Tag: 1900-1949

Carlo Levi

Carlo Levi

Graziadio Carlo Levi or Carlo Lèvi (born November 29, 1902 in Turin; died January 4, 1975 in Rome) was an Italian writer, painter, doctor and politician. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KcHM32WELo Carlo Levi came from an upper-class, assimilated Jewish family; his parents were Ercole Levi and Annetta Treves. In 1917 or 1918, he enrolled to study medicine at the University of Turin, graduating in 1924.[1] Although he worked as an assistant doctor at a Turin clinic from 1924 to 1928, Read more [...]
Margaret Chan

Margaret Chan

Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun (Chinese: 陳馮富珍/陈冯富珍; born 1947 in Hong Kong) was Director-General of the World Health Organization from 2006 to 2017 (in May 2012 she was elected for a second term until June 30, 2017). She was the first Chinese woman to head a UN specialized agency. Biografie Margaret Chan completed her medical studies at the Canadian University of Western Ontario. After returning to Hong Kong, she joined the health department of the then British Crown Colony Read more [...]
Hans Michael Schulz

Hans Michael Schulz

When Hans Michael Schulz packs his backpack, the journey is the destination: pilgrimages run like a common thread through the life of the former chief physician of Nordhorn. With 30 people between the ages of 17 and 77, he hiked the path of the "Swedish Birgitta" through the Mecklenburg countryside, praying, remaining silent, singing, and also working on projects. They covered distances of 20 to 25 kilometers each day. It all began in the spring of 1994, when he left his hospital for six months Read more [...]
Carl Claus Hagenbeck

Carl Claus Hagenbeck

Carl Claus Hagenbeck (born 1 November 1941 in Hamburg) is a German veterinarian and former zoo director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Z5JPnX9cY From 1962 to 1967 he studied veterinary medicine at the Hannover Veterinary School and received his doctorate in veterinary medicine. Hagenbeck is married and has two daughters. From 1977 to 1982 he was junior director of the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg,[1] which he then directed from 1982 to 2004. Between 1982[2] and 1989 he directed the zoo together Read more [...]
Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf

Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf

On this day, Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf (*22. Januar 1957 in Cologne, died 14. November 2014 in Cologne) and others founded the "Norbert Burgmüller Society e.V. Düsseldorf" was founded in the Düsseldorf City Museum. The driving force behind the project is the pianist Tobias Koch, Düsseldorf, and the Burgmüller researchers Dr. Klaus Martin Kopitz, Berlin, and Dr. Klaus Zehnder-Tischendorf, Cologne. The management is taken over by the Dirk Franke Concert Agency, Düsseldorf. Also present at Read more [...]
Peter Konopka

Peter Konopka

Dr. Peter Konopka is an internist, sports physician, and director of his own yoga school in Augsburg. In addition to his professional work as a senior physician in internal medicine at Augsburg Hospital, he was an active racing cyclist and, for twelve years, served as a sports physician for the German national road and cyclo-cross teams at training camps and stage races, as well as at a total of 16 World Championships and Olympic Games. In 1991, his Indian yoga teacher, Jonas Remedios, appointed Read more [...]
Hannes Lindemann

Hannes Lindemann

Hans-Günther[1] "Hannes" Lindemann (* 28 December 1922 – † 17 April 2015[2]) was a German physician, sailing pioneer, canoeist and author who became known for his Atlantic crossings in very small boats. Interview with WDR5 on his 90th birthday in 2012 and report. From 1955 onwards, he conducted several self-experiments to test the ability of a shipwrecked sailor to survive on the high seas under extreme psychological and physical stress. In 1955, he sailed the Atlantic in a dugout Read more [...]
Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Kruszelnicki

Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki AM (born 1948), often referred to as Dr Karl,[2] is an Australian science communicator and populariser,[2] who is known as an author and a science commentator on Australian radio, television, and podcasts. Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow in the Science Foundation for Physics at the School of Physics, University of Sydney. Kruszelnicki was awarded a Master of Biomedical Read more [...]
Gerhard Kittel

Gerhard Kittel

Gerhard Kittel (* March 4, 1925 in Berolzheim, North Baden; † November 9, 2011 in Marloffstein) was a German otolaryngologist, phoniatrist, and pediatric audiologist who, as a university professor in Erlangen, played a key role in establishing the field in Germany and Europe. Gerhard Kittel also wrote poems and poetry, but his early work was lost in the turmoil of World War II. He subsequently published texts and books, especially after his retirement, including a poetry series published Read more [...]
Willem Kersing

Willem Kersing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXtSQwsFZFc Willem Kersing has been playing the piano since he was five years old. His teachers have included George van Renesse, Johan Patist, Jerome Lowenthal, and Herman Strategier. He studied at the conservatories in Utrecht and Enschede. He accompanies many singers, including members of the Nationale Reisopera, and has collaborated with Ank Reinders. For several years, he has accompanied singers coached by Marion van den Akker. He plays chamber music in Read more [...]