Wilhelm UleWilhelm Ule, sometimes referred to as Willi Ule (9 May 1861 in Halle an der Saale – 13 February 1940) was a German geographer and limnologist. He was the son of science writer Otto Eduard Vincenz Ule (1820-1876). He studied mathematics and geography in Berlin and Halle, where he graduated in 1888 with a dissertation on the lakes of Mansfeld, Die Mansfelder Seen. The following year he obtained his habilitation with a study on the depth ratios of Masurian lakes. In 1889 he also became managing director of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Erich Lindemann (botanist)Erich Lindemann (May 8, 1888, in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - May 2, 1945, in Erbach, Hesse) was a German phycologist and taxonomist. Lindemann's father was a teacher with Protestant-Lutheran confession. Lindemann was unmarried. As Sergeant, he participated in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross. After secondary education, Erich Berthold Ludwig Wilhelm Lindemann studied natural science in Munich, Berlin and particularly Rostock.
Siegbert HummelSiegbert Hummel (18 July 1908 – 28 March 2001) was a German Tibetologist and cultural historian. His work focused on the Eurasian context of Tibetan culture, the Bön religion, the Zhangzhung language, and the Gesar epic. Born in Rodewisch, Hummel obtained his Abitur from König-Albert-Gymnasium in Leipzig in 1932. He studied theology, philosophy, psychology and history of art at the universities of Tübingen, Rostock, Leipzig and Munich between 1932 and 1938. From 1938 to 1947, Hummel worked in Leipzig and Dresden as a minister in the Lutheran church.
Emilie SnethlageMaria Emilie Snethlage (April 13, 1868 – November 25, 1929) was a German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon. Snethlage collected in Brazil from 1905 until her death. She was the director of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi from 1914 to 1922. Several species of birds were described by her. Maria Emilie Snethlage was born in Kraatz (now part of Gransee) in the Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, and educated privately by her father Rev.
Philipp ForchheimerPhilipp Forchheimer (7 August 1852 in Vienna – 2 October 1933 in Dürnstein, Lower Austria) was an Austrian engineer, a pioneer in the field of civil engineering and practical hydraulics, who also contributed to the archaeological study of Byzantine water supply systems. He was professor in Istanbul, Aachen and Graz. Forchheimer introduced mathematical methodology to the study of hydraulics, thus establishing a scientific basis for the field.
Susanne TunnSusanne Tunn (born 1958) is a German sculptor. She is well known for her big sculptures made from stone, but works as well in other natural materials such as tin, wood, concrete, plants or dust. Whether she is working with outsize or tiny formats, they always emit a strong physical effect. Born in Detmold (1958) she studied Art and Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. She lives in Alfhausen, near Osnabrück.
István Andrássy (scientist)István Andrássy (5 May 1927, Szolnok, Hungary - 4 August 2012, Budapest) was a Hungarian nematologist. Starting with his first publication in 1952 on the nematode fauna of Mount Bükk, over his dissertation in 1973 on the evolution of nematodes (published as ) to his last days he was a very prolific scientist, publishing more than 200 manuscripts, chapters and books on the class of Nematoda. He described 530 taxa of nematodes and at least 60 nematode taxa are named after him, which shows the huge respect he had in the nematologists world.
BLG LogisticsBLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG is a seaport and logistics company with headquarters in Bremen. The operative divisions offer services for automobile, industry and trading customers. The company has nearly 100 locations in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. 65 merchants founded Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- (BLG) in February 1877. A key factor in the company's creation was the desire of Bremen cotton traders to obtain an improved warehousing and trading infrastructure, including the option of issuing warehouse receipts and warrants.
David LewinDavid Benjamin Lewin (July 2, 1933 – May 5, 2003) was an American music theorist, music critic and composer. Called "the most original and far-ranging theorist of his generation", he did his most influential theoretical work on the development of transformational theory, which involves the application of mathematical group theory to music. Lewin was born in New York City and studied piano from a young age and was for a time a pupil of Eduard Steuermann. He graduated from Harvard in 1954 with a degree in mathematics.
Historical behaviour studiesHistorical behaviour studies (Historische Verhaltensforschung) is a field of research in cultural history and cultural anthropology and a particular methodological approach to the study of human behaviour. Historical behaviour studies are a type of cultural sociology under the particular aspect of historical change.
