a Dutch pop-groupJohan Cruijff, a famous soccer playerJohan Anderson, Swedish gameproducer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wi..
Johana, Toyama
Jōhana (城端町; -machi) was a town located in Higashitonami District, Toyama, Japan. On November 1, 2004, Johana joined 7 other villages and towns to create the city of Nanto, Toyama. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,658 and a density of 148.52 persons per km². The to..
Johanan ben Nappaha
Johanan ben Nappaha was a follower of Judah ha-Nasi, and believed it to be his duty to carry on the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud. He started a school in Tiberias, and did something that was quite controversial at the time by letting anybody into his school if they wanted to learn. He was a pract..
Johanes Franzen
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Johanes Maliza
Johanes Maliza (born September 10, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American soccer midfielder who, as of 2004, plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. Maliza played his college soccer at Stanford from 1999 to 2002 along with Roger Levesque and Todd Dunivant. He was drafted ..
Johann's Pinyon
Johann's Pinyon (Pinus johannis) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range extends from southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico, United States, south in Mexico along the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental to southern Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí..
Johanna
Johanna may refer to, Lake Johanna Township, MinnesotaJohanna, Victoria, surf beach and holiday spot127 Johanna, asteroid See also, Johannes, Johanna is the femine form of that name This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an ..
Johanna, Victoria
Johanna ([38°45′S 143°23′E][Johanna page] at Geoscience Australia) is a small town on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire. The surf at Johanna is quite highly regarded. It's only a long stretch of beach breaks, or beach and..
Johanna Allston
Johanna (Hanny) Allston Johanna Allston, or Hanny Allston as many know her, is the 2006 Junior World orienteering champion for the long distance event. She won by an almost unprecedented margin of 4 minutes and 38 seconds. She is the first Australian woman orienteer ever to win a gold medal at a Wo..
Johanna Bischitz von Heves
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Johanna Budwig
Johanna Budwig (died in 2003) was a German chemist who believed that cancer is easily treatable through a specially-designed diet. Dr. Max Gerson has also studied, applied and written about having success treating cancer through her diet and other methods. The so-called Budwig Diet is based aroun..
Johanna Fateman
--> --> Johanna Fateman is a writer, zine editor and musician who performs with the feminist post-punk rock band Le Tigre. Fateman (left) on the cover of This Island Fateman first met bandmate Kathleen Hanna at a performance of Hanna's band Bikini Kill where Fateman gave Hanna a copy of ..
Johanna Gadski
Johanna Gadski (born Anklam, Prussia 15 June 1872 - died Berlin, 22 February 1932) was a German opera singer. After receiving her musical education at Stettin, she made her debut in New York, taking the role of Brünnhilde in Wagner's opera. She was popular as a singer in England, having sung at ..
Johanna Griggs
--> Women's Swimming Bronze medal 1990Auckland Swimming Women's 100m backstroke Johanna Griggs (born October 1973) is a former swimmer and current television presenter from Australia. Griggs represented Australia at the Auckland Commonwealth Games winning a bronze medal in the 100m b..
Johanna Hiedler
Johanna Pölzl born Hiedler (January 19, 1830 − February 8, 1906), was the maternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler. Johanna was born and lived her entire life in the village of Spital. On September 5, 1848, Johanna married Johann Baptist Pölzl, a farmer and son of Johann Pölzl and Juliana (Walli) ..
Johanna Kinkel
Johanna Kinkel (born 8 July 1810 in Bonn; died 15 November 1858 in London) was a German composer, writer, and revolutionary. Her second marriage was to the German poet Gottfried Kinkel. Following the 1848 Revolutions she was forced to abandon Germany and flee to London. She was found dead in her g..
Johanna Kirchner
Johanna "Hanna" Kirchner (24 April 1889 in Frankfurt am Main – 9 June 1944 in Berlin; née Johanna Stunz) was a German opponent of the Nazi régime. --> Johanna Stunz came from a social-democratic family. Her grandfather was one of Frankfurt's first social-democratic aldermen. At 14, she join..
Johanna Langefeld
Johanna Langefeld (March 5, 1900 - January 26, 1974) was a female supervisor at two concentration camps during the Nazi Regime. Born on in Kupferdreh (now Essen, Germany), Johanna Langefeld later married and had a son. As her husband was killed on the Russian front, she volunteered to be a camp gua..
Johanna Lindsey
Johanna Lindsey (born 1952 in Germany) is one of the most popular writers of Historical Romances worldwide. All of her books reached the New York Times bestsellerlist, many even made #1. Life and Work Johanna Lindsey was born in Germany, where her father, a soldier in the U.S. Army, was stationed...
Johanna Nichols
Linguist Johanna Nichols is a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at University of California, Berkeley. [link] Her research interests include the Slavic languages, the linguistic prehistory of northern Eurasia, language typology, ancient linguistic prehistory, ..
Johanna Pena-Alvarez
Johanna Pena-Alvarez is a professional female boxer. Born on January 6th 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Pena-Alvarez is a world class flyweight (112 pounds). Pena-Alvarez made her pro debut at the age of seventeen, on June 29 2000, winning a 2nd round TKO over Natali Lara. She won her se..
Johanna Persson
Johanna Persson (born December 25, 1978) is a female badminton player from Sweden. Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Fredrik Bergström. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Th..
Johanna Quandt
--> Johanna Quandt (born 1929) is a billionaire. She is the widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who resurrected BMW from bankruptcy. She was born Johanna Bruhn in 1929. She became a secretary in Herbert's office in the 1950s and eventually became his personal assistant. She married Herbert ..
Johanna Rosaly
Johanna Rosaly (born January 13, 1948) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. She was born in the San Juan area known as Santurce, which was also the birthplace to such other famous Puerto Rican entertainers as Andy Montañez and Cano Estremera. At the age of eight, she began to take acting class wi..
Johanna Schaller-Klier
Johanna Schaller-Klier (born 13 September 1952 in Artern) is a retired hurdler and Olympic gold medallist. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 2nd 1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 1st European Championships Prague, Czechos..
Johanna Schneller
Johanna Schneller is an American-born Canadian film journalist and television personality. A freelance celebrity interviewer for such publications as Vanity Fair, GQ, Chatelaine and Toronto Life, she is also the film columnist for The Globe and Mail, and is the host of TVOntario's weekly Saturday N..
Johanna Schopenhauer
Johanna Schopenhauer (July 9, 1766 – April 17, 1838) was a German author and the mother of Arthur Schopenhauer. Biography Johanna Schopenhauer was born in Danzig. She became an author and wrote about her life in her native city. After the annexation of her city by Prussia in 1793, she and her hu..
Johanna Senfter
Johanna Senfter (* 27 November 1879 in Oppenheim; † 11 August 1961 in Oppenheim ) was a German composer. From 1885 Johanna Senfter studied composition under Knorr, violin under Rebner, piano under Friedberg and organ at the Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount..
Johanna Sinisalo
Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958) is a Finnish science fiction and fantasy writer. She studied comparative literature and drama, amongst other subjects, at the University of Tampere. Professionally she worked in the advertising business, rising to the level of marketing designer. Dominating the burgeoni..
Johanna Sjöberg
Johanna Sjöberg (born on March 8, 1978 in Bromölla) is a former international topswimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze on the 100 Butterfly. External link [Profile on FINA-website] ..
Johanna Spyri
Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri (June 12, 1827 - July 7, 1901) was an author of children's stories, and is best known for Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later..
Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege (born May 10, 1961) is a Dutch actress. She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in The Vanishing (1988) [link]. Among her other films are Robert Altman's Vincent & Theo (1990), István Szabó's Meeting Venus (1991), Bernard Rose's..
Johanna Toffanello
Johanna Toffanello is an amateur comedian from Fredericton New Brunswick. Born and raised in the small mining town of Timmins, Ontario, Toffanello (known better by her stage name "Toff-Bag") first got her start in stand-up while living in residence at the University of New Brunswick. Encouraged by..
Johanna van der Merwe
Johanna Cornelia van der Merwe (7 March 1825 - 15 January 1888) was a Voortrekker heroine who survived an impi attack on her trekking party at the Boesmans and Bloukrans Rivers on 17 February 1838, despite suffering more than twenty assegai wounds. She later married Hendrik Frederik Delport with w..
Johanna Wagner (ship)
The Johanna Wagner was a Prussian barque of 600 tons, commanded by Captain Kempe. She was bound from Batavia to Amsterdam with a cargo of tobacco, sugar, coffee, India rubber, gall-nuts, gum damar and tin. Wrecked at Strandfontein near Muizenberg, South Africa, on July 15, 1862. No lives were los..
Johanna Zorn
Johanna Zorn is founder and executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival from Chicago Public Radio. From 1991 through 2001, she was the executive producer of Chicago Matters, Johanna started active at Chicago Public Radio as an intern in 1980, and was engaged as an aid produce..
Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola
Johannelunds teologiska högskola is a theological seminary, located in Uppsala, Sweden. It was founded in 1862, and from 1863 to 1968, the seminary was located in Bromma, near Stockholm. Since 1970, it has had its home in Uppsala and offers its education in cooperation with Uppsala University. Toda..
Johannes
Johannes is a Latin form of the name "John". The origin of Johannes is the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "YAHWEH is gracious". Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hanse (diminutized to Hänsel, known from "Hänsel und Gretel",..
Johannesberg
Johannesberg is a municipality in the district of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. ..
Johannesburg
[Featured articles   ] Johannesburg (In detail) (In detail) City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0.00% Density Ranked 95th 3,225,812 1,962/km² Established 1886 Time zo..
Johannesburg, California
Johannesburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, in a mining district of the Rand Mountains. The terminus of the Randsburg Railway was here from 1897 to 1933. The population was 176 at the 2000 census. Johannesburg is divided from the neighboring community of Randsburg b..
Johannesburg Declaration
Declaration of the World Summit on Sustainable Development WSSD otherwise known as Earth Summit 2002. It builds on early declarations made at Stockholm in 1972, and Rio 1992. While committing the nations of the world to Sustainable Development, it also includes substantial mention of multilateralism..
Johannesburg freeways
The M2 in the afternoon as it passes through the Central Business District. Johannesburg is heavily dependent upon freeways for transportation around the city due to its location 1500 metres above sea level, far from the coast or any major bodies of water. There are 10 freeways in the Greater ..
Johannesburg International Airport
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Johannesburg level crossing accident
In the Johannesburg level crossing collision of April 2005, a bus and a freight train collided north of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa killing at least nine people and injuring 60 others. The cause of the collision near Johannesburg was still being investigated, but it appears that the bus ..
Johannesburg Mountain
Johannesburg Mountain is one of the most famous peaks in the North Cascades of the US state of Washington. Though not one of the [top 100 peaks] in the state by elevation, nor one of the [top peaks] as ranked by topographic prominence, Johannesburg is notable for its large, ste..
Johannesburg North, Gauteng
Johannesburg North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 1. Location It is divided in two by the Witkoppen Road and is situated halfway between Fourways Mall/Monte Casino and Northgate Shopping Centre on the northern outskirts of Randburg. History The suburb was larg..
Johannesburg Regiment
The Johannesburg Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit. History The regiment was formed in 1960, when the South African Army was reorganised f..
Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
The Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition, also known as JREC, is the group of countries supporting the Declaration on The Way Forward on Renewable Energy[link] (also known as the JREC Declaration), made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, in Sep..
Johannesburg Ring Road
The Johannesburg Ring Road. The Johannesburg Ring Road is one of Africa's most famous beltways. It is made up of a subset of the freeways that circle the city of Johannesburg, South Africa and services the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. Construction on the Ring Road began in the lat..
Johannesburg Securities Exchange
The Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) is the largest stock exchange in Africa and one of the ten largest in the world. It is situated at the corner of Maude Street and Gwen Lane in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 472 listed companies and a market capitalisa..
Johannesburg South, Gauteng
Johannesburg South is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. ..
Johannesburg South Africa Temple
The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is the 36th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon Church leaders announced the building of a Temple in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa in April 1981. Groundbreaking took place on November 27, 1982. Enormous effort put i..
Johannesburg Stadium
Johannesburg Stadium is a stadium in the Doornfontein suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was originally built as an athletics stadium and is now the home of one of South Africa's most famous football sides, the Orlando Pirates. The stadium was built beneath a sweeping roof a..
Johannesburg Zoo
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Johannesburg Zoo is a zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1904, it has traditionally been own..
Johannesson v. West St. Paul
Johannesson v. Rural Municipality West St. Paul [1952] 1 S.C.R. 297 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the federal juridiction over aeronautics. This was also the first Supreme Court case to analyse the peace, order and good government provision of the Constitution and was the..
Johannes (archbishop of Uppsala)
Johannes was the second Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden. His shortlived reign was between 1185 and 1187. His name is sometimes spelled as Johan, the Swedish form of Johannes, but since the Swedish language had yet to be established it is of little importance. About Johannes little is known. Only a fe..
Johannes Aal
Johannes Aal (born around 1500 in Bremgarten, died May 28 1553 in Solothurn) was a Swiss theologian, composer and dramaturg. Aal was pastor in Bremgarten until 1529, then Leutpriester in Baden until 1536. In the monastery of Solothurn, he became preacher and choir leader in 1538. From 1544 to 1551,..
Johannes Abel
Johannes Abel born 1756 in Frederick County, Maryland was a Revolutionary War soldier who was hanged for the beating death of his wife, Magdalena Ditlo. ..
Johannes Abezier
Johannes Abezier (born in Toruń around 1380 - died after 1424) was a provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights in Frombork and Ermland. He acquired his baccalaureate in Prague in 1393, and his magister in 1401. Later he acted as Doctor Decretorum and Auditor Rotae. In 1411, he became provost in ..
Johannes Acronius
Johannes Acronius (died 1627) was a German Reformed theologian. He is less known by scientific works, than by his part in the quarrel between Arminians (Remonstrants) and Contra-Remonstrants. He was the son of the Frisian preacher Bernard Acronius, and was taught by Zacharias Ursinus and Franciscu..
Johannes Acronius Frisius
Johannes Acronius (or Atrocianus) Frisius (1520, Akkrum, Frisia - 18 October 1564) was a Dutch doctor and mathematician of the 16th century. He was named after his city of birth, Akkrum in West Frisia. From 1547 he worked as professor of mathematics in Basel, then after 1549 as professor of logic, ..
Johannes Agricola
Johannes Agricola (originally Schneider, then Schnitter) (April 20, 1494 [[Citing sources citation needed]] - September 22, 1566) was a German Protestant reformer. Agricola was born at Eisleben, whence he is sometimes called Magister Islebius. He studied at Wittenberg, wher..
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn
Johannes Albrecht Bernhard Dorn, also cited as Boris Andreevich Dorn (born April 29, 1805 in Scheierfeld, Saxe-Coburg, Germany; died May 19, 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a German orientalist. Dorn specialized in the history and languages of Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan. External links ..
Johannes Althusius
Johannes Althusius (1557-1638) was a Calvinist philosopher and theologian. He is most famous for his 1603 work, Politica Methodicae Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata (Politics Methodically Digested, Illustrated with Sacred and Profane Examples); revised editions were published i..
Johannes Ambundii
Johannes Ambundii de Swan, also written as Abundi, Ambundij, Habundi, Habendi, Habindi, Almanni and ~ von Schwan (first records 1384 - died 16 June 1424) was ... Ambundii is probably born in the area of Szczecin (German:Stettin). He studied at the Juristical University of Prague and graduated in 13..
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
Fibiger won a Nobel Prize in 1926 Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (April 23, 1867 – January 30, 1928) was a Danish scientist who won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Fibiger had claimed to find an organism he called Spiroptera carcinoma that caused cancer in mice and rats. ..
Johannes Antonius Farina
Johannes Antonius Farina (Giovanni Antonio Farina) (January 11, 1803 - March 4, 1888) was the son of Pedro and Francisca Bellame and was born in Gambellara, Vincenza province, Italy. He studied at the seminary in Vicenza, and taught there while still a student before he was finally ordained on Janua..
Johannes Antonsson
Johannes Antonsson (1921 - August 25, 1995) was a Swedish politician for the Centre Party. A member of Riksdag|Riksdagen from 1958 to 1979, he was interior minister from 1976 to 1978, and governor of the province of Halland from 1979 to 1986. He also served as vice-chairman of the Centre Party from ..
Johannes Aventinus
Johannes Aventinus Johannes Aventinus (1477–1534) was a Bavarian historian and philologist. His real name was Johann Georg Turmair, and "Aventinus" is a latinization of his birthplace, Abensberg. He was in communication with Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. Ludwig I of Bavaria had A..
Johannes Baader
Johannes Baader (June 22, 1875 – January 15, 1955), originally trained as an architect, was a writer and artist associated with Dada in Berlin. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and died in Schloss Adeldorf, Lower Bavaria. The son of a metalworker for the royal buildings in Stuttgart, Johan..
Johannes Baptista Sproll
Johannes Baptista Sproll (October 2, 1870-March 4, 1949) was a German Bishop and prominent opponent of the Nazi regime. Sproll was born in Schweinhausen, near Biberach, the son of a street mender, Josef Sproll, and his wife, Anna Maria née Freuer. He attended the Latin school in Biberach and the..
Johannes Baumann
Johannes Baumann (November 27, 1874 - September 8, 1953) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1934-1940). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on March 22, 1934 and handed over office on December 31, 1940. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. ..
Johannes Birringer
Johannes Birringer is an independent media choreographer and artistic director of AlienNation Co., a multimedia ensemble that has collaborated on various site-specific and cross-cultural performance and installation projects since 1993. After directing international workshops on dance and technology..
Johannes Blaskowitz
Johannes Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 - 5 February 1948) was a German general during World War II. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early years1.2 Poland 19391.3 French Campaign 1940 and the occupation of France1.4 Campaign in the West 1944-51.5 Post war Biography Early yea..
Johannes Blokland
Johannes Blokland (born 5 March 1943 in Oegstgeest, South Holland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the ChristenUnie-SGP, treasurer of the Independence and Democracy group, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Publ..
Johannes Bobrowski
Johannes Bobrowski (born April 9, 1917 in Tilsit, present day Russia – died September 2, 1965 in East Berlin) was an important German lyricist, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist. Contents 1 Life2 Literary works3 Films4 Opera5 Prizes6 External link Life In 192..
Johannes Bob van Benthem
Johannes Bob van Benthem was the first president of the European Patent Office. He was president from November 1, 1977 to April 30, 1985. External links [Romuald Singer Memorial Lecture] held by Johannes Bob van Benthem at the Patent Forum 1992 in Munich, Germany |- style="text-align: c..
Johannes Brahms
Brahms redirects to here. For the author of this name, see William B. Brahms. Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of Romantic music, who lived mostly in Vienna, Austria. Contents 1 Life2 Works3 Influences on Brahms4&nbs..
Johannes Brahms in film and popular culture
As with all of the celebrated composers of classical music, Johannes Brahms and his works have appeared widely in film and popular culture. The following is a list of such appearances. Brahms figures prominently in the 1947 fictionalized biography Song of Love, which focuses mainly on the love sto..
Johannes Brassart
Johannes Brassart (also Jean Brasart) (c.1400 – before October 22, 1455) was a Burgundian composer of the early Renaissance. Of his output, only sacred vocal music has survived, and it typifies early 15th century practice. Contents 1 Life2 Music and influence3 References and..
Johannes Brenz
Johannes Brenz, 17. century etching Johannes Brenz (1499-1570) was a German church reformer. He was the reformer of Württemberg, and one of the authors of the Württemberg Confession, as well as a catechism extensively used. Early Life Johann Brenz was born June 24, 1499 in Weil der Stadt,..
Johannes Broene
Johannes Broene was an academic and twice served as president of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan and his father was a minister of the Christian Reformed Church. Broene attended the University of Michigan and Valparaiso University, from which he graduate ..
Johannes Brost
Johannes Brost (born September 25, 1946) is a Swedish actor. He grew up in the Skåne province in southern Sweden. His mother, the actress Gudrun Brost worked at the Malmö City Theater. He followed his mother’s footsteps and became a stage actor, working both in Malmö and Stockholm, and later s..
Johannes Brøndsted
Johannes Brøndsted, Danish archaeologist and prehistorian. 1890: born Jutland1920: doctorate: relations between Anglo-Saxon and Nordic art in Viking times1922 & 1923: with E. Dyggve, excavated early Christian monuments in Dalmatia; published account as Recherches à Salone (1928)1941-1951: Profess..
Johannes Bugenhagen
Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 in Wollin, Pomerania—20 April 1558 in Wittenberg, Saxony), also called Doktor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, introduced the Reformation in Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. Biography Bugenhagen was born in Eastern Pomerania in 1485. After his studies a..
Johannes Bündgens
Johannes Bündgens (born April 2 1956 in Eschweiler) is auxiliary bishop of Aachen. Born in Eschweiler, he applied to become a priest after graduation in school in 1974. After studying theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he was ordained as priest on October 10 19..
Johannes Bureus
Johannes Thomae Bureus Agrivillensis (Johan Bure) (1568–1652) was a Runic scholar and interested in the [Rosicrucian] manifestoes. He combined his runic and esoteric interests in his own runic system, which he called the "Adalruna". He was royal librarian and tutor and advisor of K..
Johannes Busch
Johannes or Jan Busch (1399 - c. 1480) was a major reformer and provost of the Augustinian monastic order. He was born in Zwolle. He spent most of the last 40 years of his life visiting and inspecting monasteries and convents. He also wrote some substantial surviving works. He died at Hildesheim. ..
Johannes Buxtorf
Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629) was a celebrated Hebraist, born in Westphalia, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and was known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis". External links See also Buxtorf This article incorporates text from the public doma..
Johannes Campanus
For other people named Johannes Campanus, see Campanus. Johannes Campanus (in Italian, Giovanni Campano; also known as Campanus of Novara or similar) (1220-1296) was an Italian astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician who devised a house system for the horoscope which bears his name. This house s..
Johannes Camphuys
Johannes Camphuys (Haarlem, 18 July, 1634 - Batavia (Jakarta), 18 July, 1695) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691. He is commemorated in the name of a street in the Lombok neighbourhood of Utrecht. Also in the name of a street in the Bezuidenhoutquarter of The Hague...
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (November 29, 1573 – April 23, 1669) was professor at Uppsala University and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1657 to his death. After severel years of studies, mainly in Germany at university in Rostock and Wittenberg, he was appointed professor of l..
Johannes Cardinal Bessarion
Basilius Bessarion Basilius Bessarion (c. 1403-1472), mistakenly known also as Johannes Bessarion due to an erroneous interpretation of Gregory Mamme, was a Roman Catholic Cardinal-Bishop and the titular Patriarch of Constantinople. He was one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contributed ..
Johannes Cardinal Willebrands
Johannes Cardinal Willebrands (born 4 September 1909) is a Dutch prelate, the president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity. He was born in Bovenkarspel, in the diocese of Haarlem (the Netherlands) and ordained priest on 26 May 1934. After having studied in Rome,..
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Johannes Carsten Hauch (May 12, 1790 - March 4, 1872), Danish poet, was born of Danish parents residing at Frederikshald in Norway. In 1802 he lost his mother, and in 1803 returned with his father to Denmark. In 1807 he fought as a volunteer against the English invasion. He entered the university o..
Johannes Cesaris
Johannes Cesaris (fl. 1406 – 1417) was a French composer of the late Medieval era and early Renaissance. He was one of the composers of the transitional style between the two epochs, and was active at the Burgundian court in the early 15th century. Little is known about his life, excepting t..
Johannes Ciconia
Johannes Ciconia (circa 1335 or circa 1370 – between June 10 and July 12, 1412) was a late Medieval composer and music theorist. He has possibly been conflated with his father of the same name in some biographical accounts, hence the uncertainty over his date of birth. All the composer's works..
Johannes Clauberg
Johannes Clauberg Johannes Clauberg (born 24th February 1622 in Solingen/Germany - died 31st January 1665 in Duisburg) was a German theologian and philosopher. Clauberg was the founding Rector of the first Duisburg University, where he taught from 1655 to 1665. He was much influenced by the ra..
Johannes Cocceius
Woodcut of Johannes Cocceius Johannes Cocceius (1603 - November 4, 1669), Dutch theologian, was born at Bremen. After studying at Hamburg and Franeker, where Sixtinus Amama was one of his teachers, he became in 1630 professor of biblical philology at the Gymnasium illustre in his native town..
Johannes Cotto
Johannes Cotto (John Cotton, Johannes Afflighemensis) (fl. c. 1100) was a music theorist, possibly of English origin, most likely working in southern Germany or Switzerland. He wrote one of the most influential treatises on music of the Middle Ages, one which included unusually precise directions f..
Johannes Crellius
Johannes Crellius (1590 – 1633), also known as Hans Krell and Jan Crell, was a Polish–German theologian. Crellius was one of the chief theologians of the Polish brethren, and the author of Ad librum Hugonis Grotii quem de satisfactione Christi... (1623), De Deo et eius attributis... (16..
Johannes Crüger
Born in Guben in 1598. A child prodigy who was engaged as a young man as tutor to the children of the von Blumenthal Family in Berlin (one of whom, Joachim Friedrich, became in effect the Great Elector's prime minister). He became director of music at the Nikolaikirche, and composed two famous melod..
Johannes Cuspinian
Johannes Cuspinian was a distinguished humanist and statesman, born at Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, in 1473; died at Vienna, 19 April, 1529. Early Life In 1490 he matriculated at the University of Leipzig, went to the University of Vienna (1493) to continue his humanistic studies, and in 1494 en..
Johannes Cuspinianus
Johannes Cuspinianus (born Johan Spießhaymer or Speißheimer) (December 1473-April 19, 1529) was an Austrian humanist, scientist, diplomat, and historian. Born in Spießheim, near Schweinfurt in Franconia, of which Cuspinianus is a Latinization, he studied in Leipzig and Würzburg. He went to ..
Johannes Daniel Falk
Johannes Daniel Falk (28 October 1768 - 14 February 1826) was a German poet. He was born 1768 in Gdańsk (known in other foreign languages as: Kashubian: Gduńsk, German: Danzig, Latin: Gedania), Danzig), Poland. In 1816 he wrote the German text O du fröliche.. to the melody of one of the most po..
Johannes Dantiscus
Poeta Laureatus Johannes Dantiscus, also Johann(es) von Höfen or Johann(es) Flachsbinder, Polish: , was born 1 October 1485 in Danzig (Gdańsk) and died 27 October 1548 in Heilsberg. His family's name was von Höfen, while Flachsbinder is an occupational name derived from his grandfather's..
Johannes de Bado Aureo
The identity of the heraldic writer Johannes de Bado Aureo is a matter of dispute. ("Vado Aureo" is a Latinized form of Guildford, in Surrey.) His work, Tractatus de armis, written at the behest of the late Anne of Bohemia (died 1394), consort of Richard II, appeared first in a Latin manuscript (con..
Johannes de Garlandia
There were at least two medieval scholars named Johannes de Garlandia (or John of Garlande, Jean de Garlande): Johannes de Garlandia (philologist) (fl. c. 1205 - 1255)Johannes de Garlandia (music theorist) (fl. c. 1270 – 1320) ..
Johannes de Garlandia (music theorist)
''This page is about the music theorist. For the grammarian see Johannes de Garlandia (philologist). Johannes de Garlandia (Johannes Gallicus) (fl. c. 1270 – 1320) was a French music theorist of the late ars antiqua period of medieval music. He is known for his work on the first treatise to ..
Johannes de Garlandia (philologist)
''This page is about the grammarian. For the musicologist see Johannes de Garlandia (music theorist). Johannes de Garlandia (fl. c. 1205 - 1255) was a philologist and university teacher. Said to be of English origin and to have studied at Oxford, he later studied at the medieval University of Paris..
Johannes de Grocheio
Johannes de Grocheio (Grocheo) (ca. 1255-ca.1320) was a Parisian musical theorist of the early fourteenth century. His French name was Jean de Grouchy, but he is more commonly known by his Latinized name. A Master of Arts, he is the author of the treatise Ars musicae ("The art of music") (ca. 1300..
Johannes de Jong
Johannes Cardinal de Jong (Ameland, 10 September 1885 - Amersfoort 8 September 1955) was a Dutch clergyman. Born in Nes, a village on the island of Ameland and when was nineteen years old entered in the seminary of Rijsenburg and in 15 August 1908 was ordained Priest. From 1908 to 1912 he attended..
Johannes de Sacrobosco
For the crater, see Sacrobosco (crater). Johannes de Sacrobosco or Sacro Bosco (John of Holywood, c. 1195 - 1256) was an English scholar, astronomer, and astrologer who taught at the University of Paris and wrote the authoritative mediaeval astronomy text Tractatus de Sphaera. Although described..
Johannes de Thurocz
Ján z Turca or Ján/Johannes de Turocz (Hungarian: Thuróczy János; German: Johannes de Thurocz, contemporary spelling: ...de Thwrocz) (c. 1435, Pýr (today part of Šipice, Slovakia) - 1488/1489), a Slovak educated person in the Kingdom of Hungary, is the author of a chronicle entitled Chronicle ..
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
van der Waals Johannes Diderik van der Waals (November 23, 1837 – March 8, 1923) was a Dutch scientist famous "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids", for which he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1910. Van der Waals was the first to realize the necessity of takin..
Johannes Dieckmann
Johannes Dieckmann (Fischerhude, 19 January 1893 - Berlin, 22 February 1969) held the office of State President of East Germany on an acting basis in 1949 and again in 1960. Dieckmann, the son of a Protestant Minister studied economics and philosophy in Berlin, Giessen, Göttingen and Freiburg. He ..
Johannes Dumichen
Johannes Dumichen (1833-1894), German Egyptologist, was born near Glogau in 1833. He studied philology and theology in Berlin and Breslau. Subsequently he became a pupil of Karl Lepsius and Heinrich Brugsch, and devoted himself to the study of Egyptian inscriptions. He travelled widely in Egypt, and..
Johannes Enzenhofer
Johannes Enzenhofer (born October 4, 1965) is an athlete from Austria. He competes in triathlon. Enzenhofer competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-ninth place with a total time of 1:51:02.48. ..
Johannes Ewald
Johannes Ewald Johannes Ewald (1743 - 1781) was a Danish national dramatist and poet. Biography Ewald, normally regarded the most important Danish poet of the 2nd half of the 18th Century, led a short and troublesome life marked by alcoholism and diseases. The son of a Copenhagen pietist vic..
Johannes Falke
Johannes, or 'Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Falke (20 April 1823 - 2 March 1876) was a German historian. He was born at Ratzeburg. Entering the university of Erlangen in 1843, he soon began to devote his attention to the history of the German language and literature, and in 1848 went to Munich, where h..
Johannes Fedé
Johannes Fedé (also Jean Sohier) (c.1415 – ?1477) was a French composer of the early Renaissance. While he was mentioned by Eloy d'Amerval as one of the greatest composers of the age, and resident in Paradise, relatively few of his works have survived. He was a contemporary of Johannes Ockeghem..
Johannes Finkel
Johannes Finkel is a Swiss maker of bows for violins, violas, cellos, and basses. He is considered one of the most important contemporary bow makers. The Finkel workshop is located in Brienz, Switzerland. Finkel is a fourth generation bow maker. His great-grandfather Ewald Weidhaas, was a craftsm..
Johannes Franz Hartmann
Johannes Franz Hartmann (January 11, 1865 - September 13, 1936) was a German physicist and astronomer. See also Hartmann (crater) External link [Hartmann, Johannes Franz] ..
Johannes Friedrich
Johannes Friedrich (1893 – 1972), was a German hittitologist who published the Hethitisches Elementarbuch (1940), and the Kurzgefasstes Hethitisches Wörterbuch (1966). See also List of linguists ..
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (January 9, 1823 - February 23, 1908), German surgeon, was born at Tönning, in Schleswig-Holstein. He studied at Kiel and Göttingen, and in 1846 became BRK von Langenbeck's assistant at the Kiel surgical hospital. He served in the Schleswig-Holstein War of 18..
Johannes Friessner
Johannes Friessner (March 22, 1892-June 26, 1971) was a German general during World War II. Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Friessner enlisted in the German army in 1911 and, after seeing extensive duty during World War I, served in the Reichswehr following the war. After his promotion to Generalmajor..
Johannes Fritsch
Johannes Fritsch (born July 27, 1941) is a German composer, founder of the Feedback Verlag in Cologne (Köln). He was an instructor to Juan Maria Solare, Josef Rebbe and many other composers & improvisators. Johannes Fritsch played the viola in the Ensemble for Intuitive Music of Karlheinz Stockhau..
Johannes Geldenhuys
General Johannes ('Jannie') Geldenhuys SSA SD SOE SM (born 1935) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army as an infantryman in 1954. He commanded South West Africa Command from 1977 to 1980 and was briefly the first GOC South West Africa Terrritory Force in 1980 b..
Johannes Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born May 16, 1950) is a German physicist who, along with Karl Alex Müller, was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for their joint discovery of superconductivity in certain substances at temperatures higher than had previously been thought attainable. Bednorz was born ..
Johannes Gerard van Dillen
Johannes Gerard van Dillen (Amsterdam 20 September 1883 – Amsterdam 26 December 1969) was a Dutch economic historian. J. G. van Dillen completed gymnasium in Amsterdam and matriculated in the University of Amsterdam, where he completed his doctorate in 1914. He was a privaat-docent in econom..
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (15 July 1893 - 24 August 1958) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. He was born on the family farm in Klipfontein. He trained as a lawyer. In 1929 he became the Member of Parliament for Waterberg. On 30 November 1954, he was elect..
Johannes Goropius Becanus
Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1572) was a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist. Born Jan Gerartsen in the town of Gorp, situated in the municipality of Hilvarenbeek (hence the Latinized surname Goropius Becanus), he studied medicine in Leuven, and became physician to two sisters of Charles V:..
Johannes Gossner
Johannes Evangelista Gossner (14 September 1773 - 20 March 1858), German divine and philanthropist, was born at Hausen near Augsburg. He was educated at the university of Dillingen. Here like Martin Boos and others he came under the spell of the Evangelical movement promoted by Johann Michael Saile..
Johannes Govertus de Man
Johannes Govertus de Man (Middelburg, May 2, 1850 - Middelburg, January 9, 1930) was a Dutch biologist. He was assistant curator at the Rijksmuseum te Natuurlijke Historie (Dutch for national natural history museum) in Leiden, where he specialised in free-living nematodes and decapod crustaceans, al..
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner, leading a fake demonstration in Munich in 2003 Johannes Grenzfurthner (* June 13 1975, Vienna) is artist, writer, curator, director. He attended many international symposia and published numerous essays and articles on contemporary art, science and philosophy. He writ..
Johannes Grubenmann
Johannes Grubenmann (June 15, 1707 - June 10, 1771) was a member of the Swiss family Grubenmann who were famous as joiners and civil engineers in the eighteenth century. See main article: Hans Ulrich and Johannes Grubenmann. ..
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is an institute of higher education in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. With approximately 35,000 students (2005) in about 150 schools and clinics, it is among the top ten largest universities in Germany. Starting on January 1, 2005, the university was..
Johannes H. Berg Jr.
Johannes H. Berg Jr. (23 September 1956 – 29 April 2004), Norwegian science fiction & fantasy fandom enthusiast, club founder, convention organiser, fanzine writer, and J.R.R. Tolkien book translator. Berg, from Oslo, Norway, was a cornerstone of the Norwegian science fiction and fantasy fand..
Johannes Hanssen
Johannes Hanssen (Ullensaker, near Oslo, 2 December 1874– Oslo, 25 November 1967) was a Norwegian bandmaster, composer and teacher. He was bandmaster of the Oslo Military Band from 1926 to 1934 and again from 1945 to 1946. Hanssen received the King's Order of Merit in Gold and King Haakon VII..
Johannes Hardenbergh
Major Johannes Hardenbergh, (1670–1745) also known as Sir Johannes Hardenbergh, born in Albany, New York, was High Sheriff of Ulster County in 1690. He served as a Major in the Ulster County Regiment, and was knighted by Queen Anne, on the recommendation of the Duke of Marlborough, for gallant..
Johannes Heesters
Johannes Heesters (born December 5, 1903) is a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer who can look back on an 85-year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world. As of 2006, aged 102, Heesters holds the record of being the oldest performer worldwide who is still active, both on the sta..
Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard
Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard (January 18, 1818-July 23, 1888), German theologian, was born at Erlangen. He was educated in his native town and at Berlin, and after teaching in a private family became Privatdozent at Erlangen (1841) and then professor of theology at Zürich (1844). In 1847 he was..
Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen
Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen (9 May 1868 - 6 February 1936) was a former Archbishop of Utrecht and Roman Catholic Primate of the Netherlands. He was born in Leeuwarden, in the Dutch province of Friesland. On 11 April 1930 he was named Archbishop of Utrecht and then consecrated by Lorenzo Schio..
Johannes Hentschel
Johannes Hentschel (born 10 May 1908 in Berlin) was a German master electro-mechanic for Adolf Hitler's apartments in the Old Chancellery. He was hired on 4 July 1934, and was responsible for the machine room in the Führerbunker during the last days of World War II. He was one of the last people re..
Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek
Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek (1840-1912) was a Dutch artist. He was the son of artist Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. ..
Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove
Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove (February 5 1899 Hulsberg (Limburg) - June 14 1954 Wassenaar), called in short Jan Umbgrove, was a Dutch geologist and Earth scientist. Umbgrove studied geology at Leiden University, he finished his studies in 1926. He then became employed as a paleontologist for t..
Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius (Latin), also called Johann Hewelke or Johannes Hewel (in German), or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish), (born January 28 1611 – died January 28 1687), was a councillor and mayor in Danzig (Gdańsk). As an astronomer he gained the reputation of "the founder of l..
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Johann(es) Hieronymus Kapsberger (also: Giovanni Girolamo or Giovanni Geronimo Kapsberger), (1580 - 1651) was a German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of lute, theorbo and chitarrone music during the early Baroque period. Reputedly born in Venice, son of a German gentleman, he became well-re..
Johannes Hoffmann
Johannes Hoffmann may also refer to a minister-president of Saarland. Johannes Hoffmann (July 3, 1867 – december 15, 1930) was a Bavarian Minister-President and member of the SPD. Born in Ilbesheim, near Landau, he was a Protestant and in 1908, he was elected member of the Landtag. During t..
Johannes Honter
Johannes Honterus Johannes Honter (also known as Johann Hynter; Latinized as Johann Honterus or Ioannes Honterus; Romanian sources may credit him as Ioan, Hungarian ones as János;1498—January 23, 1549) was a Transylvanian humanist and theologian of Saxon origin. Honter is best known fo..
Johannes II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Johann II (5 October 1840 – 11 February 1929) was the prince of Liechtenstein between 1858 and 1929. This makes his among the longest reigns in European royal history. He was the son of Alois II of Liechtenstein and his wife Countess Franziska Kinsky. He was considered to be rather unso..
Johannes Itten
Johannes Itten (November 11, 1888 - May 27, 1967) was a Swiss painter, designer teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school. Life and Work Born in Südern-Linden, Switzerland, he had a Friedrich Froebel influenced education and was initially a teacher where he was exposed to th..
Johannes Ittmann
Johannes Ittmann (26 January 1885 – 15 June 1963) was a German Protestant missionary in Cameroon between 1911 and 1940. He was born in Groß-Umstadt, Hesse, Germany and died in in Gambach, Hesse, Germany. He did extensive ethnological and anthropological work in the Southwest Province, an ..
Johannes Jacobus Poortman
Johannes Jacobus Poortman (Rotterdam April 26, 1896 – The Hague December 21, 1970), studied philosophy and psychology at Groningen University under Professor Gerardus Heymans. In 1919 he received his Master of Arts; many years later he would also earn a Ph.D.. He was also a theosophist. Poor..
Johannes Jacobus Smith
Johannes Jacobus Smith (Antwerp 1867 - Oegstgeest 1947) (sometimes written as Joannes Jacobus Smith) was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies (mainly Java), collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these isla..
Johannes Janssen
Johannes Janssen (April 10, 1829 - December 24, 1891), German historian, was born at Xanten, and was educated as a Roman Catholic at Münster, Leuven, Bonn and Berlin, afterwards becoming a teacher of history at Frankfurt-am-Main. He was ordained priest in 1860; became a member of the Prussian Cham..
Johannes Junius
Johannes Junius (1573- August 6, 1628) was the Burgomeister of Bamberg, famous today for his letter written to his daughter from jail while he awaited execution for witchcraft. Junius became Burgomeister in 1608 and remained in that position until his arrest, which came shortly after his wife had b..
Johannes Käbin
Johannes Käbin (born 24 September 1905 – died 26 October 1999) was a Soviet politician who led the Estonian Communist Party from 1950 to 1978. A relative moderate, he was an ethnic Estonian but was raised in Russia. Heads of State of Estonia ..
Johannes Keizer
--> Johannes Keizer works at the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, where he is responsible for scientific documentation and related activities, such as the international cooperative information network, AGRIS. Dr Keizer's group has launched various initiatives over rece..
Johannes Kelpius
Johannes Kelpius (1673-1708), a German Pietist, mystic, musician, and writer, interested in the occult, botany, and astronomy, came to believe with his followers in the "Society of the Woman in the Wilderness" that the end of the world would occur in 1694. This belief, based on an elaborate interpre..
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and an early writer of science fiction stories. He is best known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works A..
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz, or just JKU -- the full German name is Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, the short version is Universität Linz, University of Linz in English; its Latin name is alma mater Kepleriana) is an institution of higher education in Linz, the capital of U..
Johannes Kerkorrel
Johannes Kerkorrel (27 March 1960–12 November 2002, born Ralph John Rabie) was an Afrikaner singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright from South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, Rabie worked as a journalist on the Afrikaans-language weekly newspaper Rapport. In 1986, as apartheid reached its ..
Johannes Khuen
Johannes Khuen (or Johannes Kuen, 1606 - 1675), priest, poet, and composer, was one of the leading literary figures of the early Baroque in Bavaria. Khuen, who was born in Moosach and studied with the Munich Jesuits in the early 1620s, spent his entire career in the Bavarian capital as a chaplain to..
Johannes Kleiman
Johannes Kleiman Johannes Kleiman (August 17, 1896 - January 28, 1959) was one of the Dutch citizens who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. Kleiman was born in Koog aan de Zaan in the Netherlands and met Otto Frank in 1923, when he was trying ..
Johannes Knolleisen
Johannes Knolleisen was born in Allenstein (East Prussia) in the 15th century. In 1489, Dr. Johannes Knolleisen was canon in Merseburg. He had received his magister degree of theology from the university of Leipzig. Knolleisen and Lucas David supported students from their home town Allenstein, to h..
Johannes Kornfeld
Poster for MS Tanzwerk Johannes Kornfeld is a living artist focusing on classical fine art nude b/w photography. Johannes Kornfeld lives and works in Heidelberg, in the southern part of Germany. Besides presenting his work in local galleries and on art exhibitions, he maintains an online ga..
Johannes Koskinen
Johannes Koskinen (born December 19, 1954) is a member of the Parliament of Finland and former Minister of Justice (1999-2005). He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and a former member of Hämeenlinna city council (1989-2004). |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Johannes Kotze
Johannes KotzeSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 3 72 '''Runs scored 2 688 Batting average 0.40 8.59 100s/50s -/- -/1 Top score 2 60 Balls bowled 413 12480 Wickets 6 348 Bo..
Johannes Kreisler
Johannes Kreisler is the name of a character in three novels by E.T.A. Hoffmann: Kreisleriana (1813), Johannes Kreisler, des Kapellmeisters Musikalische Leiden (1815), Lebensansichten des Katers Murr nebst Fragmentarischer Biographie des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler in Zufälligen Makulaturblät..
Johannes Kretz
Johannes Kretz (* 8th May 1968 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer and teacher for computer music and music theory. He lives and works in Vienna and created various compositions in the fields of new music, among those: music theatre, orchestra works, chamber music, sacred music and works with elect..
Johannes Krüüz
Johannes Krüüz (sometimes spelled Johnnes Krüüz) is the name of a scientist believed by some to have escaped from Germany during or just before World War II. He is the focus of a recent conspiracy theory asserting that his research not only lead to the creation of the atomic bomb but also is at ..
Johannes Lecküchner
Johannes Lecküchner (ca. 1430s–1482) was a 15th century priest and fencer of the area of Nuremberg. He was inscribed at the University of Leipzig in 1455 and receives the title of bacalaureus in 1457. He was consecrated as acolyte in 1459, and as priest at some point before 1478. He was emplo..
Johannes Lepsius
Johannes Lepsius (1858, Potsdam, Germany - 1926, Meran-Merano, Italy) was a German Protestant missionary with a special interest in trying to prevent the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. ..
Johannes Lichtenauer
sitting fencing master, probably representing Liechtenauer, fol. 2v of von Danzig's fechtbuch (1452) Johannes Lichtenauer (also spelled Liechtenauer) was a 14th century German fencing master. He was likely born in the early to mid 1300s, possibly in Lichtenau, Mittelfranken (Franconia). What l..
Johannes Linnankoski
Johannes Linnankoski (originally Vihtori Peltonen, October 18 1869 – August 10 1913) was a Finnish author. His most famous work is the sensual Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta. His primary themes were exploring guilt, punishment and redemption as moral questions. His books have been made into num..
Johannes Linstead
Johannes Linstead is a noted classical guitarist and instrumentalist. His recordings of world music have all charted on Billboard Magazine. Biography (Taken from http://www.johanneslinstead.com) From winning two "Best World Album" awards to having three top-ten charting albums, to top radio airpla..
Johannes Lupi
Johannes Lupi (c.1506 – December 20, 1539) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A representative of the generation after Josquin, he was a minor but skilled composer of polyphony who was mainly active in Cambrai. Life His birthplace is unknown, but he served in Cambrai as a cho..
Johannes Maccovius
Johannes Maccovius, also known as Jan Makowsky, was a Polish Reformed theologian. He was born at Lobzenica, Poland in 1588 and died at Franeker, the Netherlands on June 24, 1644. After visiting various universities as the tutor of young Polish nobles, and holding disputations with Jesuits and Soci..
Johannes Magnus
Johannes Magnus, (before 1530 Johannes Magni, a Latin translation of his birth name Johannes Store) was born March 19, 1488 in Linköping, Sweden and died March 22, 1544 in Rome, and was the son of Måns Petersson Store and Kristina Magnus. He was the last Catholic Archbishop in Sweden, and also ..
Johannes Mario Simmel
Johannes Mario Simmel (born April 7, 1924) is an Austrian writer. He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American militar..
Johannes Martini
Johannes Martini (c.1440–late 1497 or early 1498) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Contents 1 Life2 Music and influence3 References and further reading4 External links Life He was born in Brabant around 1440, but information about his early life is s..
Johannes Martinus Burgers
Johannes Martinus Burgers (Arnhem, Netherlands, January 13, 1895 – Washington D.C., June 7, 1981) was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist W.G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. He is credited to be the father of Burgers' ..
Johannes Matelart
Johannes Matelart (also Matelart, Matellarto, Matelarte and other variations; first name sometimes Ioanne or Jean) (before 1538 – June 7, 1607) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Flanders, Bonn, and Rome. Details of his life are relatively sparse. He came from west Flander..
Johannes Max Proskauer
Johannes Max Proskauer (December 5, 1923 – December 20, 1970) was born in Göttingen, Germany. He received his doctorate in botany from the University of London in 1964. In 1948, Proskauer moved to Berkeley, California, where he became an instructor in botany at the University of California, ..
Johannes Messenius
Johannes Messenius was a Swedish historian, dramatist and university professor. He was born in 1579, in the village of Freberga, in Stenby parish in Östergötland and died in Uleåborg in 1636. Contents 1 Childhood2 Seeking a position3 Back in Sweden4 Professorship5 Co..
Johannes Meursius
Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (February 9, 1579–September 20, 1639), Dutch classical scholar and antiquary, was born at Loosduinen, near the Hague. He was extremely precocious, and at the age of sixteen produced a commentary on the Cassandra of Lycophron. In 1610 he was appointed professor of..
Johannes Modise
Johannes "Joe" Modise (May 23 1929 - November 26 2001) was a South African political figure. He helped to found Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the African National Congress, and served as South Africa's first black Defense Minister from 1994 to 1999. As a truck driver from Alexandra, Gaute..
Johannes Müller
Johannes Müller may refer to the following people: Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858), German physiologist, comparative anatomist, and ichthyologistJohannes Müller Argoviensis (1828-1896), Swiss botanistJohannes von Müller (1752-1809), Swiss historianRegiomontanus (1436-1476), German mathematicia..
Johannes Müller Argoviensis
The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Johannes Mueller Argoviensis. Johannes Müller Argoviensis was the name used by the Swiss botanist Johann Müller (b. 9 May 1828 in Teufental, Aargau, d. 28 January 1896 in Gen..
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted born in Varde (February 22, 1879 - December 17, 1947) was a Danish physical chemist. He received a degree in chemical engineering in 1899 and his Ph. D. in 1908 from the University of Copenhagen. He was immediately appointed professor of inorganic and physical chemistry..
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (16 September 1736 - 17 August 1807) was a German philosopher, statistician and scientist. He has been called 'the German Hume', on the basis of a comparison of his major work Philosophische Versuche über die menschliche Natur und ihre Entwickelung (1777) with David Hume..
Johannes Nucius
Johannes Nucius (also Nux, Nucis) (c.1556 – March 25, 1620) was a German composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Although isolated from most of the major centers of musical activity, he was a polished composer in the style of Lassus and penned an extremely ..
Johannes O.
Johannes Franciscus Alphonsus Marinus O. was a Dutch murderer. O. was born in October 1916 in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. In 1936, he moved to the Netherlands. There he studied medicine and married Arnolda van Eyl, a teacher's daughter. During his wife's vacation in 1951, O. had an affair with the..