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"Otto I" of Albania
Otto Witte ,known as "Otto I." was a circus magician a professional clown,who,thanks to his stuning likenes to Prince Halim Etti an Ottoman sultans nephew,became the usurping King of Albania 13th August 1913,while claiming to be Prince Halim.He was crowned and founded a harem and even declared war o..
O.T.T.
O.T.T. was a late-night adult version of the anarchic ATV children's show Tiswas. It was broadcast at 11.00pm on Saturday nights for one series in 1982. O.T.T. was created and presented by Chris Tarrant, and also starred ex-Tiswasians John Gorman, Lenny Henry and Bob Carolgees. Helen Atkinson-Wood ..
OT.TO
Kabaret OT.TO- Polish cabaret foundation in 1987 of Wiesław Tupaczewski initiative. He start his official activity on 1 January 1990, from he stepped out this in composition: Ryszard Makowski, Andrzej Piekarczyk, Andrzej Tomanek and Wiesław Tupaczewski. The cabaret OT.TO is this one of first Pol..
Ott
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Ott is a record producer who has worked with many famous artists including Sinéad O'Connor, Embrace, The Orb, and Brian Eno. Ott is one of the foremost psybient composers of the early 21st century. Contents 1 History1.0.1 The Twisted Years2&nb..
Ott-Heinrich Keller
Eduard Ott-Heinrich Keller (1906-1990) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of geometry, topology and algebraic geometry. He formulated the celebrated problem which is now called the Jacobian conjecture in 1939. He was born in Frankfurt–am-Main, and studied at the universities of F..
Otta
Otta can mean: A working name leading to what became the SI prefix for 1024. It apparently came from the Greek ὀκτώ, eight, because it was equal to 10008. It had been informally introduced before 1991, date at which the real prefix, yotta, a deliberate variant largely chosen due to considerati..
Otta, Norway
Otta is a town in the municipality of Sel in the county of Oppland in Norway. It is the smallest city in Norway with about 4,500 inhabitants. Next to Otta lies the massive Rondane, which became the first national park in Norway in 1962, and which has several mountains over 2,000 metres. In 1612, it..
Ottadal
The Ottadal is a valley in the municipalities of Skjåk, Lom, Vågå and Sel in the county of Oppland, Norway. The Otta river flows through the Ottadal valley. The Ottadal is one of the lateral valleys of the Gudbrandsdal area; others include Gausdal, Heidal, and Vinstradal. It lies on the norther..
Ottakar's
Ottakar's is a chain of bookshops in the United Kingdom. Ottakar's renamed their stores for the Harry Potter launch. Ottakar's was founded in 1987 by the current Managing Director, James Heneage. The name is taken from the Tintin book King Ottokar's Sceptre as Heneage was (and remains) a fan..
Ottakring
16th District of Vienna Coat of Arms Map Name: Ottakring Area: 8.67 km² Population: 86,129 (as of 2001) Density: 9934.1 people per km² Postal code: A-1160 Address of District Office: Richard-Wagner-Platz 19A-1164 Wien Official Website: [www.wien.gv.at/ottak..
Ottamthullal
--> Ottamthullal is a type of performing arts from Kerala, India. Also known as the "poor mans Kathakali", Ottamthullal was created by the Malayali poet Kunchan Nambiar, as an alternative to the Chakiarkooth, as a protest against the prevalent socio-political structure and prejudices of the regio..
Ottapalam
Ottapalam is a town in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. Situated on the banks of the Bharathapuzha (Nila) river, Ottapalam has a rich cultural heritage and have hosted many historic events. Killikkurussimangalam, Lakkidi, birthplace of Kerala's famous poet and father of the tradition..
Ottapparai
Ottapparai is a census town in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Ottapparai had a population of 9216. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ottapparai has an average literacy rate ..
Ottar from Hålogaland
Ottar from Hålogaland was a Viking adventurer from Hålogaland. Around 890 he traveled to England, and Alfred the Great had his tales written down. Ottar told that he lived farthest to the north of all the Norwegians. He told about his travels to the Bjarmaland (White Sea), and south to England, a..
Ottauquechee River
The Ottauquechee River (pronounced AWT-ah-KWEE-chee) is a river, about 40 mi (65 km) long, in eastern Vermont in the United States.[Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. The Ottauquechee rises in the Gre..
Ottava rima
For etymology and similar terms see Octave. Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of roman origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it also came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio. Contents 1 For..
Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti
Tomb of Mossotti, Pisa. Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti (1791-1863) was an Italian physicist exiled from Italy for his liberal ideas. He later taught astronomy and physics at the University of Buenos Aires. His name is associated with a type of multiple-element lens correcting spherical aberrat..
Ottaviano Del Turco
Ottaviano del Turco speaking at a trade union congress in 1981.From [Del Turco's official website]. Ottaviano Del Turco (born November 7, 1944 in Collelongo, province of L'Aquila) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Social Democrat ti..
Ottaviano Nonni
Ottaviano Nonni, called Il Mascherino (1536 - August 6, 1606) was an italian architect, sculptor and painter, born in Bologna and dead in Rome. Apprentice of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, he was active in Emilia and in Rome, where he has been living in the rione of Borgo, in the road still bearing his..
Ottaviano Petrucci
Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 – May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music printed from movable type: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons. He also published numerous works by the most highly regarded com..
Ottavio Bottecchia
Ottavio Bottecchia, 1920s Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. Bottecchia was born to a family of nine children in San Martino di Colle Umberto in Italy and became a bricklayer as a young man. He marr..
Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma
Ottavio Farnese. Ottavio Farnese (9 October 1521 - september 18 1586) was Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1556 to 1586. Biography Ottavio was the second son of Pierluigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, grandson of Pope Paul III, and brother to Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese. He married Marga..
Ottavio Leoni
Ottavio Leoni (1578-1630) was an Italian printermaker and painter renowned for his drawn portraits. His work is exhibited in world-famous museums, such as Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA; Bowes Museum, Durham..
Ottavio Quattrocchi
Ottavio Quattrocchi was born in Mascali, Catania, Sicily. While serving as Director of [Eni], he was accused of involvement in the Bofors Scandal, the 1980s bribery scandal involving the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors and prominent Indian politicians, which contributed to the defeat of t..
Ottavio Rinuccini
Ottavio Rinuccini (January 20, 1562 – March 28, 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, Dafne, in 1597, he became the first opera librettist. ..
Ottawa
This article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation). Ottawa, Ontario, is the capital of Canada, and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley on the eastern edge of the province of Ontario, right at the border with Quebec, a..
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa is a city in north-central Illinois. It is the county seat of La Salle County, Illinois The county seat of La Salle County, one of Illinois' largest counties by area, Ottawa is at the heart of corn and soybean farming in North Central Illinois. It is also the site of the Third Appellate Di..
Ottawa, Kansas
Ottawa is a city in Franklin County, Kansas, 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Kansas City, on the Marais des Cygnes River. In 1900, 6,934 people lived here; in 1910, 7,650; and in 1940, 10,193. The population was 11,921 at the 2000 census. Ottawa adopted the commission form of government in 1913. It is..
Ottawa, Ohio
Ottawa is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,367 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Putnam County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Ottawa is located at [41°1′15″N, 84°2′29″W] (41.020885, -84.041314)[Geographic r..
Ottawa, Wisconsin
Ottawa is a town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,758 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Ottawa, a Native American tribe."Approach of the White Man." History of Milwaukee. Chicago: The Western Historical Company, 1881. pp. 33-55. Geography According ..
Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
The Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board runs 83 schools across Ottawa, with a total student population of around 41,000. Secondary schoolsElementary schools See also Ottawa-Carleton District School BoardList of Ottawa, Ontario schools External link [OCCDSB website] ..
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board refers to both the school board responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and its governing body. Like most school boards the OCDSB (acronymous title) is administered by a gruop of democratically elected trus..
Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation
The Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation (OCESS), unofficially known as "SpaceSim", or just "Sim" is a student-run organization within the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB). The chief activities of the club are to educate youth about the sciences with relation to space. Cont..
Ottawa-Glandorf
Ottawa-Glandorf is a school district containing the following schools: Ottawa-Glandorf High SchoolOttawa Elementary SchoolGlandorf Elementary SchoolTITAN Tikes PreschoolSaint Peter and Paul ElementaryLoving Daycare and Preschool Mascot Titan ..
Ottawa/Carp Airport
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Ottawa/Gatineau Airport
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Ottawa/Gatineau Water Aerodrome
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Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport
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Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome
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Ottaway Community Newspapers
Ottaway Community Newspapers is a subsidiary of Dow Jones and owns newspapers in California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Michigan. It is headquartered in Campbell Hall, New York. The Ottaway organization was founded in November 1936, when Jam..
Ottawa (City of)
Ottawa (City of) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, there were two members elected i..
Ottawa (County of)
Ottawa (County of) was a federal and provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1830 to 1867, in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892, and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to at least 191..
Ottawa (disambiguation)
Ottawa may refer to several places, geographical features and things, most of them named for the Ottawa (tribe), a Native American tribe/First Nation. Canada: Ottawa, Ontario, the capital of CanadaOttawa (County of), a historical electoral district in QuebecOttawa RiverUniversity of Ottawa South A..
Ottawa (tribe)
The Ottawa (also Odawa, or Odaawaa), meaning "traders," are a Native American and First Nations people. They are related to but distinct from the Ojibwe nation. They lived near the northern shores of Lake Huron. There are approximately 15,000 Ottawa living in Michigan, Ontario, and Oklahoma. The ..
Ottawa 67's
Ottawa 67's City: Ottawa, Ontario League: Ontario Hockey League Conference: Eastern Division: East Founded: 1967 Home Arena: Ottawa Civic Centre Colours: Red, White & Black Head Coach: Brian Kilrea General Manager: Brian Kilrea The Ottawa 67's celebrate a play..
Ottawa ankle rules
In medicine, the Ottawa ankle rules are a set of guidelines for doctors to aid them in deciding if a patient with foot or ankle pain should be offered X-rays to diagnose a possible bone fracture. Before the introduction of the rules most patients with ankle injuries would have been X-rayed. Howeve..
Ottawa Arena
The Ottawa Arena, also known as the Auditorium,, was an arena located in Ottawa, Ontario. It was located in Downtown Ottawa at the corner of O'Connor and Argyle Streets, today the site of the Ottawa YMCA. It was the home arena of the NHL's Ottawa Senators. It was built in 1920 and held 7,500 peo..
Ottawa Bluesfest
The Ottawa Cisco Systems Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival in Ottawa, Canada, taking place each July at Ottawa City Hall's Festival Plaza and various other downtown locations. While primarily focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent..
Ottawa Board of Education
For information on the Ottawa, Kansas organization with the same moniker, please see Ottawa School Board (Kansas). The Ottawa Board of Education (OBE) was the public school board for Ottawa from 1970 to 1998. The board was created as part of a province-wide reorganization of the public education sy..
Ottawa Bus Central Station
The Ottawa Bus Central Station (French: Station Centrale d'Autobus Ottawa) is the primary intercity bus terminal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's national capital city. It has the same ownership as Montreal's major bus terminal, Station Centrale d'autobus Montréal. Most buses serving the station are o..
Ottawa Car Company
Ottawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891. It was renamed Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company in 1917 and again as Ottawa Car and Aircraft Limited in 1937. The company ceased operations in 1947 as streetcars were being abandoned b..
Ottawa Centre
For the Ottawa Centre provincial electoral district, please see Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district). Ottawa CentreElectoral district Ottawa Centre shown within the Ottawa area MP Paul Dewar (2006-) Party N.D.P. (2004-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Census subdivision..
Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)
''For the Ottawa Centre federal electoral district, please see Ottawa Centre."" Ottawa CentreElectoral district Ottawa Centre shown within the Ottawa area MPP Richard Patten (1995-) Party Liberal (1995-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Census subdivision(s) Ottawa Ottawa city w..
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival has been operating each summer since 1994. In that year Julian Armour started a small festival that was to become the largest Chamber Music Fesival in the world. The initial season had 22 concerts at various churches in the Ottawa (Canada). Each year the number of ..
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is a 1986 document produced by the World Health Organisation. It was launched at the first international conference for health promotion that was held in Ottawa, Canada. Contents 1 Context2 Key themes3 Developments after Ottawa4 Referen..
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen (established 1845) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper has a circulation of 141,540. The newspaper was established by William Harris as The Bytown Packet and was renamed the..
Ottawa City Council
Ottawa City Hall. The Ottawa City Council (French: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 21 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city...
Ottawa City Hall
This article is about the building. For information on the municipal government, see City of Ottawa or Ottawa City Council. The modern section of Ottawa City Hall, as seen from Laurier Avenue. The current Ottawa City Hall (French: Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa) is the city hall of Ottawa, Canada...
Ottawa Civics
A logo resembling this appeared in Ottawa media, but was never officially adopted. The Ottawa Civics were an ice hockey team based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that briefly played in the World Hockey Association. The Denver Spurs entered the World Hockey Association for the 1975-76 seaso..
Ottawa Civic Centre
The Ottawa Civic Centre Ottawa Civic Centre is an indoor arena located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the current home of the Ottawa 67's of the OHL and is the former home of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL (1992-1995), the Ottawa Nationals of the WHA (1972-1973) and the Ottawa Civics of the WHA (1..
Ottawa County
Ottawa County is the name of several counties in the United States: Ottawa County, KansasOttawa County, MichiganOttawa County, OhioOttawa County, Oklahoma This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..
Ottawa County, Kansas
Ottawa County (OT) Counties in Kansas County seat Minneapolis Largest city Minneapolis Area—Total—Land—Water, % km² (722 mi²)1,868 km² (721 mi²)2 km² (1 mi²), 0.11% Population—Total (2000)—Density 6,163..
Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 238,314. The county seat is Grand Haven6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent Counties2 Demographics3 Government3.1 Ottawa County elected officials4 Cities, villages, ..
Ottawa County, Ohio
Ottawa County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 40,985. Its county seat is Port Clinton6 and is named either for the Ottawa Indians who lived there, or for an Indian word meaning "trader". Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties..
Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Ottawa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 33,194. Its county seat is Miami6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns4 NRHP sites Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the ..
Ottawa Courthouse
The Ottawa Courthouse (French: Palais de justice d'Ottawa) is an Ontario provincial courthouse in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the main provincial court for the Ottawa area, and as such handles most of the region's legal affairs. The building is home to small claims, family, criminal, district, and the ..
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located in downtown Ottawa on O'Connor Street. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 as the Bytown Curling Club. The Club first played on the Rideau Canal until 1858. It subsequently moved to di..
Ottawa District, Ontario
The Ottawa District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was created in 1816 by splitting the counties of: PrescottRussellfrom the Eastern District. The district town was L'Orignal. In 1838, Gloucester and Osgoode townships from Russell County were transferred to a ..
Ottawa District Hockey Association
The Ottawa District Hockey Association is the governing body of a variety of ice hockey Junior leagues and a minor hockey system based out of the Greater Ottawa area and Southwestern Quebec. Leagues League Notes Central Junior A Hockey League A part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey Leagu..
Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association
The Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association is a minor ice hockey organization based out of the Ottawa, Ontario region of Canada. External links [ODMHA Webpage] ..
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
The Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival, or officially the Nortel Networks Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival, is an annual festival anchored around a dragon boat race. Multicultural stage performers, exhibitors, and activities for children are including in the event. The event is usually held in Mooney..
Ottawa East
Ottawa East can refer to: The electoral district (riding) now known as Ottawa—VanierThe neighbourhood of Old Ottawa EastThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to..
Ottawa French Seventh-day Adventist Church
The former synagogue that is now home to the Adventists The Ottawa French Seventh-day Adventist Church is a francophone Seventh-day Adventist church in Ottawa, Canada. It is located at 375 King Edward Avenue, just north of Rideau Street. The building was originally constructed in 1904 as a s..
Ottawa Fringe Festival
The Ottawa Fringe Festival is a celebration of the non-main stream ("fringe") performing arts. Held indoors and out, it is a ten-day (two-weekend) event, held in June. In 2004, it was held from the August 18th to August 27th. For 2005, the dates were June 16 to June 26. External links [Ottaw..
Ottawa Fury
The Ottawa Fury is a soccer (football) club operating in Ottawa, Canada. The club operates teams in the W-League (women's) and in the USL Premier Development League (men's). The Club also has an extensive youth program. The club plays their games at Keith Harris Stadium at Carleton University. Th..
Ottawa Gee Gees
The Ottawa Gee Gees are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario. The term Gee-Gee is taken from horse racing where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate. The name GGs also describes the university colors, garnet and grey. [link] Th..
Ottawa HC
Ottawa HC (Hockey Club) was a hockey team which played in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (1892-1898), the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1904), the Federal Amateur Hockey League (1904-1905). They won the Canadian Amateur Hockey League in 1901 and 1903 and the Federal Amateur Hockey L..
Ottawa Health Research Institute
The Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) is a non-profit academic health research institute located in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa. The OHRI’s mission is to excel in research, education and innovative patient care. As of February 2006, the OHRI houses approximately 325 scientists and cl..
Ottawa Hills, Ohio
Ottawa Hills is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,564 at the 2000 census. The village serves as an affluent bedroom community and suburb of Toledo. The village maintains a full time police and fire rescue department. The village is ranked 13 out of 1065 political s..
Ottawa Hills High School
Ottawa Hills High School is a high school in Grand Rapids, MI. Ottawa Hills is one of the 5 high schools of the Grand Rapids Public Schools. The school colors are orange and black, and the athletic teams are referred to as the Bengals. They were previously referred to as the Indians. Contents 1&..
Ottawa Horticultural Society
The Ottawa Horticultural Society was founded in 1892. It is a non-profit organization that exists to promote gardening and horticulture in Ottawa. This is done through a series of presentations, flower shows and workshops. The Society also carries out community beautification projects in Ottawa. ..
Ottawa Hotel, Montreal
The Ottawa Hotel in the Canadian city of Montreal was built in 1845 and an example of early attempt of building skyscrapers of the late 19th Century. The neo-classical hotel is now home of offices and stores. Reference Rémillard, François, Old Montreal - A Walking Tour, Ministère des Affaires c..
Ottawa Initiative
The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti or simply the Ottawa Initiative, was a conference that took place in Montreal on 31 January and 1 February 2003, to decide the future of Haiti's government, though no Haitian government officials were invited. The conference was attended by Canadian, French, and U.S. ..
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Created in Ottawa, Canada in 1976, the Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2006. The Festival will be held between 20th and 24th September. The OIAF is a world-renowned event with an established international reputation for cutting-edge programming and an inviting, inclusive atmosphere. Unl..
Ottawa International Children's Festival
The Ottawa International Children's Festival is an annual June event in Canada's capital city, featuring theatre, dance, and music for children. External link [Ottawa Children's Festival] ..
Ottawa International Hockey Festival
The Ottawa International Hockey Festival is an annual championship held in early January. This Ottawa, Ontario tournament features more than 400 teams from Canada, the U.S., and Europe, competing for the Bell Canada Cup. External link [Ottawa International Hockey Festival] ..
Ottawa International Jazz Festival
The Ottawa International Jazz Festival is a multi-week festival of jazz music, featuring performers from all around the world. It is held in the summer in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and takes place at various locations throughout the city. External links [Ottawa International Jazz Festival�..
Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal was a daily newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario from 1885 to 1980. It was founded in 1885 by A. Woodburn as the Ottawa Evening Journal. Its first editor was John Wesley Dafoe who came from the Winnipeg Free Press. In 1886, it was bought by Philip Dansken Ross. The paper began..
Ottawa Jr. Canadiens
The Ottawa Jr. Canadiens were a minor ice hockey team affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens. The team was based in Ottawa, ON & Hull, QC. The team was coached by Scotty Bowman, managed by Sam Pollock and captained by Ralph Backstrom. The team did not belong to any major junior league. Instead i..
Ottawa Jr. Senators
Ottawa Jr. Senators City Ottawa, Ontario League Central Junior A Hockey League Founded 1961 Home Arena Jim Durrell Recreation Centre Colours Black, Red, Gold, and White Coach Phil Roy GM John Comerford The Ottawa Jr. Senators are a Tier II Junior "A" ice h..
Ottawa Linux Symposium
The Ottawa Linux Symposium is an annual Linux conference held every year since 1999 in Ottawa, Canada. It is usually preceded by the Desktop Developers' Conference and Linux Kernel Summit and followed by the GCC Summit, all in Ottawa. 750 persons assist to the conference every year. External link ..
Ottawa List of MPs, MPPs, and Senators
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Ottawa Lynx
Baltimore Orioles American League AAA Ottawa Lynx AA Bowie Baysox A Frederick KeysDelmarva ShorebirdsAberdeen IronBirds R Bluefield OriolesVSL Orioles The Ottawa Lynx are an AAA minor league baseball team that compete in the International League. They are located in Ottawa, ..
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
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Ottawa Marriott Hotel
The Ottawa Marriott Hotel The Ottawa Marriott Hotel is a hotel located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on the north-west corner of the intersection of Queen Street and Kent Street. It is the 6th tallest building in Ottawa. It has a restaurant on the 28th floor, the highest floor in the building...
Ottawa Mennonite Church
The Ottawa Mennonite Church is a medium-sized church located in the Alta Vista neighbourhood, about 20 minutes from Ottawa's downtown. It has approximately 200 members. External Links *WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]*Street map from [Mapquest] or [Google Maps]*Sat..
Ottawa municipal election, 2000
Mayoral vote by city wards The 2000 City of Ottawa elections were held on November 13, 2000. The elections were held for mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and a number of school trustees. These elections would mark the first for the newly amalgamated city, which now included 10 new municip..
Ottawa municipal election, 2003
Mayoral popular vote percentage map by city wards. The Ottawa municipal election of 2003 was held to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003. The elections were held simultanuously with most othe..
Ottawa municipal election, 2006
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Ottawa Nationals
Logo of the Ottawa Nationals. The Ottawa Nationals were an ice hockey team based out of Ottawa that played in the World Hockey Association during the 1972-73 WHA season. The WHA had originally announced a franchise for "Ontario", and there was some expectation that Hamilton would be the team..
Ottawa National Forest
The Ottawa National Forest is a 1.0-million acre (4,000 km²) national forest in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It inscludes much of Gogebic County, Michigan, and Ontonagon County, Michigan, as well as slices of Baraga, Houghton, and Iron Counties. The forest is under the juris..
Ottawa Normal School
The Heritage Building at 195 Elgin Street The Heritage Building is today part of Ottawa City Hall. It was originally built in 1874 as Ottawa Normal School and served as a teacher's college. The Gothic Revival building stands at Elgin Street and Lisgar and several extensions were added to the..
Ottawa O-Train
OC Transpo O-Train Capital Railway Reporting marks Locale Ottawa Years of operation 2001 – Present Track gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario Two trains are shown here meeting at Carleton University, one of the principal destinations on the current ..
Ottawa Police Service
--> The Ottawa Police Service was created in 2000, which was formed prior to the creation of the new City of Ottawa and the old Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police. The service became 150 years old on January 21, 2005. The current OPS dates to 1995. OPS also provides security at Ottawa Macdonald-Carti..
Ottawa population history
Population history of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Current borders 1901 - 101,1021911 - 123,4171921 - 152,8681931 - 174,0561941 - 206,3671951 - 246,2981961 - 358,4101971 - 471,9311981 - 546,8501991 - 678,1472001 - 774,075Source: [City of Ottawa] Agglomeration 1851 - 7,8001861 - 14,7001871 - 2..
Ottawa Public Library
Ottawa Public Library's Main Branch The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is the library system of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The library was founded in 1906 with a donation from the Carnegie Foundation. Contents 1 Origin of the OPL2 Current day3 Branches4 Trivia5 See a..
Ottawa Raiders
The Ottawa Raiders is a women's professional ice hockey team playing in the National Women's Hockey League. They play at the Sandy Hill Arena in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood of Ottawa, Canada. Roster Goaltenders Number Player Shoots Acquired Hometown 33 Sarah LeFebvre L 2002 Kanata, Onta..
Ottawa Rapid Transit
Map of Ottawa Rapid Transit (click to enlarge) In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit sevices operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line. Contents 1 Transitway1.1 Maj..
Ottawa Rebel
The Ottawa Rebel was a team in the National Lacrosse League, a professional sports league in North America, from 2000 until 2003. They played at the Corel Centre originally and then at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. They were the Syracuse Smash from 1997 to 2000. They became inactive a..
Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation
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Ottawa Renegades
Ottawa Renegades Division East Division Founded 2002 Suspended 2006 Home field Frank Clair Stadium Based in Ottawa, Ontario Colours Red, Pewter and Black League Canadian Football League Head coach John Jenkins General manager John Jenkins The Ottaw..
Ottawa River
This is about the river in Canada. For other uses, see Ottawa River (disambiguation) The Ottawa River flows southeast across this satellite image, joining the Saint Lawrence River which flows northeast. Lake Ontario appears at the bottom left of the image. Heavily forested areas appear differing..
Ottawa River (Auglaize River)
This is about the tributary of the Auglaize River. For other uses, see Ottawa River (disambiguation) The Ottawa River is a tributary of the Auglaize River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in northwestern Ohio in the United States. The river is named for the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans who in..
Ottawa River (disambiguation)
Ottawa River may refer to: The Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec in CanadaThe Ottawa River, a tributary of the Auglaize River, in Ohio in the United States.The Ottawa River in Michigan and Ohio in the United States, which drains into Lake Erie northwest of Toledo. This article consisting of geogra..
Ottawa River (Lake Erie)
This is about the river near Lake Erie. For other uses, see Ottawa River (disambiguation) The Ottawa River is a short river, approximately 15 mi (24 km) long, in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan in the United States. It drains an area on the Ohio-Michigan border along the eastern and northern ..
Ottawa River Parkway
The Ottawa River Parkway is a 4-lane scenic parkway along the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Carling Avenue near Connaught Avenue, in the city's western side, to Wellington Street at the Portage Bridge near the city's downtown. It is maintained by the National Capital Commissi..
Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa Rough Riders League Canadian Football League Division East Division Founded 1876 Folded 1996 Home field Frank Clair Stadium Based in Ottawa, Ontario Colours Black and Red The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, On..
Ottawa Safety Council
The Ottawa Safety Council (OSC) is a non-profit charity based in Ottawa, Canada established in 1957 that promotes safety and protection of individuals. The OSC has a children's safety program, promotes adult crossing guards, and runs a motorcycle rider course. External links [Official site ..
Ottawa Senators
This article is about the current National Hockey League team. For the original NHL team, see Ottawa Senators (Original). The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Contents 1 Facts2 Team Hist..
Ottawa Senators (original)
Ottawa Senators Founded 1893 Based in Ottawa Home ice Dey's Arena (1907-1920)Ottawa Arena (1920-1934) Colours red, black, white Leagues AHA, CAHL, NHA, NHL Stanley Cups 9 This article discusses the original Ottawa Senators franchise. For the modern-day (1992-cu..
Ottawa South
This page is about the federal and provincial electoral district, for the neighbourhood in Ottawa, see Old Ottawa South Ottawa South (fr. Ottawa-Sud) is a riding (electoral district) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the city of Ottawa. It is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by M..
Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by (then) Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988. The first Sunday edition of the newly-named Ottawa Sun was..
Ottawa SuperEX
Ottawa SuperEX (formerly the Central Canada Exhibition) is an eleven-day annual exhibition that takes places every August in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Central Canada Exhibition Association, which has operated the exhibition since 1888. The exhibition provides entertainment an..
Ottawa Technical High School
The former home of Ottawa Tech Ottawa Technical High School, more often known as Ottawa Tech, was a high school in Ottawa, Canada that specialized in vocational programs. The school opened in 1913 as the second public secondary school in Ottawa, and was closed in 1992. The school offered bo..
Ottawa Technical Learning Centre
The Ottawa Technical Learning Centre at 485 Donald Street The Ottawa Technical Learning Centre is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It specializes in teaching students trades. It is located at 485 Donald Street, just east of the Vanier neighourhoo..
Ottawa Township, Minnesota
Ottawa Township is a township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.7 km² (15.3 mi²). 39.1 km² (15.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (..
Ottawa Train Station
Ottawa Station in Ottawa, Ontario is served by VIA Rail inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. Adjacent to the railway station is OC Transpo’s Train station which, despite its name, is a bus stop on the Transitway system, from which buses carry railway passengers into the city ..
Ottawa Transportation Commission
Ottawa Transportation Commission was the public transit operator for the city of Ottawa from 1948 until the creation of OC Transpo. OTC took over streetcar operations from the Ottawa Electric Railway Company, but they were gradually abandoned for trolley bus and bus operations. Some streetcars were..
Ottawa Treaty
State Parties to the Ottawa Treaty}} The Ottawa Treaty or the Mine Ban Treaty, formally the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, bans completely all anti-personnel landmines (AP-mines). It has been sig..
Ottawa University
See University of Ottawa for the university located in Ottawa, Ontario. Ottawa University (OU) is a not-for-profit educational institution affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was founded in 1865. In addition to the residential college in Ottawa, Kansas, OU has adult campuses in ..
Ottawa Valley
The Ottawa Valley is the valley surrounding the Ottawa River for the west-east portion of its path through the Canadian Shield from Mattawa to Ottawa. Because of the surrounding shield, the valley is narrow at its western end, then becomes increasingly wide (mainly on the southern Ontario side of t..
Ottawa Valley Twang
Ottawa Valley Twang refers to the English spoken in the Ottawa Valley (the region west and north of Canada's capital, Ottawa) which is said to be the most closed-mouthed speech in the country. Almost 1.3 million people live in the valley, whose origins are mostly Irish descent, after the French. Ir..
Ottawa West
Ottawa West is also the name of a neighbourhood, see Ottawa West (neighbourhood) Ottawa West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1926 and f..
Ottawa West Golden Knights
The Ottawa West Golden Knights are a Junior "B" team based out of Ottawa, Ontario. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. Season-by-Season Results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs 1999-00 42 28 13 1 1 204 154 58 2nd EO Metro..
Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West—NepeanElectoral district Ottawa West—Nepean shown within the Ottawa area MP John Baird (2006-) Party Conservative (2006-) MPP Jim Watson (2003-) Party Liberal (2003-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Census subdivision(s) Ottawa Ottawa city wards Baseline, Bay,..
Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981
The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 revolutionized the wine world. After the leading wine experts in France selected both white and red wine from California as superior to the very best French wines in blind taste tests, the world recognized that superior wines could be made in other parts of the world. ..
Ottawa Wine Tasting of 2005
The Ottawa Wine Tasting of 2005 was a wine competition sponsored by the Vendange Institute of Ottawa and included 35 expert tasters. A total of 18 wines were blind tasted and ranked ordinally: six each from Bordeaux, Ontario and British Columbia. Conduct of the professional tasting was monitored by ..
Ottawa Women's Training and Employment Network
Ottawa Women's Training and Employment Network (OWTEN) is a long-standing group that has provided information, advice and advocacy on training, education and employment programs for women in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)for over 11 years. The profile of their members is diverse, although there are mostly..
Ottawa—Carleton
Ottawa—Carleton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Carleton, Ottawa East and Russell ridings. It initially consisted of the eastern parts of the city of Ottawa..
Ottawa—Orléans
Ottawa—OrléansElectoral district Ottawa—Orléans shown within the Ottawa area MP Royal Galipeau (2006-) Party Conservative (2006-) MPP Phil McNeely (2003-) Party Liberal (2003-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Census subdivision(s) Ottawa Ottawa city wards Beacon Hill-Cy..
Ottawa—Vanier
For the Ottawa—Vanier provincial electoral district, please see Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district). Ottawa—VanierElectoral district Ottawa—Vanier shown within the Ottawa area MP Mauril Bélanger (1994-) Party Liberal (1935-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Cen..
Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)
For the Ottawa—Vanier federal electoral district, please see Ottawa—Vanier. Ottawa—VanierElectoral district Ottawa—Vanier shown within the Ottawa area MPP Madeleine Meilleur (2003-) Party Liberal (2003-) Province Ontario Census division(s) Ottawa Census subdivision(s) Ottawa Ottaw..
Otta (river)
The Otta river flows through the Ottadal valley in the municipalities of Skjåk, Lom, Vågå and Sel. The river Otta begins in Skjåk municipality and flows into lake Vågåvatn. Exiting the Vågåvatn at Vågåmo, it continues its journey through the Ottadal leaving Vågå municipality to meet th..
Ottendorf
There are communes and places that have the name Ottendorf: In Austria Ottendorf (Strengberg), a part of Strengberg, in Lower Austria In Germany Ottendorf-Okrilla, in the Kamenz Kamenz district,Ottendorf (Kiel), in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-HolsteinOttendorf (Thuringia), in the..
Ottendorf's Corps
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Ottendorf-Okrilla
Ottendorf-Okrilla is a municipality in the Kamenz district, Saxony, Germany. It is located 20 km NW of Dresden. Contents 1 Coat of arms2 Area3 Transportation4 Boundaries5 Districts ('Ortsteile')6 History7 Population8 Economics and Infrastructure9 Ext..
Ottenheimer Publishers
Ottenheimer Publishers,Inc. was a publishing company that existed until 2002. ..
Ottenhöfen (Black Forest)
Ottenhöfen/Black Forest is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Ortenau County. ..
Otter
The aquatic (sometimes marine) carnivorous mammals known as otters form part of the large and diverse family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. With 13 species in 7 genera, otters have an almost worldwide distribution. English-speakers may use the collective ..
Otterbach
Otterbach is a village and a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Lauter, approx. 5 km north of Kaiserslautern. Otterbach is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Otterbach, which consists of the fo..
Otterbein
Otterbein is a family name and the name of several institutions and places. Family name Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813), German-American clergyman, founder of the Church of the United Brethren in ChristKeith F. OtterbeinThomas Otterbein Retired US Navy Captain College Otterbein College, Wester..
Otterbein, Indiana
Otterbein is a town in Benton County, Indiana, named after Philip William Otterbein. The population was 1,312 at the 2000 census. Geography Otterbein is located at [40°29′20″N, 87°5′43″W] (40.488919, -87.095355)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United Sta..
Otterbein College
Otterbein College is a four-year liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and has a total student enrollment of about 3,100 students. It's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. For a list of alumni, see Otterbein College a..
Otterbein College alumni
Otterbein College is a liberal arts college in Westerville, Ohio and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It has a total student enrollment of about 3,100 students. Below is a list of notable alumni: Contents 1 Recipients of Doctor of Divinity Degree2 Athletes3 Entertain..
Otterberg
Otterberg is a town in the Kreis (District) of Kaiserslautern in the Land (German state) of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) with about 5100 inhabitants. It is situated approx. 7 km north of Kaiserslautern. Otterberg is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Otter..
Otterbourne
for at grid reference SU462233 Otterbourne is a village in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately four miles south of Winchester and eight miles north of Southampton . In October 2002 its population was approximately 1,520 and there were 602 dwellings. There are three public houses ..
Otterbourne F.C.
Otterbourne F.C. is a football club based in Otterbourne, Hampshire, England. They were the founding members of the Wessex League Division Three in 2004. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Wessex League Division Two. |- !colspan="3" style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"|Wessex..
Otterburn
Otterburn could be Otterburn, NorthumberlandOtterburn, North YorkshireThe Battle of Otterburn redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Otterburn, Northumberland
Otterburn is a small village in northern Northumberland, northwest of Newcastle Upon Tyne. It is part of the district of Tynedale in the county of Northumberland. It lies within the Cheviot Hills close to the Scottish border. Otterburn was the site of a major battle in 1388 between the English an..
Otterburn Park, Quebec
Otterburn Park is a small town to the east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the few officially bilingual towns in Québec. The once-rural region that the town now occupies became a favourite destination for CN Rail company picnics. Many CN employees bought or built summer cottages, and even..
Otterford
for at grid reference ST219145 Otterford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated seven miles south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 384[#endnote_population]. References ↑  Somerset County Council, 2002. [Population..
Otterhound
The Otterhound is an old British dog breed, with Bloodhound ancestors, and who is in turn one of the ancestors of the Airedale Terrier. Contents 1 Appearance2 Temperament3 Health4 Miscellaneous5 External links Appearance The Otterhound is a large, rough-coated hou..
Otteri Nullah
The Otteri Nullah is an east-west waterway which runs through north Chennai, starting at the village of Mullam proceeding through Purasawalkam and then passing througn Buckingham and Carnatic Mills before meeting the Buckingham Canal at Basin Bridge. The waterway is around 12km in length with a cat..
Otterkill Golf & Country Club
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Otterlo
Otterlo or Otterloo (mun. Ede) is a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, in or near the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe. The Kröller-Müller Museum, named after Helene Kröller-Müller, is situated nearby and has a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings. ..
Otterndorf
Otterndorf is a town in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Samtgemeinde Hadeln. External links [Official website] () ..
Ottersberg
Ottersberg is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km north of Verden, and 20 km east of Bremen. ..
Ottersbo
Ottersbo is a village in the municipality of Ørland, Norway. Its population (2005) is 317, and the residential area was built in 1977-80. ..
Otterspool railway station
Otterspool station was a railway station in Liverpool, England. It was located between St Michaels and Aigburth stations on the Garston and Liverpool Railway. The station opened in 1864 and was absorbed into the Cheshire Lines Committee in 1865. It closed in 1951. External links [Disused Sta..
Otterstedt
Otterstedt is a village in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. External links http://www.otterstedt.de ..
Ottersum
Ottersum ([51°42′N 5°59′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gennep, and lies about 17 km southeast of Nijmegen. In 2001, Ottersum had 1568 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.33 km2, and contained 596 residences.Statistics..
Ottersweier
Ottersweier is a community in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Contents 1 History2 Main sights3 Transportation4 Economy5 Twin cities History Main sights Transportation Economy Twin cities - Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium, since 1962- Krauschwitz, Germany, since 1..
Ottertail, Minnesota
Ottertail is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 451 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.3 km² (5.1 mi²). 11.4 km² (4.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.9 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (14.59%) is wa..
Otterthal
Map Statistics State: Lower Austria District: Neunkirchen Area: 6.16 km² Population: 563(31 December 2002) Population density: 91.4/m² Elevation: 632 m Postal code: 2880 Municipal code: 31820 Car designation: NK Arrangement of the city: 1 ..
Otterton Mill
Otterton Water Mill, near Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Otterton Water Mill is set beside the River Otter in Devon. The mill is centuries old, and still works today. Beside the mill is a bakery, a shop, a restaurant and a gallery of art and crafts. External link: [Otterton Mill Website] ..
Otterup
Otterup is a town in central Denmark, located in Otterup municipality on the island of Funen. External links [Otterup municipality & Otterup city] ..
Otterup municipality
Otterup Church in Otterup municipality, Denmark. Photograph: [Malene Thyssen] Otterup municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Vigelsø, and covers an area ..
Otterville
Otterville may refer to: Otterville, MissouriOtterville, IllinoisThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Otterville, Illinois
Otterville is a town in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. The population was 120 at the 2000 census. Geography Otterville is located at [39°3′4″N, 90°23′51″W] (39.051073, -90.397601)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Otterville, Iowa
Otterville is a small unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa northwest of Independence. Although the community was founded in the 1800's, the townsfolk never incorporated. Otterville remains a sleepy fishing community halfway between Independence and Littleton. ..
Otterville, Missouri
Otterville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 476 at the 2000 census. Geography Otterville is located at [38°42′1″N, 93°0′6″W] (38.700361, -93.001700)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the..
Ottery St. Catchpole
Ottery St. Catchpole is the fictional village in Devon, UK where The Burrow is located, which the house of the Weasley family in the Harry Potter series. It may also be the home of Luna Lovegood and the Fawcett family. It is probably where "S. Fawcett", (someone who attempted to illegally enter the ..
Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary is a town in Devon, England, on the River Otter, about ten miles east of Exeter. It is part of a large civil parish of the same name, which also covers the villages of West Hill, Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St. John and Wiggaton. The parish has a total population of 769..
Ottery St Mary A.F.C.
Ottery St Mary A.F.C. is a football (soccer) club based in Devon, England. They were established in 1912 and joined the South Western League in 1974. After only two seasons, they moved on to the Western Football League Division One. It took the club twelve more seasons to earn a further upward move..
Otter (Dinghy)
Specifications Under Current Rules Number of crew 2 LOA 3200 mm Beam 1470 mm Hull weight (with fittings) 59 kg Sail Area of total of Main and Jib 7.89 m² Sail Area Spinnaker 7.43 m² The Otter is a two man sailing dinghy with a glass fibre hull. Its rig consi..
Otter (disambiguation)
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Otters are aquatic or marine carnivorous mammals, members of the large and diverse family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. Otter may also refer to: Otter theorem prover, the automated reaso..
Otter Brook
Otter Brook is a 13.2 mile long (21.2 km) river located in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of The Branch of the Ashuelot River, itself a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. Otter Brook begins at the outlet of Chandler Meadow, in ..
Otter Civet
The Otter Civet, Cynogale bennettii, is an aquatic civet from South East Asia. Sometimes known as the Sunda Otter Civet, it lives in rivers and swampy areas of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. The otter civet possesses several adaptions to its habitat, including a broad mouth and webb..
Otter Creek
Otter Creek may refer to: Otter Creek, FloridaOtter Creek, VermontOtter Creek, a tributary of the Wabash River in IndianaOtter Creek, Eau Claire County, WisconsinOtter Creek, Dunn County, WisconsinOtter Creek Brewing located in Middlebury, VermontOtter Creek Park near Louisville, Kentucky This is a..
Otter Creek, Dunn County, Wisconsin
Otter Creek is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 95.6 km² (36.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 474 people, 166 househ..
Otter Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Otter Creek is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 531 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.1 km² (35.6 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 531 people, 175 ..
Otter Creek, Florida
Otter Creek is a town in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 121 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 128.[link] Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 External link Geography Otter Creek is ..
Otter Creek, Vermont
Otter Creek is one of the major streams located in the state of Vermont. It runs northward from the southwest of the state and eventually empties into Lake Champlain. It is the primary stream running through Rutland County and Addison County. Because it called a creek, the unusual situation of ..
Otter Creek, Wisconsin
Otter Creek is the name of two different places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Otter Creek, Dunn County, WisconsinOtter Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might sha..
Otter Creek Brewing
Contents 1 History2 Otter Creek Beers2.1 Year 'Round Brews2.2 Seasonal Brews2.3 Specialty Brews3 Wolaver's Beers3.1 Year 'Round Brews3.2 Seasonal Brews4 External links and references History Otter Creek Brewing is located in Middlebury, Vermont. The co..
Otter Creek Observatory
Otter Creek Observatory OrganizationJefferson Community College (Kentucky) LocationMeade County, Kentucky Coordinates[°′″N, °′″W] Altitudemeters (feet) Webpage[link] Telescopes Unnamed Telescope Unknown size reflector Otter Creek Observatory is an astronomi..
Otter Creek Park
Otter Creek Park is a 2,600 acre (11 km²) riverfront park in Meade County, Kentucky. The park is located near Muldraugh and Fort Knox, along State Highway 1638, near U.S. 31W. Although it is located outside Louisville, the park is actually operated by Louisville Metro Government, which has a..
Otter Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Otter Creek Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 611 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.6 km² (11.8 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were ..
Otter Island
Otter Island may refer to: Otter Island, Alaska: An island near Saint Paul Island, Alaska.Otter Island (Ontario): An island in Ontario, Canada.Otter Island (Wisconsin): An island located in Wisconsin, USA.Otter island (fictional): A fictional island from the series of the same name. This is a [..
Otter Island, Alaska
Otter Island is a small island located west of Saint Paul Island, Alaska in the Bering Sea. It is a member of the Pribilof Islands. The highest point on the island is 285 metres above sea level. The island is closed to hunting. ..
Otter island (fictional)
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Otter Lake
Otter Lake may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc. Otter Lake, a village in MichiganLakes Otter Lake, a lake in AlaskaOtter Lake, a lake in ArkansasOtter Lake, a lake in CaliforniaOtter Lake, a lake in FloridaOtter Lake, a lake in GeorgiaOtter Lake, a lake in IllinoisOtter Lake, a lake in Indian..
Otter Lake, Michigan
Otter Lake is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. Approximately half of the village lies in Marathon Township in Lapeer County and half in Forest Township in Genesee County. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 437. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the vill..
Otter Lake (Michigan)
Otter Lake is the name of several lakes and one village in the U.S. state of Michigan. The largest Otter Lake is in southeast Portage Township of Houghton County at [46°54′48″N, 88°34′25″W]. The lake is fed by the Otter River and it drains into the Sturgeon River. The next la..
Otter Lake Airport
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Otter Lake Provincial Park
Otter Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..
Otter Lake Water Aerodrome
{| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 220px; font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Otter Lake Water Aerodrome |- !colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Runways |- !bgcolor="lightgrey" r..
Otter Light Reconnaissance Car
Otter Light Reconnaissance Car General characteristics Crew 3 Length 4.50 m Width 2.16 m Height 2.44 m Weight 4.44 t Armour and armament Armour up to 12 mm Main armament Boys anti-tank rifle Secondary armament 7.7 mm Bren machine gun Mobility Po..
Otter Point (Greater Victoria)
Otter Point is a rural neighbourhood of Sooke, British Columbia. It references the immediate area around Otter Point Road, a 10 km crescent-shaped thoroughfare beginning and terminating on Sooke Road. The neighbourhood itself is generally considered to begin past the extensive residential subdivisi..
Otter Pops
Otter Pops are a brand of frozen snacks sold in the United States. The product consists of a plastic tube filled with flavored quick freezing liquid, which after being frozen is sliced open, and the ice is eaten out of the top of the tube, like a popsicle without a stick. Otter Pops were originally..
Otter River
Otter River may refer to: in the United States,*the Otter River in Michigan*the Otter River in Virginia*the Otter River in Vermont*the Otter River in Massachusettsthe River Otter in Englandin Canada,*the Otter River in Ontario This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articl..
Otter Shrew
There are two kinds of Otter Shrew: The Giant Otter Shrew.The Dwarf Otter Shrew. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Otter Tail County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, the population was 57,159. Its county seat is Fergus Falls6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns4 External links Geography According to the U.S. Cens..
Otter Tail Lake
Otter Tail Lake is a 21 square mile lake in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a part of the Otter Tail River chain of lakes. It is a recreational destination with the majority of its shores surrounded by residential and commercial development. The waters of Otter Tail Lake..
Otter Tail Peninsula Township, Minnesota
Otter Tail Peninsula Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 43 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 194.5 km² (75.1 mi²). 166.5 km² (64.3 mi²) of it is land and 28.0 km² (10.8 m..
Otter Tail River
The Otter Tail River is a river in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It begins in Clearwater County near Bemidji. It then flows through a number of lakes and cities in Minnesota, including Elbow Lake, Many Point Lake, Chippewa Lake, Height of Land Lake, Frazee, the Pine lake..
Otter Tail Township, Minnesota
Otter Tail Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 556 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 78.8 km² (30.4 mi²). 42.4 km² (16.4 mi²) of it is land and 36.4 km² (14.1 mi²)..
Otter theorem prover
Otter is an automated theorem prover developed at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. It was the first widely distributed high-performance theorem prover for first-order logic, and pioneered a number of important implementation techniques. Otter is an acronym for Organized Techniques for Th..
Otterøy
Otterøy is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was created by a split from Fosnes on 1 January 1913. At that time Otterøy had a population of 1.631. On 1 January 1964 the area south of the Namsenfjord (except for Hoddøy) with 571 inhabitants was incorporated into Namdals..
Otte Brahe
Otte Brahe [Otte̩ ˈb̥ʁɑːʊ] (c. 1517 – May 9 1571), was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman who is best known for his son, Tycho Brahe. Contents 1 Life1.1 Family life1.2 Political life1.3 Death2 Bibliography2.1 References Life Family life Brahe marrie..
Ottfried Nippold
Ottfried Nippold (May 21, 1864 in Wiesbaden - July 27, 1938) was a German-Swiss jurist and pacifist. Nippold was a son of Professor Friedrich Nippold of the University of Jena. He attended Gymnasium in Burgdorf and in Berne and studied law at the Universities of Berne, Halle, Tübingen and Jena. At..
Ottico Meccanica Italiana
Ottica Meccanica Italiana (OMI) was an Italian company producing photogrammetric instruments. It was founded in Rome in 1926 by Umberto Nistri (1895 - 1962) [link]. From 1962 on, Raffaello Nistri (1920-1981), son of Umberto, was president of the company. Since the 1980s the company has be..
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1 2005 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,296. The total area is 32.96 km² which gives a population density of 888.73 inhabitants per km². There are two main to..
Ottilia Borbáth
Ottilia Borbáth (born November 26, 1946 in Târgu-Mureş, Romania) is an actress who has appeared in many films as well as appearing in TV mini serials such as the Nightmare Years and the Phantom of the Opera. External links ..
Ottilien Congregation
The Ottilien Congregation, often also known as the St. Ottilien Congregation and as the Missionary Benedictines, is a congregation of religious houses within the Benedictine Confederation, the aim of which is to combine the Benedictine way of life with activity in the mission field. Contents 1&nb..
Ottilio Cuneo
Don Ottilio Cuneo is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. He was played by actor Rudy Bond. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Cuneo was the head of the eponymous Cuneo crim..
Ottis Anderson
[] at NFL.com Ottis "O.J." Anderson (born January 19, 1957), is a retired American football running back. He was named The NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press in 1979 and the MVP of Super Bowl XXV in 1991 when playing with the New York Giants. In college, he played f..
Ottis Gibson
Ottis GibsonWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests ODIs Matches 2 15 '''Runs scored 93 141 Batting average 23.25 14.09 100s/50s -/- -/1 Top score 37 52 ..
Ottis Toole
Ottis Toole Ottis Elwood Toole (1947–September 15, 1996) (sometimes spelled Otis) was an American criminal. Though he claimed to be a serial killer and cannibal, and was the suspect in several unsolved murders, he recanted and restated a number of confessions. Toole was twice convicted o..
Ottmar Beckman Cars AB
OBC (sometimes called BCS) or Ottmar Beckman Cars AB was a car manufacturer in Mantorp, Sweden. In 1974 they presented a two seated mid engined sports car called OBC Mantorp. The design was somewhat simmilar to the Lotus Elan, but with a more rounded front. It was powered by a BMW engine mated to a ..
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld (b. January 12, 1949 in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg) is a German former football player and works now as manager (coach). With a total of sixteen major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathemati..
Ottmar Hörl
Ottmar Hörl (born 1950 in Nauheim, Germany) is a notable German artist, art professor and writer. From 1975 to 1978, he studied at the "Städelschule" in Frankfurt and from 1978 to 1981 at the academy of fine arts in Düsseldorf. In 1985 he was co-founder of the group Fomalhaut, with the arch..
Ottmar Liebert
Ottmar Liebert German Ottmar Liebert composes, performs and records music in a "New Flamenco" style, which mixes elements of flamenco with jazz, bossa nova, and other genres. Ottmar Liebert's music can be difficult to categorize, which is welcomed by the artist himself. It is usually placed i..
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler Ottmar Mergenthaler (May 10, 1854 – October 28, 1899) was a German inventor, who has been called a second Gutenberg because his invention of a machine that could easily and quickly set movable type revolutionized the art of printing. Prior to Mergenthaler's invention ..
Ottmar von Mohl
Ottmar von Mohl (* January 17, 1846 in Tübingen, † March 23, 1922 on Schloss Arnshaugk near Neustadt an der Orla) was a German diplomat and government advisor in Japan. He was the son of famous jurist Robert von Mohl. Mohl studied law in Tübingen, passed the fist Baden State Examination in 18..
Otto
Otto, a Germanic name meaning "wealthy", may refer to: Otho (32-69), Roman emperorthe Ottonian dynasty* Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)* Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955-983)* Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980-1002)Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175/1176-1218)Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine (c. 9..
Otto's
Otto's may refer to: Otto's encyclopediaOtto's Pub & Brewery See also: Otto. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Otto's encyclopedia
Otto's encyclopedia (Czech: Ottova encyklopedie or Ottův slovník naučný), published at the turn of the 20th century, is the largest encyclopedia written in the Czech language. For its scope and the quality of the writing, it is comparable to the greatest world encyclopedias of its time, such as ..
Otto's Pub & Brewery
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Otto, Count of Vermandois
Otto of Vermandois (979 – 25 May 1045), Count of Vermandois, was the son of Herbert III of Vermandois and Ermengarde of Bar-sur-Seine. Family and children He married Pavia (or Patia) (b. 990). Their children were: Herbert IV of Vermandois.Eudes I the Insane, Count de Ham.Peter of Vermandois. ..
Otto, Duke of Austria
Otto the Merry (born July 23, 1301, Vienna; died February 17, 1339, Neuberg an der Mürz) was a Duke of Austria and the youngest son of Emperor Albert I. He had two brothers, namely Frederick the Handsome and Albert II. From 1330 onwards, he ruled jointly with Albert. After the death of Henry of C..
Otto, Duke of Lorraine
Otto (d.944) was the count of Verdun by inheritance and duke of Lorraine by appointment of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. He was the son of Count Ricwin and the count's first wife, who was probably a Liudolfing. Thus, he was related to Otto, which simultaneously explains his name and his appointment ..
Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Otto (c. 970 – 1012) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 993 until his death. He was the son of Charles, son of King Louis IV, and his first wife, a daughter of Robert de Vermandois, count of Meaux and Troyes. When his father left the duchy to fight Hugh Capet for the throne of France in 9..
Otto, New York
Otto is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, USA. The population was 831 at the 2000 census. The name comes from Jacob S. Otto, an agent of the Holland Land Company. The Town of Otto lies on the northern border of the county. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4&nb..
Otto-Ernst Flick
Otto-Ernst Flick (1916-1974) is the oldest of three sons born to Marie and Friedrich Flick in 1916 in Germany. He entered the Friedrich Flick Industry Holding Company in 1953, but had a fall-out with his father in about 1960. Otto-Ernst took his father to court to secure his inheritance, and after a..
Otto-Friedrich University
Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg was founded in 1647 (then named "Academia Bambergensis"). Today, it is a rather small university with around 8,600 students in the areas of the classical humanities as well as social science and business studies. The university buildings are partly located in..
Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy
Otto-Henry of Paris (946–October 15 1002), known as the Great, was duke of Burgundy from 956 to his death. Odo was son of Hugh the Great, count of Paris and brother of king Hugh I of France. He succeeded another brother, duke Odo in Burgundy after his premature death without legitimate descend..
Otto-William, Duke of Burgundy
Otto William (962 – 21 September 1026) was a son of Adalbert, King of Italy, and Gerberga, daughter of Lambert, Count of Chalon. His mother gave him what would be the Free County of Burgundy around Dôle in 982. Otto also inherited the duchy of Burgundy on the other side of the Saône in 1002 ..
Ottobeuren
Ottobeuren is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 10 km southeast of Memmingen. It is famous for its abbey. ..
Ottobeuren Abbey
Ottobeuren is a former Benedictine abbey, now a priory, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany. Contents 1 First foundation2 Second foundation3 Monks of Ottobeuren4 References5 External link First foundation It was founded in 764 by Bless..
OttoBib
OttoBib is a free bibliography generator that takes only the ISBN as an input. Official Site [OttoBib.com] ..
Ottobrunn
Ottobrunn is a small suburban community south-east of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1955. It is located at [48°4′N 11°40′E]. Ottobrunn consists of mainly semi-detached and detached houses, and lots of gardens. The town's center was established in the mid 1980s with the town ha..
Ottoia
Ottoia is among the largest and most abundant worms found in the fossils of the Cambrian Burgess Shale formation of British Columbia. It is an early priapulid worm that averaged about 80mm in length. Typical of extant priapulids are the infaunal living habit and the spiny evertable proboscis. Usin..
Ottokar
Ottokar may refer to: Two kings of Bohemia:*Ottokar I of Bohemia*Ottokar II of BohemiaFour Styrian margraves of the dynasty of the Otakars*Ottokar I of Styria*Ottokar II of Styria*Ottokar III of Styria*Ottokar IV of StyriaCount Ottokar von CzerninOttakar's (a chain of bookshops in the United Kingdom..
Ottokar Graf Czernin
Count Ottokar Czernin Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (en: Count Ottokar Czernin). born September 26 1872 in Dymokury, Bohemia; died April 4 1932 was a son of the Bohemian high aristocracy, in the diplomatic service of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a politician..
Ottokar I
Ottokar I can refer to: Ottokar I of BohemiaOttokar I of Styria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Ottokar II
There were the following persons known as Ottokar II: Ottokar II of BohemiaOttokar II of Styria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the int..
Ottokar III of Styria
Ottokar III (1124 –December 31, 1164), was Margrave of Styria from 1129 until 1164. He was the son of Leopold the Strong and father of Ottokar IV, the last of the dynasty of the Otakars. His wife was Kunigunde of Chamb-Vohburg. From the Marburg line of the Counts of Sponheim, he inherited par..
Ottokar II of Bohemia
Otakar II (also spelled Ottokar or Přemysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. 1230 – August 26, 1278) was a king of Bohemia (1253–1278). He was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of the Přemyslid dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde, was related to the Hohenstaufen family, being a grandson of ..
Ottokar II of Styria
Ottokar II (?– 28 November 1122) was Margrave of Styria. He was the son of Ottokar I and grandfather of Ottokar III, from the dynasty of the Otakars. In the investiture dispute, he sided with the pope, which resulted in a battle with his brother Adalbero, who sided with the emperor, but died i..
Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria
Ottokar IV (1163 – May 5, 1192) was Margrave of Styria and Duke from 1180 onwards, when Styria, previously a margraviate subordinated to the duchy of Carinthia, was raised to the status of an independent duchy. He was the son of Ottokar III of Styria and the last of the dynasty of the Otakars...
Ottokar I of Bohemia
Otakar I (also spelled Ottokar or Přemysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. 1155 – December 15, 1230), king of Bohemia (1198 - 1230), was a younger son of King Vladislav II (d. 1174) and a member of the Přemyslid dynasty. His early years were passed amid the anarchy which prevailed everywhere in the cou..
Ottokar I of Styria
Ottokar I, Count of Steyr (died 1064), was the founder of the dynasty of the Otakars. From 1056 to 1064, he was margrave of the Karantanian March, later to be known as Styria (named Steiermark in German after the town of Steyr, where Ottokar was count). The margraves Adalbero and Ottokar II were his..
Ottokar VI of Styria
Ottokar VI was Duke of Styria (1084-1122), a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1918. ..
Ottoland
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Ottoland in the municipality of Graafstroom. Ottoland ([51°54′N 4°52′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Graafstroom, and lies about 10 km northwest ..
Ottoman
Ottoman (in Turkish Osmanlı) may refer to: the Ottoman Empire, the state in existence from 1299 to 1923;the Ottoman Dynasty, the family which governed the Ottoman Empire;the Ottoman Turks, the Turkic ethnic group of which the Ottoman Empire was originally comprised;the Ottoman Turkish language, t..
Ottoman-German Alliance
Ottoman-German Alliance is the alliance established between Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and German Empire before WWI. There was a party in Turkey in favour of alliance with the Allied powers, but, it was impossible to reconcile an alliance with France with France's ally being Russia, the long time enemy..
Ottomanism
Ottomanism (Osmanlıcılık) is a concept developed during the First Constitutional Era of Ottoman Empire to solve the social issues that the empire was facing. Ottomanism was highly effected by thinkers as Montesquieu and Rousseau and the French Revolution. It was promoting the equality among the..
Ottomány culture
The Ottomány culture in eastern Hungary is a local middle Bronze age culture (1600-1200 BC) near the village of Ottomány. It existed in the Körös tributaries between Makó culture and the Gyulavarsánd cultures. ..
Ottoman (furniture)
An Ottoman. An ottoman is a piece of furniture, a padded, upholstered seat or bench having neither back nor arms, often used as a stool or footrest. An ottoman can also be known as a footstool, hassock or pouf ([link]). In the United Kingdom, ottomans are usually hollow and can ..
Ottoman architecture
Ottoman architecture is the architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries. It developed a style of its own with influences mostly by Seljuk, Byzantine, Arab and Western architecture. Contents 1 Early architecture2 Early Ottoman perio..
Ottoman Archives
The Ottoman Archives is a collection of historical sources related to the Ottoman Empire. A total of 39 nations hold the collective information, including 19 in the Middle east, 11 in the EU and Balkan states, 3 in the Caucasus, 2 in Central Asia, 2 in Cyprus, as well as Palestine and Turkey. The..
Ottoman Armenian casualties
The estimation of Armenian deaths between 1914 to 1923 during what is called the Armenian Genocide and what followed as the Turkish War of Independence is a subject of controversy. Most estimates for the losses between 1915 to 1917-18 range from 600,000 —claimed mostly by the Government of Tur..
Ottoman Armenian population
Ottoman Armenian population size within the Ottoman Empire between 1914 and 1915 is a controversial topic. Most estimates range from 1.5 million to 2.5 million. Establishing the size of this population is very important in determining an accurate estimation of Armenian losses between 1915 and 1923 ..
Ottoman Bank
The Ottoman Bank was founded in 1856 in the Galata business section in Constantinople as a partnership between British interests, the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas of France, and the Ottoman government. It operated as the Imperial Ottoman Bank from 1863 to 1924. As a state bank, it carried out th..
Ottoman Caliphate
The Ottoman Empire, at its height, covered a significant portion of the Mediterranean World, including portions of three continents. One of the great imperial powers of the world between 1299 and 1922, the Empire dissolved in the wake of World War I. The Demise of the Ottoman Caliphate took place ..
Ottoman classical music
Music of Turkey: Topics Turkish classic Military Turkish folk Oriental Turkish pop Religious music Turkish rock Greek-Turkish Arab-Turkish Turkish style History (Timeline and Samples) Genres: Alternative - Classical - Dance - Folk - Hip hop - Jazz - Military - Ottoman - Pop - Religious ..
Ottoman clothing
The earliest sources found in the history of Turkish clothing date back to the miniatures and wall pictures uncovered in Central Asia. Sources of 100 B.C. reveal that woolen and cotton fabric was woven on handlooms but silk came from China. The Turkish way of living at that time brought about func..
Ottoman coat of arms
Ottoman Coat of Arms. Every sultan of the Ottoman Empire had his own monogram, called the tughra, which served as a coat of arms. A modern Coat of Arms, inspired by European ones such as the British Coat of Arms was created in the 19th century. The final shape was adopted by Sultan Abdul Hami..
Ottoman Court Positions
The Ottoman Court was an elaborate society of royalty and nobility. Beneathe the ruling nobles, however, existed a grand hierarchy of people, effectively slaves, who were the Sultan's to command as he pleased. Şeyhülislam: The Şeyhülislam (the Ottoman rendering of the Arabic شيخ الإسل..
Ottoman Dynasty
The Ottoman Dynasty (or the House of Osman) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, beginning with Osman I (not counting his father, Ertuğrul), though the dynasty was not proclaimed until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. Before that the tribe/dynasty might have been known as Söğüt ..
Ottoman Empire
Devlet-i Âliye-i Osmâniyyeدولتِ عَليه عُثمانيه | | style="text-align: center;" | Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto(Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدتDevlet-i Ebed-müddet("The Eternal State") The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official langu..
Ottoman Flag
Ottoman Flag refers to the flag that was used by the Ottoman Dynasty, or Sultans as its common term. Many flags used within Ottoman Empire through out times and they were also changed based on the Sultan's title during an event. It is cited that Ottoman Empire was a Millet based state with a complex..
Ottoman Greece
History of Greece series Aegean Civilization before 1600 BC Mycenaean Greece ca. 1600–1200 BC Greek Dark Ages ca. 1200–800 BC Ancient Greece 776–323 BC Hellenistic Greece 323 BC–146 BC Roman Greece 146 BC–330 AD Byzantine Greece 330 AD–14..
Ottoman imperial anthem
The Ottoman Empire (also Osmanlı Empire)has used many different anthems during its existence. Like some European kingdoms of the time, the anthem seems to change from ruler to ruler. Some include: Mahmudiye (1808-1839)[ Mecidiye March] (1839-1861), by Giuseppe Donizetti, brother to Gaet..
Ottoman Interregnum
The Ottoman Interregnum (also known as the Ottoman Triumvirate; Fetret Devri in Turkish) was a period in the beginning of the 15th century when chaos reigned in the Ottoman Empire following the defeat of Sultan Bayezid I in 1402 by the Tatar warlord Tamerlane. The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Sultan..
Ottoman military band
Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of military marching band in the world. Though they are often known by the Persian-derived word mehter (مهتر) in the West, that word, properly speaking, refers only to a single musician in the band. In Ottoman Turkish, the band was ge..
Ottoman military reform efforts
When Selim III came to the throne in 1789 an ambitious effort of military reform was launched, geared towards securing the Ottoman Empire. The sultan and those who surrounded him were conservative and desired to preserve the status quo. No one in power in the Empire had any interest in social trans..
Ottoman miniature
Ottoman Miniature was an art form in the Ottoman Empire like Western miniature but much less life-like and had no perspective. This was due to the belief that realistic painting is a sin in Islam. See also Culture of the Ottoman Empire External links [miniature painting] ..
Ottoman poetry
Turkish Literature Epic Tradition Orhon Dede Korkut - Köroğlu Folk Tradition Folk literature Folklore Ottoman Era Poetry | Prose Republican Era Poetry | Prose This article deals with the Ottoman Divan poetry tradition. For the tradition of folk poetry in the Ottoman Emp..
Ottoman titles
There were many titles of nobility in the Ottoman Empire, but as in many oriental traditions nobility was generally not hereditary as in the west, except for the ruling house, but rather conferred by office, with limited rights for one or more following generations. Widely known are Pasha, Bey and..
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish may refer to: the Ottoman Turkish languagethe Ottoman Turksthe Ottoman Empire This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the inten..
Ottoman Turkish language
Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: Osmanlıca or Osmanlı Türkçesi, Ottoman Turkish: لسان عثمانی - lisân-i Osmânî) is the variant of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Persian, which itse..
Ottoman Turkish Piastre
The Ottoman Turkish Piastre was the historic currency of the Ottoman Empire. The currency was replaced by the Kuruş in the early 1920s after the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire by Kemal Atatürk. ..
Ottoman Turks
The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Contents 1 Brief history2 Culture and the Arts2.1 Ottoman Calligraphy2.2 Ottoman Poetry2.3 Ottoman painting3 See also Brief history The "Ottom..
Ottoman wars in Europe
History of the Ottoman Empire Periods: Rise (1299–1453) Growth (1453–1683) Stagnation (1683–1827) Decline (1828–1908) Dissolution (1908–1922) See also: Click Fall of Constantinople Tulip Era Tanzimat era First Constitutional Era Second Constitutional Era Eur..
Ottoman wars in Near East
History of the Ottoman Empire Periods: Rise (1299–1453) Growth (1453–1683) Stagnation (1683–1827) Decline (1828–1908) Dissolution (1908–1922) See also: Click Fall of Constantinople Tulip Era Tanzimat era First Constitutional Era Second Constitutional Era Euro..
Ottomar Anschütz
Ottomar Anschütz (1846-1907) was an inventor, photographer, chronophotographer and significant contributor to the history of cinema. He invented 1/1000th of a second shutter. He invented the electrotachyscope in 1887: a disk of 24 glass diapositives, manually powered, and illuminated by a sparking..
Ottomar Rosenbach
Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (January 4, 1851, Krappitz, Silesia - March 20, 1907) was a German physician. Krappitz was a Silesian city where his father, Samuel Rosenbach, practised medicine. He received his education at the universities of Berlin and Breslau (M.D. 1874). His studies were interrup..
Ottomen
Contents 1 \"Brief History\"2 Random Facts3 Side projects4 Discography4.1 Full-length albums4.2 Singles, EPs and split releases4.3 Compilation appearances5 External links \"Brief History\" The Ottomen started in 1996 when Jim and Dave began recording demo..
Ottomen Records
Record label created by former members of the Ottomen. Releases Include albums by The Ottomen and Paper Fleet. ..
Ottomo Station
Ottomo Station (乙供駅 -eki) is a station on the Tōhoku Main Line in Tohoku, Aomori. Contents 1 Lines2 Route bus3 Surrounding area4 History5 Adjacent stations Lines JR East Tōhoku Main Line Route bus Towada Kanko bus stop*For.Shichinohe Surrounding a..
Ottone
For the Italian commune, see Ottone (PC). Ottone, re di Germania (Otto, King of Germany) is an opera by Handel composed in 1723. It was the first of Handel's operas fo the Royal Academy of Music. It is based on events from the lives of Otto I and Otto II in around 970 CE. ..
Ottonian
Ottonian dynasty was a dynasty of Kings of Germany, named after its first emperor but also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin. The family itself is also sometimes known as the Liudolfings, after its earliest known member Liudolf and one of its primary leading-names. The Ottonian ru..
Ottonian architecture
This article is about architecture. See also Ottonian art Ottonian Architecture evolved during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (936-975). The style was found in Germany and lasted from the mid 10th century until the mid 11th century. Examples include the churches; Ste. Gertrude, Nivelles 10..
Ottonian Renaissance
The Ottonian Renaissance was a limited renaissance that accompanied the reigns of the first three emperors of the Saxon Dynasty, all named Otto: Otto I (936–973), Otto II (973–983), and Otto III (983–1002), and which in large part depended upon their patronage. The Ottonian Renais..
Otton M. Nikodym
Otton Martin Nikodym (1887-1974) was a Polish mathematician. He was educated at the Universities of Lwow and Warsaw, and the Sorbonne. Nikodym taught at the Universities of Cracow and Warsaw and at the High Polytechnical School in Cracow. He came to the United States in 1948 to join the faculty of ..
Ottón Solís
Ottón Solís (born May 31, 1954) is a Costa Rican politician. He is perhaps best known for his outspoken opposition to the current plan for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). In an interview given in 1996, while an advisor for then-president José María Figueres, Solís gave h..
Ottorino Respighi
Elsa and Ottorino Respighi in the 1920s Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 - April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist and violinist. He is perhaps best known for his Roman trilogy and the three suites of Ancient Airs and Dances. Respighi a black man was born in Bologna, where his fa..
Ottorino Volonterio
Ottorino Volonterio (December 7, 1917 - March 10, 2003) was a Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in 1 grand prix, debuting on August 5, 1956. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team 1956 Mase ARG MON IND BEL ..
Ottosdal, North West
Ottosdal is a small town, which had a population of 1,274 in 1985, located at Latitude -26 49' 00", Longitude 26 01' 00" (WGS84) and lies at an altitude of 1479 meters (4855 feet). It is situated on the branch railway line from Makwassie in the central part of the North West Province of South Afric..
Ottosen, Iowa
Ottosen is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 61 at the 2000 census. Geography Ottosen is located at [42°53′44″N, 94°22′40″W] (42.895609, -94.377878)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city h..
Ottoville, Ohio
Ottoville is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 873. Geography Ottoville is located at [40°55′54″N, 84°20′16″W] (40.931676, -84.337723)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States..
Otto (Greyhawk)
In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Otto is a powerful human wizard, and member of the Circle of Eight. Contents 1 Appearance2 History3 Spells4 References Appearance Otto is short and rotund, with shoulder-length curly hair, and a well-groomed must..
Otto (surname)
Otto is a surname, and may refer to Felix OttoFrei OttoGustav OttoJ. P. OttoJan Otto (1841-1916), publisher of Otto's encyclopediaJim OttoJoel OttoJohn Otto (FBI acting director)John Otto (drummer)Lisa OttoMichael OttoMiranda Otto (born 1967), Australian actressNatalino OttoNikolaus Otto (1832-1891..
Otto A. Knopp
Otto A. Knopp was an innovator of the standard testing transformer and the Compensation Winding. ..
Otto Aasen
Otto Aasen is a Norwegian Nordic skiier who won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1917 and 1918. For his Nordic combined victories, Aasen shared the Holmenkollen Medal in 1919 with Thorleif Haug. Aasen also won silver at the FIS Nordic skiing World Championships in ski jumping ..
Otto Abetz
Otto Abetz (May 26 1903 – May 5 1958) was the German ambassador to Vichy France during World War II. Abetz was born in Schwetzingen. Originally a teacher, he joined the Nazi party in 1931 and entered the German foreign service in 1935, the same year that he joined the SS (he would eventually r..
Otto Addo
Otto Addo (born June 9, 1975 in Hamburg) is a German footballer who currently plays for FSV Mainz 05. He is of dual nationality, as he plays internationally for the Ghanaian football squad. Addo started his career in 1991 in Hamburg, but failed to make an impression there. He then moved to Hanover..
Otto Alleman
Otto Alleman was an American chemist who worked for Du Pont Chemical Corp. DuPont participated from 1943 in the Manhattan project. Before 1945, Alleman was a contact of the KGB officer Gaik Ovakimian. In 1945 Alleman was working for an import company and suspected by the FBI of assisting the trans..
Otto Ammon
Otto Georg Ammon (December 7, 1842, Karlsruhe - January 14, 1916, Karlsruhe) was a German anthropologist. Literary works Natürliche Auslese beim Menschen, 1893 (Natural selection among humans)Zur Anthropologie der Badener, 1899 (On the anthropology of the people of Baden)Gesellschaftsordnung und i..
Otto Arosemena
Otto Arosemena (born July 19, 1925 in Guayaquil - died April 20, 1984 in Salinas) was President of Ecuador 16 November 1966 to 1 September 1968. ..
Otto August Rosenberger
Otto August Rosenberger (August 10 1800 – January 23 1890) was a German astronomer. He graduated from the University of Königsberg, and was noted for his study of comets. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1837. Rosenberger crater on the Moon is named after him. Ex..
Otto Bahr Halvorsen
Otto Bahr Halvorsen Otto Bahr Halvorsen (1872–May 23, 1923) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Otto Barić
Otto Barić (born June 19, 1932 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian-Croatian football manager. --> During his career Barić has coached Austrian clubs Rapid Wien, Sturm Graz and Tirol Innsbruck as well as Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. In the early 2000s, he first coached the A..
Otto Bartning
Otto Bartning (Born 12th April 1883 in Karlsruhe. Died 20th February 1959 in Darmstadt) was a German architect. In his early career he developed plans with Walter Gropius for the establishment of the Bauhaus. He was a member of Der Ring. In 1951 he was made president of the Federation of German Arch..
Otto Bauer
Otto Bauer (September 5, 1881—July 4, 1938) was an Austrian Social Democrat who is considered one of the leading thinkers of the left socialist Austro-Marxist tendency. Bauer having studied at the University of Vienna, he finished his PhD in Law in 1906 and published his first book, Die Sozi..
Otto Bayer
Otto Bayer (1902–1982) was a German industrial chemist who in 1937 discovered how to make the very useful polyurethane plastics out of polyisocyanate and polyol. ..
Otto Beisheim
Otto Beisheim (born January 3 1924 in Essen) is a German businessman and founder of Metro AG. His 2005 net worth was estimated at US$3.4 billion. According to journalist Michael Radtke and German media during World War II he served in the elite SS unit the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hit..
Otto Beit Bridge
The Otto Beit Bridge is a suspension bridge located in Chirdundu, Zimbabwe. Completed in 1939, it has a main span of 320 meters (1,050 feet). ..
Otto Benesch
Otto Benesch (June 29, 1896 - November 16, 1964) was an Austrian art historian. He was taught by Max Dvořák. In 1942 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. Literary works The art of Northern Renaissance, 1946The drawings of Rembrandt, 6 Vols., 1954-1957 External links [AEIOU] See al..
Otto Berman
Otto "Abbadabba" Berman, c. 1935 Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (1889? — October 23, 1935) is a legendary US Mafia accountant famous for his ability to cook accounting books. He is also known for coining the phrase "Nothing personal, it is just business." Virtually no information on Berman ha..
Otto Bernhardt
Otto Bernhardt (born February 13, 1942 in Rendsburg) is a German politician and member of the CDU. External link [Official Website] () ..
Otto Berning
Otto Berning & Co. is a German company known chiefly for producing the Robot line of cameras. The company is located in Schwelm, Westphalia, Germany, with production facilities in Düsseldorf. Otto Berning & Co. was founded in 1934 by Hans Heinrich Berning with financial assistance from his fat..
Otto Binder
Otto Oscar Binder (August 26, 1911 - October 14, 1974) was an American science fiction and non-fiction UFO author and comic book writer. He is best known for his 12-year stint at Fawcett Comics (1941 to 1953), writing stories for the characters Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, as well as Bulle..
Ottó Bláthy
Ottó Titusz Bláthy (1860-1939), was a Hungarian electrical engineer, co-inventor of the electric transformer, the tension regulator, the watt meter, the alternating current (AC) electric motor, the turbogenerator and high efficiency turbogenerator. Ottó Titusz practical application during his..
Otto Blehr
Otto Albert Blehr Otto Albert Blehr (1847 - 1927) was a Norwegian politician representing the Social Liberal Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 and from 1921 to 1923. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Otto Blumenthal
Ludwig Otto Blumenthal (July 20, 1876 - November 12, 1944) was a German mathematician. He was born in Frankfurt Germany and died in the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). He was a student of David Hilbert and an editor of Mathematische Annalen. External link ..
Otto Boeddicker
Otto Boeddicker (1853 – 1937) was a German astronomer. He published drawings of naked-eye observations of the Milky Way in 1892, made over a period of six years. He also observed the Moon, including the emitted heat during a total eclipse of the Moon. In 1880 he became the astronomical assist..
Otto Bradfisch
Otto Bradfisch (born 10 May 1903 in Zweibrücken; died 22 June 1994 in Seeshaupt) was an economist, a jurist, an SS Obersturmbannführer, Leader of Einsatzkommando 8 of Einsatzgruppe B of the Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei) and the SD, and Commander of the Security Police in Litzmannstadt (Łó..
Otto Brahm
Otto Brahm (born Otto Abrahamson on 5 February 1856 in Hamburg; died 28 November 1912 in Berlin) was a German drama and literary critic, theatre manager and director. His productions were noted for being accurate and realistic. He was involved in the foundation of the progressive Freie Bühne (Engli..
Otto Braun
Otto Braun in 1925 Otto Braun (28 January 1872 - 14 December 1955) was a German Social Democratic politician who was Prime Minister of Prussia. Originally from Königsberg in East Prussia, Braun became a leader of the Social Democratic Party there, and was elected to the Prussian Diet in 1913..
Otto Brendel
Otto Brendel (born 1901 Nuremberg, Germany; died New York City September 1973) was an art historian and scholar of Etruscan art and archaeology. In 1928 he received his Ph.D. from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg under Ludwig Curtius on the topic of Roman iconography of the Augustinian pe..
Otto Brunfels
Otto Brunfels (also known as Brunsfels or Braunfels) (beleved to be born on 1488 near Mainz - December 23, 1534 in Bern, Switzerland) was a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany". After studying theology and philosophy at the University of Mainz, ..
Otto Brunner
Otto Brunner (1898-1982) was an Austrian historian best known for his work on later medieval and early modern European social history. Brunner's research made a sharp break with the traditional forms of political and social history practiced in German and Austrian academia in the late nineteenth an..
Otto Buchsbaum
Otto Buchsbaum (May 2, 1920 – August 5, 2000) was born in Vienna, Austria. He went to Brazil in 1939. In 1967, he led, together with his wife, Florence Buchsbaum, the movement "Teatro ao Encontro do Povo" (Theater for the People), whose aim was to offer theater shows to the people, trying to discu..
Otto Bütschli
Otto Bütschli (1848 – 1920) was a German zoologist and professor at the University of Heidelberg. He specialized in invertebrates and insect development. Many of the groups of protists were first recognized by him. ..
Otto C. Winzen
Otto C. Winzen (d 1976) was a German - American aeronautics engineer who made significant advances in the materials and construction of balloons after World War II. Winzen emigrated to the United States in 1937, and spent time during the war in interment camps. He studied aeronautical engineering a..
Otto Canella
Otto Canella (d. before 1143) was Consul of Genoa in 1133 and is an ancestor of the House of Grimaldi, the family which rules Monaco; the family takes its name from his son, Grimaldo. ..
Otto Carius
Lieutenant Otto Carius (born May 27, 1922 in Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz in Southwest Germany) was a German tank commander. Just as he graduated from school, World War II broke out and he volunteered for 104th Infantry Placement Battalion in May of 1940. Following training, he was assigned to..
Otto Ciliax
Otto Ciliax (30 October 1891 - 12 December 1964) was an admiral in the German Navy. In February 1942, he commanded Operation Cerberus, better known as "the Channel Dash", when Germany's two battlecruisers, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, one heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and a number of other smaller ships f..
Otto Crusius
Otto Crusius may refer to: Ludwig Friedrich Otto Baumgarten-CrusiusOtto Crusius (1857-1918) ..
Otto Dempwolff
Otto Dempwolff (born 25 May 1871 in Pillau, died 27 November 1938 in Hamburg) was a German linguist and anthropologist who became famous for his research into Austronesian languages. He was the first to publish a comprehensive theory about how many languages that are nowadays spoken on the islands o..
Otto Diels
Otto Paul Hermann Diels (January 23 1876 – March 7 1954) was a German chemist. He was the son of a professor of philology at the University of Berlin, where he himself earned his doctorate in chemistry, in the groupe of Emil Fischer. Diels taught till 1916 at the University of Berlin and fr..
Otto Dietrich
Otto Dietrich was the Third Reich's Press Chief, and Hitler's confidante. He was born in August 1887, and died at the age of 65 in 1952, after serving time in Landsberg Prison following the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials, where he was convicted of crimes against humanity and being a member of a crimi..
Otto Dix
Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969) was a German expressionist and anti-war painter and a veteran of the First World War. His most famous paintings were a (1928) triptych Metropolis and Trench Warfare (1932). Otto Dix was born in Untermhaus, Germany, now a part of the city of Gera. In 1910,..
Otto Donner
Otto Donner (1835–1909) was a Finnish linguist and politician. He was professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of Helsinki, but also studied the Finno-Ugric languages. He was a member of the Finnish parliament 1877-1905, and minister of education 190..
Otto E. Neugebauer
Otto E. Neugebauer (May 26 1899 – February 19 1990) was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact (i.e., mathematical) sciences in antiquity and into the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets h..
Otto Eberhardt Patronenfabrik
Otto Eberhardt Patronenfabrik was a German World War II munitions and arms factory, a subsidiary of the Gustloff company. The company had two major factories in Hirtenberg near Wiener Neustadt (Hirtenberger Patronen Züundhütchen & Metallwarenfabrik) and in Rensdorf near Wuppertal (code "am"). The ..
Otto Eckmann
Otto Eckmann (November 19, 1865 - June 11 1902) was a German painter and graphic artist. He was a prominent member of the "floral" branch of Jugendstil. He created the Eckmann font[link], which was based on Japanese calligraphy. Otto Eckmann was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1865. He st..
Otto Eckstein
Otto Eckstein (1927-1984) was a German-born economist at Harvard university, member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and co-founder of Data Resources Inc. ..
Otto Eisenschiml
Otto Eisenschiml (June 16 1880 – December 7 1963) was an Austrian chemist, though he spent much of his life in the United States. He invented a window envelope made from one piece of paper. Later he developed a test to detect the presence of fish oil contaminants in vegetable oil. He was presi..
Otto Ender
Otto Ender (December 24 1875 - June 25 1960) was an Austrian political figure. He served as the chancellor of Austria between 1930 and 1931. Preceded by:Carl Vaugoin Chancellor of AustriaFirst Republic Succeeded by:Karl Buresch ..
Otto Erich Deutsch
Otto Erich Deutsch (September 5, 1883 - November 23, 1967) was an Austrian musicologist. He is best known for his catalogue of the works of Franz Schubert (1951) - it is from this that the D numbers used to identify Schubert's pieces are drawn. He also wrote many articles on Franz Peter Schubert a..
Otto Erich Hartleben
Otto Erich Hartleben (born June 3, 1864 in Clausthal, Germany – died February 11, 1905 in Salò, Italy) was a German poet and dramatist. His poems have been a source for lieder. His translation of Albert Giraud's Pierrot Lunaire was set to music by Arnold Schoenberg. Works "Studententagebu..
Otto Ernst Remer
--> Otto-Ernst Remer (August 18, 1912 - October 4, 1997) was a German Wehrmacht officer who played a decisive role in stopping the 1944 July 20 Plot against Hitler. After the war he co-founded the Sozialistische Reichspartei (SRP), and advanced Holocaust denial. Contents 1 Biography2 ..
Otto F. Kernberg
Otto F. Kernberg, was born in Vienna in 1928 and in 1939 his family left Germany to escape the Nazi regime and emigrated to Chile where he later studied biology and medicine and afterwards psychiatry and psychoanalysis with the Chilean Psychoanalytic Society. He first went to the US in 1959 on a Ro..
Otto Felix
Otto Felix is a motion picture and television actor, accomplished still photographer and acting teacher. Raised in Pennsylvania, then serving in the U.S. Army, and working as a disc jockey in Florida, Otto has been cast in over 350 TV commercials since arriving in Hollywood in the early 1970s. He..
Otto Ferdinand, Graf von Abensperg und Traun
Statue of Traun on the memorial to Maria Theresa, Vienna Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun (or sometimes Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun), (August 27, 1677 – February 18, 1748), Austrian Generalfeldmarschall, came of a noble family and was born at Oldenburg. He was sen..
Otto Finsch
Otto Finsch. Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (August 8 1839 - January 31 1917) was a German ethnographer, naturalist and explorer. Finsch was born at Warmbrunn in Silesia. At the age of 19 he travelled to Bulgaria where he worked as a private tutor. He studied natural history in his spare time ..
Otto Frank
For the physiologist of the same name, see Otto Frank (physiologist). Otto Frank Otto Heinrich Frank (May 12, 1889 - August 19, 1980) was the father of Anne Frank. Born into a banking family in Frankfurt-am-Main, he was stationed at the Western Front during World War I, and promoted to lieu..
Otto Frank (physiologist)
For the father of Anne Frank, see Otto Frank. Otto Frank (June 21, 1865 - 1944) was a German physiologist. He was educated at Munich, Kiel, Heidelberg, Glasgow and Strassburg. He is best known, along with Ernest Starling, for the Frank-Starling law of the heart. ..
Otto Frederick Rohwedder
Otto Frederick Rohwedder (July 7, 1880, Des Moines, Iowa–November 8, 1960, Concord, Michigan), who grew up in Davenport, Iowa, United States, invented the first automatic bread-slicing machine. The so-called father of sliced bread realised around 1912 that if he was to develop a successful m..
Otto Friedrich Müller
Otto Friedrich Müller, also Mueller (March 11, 1730 - December 26, 1784) was a Danish naturalist. Achievements Müller was the author of Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus (1776). This was the first survey of the fauna of Norway and Denmark, and classified over three thousand local species. He was one ..
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951), German-born physician and biochemist. Meyerhof was born in Hannover as the son of wealthy Jewish parents. He spent most of his childhood in Berlin, where he later started studying medicine. He continued these studies in Strasbourg and He..
Otto fuel II
Otto fuel II is a monopropellant used to drive torpedoes and other weapon systems. It is not related to the Otto cycle. Contents 1 Properties2 Major ingredients3 Toxicity4 Used in5 External links Properties This distinct-smelling, reddish-orange, oily liquid is a mixture..
Otto Georg Thierack
Otto Georg Thierack (born 19 April 1889 in Wurzen, Saxony; died 22 November 1946 in Sennelager in Paderborn, suicide) was a National Socialist jurist and politician. Life Thierack took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 as a volunteer, reaching the rank of lieutenant. He suffered a face ..
Otto Gessler
Dr. Otto Karl Gessler (or Geßler) (February 6 1875-March 24 1955) was a German politician during the Weimar Republic. From 1910 until 1914 he was mayor of Regensburg and from 1913 to 1919 mayor of Nuremberg. He served in Weimar cabinets from 1919 until 1928, usually as Minister of Defence. The h..
Otto Glória
Otto Martins Glória (* 9 January 1917 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - † 2 September 1986) was a Brazilian football (soccer) coach. With his numerous titles he is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game. He had his greatest successes with SL Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, which he ..
Otto GmbH
Otto GmbH & Co KG (formerly Otto Versand) is the world's largest mail order company, operating in more than 20 countries. The family of executive board chairman Michael Otto owns the majority of the company and separately controls US catalog company Spiegel catalog. Individual Companies of the O..
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Otto Graf Lambsdorff, born December 20 1926 in Aachen, Germany, is a German politician with the Free Democratic Party. From 1977 till 1982, and again from 1982 till 1984, he was economic minister for West Germany, when he was forced to resign over the Flick Affair. He was also chairman of the FDP f..
Otto Graham
Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921 - December 17, 2003) was a professional American football and basketball player who played for the Cleveland Browns in both the AAFC and NFL, as well as the Rochester Royals in the NBL. Contents 1 Early life2 AAFC and NFL career3 After re..
Otto Gregussen
Otto Gregussen (1956-) was political advisor to the Minister of Fisheries 1992-1994, state secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1994-1996, and Minister of Fisheries 2000]]-2001. ..
Otto Griebling
Otto Griebling, an eccentric tramp character clown, is widely regarded as America's finest circus clown. Griebling came to America at the young age of fourteen. He began his early circus career as a bareback comedy rider with a circus in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Much of Griebling's career was spent with..
Otto Grieg Tidemand
Otto Grieg Tidemand (b. 1921) was the Norwegian Minister of Defense 1965-1970, and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1970-1971. ..
Otto Grimlund
Otto Bernhard Grimlund (1893 – 1969) was a Swedish Communist politician. Originally a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party he joined the revolutionary left-wing in the party split of 1917 and represented the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party at the founding of the Communist Internat..
Otto Gross
Dr Otto Gross (1877 - 1920) A maverick early disciple of Freud who rebelled against his teacher, became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community. A champion of an early form of anti-psychiatry and sexual liberation, he also developed an anarchist form of depth psychology (rejecting the c..
Otto Grotewohl
Otto Grotewohl (March 11, 1894 - September 21 1964) was an East German politician. A leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Soviet Zone of Occupation after World War II, he led his party into a merger with the Communist Party in 1946, forming the new Socialist Unity Party (SED). He became th..
Otto Guevara
Otto Guevara Guth (born 13 October 1960) is a Costa Rican libertarian politician. A graduate of Harvard University, Guevara is a leading figure in the Libertarian Movement Party (PML). He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1998 and, in 2002, he unsuccessfully ran for president in 2002 (1.7..
Otto Günsche
Otto Günsche (September 24, 1917 - October 2, 2003) was a Sturmbannführer in the SS and a close aide of Adolf Hitler, and was asked by the Führer to ensure that his body would be burnt after death. He left the bunker hours after burning the body, and was captured by Soviet troops encircling the ..
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn (8 March, 1879 – 28 July, 1968) was a German chemist. He received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is considered a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Hahn was born in Frankfurt am Main and studied chemistry in Marburg and Munich. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1901 he worke..
Otto Hahn (ship)
Funnel of Otto Hahn, German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven Otto Hahn is one of only four nuclear-powered cargo vessels ever built. Planning of a German-built trade and research vessel to test the feasibility of nuclear power in civil service began in 1960, and Otto Hahn's keel was laid down in..
Otto Harbach
Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 - January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Danish immigrant parents Adolph Hauerbach and his wife Sena Olsen, and attended the Salt Lake Collegiate In..
Otto Harrassowitz
Otto Wilhelm Harrassowitz (December 18, 1845, La Guayra, Venezuela - June 24, 1920, Gaschwitz bei Leipzig) was a German book seller, publisher. External links http://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ (Harrassowitz Verlag - The Harrassowitz Publishing House*)http://www.harrassowitz.de/ (OTTO HARRASSOWITZ ..
Otto Hauser
Otto Hauser: Otto Hauser ([German article]) (1874-1932), Swiss ancient historianOtto Hauser (writer) ([German article]) (1876–1944), German writerOtto Hauser (politician) ([German article]) (born 1952), German politician (CDU) ..
Otto Hauser (historian)
Otto Hauser (April 27/April 12, 1874, Wädenswil - June 19/June 14, 1932, Berlin) was a Swiss prehistorian ([Vorgeschichtsforscher]). Contents 1 Literary works2 References3 External links4 See also Literary works Der Mensch vor 100,000 Jahren, 1917Ins Paradies des U..
Otto Heckmann
Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (June 23 1901 – May 13 1983) was a German astronomer. He directed the Hamburg Observatory from 1941 to 1962, after which he became the first director of the European Southern Observatory. He actively contributed to the creation of the third catalog of the Astron..
Otto Heilmann
Otto Heilmann (August 22, 1888 in Munich - August 19, 1945 at Schwaneck Castle, Pullach) was a German architect and contractor. After studying civil engineering, he joined his father's construction company Heilmann & Littmann, as a proxy holding manager. Later he joined the supervisory board. Exte..
Otto Heinrich Warburg
Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau – August 1, 1970, Berlin), son of Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist and medical doctor. He was director (1931–1953) of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (now Max Planck Institute) for cell physiology at Berlin. He investigated..
Otto Heller
Otto Heller (March 8, 1896 - February 19, 1970) was a Czech cinematographer. His credits number almost 200. ..
Otto Hellmuth
Otto Hellmuth (1896 - 1968) was a member of the Nazi Party. He was Gauleiter of the German region of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) from 1928 to 1945. His home and office were in Würzburg. By 1935, Hellmuth had his Gau renamed as Mainfranken. After World War II, the region's original name was reins..
Otto Hermann Kahn
Otto Hermann Kahn. Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 - March 29, 1934) was an investment banker, collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts. Contents 1 Life and career2 Family2.1 Parents2.2 Children2.3 Burial Place3 Selected books and speeches by Kahn4..
Ottó Herman Museum
Main building of the museum on Görgey street The Ottó Herman Museum is the largest museum of Miskolc, Hungary. It has more than 600,000 artifacts. Its main focus is on archaeology, mineralogy, arts, history and ethnography. History The museum was founded in 1899 under the name Borsod-Miskol..
Otto Herschmann
Otto Herschmann (4 January 1877 – 14 June 1942) was an Austrian swimmer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Herschmann competed in the 100 metres freestyle event. He placed second with a time of 1:22.8, barely .6 seconds behind the winner Alfréd Hajós. Herschmann was Je..
Otto Hesse
Ludwig Otto Hesse (22 April 1811 – 4 August 1874) was a German mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) and died in Munich, Germany. He worked on algebraic invariants. The Hessian curve, Hessian matrix and the Hesse normal form are named after him. ..
Otto Hintze
Otto Hintze (1861-1940) was a historian of public administration. Outside Links http://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/galerie/texte/hintze2e.htm ..
Otto Hoetzsch
Otto Hoetzsch (1876 -1946) was a German academic and politician. Son of a plumber, he studied history, economics and history of art in Leipzig, starting in 1895. In 1899 he obtained a PhD, worked for several newspapers and was active in the Alldeutscher Verband and favoured the creation of a German ..
Otto Höfler
Otto Höfler (born 10 May 1901, died 25 August 1987, in Vienna) was an Austrian scholar of German studies. He was a student of Rudolf Much, and adopted Much's racist "Continuity Theory", based around the idea of continuity of antiquity into the present. Höfler was a friend of Jan de Vries and ..
Otto Hofmann
SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann (March 16 1896-1982) of Nazi Germany's "Race and Settlement Main Office", was present at the Wannsee Conference planning the Holocaust against the Jews. In the 2001 HBO film Conspiracy he was played by Nicholas Woodeson See also RuSHA Trial ..
Otto Hölder
Otto Ludwig Hölder (December 22, 1859 - August 29, 1937) was a mathematician born in Stuttgart, Germany. He is famous for Hölder's inequality and the Jordan-Hölder theorem, for a theorem stating that every linearly ordered group that satisfies an Archimedean property is isomorphic to a subgrou..
Otto Hönigschmid
Otto Hönigschmid (March 13 1878, Hořovice - October 14 1945, Munich, suicide) was a Czech/Austrian chemist. Hönigschmid studied at the gymnasium in Olomouc, then at the Charles University in Prague under the guidance of Guido Goldschmidt (the discoverer of the structure of papaverine). Hönigsch..
Otto Hupp
Otto Hupp (May 21 1859 - January 31 1949) was a German graphical artist. His main working area was heraldry, yet he also worked as a typeface designer, created commercial symbols and metal works. Born in Düsseldorf as the fourth of five sons of the engraver Carl Heinrich Hupp, his father made him ..
Otto I, Count of Burgundy
Otto I (born between 1167 and 1171, died 13 January 1200) was the count of Burgundy from 1190 to his death and briefly count of Luxembourg from 1196 to 1197. He was the fourth son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. When Henry IV of Luxembourg died ..
Otto I, Duke of Bavaria
Otto I, Duke of Swabia and Bavaria (955–982), was the son of Liodolf of Swabia and his wife Ida, and thus a grandson of the Emperor Otto I and his anglo-saxon wife Eadgyth. His sister Mathilde was abess of a canoness monastery in Essen. He was Duke of Swabia from 973 to 982 and was made Du..
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (about 1204 – 9 June 1252) was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Otto was born around 1204 as the only son of William of Winchester, the you..
Otto I, Duke of Carinthia
Otto (died 4 November 1004), called Otto of Worms, was duke of Carinthia from 978 to 985 and again from 1002 until his death. The only son of Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingia, Otto was appointed duke of Carinthia and margrave of Verona when Henry I, Duke of Carinthia, had unsuccessfully rebelled..
Otto I, Duke of Saxony
Otto or Oddo (died 30 November 912) was a Saxon nobleman; by later authors, he is often called Otto the Illustrious. The younger son of Liudolf, Duke of Saxony and his wife Oda, Otto presumably became duke of Saxony shortly before his death, but no details are known. According to Widukind of Corvey..
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Emperor Otto I Otto I the Great (November 23 912 – May 7 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans and arguably the first Holy Roman Emperor"the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy". Arnulf o..
Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I of Hesse (c. 1272, Marburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia–17 January, 1328), Landgrave of Hesse. He was a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Family and children He was married 1297 in Saint Elisabethkirche, Marburg with Adelheid of Ravensb..
Otto II, Count of Habsburg
Otto II (died November 8, 1111) was a graf (count) and one of the founding members of the Habsburg family. He was the son of Werner I, Count of Habsburg. In 1108, Otto accompanied Kaiser Heinrich V on the warpath against Hungary. On his return, in 1111, he was insidiously murdered. He had two sons..
Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
may refer to: Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria Otto II of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria ..
Otto II, Duke of Swabia
Otto II (d. 1047) was Count Palatine of Lotharingia (1034–1045), Duke of Swabia (1045–1047), Count in Deutz and Auelgau (1025-1047), and protector of Brauweiler. He was the son of Ezzo and Matilda, a daughter of Emperor Otto II. He was a member of the Ezzonian dynasty. In 1034, Ezzo, Count Pala..
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto II Otto II (955 – December 7, 983, Rome), called the Red, was the third German ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. He was the son of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy. Otto was named co-regent king of Italy and Germany with his father Otto I in 961 and became ..
Otto III, Duke of Bavaria
Otto III of Bavaria, (11 February 1261 – 9 November 1312 in Landshut), member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was duke of Lower Bavaria from 1290 to 1312 and as Béla V also king of Hungary between 1305 and 1307. His parents were Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth of Hungary. Otto succeede..
Otto III, Duke of Swabia
Otto III (died 28 September 1057), called the White and known as Otto of Schweinfurt, was the margrave of the Nordgau (1024 – 1031) and duke of Swabia (1048 – 1057). He was the son of Henry of Schweinfurt, margrave of the Nordgau, and Gerberga of Henneberg. He was one of the most powerfu..
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto III in a medieval manuscript Otto III (980 – January 23, 1002, Paterno, Italy) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. He was elected king of Germany in 983 on the death of his father (Holy Roman Emperor Otto II). Shortly after his coronation, Henry II, deposed Duke..
Otto II van Lippe
Otto of Lippe was a son of Bernhard II of Lippe. He was bishop of Utrecht as Otto II from 1216 to 1227. Several of his brothers also held high ecclesiastical offices in the Rhineland. During the Fifth Crusade, Otto visited Palestine. In 1227, Otto was joined by his former enemy, count Floris IV, C..
Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Not to be confused with Duke Otto II 1061-1070, Duke of Bavaria (as Otto II). Otto II of Bavaria (German: Otto II der Erlauchte , Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) (Kelheim, 7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253, Landshut) was the Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatina..
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto IV of Brunswick (1175 or 1176 - 19 May 1218) was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he was deposed in 1215. Otto was born in Braunschweig, the son of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria ..
Otto I of Nassau
Otto I of Nassau (ca. 1247–1290), Count of Nassau. He was the younger son of Count Henry II of Nassau and Matilda of Geldern. Otto I became the count of Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegen, Herborn and Beilstein after many years of quarrel with his brother Walram II and the division of 17 December 12..
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Not to be confused with Duke Otto I 976-982, Duke of Bavaria (as Otto I). Though Otto of Wittelsbach was the third duke of Bavaria named Otto he is mostly called Otto I as founder of a new dynasty. Not to be confused also with King Otto 1886-1913 . Duke Otto I of Bavaria (1117, Kelheim – 1..
Otto J. Zahn
Otto J. Zahn served as a Los Angeles City Councilman representing the 10th district from 1925 until 1927. References Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966) |- s..
Otto Jaffe
Sir Otto Jaffe (August 13, 1846, Hamburg - April 29, 1929, London) was twice elected Lord Mayor of Belfast. Contents 1 Family2 Commerce3 Religion4 Politics5 Memorial6 See also7 Notes8 Reference Family In 1852, his parents, Daniel Joseph and Frederiké brou..
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn Otto Jahn (June 16, 1813–September 9, 1869), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. He was born at Kiel. After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, the University of Leipzig and Humboldt Universit..
Otto Jelinek
Maria and Otto Jelinek skate at the 1961 Canadian Championships Otto John Jelinek, PC (born Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 20, 1940-) is a businessman and former figure skater and Canadian Politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War. ..
Otto Jensen
Otto Jensen (1856-1918) was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1906-1907. ..
Otto Jespersen
For the Norwegian comedian, see Otto Jespersen (comedian). Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen [ʌtˢo ˈjɛsb̥ɐsn̩] (July 16, 1860-April 30, 1943) was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language. He was born in Randers in northern Jutland and attend..
Otto Jespersen (comedian)
Otto Jespersen (born 21 July 1954) is a Norwegian comedian and satirist. He started in the local radio Radio Nova in Oslo. In 1988 he was, together with his collaborates Stig Holmer and Charlo Halvorsen, to launch the magazine Revolvermagasinet on Norwegian national radio. This, a night time, underg..
Otto Jirovec
Otto Jirovec (1910-1972Rosicky B. [Academician Otto Jirovec, deceased] Cas Lek Cesk. 1972;111(18):423-4. Czech. PMID 4554086) was a Czech professor of parasitology and protozoology. A significant fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly known as Pneumocystis carinii (PCP)) is named in his ..
Otto Joachim
Otto Joachim (born October 13, 1910) is a German-born Canadian musician and composer of electronic music. Joachim was born in Düsseldorf. He trained as a violinist at Düsseldorf and Cologne. In 1934 he left Germany and played in Singapore and Shanghai during the war years. He settled permanently ..
Otto Julius Bierbaum
Otto Julius Bierbaum (June 28 1865, Grünberg/Zielona Góra, Lower Silesia - February 1 1910, Kötzschenbroda, near Dresden) was a German writer. After studying in Leipzig Bierbaum became journalist and editor for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel. His literary work was very variable..
Otto Kahler
Otto Kahler (January 8 1849-January 24 1893) was an Austrian physician. Born and trained in Prague, he is best known for describing multiple myeloma, a hematological malignancy, which is called "Kahler's disease" in his honor in several countries. Additionally, he also made various important discove..
Otto Kaiser
Otto Kaiser (* 30 November 1924) is one of the leading Old Testament scholars of our times. Born in Eberswalde, Germany, he attended the Gymnasium there and went to the University of Berlin to study Medicine, but also Philosophy with Nicolai Hartmann. He served in World War II on the Eastern Front..
Otto Kern
Otto Kern (February 14, 1863 – January 31, 1942) was a German linguist and former professor of philosophy at the University of Hamburg. From 1922 to 1934 was one of the two chairmen of the Society of Friends of the University of Hamburg. He originally studied classical philology and archaeolog..
Otto Kerner
Otto Kerner is the name of two political figures from Illinois Otto Kerner, Sr. (1884–1952), Attorney General of Illinois (1932–1938) and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1938–1952)Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Governor of Illinois (1961–1968) and judge..
Otto Kerner, Jr.
thumb Otto Kerner, Jr. (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976) was Democratic governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. He is best known for chairing the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Commission). Kerner was born in Chicago, Illinois on 15 August 1908, son of Otto Kern..
Otto Kerner, Sr.
Otto Kerner, Sr. (February 22 1884 – December 13 1952) was a Democratic Illinois Attorney General and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. His son, Otto Kerner, Jr., was twice elected Democratic governor of Illinois, serving from 1961 to 1968. Otto Kerner, S..
Otto Kiep
Otto Carl Kiep (born 7 July 1886 in Saltcoats, Scotland; died 23 August 1944 in Berlin) was the Chief of the Reich Press Office (Reichspresseamt). He became involved with the resistance against the Nazis and was executed in 1944. Life Otto Kiep was born to Imperial Consul Johann Nikolaus Kiep and..
Otto Kittel
Otto Kittel (February 21, 1917 - February 14, 1945) was a World War II pilot. He was born in Kronsdorf, in the Sudetenland. Fascinated with flight at an early age, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1939 at age 22. After completing his training, he joined the 2nd Staffel of JG 54 with the rank of Unteroffi..
Otto Klemperer
Photographic portrait taken ca. 1930 Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 – July 6, 1973) was a German-born conductor and composer. (He took United States citizenship in 1937 and Israeli citizenship in 1970.) He is widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Above a..
Otto Klum
Otto Klum was the head football coach of the University of Hawaii from 1921-1939. He is the most successful coach in Hawaii history having compiled a career record of 84-51-7. He was notorious for running up the score. In the 1926 season, his team scored 100 points twice. His teams have also score 8..
Otto Konrad
Otto Konrad (born November 1, 1964 in Graz) is an Austrian football goalkeeper. He played clubs such as Sturm Graz, SV Salzburg and Real Zaragoza (Spain). He played for Austria national football team (12 caps) and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. ..
Otto Kretschmer
Otto Kretschmer (May 1, 1912 - August 5, 1998) was a German U-Boat commander of the Second World War, and was the most successful Ace of the Deep. From September 1939 until being captured in March 1941, he sank 47 ships for a total of 274,333 tons. For this he received the Knights Cross with Oak L..
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger (b. September 6, 1885 in. Toledo, Ohio - d. September 6, 1974 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was a movie actor of the 1930s and 1940s. The grandnephew of South African pioneer and president Paul Kruger, Otto Kruger was musical trained, but switched careers and went into act..
Otto Kuhler
Otto Kuhler (1894–1977) was a German-American artist and designer noted for his railroad engine and car designs. Born in Remscheid, Germany into a steel industrialist family, Kuhler studied engineering. Together with his Belgian wife he emigrated to the United States in 1923, becoming a comme..
Otto Kuntze
Otto Carl Ernst Kuntze (* June 23 1843 in Leipzig; † 1907 in San Remo) was a German botanist. He was an apothecary in his early career, with a detailed knowledge of Leipzig's flora. As a matter of course, he published a "Pocket fauna of Leipzig". Between 1863 and 1866, he was a merchant in Berlin..
Otto L. Nelson, Jr.
Otto Lauren Nelson, Jr. (November 2, 1902 - June 25, 1985) was a soldier in the US Army. Nelson graduated from West Point in 1924 and was commissioned in the Infantry branch. In 1932 he took a Master of Arts from Columbia University. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1938 ..
Otto Lacis
Otto Rudolfovich Lacis (Russian: Отто Рудольфович Лацис; born 22 June 1934 – died 3 November 2005) was a Soviet and Russian journalist. Contents 1 Journalist career2 Activities not related to journalism3 Death4 Opinions on Otto Lacis Journalist career..
Otto Lang
see also Otto Lang (film producer) Otto Emil Lang, PC , OC , QC , LL.D, BCL , LL.B , BA (born May 14, 1932) is a Canadian politician. In 1962, he was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969. Lang was elect..
Otto Lang (film producer)
Otto Lang (21 January 1908 – 30 January 2006), born in Tesanta, Austria-Hungary, was a skiier and pioneer ski instructor in the United States. He founded ski schools on Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker and Mt. Hood beginning in the 1930s, and was a ski instructor for Hollywood stars. Later he became a mov..
Otto Laporte
Otto Laporte was a U.S. (German-born) physicist. Laporte was born in Mainz, Germany, on July 23, 1902. His first university courses were taken in Frankfurt where Max Born was among his professors. Born enthusiastically recommended him to Arnold Sommerfeld. In the group around Sommerfeld in Munich ..
Otto Lasch
Otto Lasch (25 June 1893 - 29 April 1971) served as an officer in the German Wehrmacht. Born in Pleß, now Pszczyna, Lasch reached the rank of Generalleutnant and functioned as Commandant of Königsberg in East Prussia from November 1944). Following heavy fighting around and in the city he surren..
Otto Lehmann
Otto Lehmann (born January 13, 1855 in Konstanz, Germany; died June 17, 1922 in Karlsruhe) was a German physicist and "father" of liquid crystal technology. Life Between 1872 and 1877, Lehmann studied natural sciences at the University of Straßburg and made Ph.D. under Paul Groth. Initially becomi..
Otto Lenel
Otto Lenel (December 13, 1849, Mannheim - February 7, 1935, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German Jewish jurist, law historian (Rechtshistoriker) of Roman law. He was the son of Moritz Lenel and Caroline Scheuer. He taught as a professor at the Kiel University, Marburg University, Strassburg Univer..
Otto Leodolter
Otto Leodolter was an Austria ski jumper who competed between 1955 and 1964. His biggest success was a Bronze medal in the Individual Large Hill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Leodolter is the first Austrian to earn a medal in Nordic skiing. External Link [FIS Profile] ..
Otto Liebe
Carl Julius Otto Liebe (May 24 1860 - March 21 1929) was Prime Minister of Denmark March 30 1920 to April 5 1920. His cabinet was called the Cabinet of Otto Liebe. Otto Liebe was a lawyer and the son of a conservative politician. He was close to King Christian X and he disapproved the political cou..
Otto Liebmann
Otto Liebmann , born February 2 1840, died January 14 1912, was a German philosopher. Works "Kant und die Epigonen" (1865) (Kant and his predecessors)"Zur Analysis der Wirklichkeit" (1876) (About the analysis of reality)"Die Klimax der Theorien" (1884) (The climax of theory)"Gedanken und Tatsachen"..
Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896), the German "Glider King", was a pioneer of human aviation. He built the first controllable glider, the Derwitzer Glider in 1891. He could ridge soar for extended periods in a similar way to modern hang gliders. (Many oth..
Otto Liman von Sanders
Otto Liman von Sanders (February 17, 1855 - August 22, 1929) was a Prussian and German general who served as adviser and military commander for the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He was born in Stolp in Pomerania. Like many other Prussians from aristocratic families, he joined the military and ..
Otto Lindblad
Otto Lindblad Otto Lindblad (1809-1864), was a Swedish composer. He is most famous for the musical score of Kungssången, the Swedish royal anthem. Otto Lindblad was born on March 31, 1809, the son of a clergyman. He grew up on the patronage in Karlstorp and attended gymnasium in Växjö. In..
Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi (June 3, 1873 – December 25, 1961) was a German-American pharmacologist. His discovery of acetylcholine helped in enhancing medical therapy and personally earned for him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine which he shared with Sir Henry Dale. Contents 1 Research2&..
Otto Lohmüller
Otto Lohmüller (born 1943 in Gengenbach, Germany) is a controversial contemporary German figurative painter, sculptor and book illustrator. Specialising in portraits of boys from his family and other organisations with which he is involved, the controversy arises over his graphic paintings of the y..
Otto Ludwig
Otto Ludwig (February 11, 1813–February 25, 1865) was a German dramatist, novelist and critic born in Eisfeld in Thuringia. His father, who was syndic of Eisfeld, died when he was twelve years old, and he was brought up amidst uncongenial conditions. He had devoted his leisure time to poet..
Otto Luening
Otto Luening (born June 15, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died September 2, 1996 in New York City) was an American composer and an early pioneer of electronic music. Luening's 'Tape Music', including A Poem in Cycles & Bells, Gargoyles for Violin & Synthesized Sound, and Sounds of New Music demonst..
Otto Malling
Otto Valdemar Malling (Copenhagen 1848–Copenhagen 1915) was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Otto Malling was a pupil of Niels Wilhelm Gade and Johann Peter Emilius H..
Otto Mann
Otto Mann is a fictional character on The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the school bus driver for Springfield Elementary School and is addressed by Bart as Otto-Man. He is notable for his occasional maniacal driving style, his love of heavy metal music, and his propensity for sounding ..
Otto Maria Carpeaux
Otto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 - February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was an Austro-Brazilian literary critic and multilingual scholar. Carpeaux was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, and stayed there until 1939. In the University of Vienna he studied exact sciences and recei..
Otto Marseus van Schrieck
Morning glory, toad, and insects, 1660 Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619 – 1678) was a painter in the Dutch Golden Age. He is best known for his paintings of forest flora and fauna. ..
Otto Martin Torell
Otto Martin Torell (1828 - 1900) was a Swedish geologist. He was born in Varberg, Sweden on the June 5, 1828. He was educated at Lund University for the medical profession, but became interested in zoological and geological studies, and being of independent means he devoted himself to science. He ..
Otto Maull
Otto Maull (1887 - 1957) was a German geographer and geopolitician. He taught human geography at University of Graz, in Austria. Author of several books ("Political geography" 1925, "Introduction in to geopolitics", 1928, etc). ..
Otto Meißner
Otto Meißner (born March 13, 1880 in Bischweile (today: Bischwiller) in Alsace - died May 27, 1953 in Munich) was head of the Office of the Reich President during the entire period of the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg and, finally, at the beginning of the Nazi era un..
Otto Messmer
Otto Messmer (August 16 1892 - October 28 1983) was an American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio. The extent of Messmer's role in the creation and popularity of Felix is a matter of ongoing dispute, particularly as h..
Otto Mohr
Christian Otto Mohr Christian Otto Mohr (October 8, 1835 - October 2, 1918) was a German civil engineer, one of the most celebrated of the nineteenth century. Mohr was born the son of a landowning family in Wesselburen in the Holstein region and attended the Polytechnic School in Hanover. S..
Otto Muehl
Otto Muehl (born June 16, 1925, at Grodnau, Burgenland, Austria) is one of the co-founders, and an important member, of 'Wiener Aktionismus' or Viennese Actionism. In 1972 he founded the famous commune Friedrichshof that flourished for several years before falling apart in the 1990s. In 1943, Otto ..
Otto Mueller
Otto Mueller (October 16, 1874 - September 24, 1930) was a German painter and printmaker of the expressionist movement. Otto Mueller was born on October 16, 1874, in Libau, German Silesia. Between 1890-1892 he was trained in lithography in Görlitz and Breslau. From 1894 to 1896 he studied at the..
Otto Nerz
Doctor Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 in Mannheim, Germany - 18 April, 1949 in Sachsenhausen, Germany) was a German football manager, the first ever head coach of the Germany national football team between 1923 and 1936. A trained medical doctor, Nerz played as an amateur for Mannheim and Tennis Berlin..
Otto Neurath
Otto Neurath (born December 10 1882 in Vienna, died December 22 1945 in Oxford) was an Austrian philosopher of science, sociologist, and political economist. Before he was forced to flee his native country for Great Britain in the wake of the Nazi occupation, Neurath was one of the leading figures o..
Otto Niemeyer
Sir Otto Ernest Niemeyer (1883-1971) was financial controller at the Treasury and a director at the Bank of England. In July 1930, during Australia's Great Depression, he travelled to Melbourne to advise James Scullin's government. There, he devised the 'Niemeyer statement', a monthly statement of..
Otto Nomous
Otto Nomous is an anarchist, filmmaker, writer, artist, and prankster who has been involved in anarchist politics within the United States. Most of his self-produced movies are released under Passionbomb Motion Pictures. Otto Nomous is a pseudonym based on the word [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomous]]..
Otto Nordenskiöld
Dr Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskiöld (also spelled Nordenskjöld) (December 6 1869-1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Nordenskiöld was born in Hesselby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a Finland-Swedish family that included his uncle Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, a noted pol..
Otto Nothling
Otto NothlingAustralia (AUS) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium Tests First-class Matches 1 21 '''Runs scored 52 882 Batting average 26.00 24.50 100s/50s 0/0 1/6 Top score 44 121 Balls bowled 276 3810 Wickets 0 3..
Otto Nuschke
Otto Nuschke (23 February, 1883–27 February, 1957) was an East German Christian Democratic politician. He was born in Frohburg. In 1910 he was elected General Secretary of the liberal Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei) of Kassel. In the same year he became chief editor..
Otto of Austria
Otto of Austria may refer to Otto, Duke of Austria Archduke Otto Franz of Austria, brother of Francis Ferdinand and nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph Otto, Archduke of Austria, grandson of previous, better known as Otto von Habsburg ..
Otto of Bamberg
Otto of Bamberg (1060 or 1061 - 30 June 1139) was a canonized medieval German bishop who as papal legate converted much of Pomerania to Christianity. Otto was born into a noble family in Mistelbach, Swabia. Serving initially in the household of Duke Władysław I Herman of Polonia, he entered the s..
Otto of Bavaria
Otto I of Bavaria Postcard photograph from 1916 of King Otto's body in repose. Bavarian RoyaltyHouse of Wittelsbach ..
Otto of Freising
Otto von Freising (c. 1114 - 1158) was a German bishop and chronicler. Otto of Freising Otto of Freising Contents 1 Life2 Works2.1 Chronica de duabus civitatibus2.2 Gesta Friderici Imperatoris3 References4 External links Life He was the fifth son of Leop..
Otto of Greece
A Youthful Portrait of King Otto of Greece King Otto of Greece, Prince of Bavaria (June 1, 1815 - July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (Great Brit..
Otto of Nordheim
Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (died 11 January 1083), belonged to the rich and influential Saxon family of the counts of Nordheim, and having distinguished himself in war and peace alike, received the Duchy of Bavaria from Agnes, widow of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1061. In 1062 he assist..
Otto of Savoy
Otto or Oddone in Italian, (1010 – 1060) ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother, Amedeo. He married Adelaide, heiress of Turin and Susa, and had four children. PeterAmadeoBerta or Bertha, Countess of Moriana (d. 1087) married Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.Adelaide, (d. 1080)..
Otto of Wittelsbach
Otto of Wittelsbach can refer to several people: Count Otto IV of Wittelsbach father of Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of BavariaOtto I Wittelsbach, Duke of BavariaOtto I, Duke of Bavaria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an..
Otto Ohlendorf
Otto Ohlendorf (February 4, 1907 - June 7, 1951) was an SS-Gruppenführer and head of the interior division of the SD. Nazi Official Born in Hoheneggelsen near Hildesheim (Germany) the son of a farm owner, he joined the Nazi party in 1925 (member #6631) followed by the SS in 1926. Ohlendorf stud..
Otto Passman
Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 -- August 13, 1988) was a conservative Democratic congressman from Monroe, Louisiana, who served from 1947-1977. He is primarily remembered for his opposition to foreign aid. He was unseated in the 1976 party primary by the more liberal Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckab..
Otto Peltzer
Otto Peltzer (March 8, 1900 — August 11, 1970) was a German middle distance runner who set world records in the 1920s. Over 800m Peltzer improved Ted Meredith's long-standing record by 0.3 seconds to 1:51.6 min in London in July 1926. Over 1000m he set a world record of 2:25.8 in Paris in July 192..
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler (born July 8, 1942) is a well-known publisher and editor of mystery fiction in the United States. He is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, where he lives. The bookshop is one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in America. Penzler wrote 101 ..
Otto Perry
One of Perry's steam locomotive photos from 1931. Otto Perry (1894 – 1970) was an American photographer and railfan specializing in railroad photos. Perry worked as a mailman in Denver, Colorado, where he met and became friends with Louis McClure, another noted photographer. By the t..
Otto Perutz
See also Perutz: Otto Perutz (July 27, 1847, Teplitz - January 18, 1922, München) was a Czech-German chemist. External links [] ..
Otto Pfister
Otto Pfister (born November 24 1937 in Cologne) is a German football manager, and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992[[Citing sourcescitations needed]]. He has never coached in Germany, and most of his success has come in A..
Otto Pfleiderer
Otto Pfleiderer (September 1, 1839 - July 28, 1908) was a German Protestant theologian. Biography He was born at Stetten near Cannstatt in Württemberg. From 1857 to 1861 he studied at the University of Tübingen under FC Baur, and afterwards in England and Scotland. He then entered the ministry, ..
Otto Placht
Otto Placht (b. 1962) is a Czech artist well known for his paintings. Placht spends a great deal of time in Pucallpa, Peru, the same town as legendary artist Pablo Amaringo. He has a very long list of exhibitions at established galleries world wide.#redirect [[Template:Fact]] Art Placht paints on ..
Otto Plaschkes
Otto Plaschkes (13 September 1929–14 February 2005) was a British-Jewish film producer. Born in Vienna, Plaschkes left for England at the age of ten, although he always expressed doubts about his date of birth and felt that his mother may have added a year to qualify him for the kindertranspo..
Otto Pollak
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Otto Pollak was a writer and a professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His most controversial and famous book was The Criminality of Women (1950), in which he suggested that women commit just as much crime as men, but that their crime is more eas..
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was a film director. Born in Vienna, of assimilated Jewish ancestry, he worked with Max Reinhardt before emigrating to America. At first he directed and acted for 20th Century Fox, his Austrian accent typecasting him as a screen Nazi,..
Otto Rahn
Otto Rahn (February 18, 1904—March 13, 1939) was a German medievalist and a Obersturmführer of the SS. He was born in Michelstadt, Germany. At an early age, he became interested in the Holy Grail and believed that the Cathars had kept it at Montsegur, the last Cathar fortress to fall during ..
Otto Rank
Otto Rank (April 22, 1884 – October 31, 1939) was an Austrian psychologist. Born in Vienna as Otto Rosenfeld, he was also one of Sigmund Freud's closest aides and later colleagues and finally critic. Contents 1 In the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society2 Post-Vienna Life and Work3 In..
Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel (born August 9 1938 in Essen) is a German football coach and former football player. With Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Franz Beckenbauer, he is one of the most successful German trainers ever. In Greece, he is occasionally called King Otto (βασιλιάς Όθων), probably ..
Otto Reich
Otto Reich Otto Juan Reich (born October 16, 1945), a Cuban-American, is former senior official in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. From January 2003 to June 2004, he held the position US Special Envoy to the Western Hemisphere for the Secretary of State in t..
Otto Renner
Otto Renner (1883 - 1960) was a German plant geneticist, following the work of Erwin Baur, Renner established the theory of maternal plastid inheritence as a widely accepted genetic theory. Renner worked with plants from the genera Oenothera. ..
Otto Reutter
Otto Reutter (born Otto Pfützenreuter on April 24, 1870 in Gardelegen, Germany; died March 3, 1931 in Düsseldorf, Germany) was a German comedian and singer. Born into a poor Catholic family, Reutter attended the Catholic school in Gardelegen and was then trained as a salesman's assistant. After..
Otto Ribbeck
Johann Karl Otto Ribbeck Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck (July 23, 1827 - July 18, 1898), was a German classical scholar. He was born at Erfurt in Saxony. Having held professorial appointments at Kiel and Heidelberg, he succeeded his tutor, Albrecht Ritschl, in the chair of classical philology at L..
Otto Ritschl
Otto Ritschl may refer to: Otto Ritschl (theologian), theologian; son of Albrecht RitschlOtto Ritschl (artist), 20th-century Artist. ..
Otto Ritschl (theologian)
Otto Karl Albrecht Ritschl (June 26, 1860, Bonn–September 28, 1944, Bonn) was a German theologian, the son of Albrecht Ritschl. After studying at Göttingen, Bonn and Giessen, he became professor at Kiel (extraordinarius) in 1889 and afterwards at Bonn (extraordinarius 1894; ordinarius 1897)...
Otto Robert Frisch
Otto Robert Frisch (1 October 1904–22 September 1979), Austrian-British physicist. With his collaborator Rudolf Peierls he designed the first theoretical mechanism for the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1940. Frisch was Jewish, born in Vienna in 1904 the son of a painter and a concert pianis..
Otto Rössler
Otto E. Rössler (born 20 May 1940) is a German biochemist. Rössler was born in Berlin. At the age of 17, he became an amateur radio operator (DR 9KF). After considering becoming a monk, Rössler chose to major in medicine, with a specialty in immunology, for ethical reasons. He was awarded his M..
Otto Ruge
Otto Ruge (January 9, 1882 - 1961) was a Norwegian general. He was Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces after Nazi Germany's assault on Norway in April 1940. General Ruge assumed command after the former C-in-C, General Laake, who was supposed to go into retirement a few days af..
Otto Rühle
Otto Rühle (1874 - 1943) was a German Left Communist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder with along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring and others of the group and magazine Internationale, which posed a revolutionary internationalism against a..
Otto Sander
Otto Sander (born June 30, 1941) is a German movie, theater, and voice actor. He is tall, strawberry blonde (often with a mustache), and has a very distinct voice. External links ..
Otto Scavenius
For the Danish Prime Minister, see Erik Scavenius. A second relative also served as Foreign Minister, see Harald Scavenius Otto Christian Jakob Jørgen Brønnum Scavenius () (in Danish usually referred to as O.C. Scavenius) (1875 - 1945) was Danish Foreign Minister from April 5 1920 - May 5 1920 d..
Otto Schaden
Dr. Otto J. Schaden is an American Egyptologist. He is currently the Field Director of the Amenmesse Tomb Project of the University of Memphis (Tennessee). In addition to his ongoing work on the tomb of Amenmesse (KV10) in the main arm of the Valley of the Kings, he has also cleared and reinvestigat..
Otto Schenk
Otto Schenk (born June 12, 1930 in Vienna, Austria) is an actor, theater director, and production designer. He is most famous in the United States for his lavish, realist, traditionalist productions at the Metropolitan Opera. He has also produced operas at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, and the..
Otto Schily
Otto Georg Schily (SPD; born July 20, 1932) was Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany from 1998-2005, in the cabinet of former Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder. Born in Bochum as the son of a mining plant director, he grew up in a family of anthroposophists. In 1962, he passed his second s..
Otto Schindewolf
Otto Heinrich Schindewolf (7 June, 1896, Hanover, Germany - 10 June, 1971, Tübingen, West Germany) was a German paleontologist who studied the evolution of corals and cephalopods. Schindewolf was on the faculty at the University of Marburg from 1919 until 1927. He then he became director of the ..
Otto Schmidt
Otto Yulievich Schmidt (Russian: ; (30 September [O.S. 18 September] 1891 — September 7, 1956) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician (Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1935 and Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1934)..
Otto Schmirgal
Otto Schmirgal (born 15 December 1900 in Bentschen, Meseritz district (Posen Province); died 24 October 1944 in Brandenburg (executed)) was a workman, politician, and a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. Life In the mid-1920s, Otto Schmirgal was employed at the Berliner Verkehrsgesellscha..
Otto Schmitt
Otto Herbert Schmitt (April 6, 1913 – January 6, 1998) was an American inventor, engineer, and biophysicist best known for his scientific contributions to biophysics and for establishing the field of biomedical engineering. Schmitt also coined the term biomimetics and invented the Schmitt tri..
Otto Schoetensack
Otto Schoetensack (July 12, 1850 - December 23, 1912) was a German industrialist and later professor of anthropology. During an archeological dig he directed the worker Daniel Hartmann found the lower jaw of a hominid, which Schoetensack later named the Homo heidelbergensis. Publications "Der Unter..
Otto Schott
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. Friedrich Otto Schott (born 17 December 1851 in Witten; died 27 August 1935 in Jena) was a German Chemist and Gl..
Otto Schreier
Otto Schreier (born March 3, 1901 in Vienna, Austria; died June 2, 1929 in Hamburg, Germany) was an Austrian mathematician who made major contributions in combinatorial group theory. He studied mathematics at the University of Vienna and obtained his doctorate in 1923. He then moved to the Universi..
Otto Schüssler
Otto Schüssler (August 8 1905–1982) was a German Communist. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Oskar Fischer and Julián Suárez. Schüssler was born in 1905 to a working-class family in Leipzig. He became an important leader of the Trotskyist movement in Imperial Germany. In the spring of..
Otto Scott
Otto Scott (May 26, 1918 - May 5, 2006) was a journalist and author of corporate histories who also wrote biographies on notable figures such as John Brown (abolitionist), James I_of_England and Robespierre. Contents 1 Early Life2 Later Life and Conversion to Chritstianity3 Family4..
Otto Sirgo
Otto Sirgo (born Otto Sirgo Haller on December 19 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Mexican actor and director of telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Magda Haller and is married to Maleni Morales, both actresses. Contents 1 Awards1.1 Association of Theater Journalists2 Films3 ..
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny Otto Skorzeny (June 12 1908 - July 5 1975) was a Obersturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. He is best-known as the commando leader who rescued Benito Mussolini from imprisonment after his overthrow. Contents 1 Biography2 Cultural references3&n..
Otto Soglow
Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900-April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King. Born in Yorkville, Manhattan, Soglow studied with John Sloan at the Art Students League of New York. He published his first cartoon in 1919 and throughout the 1920s he publishe..
Otto Staudinger
Otto Staudinger (May 2, 1830 Groß-Wüstenfelde near Treptow, Mecklenburg – October 13, 1900 Lucerne, Switzerland) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institution..
Otto Steffers
Otto Steffers (born October 19, 1972 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ..
Otto Steinbrinck
Otto Steinbrinck (born 19 December 1888 in Lippstadt, died 16 August 1949 in Landsberg am Lech) was a German industrialist and an accused in the Nuremberg Flick Trial. The schoolteacher's son was from 1907 a professional soldier in the Imperial German Navy, and as of 1911 saw service on several sub..
Otto Stern
Otto Stern Otto Stern (February 17, 1888 – August 17, 1969) was a German physicist and Nobel laureate. Born in Sohrau (Żory) Upper Silesia, studied at Breslau (Wrocław). After resigning from his post at the University of Hamburg in 1933 because of the Nazis Machtergreifung, he became..
Otto Stich
Otto Stich (born January 10, 1927) is a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 7, 1983 and handed over office on October 31, 1995. He is affiliated to the Social Democratic Party. During his time in office he held the Federal Department of Finance and w..
Otto Strandman
Otto August Strandman (30 November 1875 - 5 February 1941) was Prime Minister of Estonia and Head of State. He was born in Vanda, Undla rural municipality, Virumaa and died in Kadrina, Estonia. He was Estonian Prime Minister 9 May 1919 - 18 November 1919 and Elder of State 9 July 1929 - 12 Februar..
Otto Strasser
Otto Strasser after his 1955 return to Germany Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser (September 10 1897 – August 27 1974) was a German politician and left-wing member of the Nazi party who rejected Adolf Hitler's ideas and formed his own faction, along with his brother, Gregor Strasser. Born in B..
Otto Struve
Not to be confused with his grandfather Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819 – 1905) Asteroids discovered: 2 991 McDonalda October 24 1922 992 Swasey November 14 1922 Otto Struve (August 12 1897 – April 6 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer. In Russian, his name is sometimes give..
Otto Struve A
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Variously the Russell (lunar crater) or on older maps occasionally the neighb..
Otto Struve Telescope
The Otto Struve Telescope was the first major telescope to be built at McDonald Observatory. Located in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, the Otto Struve Telescope was constructed between 1933 and 1939 by the Warner & Swasey Company. It's 2.1 meter (82 inch) mirror was the second largest in the wo..
Otto Stuppacher
Otto Stuppacher (March 3, 1947–August 13, 2001) was a racing driver from Vienna, Austria. He competed in hill-climbs and sports car racing before entering 4 Formula One Grands Prix with the ÖASC Racing Team in 1976. He was refused entry to the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix despite trying to rais..
Otto Suhr
Otto Suhr (August 17, 1894 - August 30, 1957) was a German political figure as a member of the SPD. He served as the mayor of West Berlin between 1955 and 1957. He was born 1894 in Oldenburg and died 1957 in Berlin. In his honor, a street in Oldenburg (in the district Eversten) is named after him...
Otto Sutro
Otto Sutro (d. 1896) was an American publisher and music store owner from Baltimore, Maryland. He hosted the music society, the Wednesday Club, and studied at the prestigious Peabody Institute. With fellow alum Fritz Finke, Sutro helped found the Oratorio Society. ..
Otto Sverdrup
A statue of Sverdrup in Sandvika, Norway. Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1854 - 1930) was a Norwegian Arctic explorer. Sverdrup joined Fridtjof Nansen's expedition of 1888 across Greenland. In 1893 he was given command of the Fram, and in 1895 he was left in charge of it while Nansen attempted to rea..
Otto Tangen
Otto Tangen is a Norwegian Nordic skiier who shared the Holmenkollen Medal in 1911 with Knut Holst. External Links [Holmenkollen Medalists] ..
Otto Timm
Otto William Timm was a California-based barnstormer and aircraft manufacturer. Charles Lindbergh's first flight was with flown by Timm. Timm originally started in the aviation field in 1910 when he attempted to build a copy of the Santos-Dumont "Demoiselle" monoplane while living in Milwaukee, Wis..
Otto Titzling
Otto Titzling is the apocryphal inventor of the brassiere. The name, a pun on "tit-sling," was invented by humorist Wallace Reyburn in the 1970s. Since then, the name has appeared in the game Trivial Pursuit, and the 1989 movie Beaches features a song by this name sung by Bette Midler. A similar ..
Otto Toeplitz
Otto Toeplitz (1 August, 1881- 15 February, 1940) was a leading German Jewish mathematician, working in the fields of linear algebra and functional analysis. He was a professor at Bonn, when removed from office by the Nazis. He emigrated to Palestine in 1939, and died in Jerusalem. See also Silver..
Otto Township, Michigan
Otto Township is a township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States. The population was 662 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.1 km² (35.9 mi²). 92.9 km² (35.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.22%..
Otto Township, Minnesota
Otto Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 526 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.3 km² (35.6 mi²). 80.9 km² (31.2 mi²) of it is land and 11.3 km² (4.4 mi²) of it ..
Otto Township, Pennsylvania
Otto Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,738 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.1 km² (34.8 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,738..
Otto Trieloff
Otto P. Trieloff (November 17, 1885) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Trieloff was a member of the silver medal German medley relay team. He was the third runner on the squad, running 400 metres. He followed Arthur Hoffmann and Hans Eicke, each of whom r..
Otto Tumlirz
Otto Tumlirz, or Ota Tumlíř (July 23, 1890, Rosenberg/Rožmberk nad Vltavou - January 3, 1957, Graz) was a Czech-Austrian psychologist, researcher for pedagogy. He taught as a professor at the Graz University (1924-) Tumlíř means Literary works Jugendkunde, 2 vols., 1920-1921Probleme der Char..
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346 – November 15, 1379), was the third son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland. Duke of Bavaria with his five brothers in 1347, he and his brothers Louis V and Louis VI became joint dukes of Upper Bavaria after the partitio..
Otto Van Der Groen
Otto Randolph Van Der Groen (b. Bandung, Indonesia November 16, 1940; d. Solano County, California May 14, 1979) was the founder of the Imua Shantung Kuntao system of karate (Imua Kuon Tao Kai Karate/ 1964). This martial art is rooted deeply in traditional Chinese fighting methods yet adapted in bot..
Otto Vasilievich Bremer
Otto Vasilievich Bremer (d 1873) was a naturalist. He is credited as an authority on many insects, including the Large Skipper butterfly. ..
Otto Vélez
Otoniel Vélez Franceschi (born November 29, 1950 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) was a Major League Baseball Outfielder from 1973 to 1983. External link [Baseball-Reference.com] - career statistics and analysis ..
Otto Ville Kuusinen
Otto Ville (Wilhelm) Kuusinen (Russian: Отто Вильгельмович Куусинен) (Laukaa, Finland, 1881 – 17 May, 1964, Moscow) was a Finnish and Soviet politician, literature historian, and poet, who after the defeat in the Finnish Civil War fled to Bolshevist Russia, where he wo..
Otto Vincent Lange
Otto Vincent Lange (1797-1870) was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1854-1855, Minister of Finance 1855-1856, 1857-1858, 1859-1861 and 1862-1863, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1856-1857, 1858-1859 and 1861-1862. ..
Otto von Below
Otto von Below (January 18, 1857 - March 15, 1944) was born and died at Danzig (Gdańsk). In World War I, he took part as an army commander in the battles of the Masurian Lakes (February, 1915). He fought in campaigns in Macedonia (1916) and in Italy (1917). In 1918, he commanded the 17th Army on..
Otto von Bismarck
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]"Bismarck" redirects here. For , see . Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898) was one of the most prominent European aristocrats and statesmen of the nineteenth century. As Minister-Presiden..
Otto von Bohtlingk
Otto von Böhtlingk (May 30 1815 - April 1 1904) was a German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Having studied Oriental languages, particularly Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit, at the university of St. Petersburg, he continued his studies in Germany, first in Berlin an..
Otto von Bressensdorf
Otto von Bressensdorf (b ?) was a German-born fraudster in USA. In the 1980s, Baron Otto von Bressendorf created an investment house that he named Lyons Capital. Lyons Capital attracted entrepreneurs who were looking for capital to start a business or expand their existing business. The company re..
Otto von Camphausen
Otto von Camphausen (1812-1896), Prussian statesman, was born at Hünshoven, part of Geilenkirchen at the right banks of river Wurm, in the Rhine Provinces on the 21st of October 1812. Having studied jurisprudence and political economy at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg, Münich and Berlin, he ..
Otto von der Gablentz
Preceded by: Gabriel Fragnière Rectors of the College of Europe Succeeded by: Piet Akkermans ..
Otto von Emmich
Albert Theodor Otto von Emmich (1848-1915) entered the German army in 1866. He attained the rank of general of infantry in 1909, and was placed in command of the 10th army corps at Hanover. During the early days of the war in Europe in 1914, he laid siege to Liège, which he entered on August 7 19..
Otto von Gebhardt
The German scholar Otto von Gebhardt (-1905), who taught at the University of Berlin and held the position of University librarian of Leipzig, specialized in textual criticism of the literature of Early Christianity. Of his vast output of articles and editions of ancient texts, acts of the martyrsTw..
Otto von Gierke
Otto von Gierke Otto Friedrich von Gierke 1841 – October 10 1921) was a German historian in Stettin, at that time in Prussia, and died in Berlin. He specialised in the study of the German antecedents of German law. His view of the Rechtsstaat (state on a legal basis), and his emphasis on ..
Otto von Guericke
Otto von Guericke Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke) (November 20, 1602 – May 11, 1686 (Julian calendar); November 30, 1602 – May 21, 1686 (Gregorian calendar)) was a German scientist, inventor, and politician. His major scientific achievement was the establishment of ..
Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg
The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg was founded 1993, and is one of the youngest universities in Germany. The university has about 13,000 students in 9 faculties. It is named after the physicist (and mayor of Magdeburg) Otto von Guericke, famous for his experiments with the Magdeburg hemi..
Otto von Habsburg
His Imperial and Royal Highness the Archduke of Austria Otto von Habsburg (Franz Josef Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix René Ludwig Gaetano Pius Ignazius von Habsburg-Lothringen), born 20 November, 1912, is the current head of the Habsburg family and the eldest s..
Otto von Kerpen
Otto von Kerpen was the second Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order, from 1200 to 1206. He came from a poor knightly family from Rheinland residing in the Kerpen castle near Gillesheim. His six years as the Grand Master was an instant battle trying to make the Teutonic Order independent ..
Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (December 30, 1787 - February 15, 1846), was a Baltic German navigator in Russian service. The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born at Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), then part of the Russian Empire. After attending the St Petersburg school of cadets, he accompanied Krus..
Otto von Lossow
General Otto von Lossow was, at the time of the beer hall putsch, the commander of the Reichswehr in the state of Bavaria. He became briefly prominent in German history as being, with Gustav von Kahr and Oberst (Colonel) Hans von Seisser, part of the triumvirate who at this time exercised political ..
Otto von Münchhausen
Otto von Münchhausen (1716-1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants. The standard botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he des..
Otto von Pack
Otto von Pack (c. 1480 - 8 February 1537), German conspirator, studied at the university of Leipzig, and obtained a responsible position under George, Duke of Saxony, which he lost owing to his dishonesty. In 1528 he revealed to Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, the details of a scheme agreed upon in Bres..
Otto von Porat
Otto von Porat a heavy-weight boxer from Norway. In 1924 he won a gold medal in the summer olympics in Paris. ..
Otto Von Schirach
Otto Von Schirach is an IDM and breakcore artist from Miami, Florida of Cuban/German decent. His style is more sporadic and noisy than other artists in the genre, and his visual aesthetic leans on the heavy metal side rather than electronic. He has released most of his work on the Schematic and Be..
Otto von Stülpnagel
Otto von Stülpnagel was the German military commander of France during the Second World War. He was an opponent of the plan to eliminate the world Jewry - despite his beliefs that the French Resistance was made up primarily of Jews - claiming he felt it betrayed and tarnished the German reputatio..
Otto Waalkes
Otto Waalkes live (2005) Otto Waalkes (born July 22, 1948 in Emden, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German comedian and actor. His perhaps most famous trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. He shares a close friendship with te..
Otto Wacker
Otto Wacker (1898-1970) was a German art dealer who became famous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. Otto Wacker became an art dealer in 1925 after various false starts in other professions. He developed a reputation for reliability in the art field. The frau..
Otto Wagener
Otto Wagener (born 29 April 1888 in Durlach; died 9 August 1971 in Chieming) was a German major general and Adolf Hitler's economic adviser. The industrialist's son completed Gymnasium and afterwards took up a career as an officer. In the First World War, Wagener was, as of 1916, on the General Sta..
Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. Wagner was born in Penzing, a suburb of Vienna. He studied in Berlin and Vienna. In 1864, he started designing his first buildings in the historicist style. In 1884, he became a teacher in the school..
Otto Wallach
Otto Wallach (27 March, 1847 at Königsberg - 26 February, 1931 at Göttingen) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1910 for work on alicyclic compounds. He was responsible for naming the terpene, pinene, and for undertaking the first systematic study of pinene↑ . He also proposed..
Otto Walter
Otto Walter (b. 1882 in Vienna, d. 1965 in Parsch in the state of Salzburg) was an Austrian archaeologist. He was a co-worker from 1910-1945 and was a director of the Österreichische Archäologische Institute, lit. the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Athens. He became a professor in 1945 at ..
Otto Wanz
Otto Wanz (b. June 13, 1943, Graz, Austria - ) is a former professional wrestler. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1976. He is a one time American Wrestling Association champion and former operator of the Catch Wrestling Association. Finishing and signature moves Big Otto Splash Champion..
Otto Weddigen
Otto Weddigen (September 15, 1882 – March 18, 1915) was a German U-boat commander during World War I. Born in Herford, he started his military career in the imperial German navy in 1901. In 1910 he was given command of one of the first German submarines, U 9. On 22 September, 1914, while patrol..
Otto Weininger
Otto Weininger (April 3, 1880 – October 4, 1903) was an Austrian philosopher. In 1903, he published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character) which gained popularity after Weininger's theatrical suicide at the age of 23. Today, the book is dismissed as sexist and anti-Semitic by som..
Otto Wels
Otto Wels 1932 Otto Wels (September 15 1873 - September 16 1939) was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1919 and a member of parliament from 1920 to 1930. On March 23, 1933 the Berlin-born Wels was the only member of the Reichstag to speak against Adolf Hitler'..
Otto Werner
C. W. Otto Werner (February 1 1879 - 1936 ) was a German physician, after whom Werner syndrome (Werner's syndrome), a form of premature aging (progeria adultoram) was named. As a medical student in 1903, Werner observed the syndrome in four siblings near the age of 30. He documented his observatio..
Otto Wichterle
Prof. Otto Wichterle Otto Wichterle (27 October, 1913 in Prostějov in Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic – 18 August, 1998) was a Czech chemist and inventor, best known for his invention of modern contact lenses. After finishing high school in Prostějov, Wichterle chose science..
Otto Wiesheu
Dr. Otto Wiesheu (born October 31 1944 in Zolling) is a Bavarian CSU politician and an expert on traffic. He is a lawyer. From 1975 to 1979 he was chief of the youth organization Jungen Union Bayern. Since 1974 he has been a member of the Bavarian Parliament. Since July 17 1993 he has been Bavari..
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich
Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (December 11, 1806 – July 1, 1886) was a German mineralogist and geologist. He was born at Berlin and educated at the local university. His earliest scientific work is related to spinels and other minerals. Later he made special studies of fumaroles, of the min..
Otto Wilhelm Sonder
Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812-1881) was a botanist. He was the author, with William Henry Harvey, of the Flora Capensis (7 vol. in 11, 1859–1933). The standard author abbreviation Sond. may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name. ..
Otto Wilhelm von Struve
Not to be confused with his grandson Otto Struve (1897–1963) Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25), in Dorpat, now Tartu, Estonia – April 14 1905, in Karlsruhe, Germany) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. In Russian, his name is normally given as..
Otto Winzer
Otto Winzer (1902 - 1975) was an East German diplomat. He served as the foreign minister of East Germany between 1965 and 1975. ..
Otto Witt
Otto Witt (1875-1923) was a Swedish author. He was one of the prominent figures in early Swedish science fiction. He did, among other things, publish Hugin, one of the first science fiction magazines in the world. ..
Otto Witte
Otto Witte (1868--August 13, 1958) was a circus acrobat who managed to be crowned King of Albania. In 1913, when Albania broke off from the Ottoman Empire, it invited Sultan Halim Eddine's nephew to come and be crowned king. Noticing his own resemblance to the Sultan's nephew, Witte traveled to Al..
Otto Zeinenger
Otto Zeinenger (1513-1576) was an obscure yet influential theologian of the early Reformation. Born in Germany and ordained in the Catholic Church, he moved to Geneva in his early twenties. Here he came under the sway of Protestant reformer Jean Calvin, whose devoted student he became. Zeinenger pub..
Otto Zöckler
Otto Zöckler (1833-1906) was a German theologian, professor at Greifswald. He edited a "Handbuch der theologischen Wissenschaft," and other works. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ..
Otto Zykan
Otto M. Zykan (born 1935) is an Austrian composer. Among his works are two operas, 1980's Kunst kommt von Gönnon and Auszählreim of 1986. Reference [OperaGlass page (cached)] ..
Ottrau
Ottrau is a community in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Constituent communities2 History2.1 Amalgamations3 Politics3.1 Municipal council3.2 Town partnership4 Personalities4.1 Honorary citizen5 Reference6 E..
Ottrelite
Ottrelite is a form of chloritoid. Its empirical formula is (Mn,Fe,Mg)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4. ..
Ottringham
Ottringham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately 12 miles to the West of Hull in an area known as Holderness. During World War II, in 1943, the BBC built a transmitting station there, named BBC Ottringham or OSE5. Its purpose was to counter the increase in German jamming sign..
Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa (pronounced "Uh-tuhm-wa") is a city in Wapello County, Iowa. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wapello County[Geographic references#6GR6]. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves..
Ottumwa Heights College
Ottumwa Heights College was a liberal arts college for women based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The school was affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and was operated by the Sisters of Humility of Mary. The institution was founded in 1864 as the Visitation Academy. In 1925, it was renamed the St. Joseph ..
Ottumwa High School
Ottumwa High School Established 1923 School type Public Principal Steve Hanson Location 501 E. 2nd StreetOttumwa, IA 52501 Enrollment 1541 (2004–2005) School colors Red and white School song [OHS school song] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) Homepa..
Ottumwa Media Tower Richland
Ottumwa Media Tower Richland is a 365.8 metre high guyed TV tower at Richland, Iowa, USA at 41°11'42.0" N and 91°57'16.0" W. Ottumwa Media Tower Richland was built in 1993. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=113185..
Ottweiler
Ottweiler is a town and a municipality, seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken. ..
OTT (boyband)
OTT were a short lived 5-piece Irish boyband of the late 1990s. Made up of Niall O' Neil, Alan Fitzsimons, Adam Mates, Keith Cox and Glenn Clarke, they were signed to Sony Music and had a number of chart hits in Ireland and the UK. After three top ten single releases in Ireland they attempted to bre..
Ott (disambiguation)
Ott may refer to: Ott, a record producer.Mirjam Ott, an olympic medal winning Swiss curler.Jonathan Ott, an ethnobotanist and writer.Mel Ott Baseball player.OTT British English expresion for excess from Over The Top.O.T.T. a Chris Tarrant UK TV programme from the earlt 80's, an adult version of Tisw..

 


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