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Audrey Riley Audrey Riley was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Family Cat. She was later a member of the avant-garde classical group Icebreaker and frequent indie session artist, working among others with The Smiths.
Audrey Schuh Audrey Schuh (Redmann) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 11, 1931, and studied both music and medical technology at Loyola University of the South, where she studied with Dorothy Hulse, who was also the pedagogue of Harry Theyard and Charles Anthony. Her first leading role with the New Orleans Opera Association was the page-boy Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, opposite Jussi Björling, in 1950.
Audrey Smedley Audrey Smedley is a social anthropologist and Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University in anthropology and African-American studies. Smedley has written on the history of anthropology and the origin and evolution of the idea of "race" since the late 1970s.
Audrey Tang Audrey Tang (Traditional chinese: 唐鳳; born April 18, 1981 as 唐宗漢, formerly known as Autrijus) is a Taiwanese free software programmer, best known for initiating and leading the Pugs project, a joint effort from the Haskell and Perl communities to implement the Perl 6 language.
Audri DuBois Audri Dubois Marchionno (born December 4, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) played Trini in the pilot episode of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV Series. She was replaced by the late Thuy Trang for the inception of the TV Series.
Audubon Ballroom The Audubon Ballroom was a theatre and ballroom located in Washington Heights, a neighborhood north of Harlem, on the island of Manhattan, notoriously known as the site of Malcolm X's assassination on February 21, 1965. It was recently demolished to make way for expanding research centers belonging to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
Audubon Ballroom (Honorverse) The Audubon Ballroom, named after the site where Malcolm X was shot, is a supposedly terrorist organization in the Honorverse, a fictional universe based upon the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. The Ballroom, as it is informally referred to, is dedicated to fighting genetic slavery and specializes in assassinations and other publicly visible acts against those who are involved in genetic slavery.
Audubon Expedition Institute The Audubon Expedition Institute is a traveling college that explores the United States and the world in the course of facilitating extraordinary educational experiences for a small number of undergraduate and graduate students. It is an accredited program affiliated with Lesley University.
Audubon Nature Institute The Audubon Nature Institute is family of museums and parks dedicated to nature based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It consists of the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Audubon Park, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, Entergy IMAX® Theatre, Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species (ACRES), Audubon Wilderness Park, and Audubon Insectarium (opening Fall 2007).
Audubon Park, Minneapolis The Audubon Park neighborhood is located in the Northeast community in Minneapolis. The neighborhood is bounded by Saint Anthony Parkway to the north, Stinson Boulevard to the east, Lowry Avenue to the south, and Central Avenue to the west.
Audubon Swamp Garden Audubon Swamp Garden is a 60-acre cypress and tupelo swamp on the grounds of Magnolia Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. At one time, the swamp served as a reservoir for the plantation's rice cultivation.
Audumbaras The Audumbras, or Audumbaras were a north Indian tribal nation east of the Punjab, in the Western Himalaya region. They were the most important tribe of the Himachal, and lived in the lower hills between Pathankot and Jwalamukhi.
Aue-Schwarzenberg Aue-Schwarzenberg is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the Czech Republic and the districts of Vogtlandkreis, Zwickauer Land, Stollberg and Annaberg.
Auerbach (family) Auerbach, Авербах(אוּרבּח) is a family of scholars, the progenitor of which was Moses Auerbach, court Jew to the bishop of Regensburg, about 1497. One of his daughters, who went after her marriage to Kraków, is the reputed ancestress of the celebrated Rabbi Moses Isserles ("רמ״א").
Auerbach Castle Auerbach Castle is one of several dramatic castles along the BergstraĂźe in southern Hesse, Germany. It was built by Count Dieter II of the Katzenelnbogen dynasty in the second quarter of the 13th Century and sits on a hill known as Urberg, below Melibokus mountain and above the town of Bensheim-Auerbach.
Auerbachs Keller Auerbachs Keller (Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. Auerbachs Keller most notably appeared in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust I, as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels.
Auf Achse (song) Auf Achse is a song about unrequited love by the band Franz Ferdinand, from the album Franz Ferdinand. "Auf Achse" literally means "on the axle" in German, a common metaphor for "on the road" and also the title of a 1980s TV series about truckers.
Auf Wiedersehen Monty Auf Wiedersehen Monty (German for "Goodbye Monty") is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and MSX. Released in 1987, it is the third of the Monty series, following Monty on the Run and the successful original Wanted: Monty Mole.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site.
Aufaniae Aufaniae was a collective name for a group of Celtic mother goddesses worshipped throughout Celtic Europe. They are known only from symbolical inscriptions and they appear to have been found mainly in the German Rhineland.
Aufbau principle The Aufbau principle (also Aufbau rule or building-up principle), is used to determine the electron configuration of an atom, molecule or ion. The principle postulates a hypothetical process in which an atom is "built up" by progressively adding electrons.
Auferstanden aus Ruinen Auferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from the Ruins) was the national anthem of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). It was composed by Hanns Eisler and the text was written by the poet Johannes R.
Aufhausen Priory Aufhausen Priory (Kloster Aufhausen), formerly Aufhausen Oratory, is now a Benedictine monastery, founded in the late 17th century as an Oratorian community, located at Aufhausen near Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany.
Aufheben Aufheben is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up," "to abolish," or "to sublate."philosophy], Aufheben is a German term used by [[Hegel to explain what happens when a thesis and antithesis interact, particularly via the term "sublate.
Aufidia Aufidia or Alfidia was a Roman Matron who lived in the first century BC and was the mother to the first Roman Empress Livia Drusilla. Livia Drusilla was the third wife to the first Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus.
Aufidius Lurco Marcus Aufidius (or Alfidius) Lurco or known as Aufidius Lurco, was a Roman magistrate who lived in the first century BC. Lurco was a member of the gens Aufidius, a Roman family of Plebs status, who appeared later in the Roman Republican and Roman Imperial Era.
Aufruf Aufruf (Yiddish: oyfruf, ufruf/ifrif) is the ceremony in Judaism, literally meaning "to call up" in German and Yiddish, in which the groom to be is called up for an Aliyah, or reading of the Torah. Usually this ceremony is done the Shabbos before the wedding, but in certain cases is done a few weeks before (or in the case of sephardic Jews, the week after the wedding).
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (English: Ascent and fall of the Roman world) (shortened ANRW) is a very extensive scholarly series of books dealing with the Roman Empire. Most of the articles written in it are in German, but other languages are well represented, too, including English.
Augathella, Queensland The township of Augathella is located in western Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Murweh Shire. Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is 90 kilometres north of the town of Charleville, and 760 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane.
Augeas In Greek mythology, Augeas (or Augeias), whose name means "bright", was King of Elis and husband of Epicaste. He is best known for his stables, which housed the single greatest number of cattle in the country and had never been cleaned until the great hero Heracles came along.
Augenblick Studios Augenblick Studios is an independent animation studio located in New York City. Founded in 1999 by Aaron Augenblick, their team of artists has created a wide array of animated shorts for television, film, and the Internet.
Auggie Auggie (Austin Brown) is the son of Nathaniel Brown and Rebbie Jackson - the eldest child of the musical Jackson Family. Born on November 22, 1985, Auggie is the younger brother of Stacee Brown (born 1971) and Yashi Brown (born 1977) who make up the girl group called "Geneva".
Auggie Smith Auggie Smith (born 1970) is an American comedian. His distinctive style involves long, rapid fire monologues on political and social absurdities in a somewhat moderated and unusually intelligent variation of the rant style.
Aughrim, County Galway Aughrim (Eachroim, or “horse ridge” in Irish) is a small village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is located in the midlands of Ireland, between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the N6 national primary road that connects Galway and Dublin.
Aughrim, County Wicklow Aughrim (Eachroim, or "Horse ridge” in Irish) is a small village in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. It lies in a scenic valley in the east of Ireland where the Ow and Derry rivers meet to form the Aughrim river.
Augie Donatelli August Joseph Donatelli (August 22 1914 - May 24 1990) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1950 to 1973. Highly regarded for his ability, he was also known for his inclination to eject players and managers quickly and dramatically.
Augie Galan August John (Augie) Galan (May 23, 1912 - December 28, 1993) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1934 through 1949 , he played for the Chicago Cubs (1934-41), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941-46), Cincinnati Reds (1947-48), New York Giants (1949) and Philadelphia Athletics (1949).
Augie Garrido Augie Garrido (born February 6 1939) is a coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. As of the end of the 2006 season, Garrido has compiled a record of 1,542 wins, 717 losses and 8 ties over 37 seasons of collegiate coaching (.
Augie March Augie March is an Australian rock band. The group was formed in 1996, in Melbourne, Victoria, by singer/songwriter/guitarist Glenn Richards, drummer David Walliams, guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola.
Augment (linguistics) In linguistics, the augment is a syllable added to the beginning of the word in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Greek (the augment survives and has been generalised in Modern Greek), Armenian, and the Indo-Iranian languages such as Sanskrit, to form the perfect, preterite, or aorist tenses.
Augment (Star Trek) The Augments were a genetically enhanced group of humans in the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise. They were also referred to as Supermen, an accurate description considering their superhuman abilities.
Augmentation of Honour In heraldry, an augmentation is a modification or addition to a coat of arms, typically given by a monarch as either a mere mark of favour, or a reward or recognition for some meritorious act. The grants of entire new coats by monarchs as a reward are not augmentations, and (in theory) an augmentation mistakenly given to someone who did not have a right to a coat would be nugatory.
Augmentation pharyngoplasty Augmentation pharyngoplasty brings the posterior pharyngeal wall forward, making it similar to an adenoid pad. Several techniques have been used including: rearranging the soft tissue, implanting cartilage and injection or implanting different types of synthetic materials.
Augmentation Research Center Stanford Research Institute's Augmentation Research Center (ARC) was founded by electrical engineer Douglas Engelbart to develop and experiment with new tools and techniques for collaboration and information processing. The main product to come out of ARC was the revolutionary oN-Line System, better known by its odd abbreviation, NLS.
Augmentative and alternative communication Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) refers "to an area of research, clinical, and educational practice. AAC involves attempts to study and when necessary compensate for temporary or permanent impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions of individuals with severe disorders of speech-language production and/or comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication" (ASHA, 2005, p.
Augmented assignment Augmented assignment is the name given to certain operators in certain programming languages (especially those derived from C). An augmented assignment is generally used to replace a statement where an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to the same variable.
Augmented fifth An augmented fifth is one of three musical intervals that span five diatonic scale degrees. The prefix 'augmented' identifies it as being the largest of the three intervals; the others being the perfect fifth and diminished fifth, which are one and two chromatic semitones smaller, respectively.
Augmented Group Cognition An extension of research into intelligence amplification and augmented cognition in individuals, augmented group cognition allows for knowledge to be created, consumed, and exchanged among group members in alignment with their current workload, stress levels, emotional state, and other cognitive factors. Specifically, in 2005, the average knowledge worker lost 2.
Augmented hexagonal prism In geometry, the augmented hexagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (J54). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a hexagonal prism by attaching a square pyramid (J1) to one of its equatorial faces.
Augmented pentagonal prism In geometry, the augmented pentagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (J52). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a pentagonal prism by attaching a square pyramid (J1) to one of its equatorial faces.
Augmented reality Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real world and computer generated data. At present, most AR research is concerned with the use of live video imagery which is digitally processed and "augmented" by the addition of computer generated graphics.
Augmented sixth An augmented sixth is one of three musical intervals that span six diatonic scale degrees. The prefix 'augmented' identifies it as being the largest of the three intervals; the others being the major sixth and minor sixth, which are one and two semitones smaller, respectively.
Augmented sixth chord An augmented sixth chord is a chord containing the written interval of an augmented sixth between two of its notes. Although it had occasional use in Baroque music, it became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical period.
Augmented Social Network The Augmented Social Network (ASN) was proposed in a June 2003 paper presented at the PlaNetwork Conference by Ken Jordan, Jan Hauser, and Steven Foster. The paper makes the case for a civil society vision of digital identity that treats Internet users as citizens rather than consumers.
Augmented transition network An augmented transition network (ATN) is a type of graph theoretic structure used in the operational definition of formal languages, used especially in parsing relatively complex natural languages, and having wide application in artificial intelligence.
Augmented triad In music, an augmented triad is a triad consisting of two major thirds together with a diminished fourth, which together make up an octave. It is called an augmented triad because the two major thirds together make up an augmented fifth.
Augmented triangular prism In geometry, the augmented triangular prism is one of the Johnson solids (J49). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a triangular prism by attaching a square pyramid (J1) to one of its equatorial faces.
Augsburg (district) Augsburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Augsburg and the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Landsberg, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu, Günzburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries.
Augsburg College Augsburg College is a liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was founded in 1869 in Marshall, Wisconsin as Augsburg Seminary and moved to Minneapolis in 1872.
Augsburg Confession The Augsburg Confession, also known as the "Augustana" from its Latin name, Confessio Augustana, is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Lutheran reformation. It was written in both German and Latin, and was presented by a number of German rulers and free-cities at the Diet of Augsburg on June 25, 1530.
Augsburg Fortress Augsburg Fortress is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and also publishes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as Augsburg Fortress Canada. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota Augsburg Fortress publishes The Lutheran, the Lutheran Book of Worship, and Evangelical Lutheran Worship, as well as a range of academic and educational titles.
Augsburg Interim A temporary agreement between German Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire. It was approved in 1548 at the Diet of Augsburg at the demand of Emperor Charles V, who wanted peace in order to procure a supply of troops in order to defend ongoing wars with the French and the Turks.
Augur The Augur (pl: augures) was a priest and official in ancient Rome. His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of the birds (flying in groups/alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of birds they are), known as "taking the auspices.
Auguries of Innocence Auguries of Innocence is a poem written by William Blake that contains a series of paradoxes which speak of innocence juxaposed with evil and corruption. The poem is 132 lines and has been published with and without breaks that divide the poem into stanzas.
August 2005 in Australia and New Zealand This page deals with current events that take place in or are of interest to Australia, New Zealand, and/or the territories of those countries (such as Norfolk Island and Ross Dependency), and/or current events that involve Australians and/or New Zealanders.
August 2006 August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days, like all Augusts, that began on a Tuesday. On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to the general public as London Metropolitan Police arrested alleged conspirators.
August 2006 ball tampering controversy The 2006 ball-tampering controversy (also referred to as the Oval fiasco or Ovalgate) was one of the biggest controversies in the history of cricket that was triggered during the fourth Test match between Pakistan and England at The Oval cricket ground. At the center of the controversy were international umpire Darrell Hair and Pakistan's captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.
August 2006 in Oceania *In the Tuvalu parliamentary election, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu Maatia Toafa (pictured) is re-elected to Parliament, but his Deputy Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga and other members of his Cabinet were not re-elected. (Tuvalu News)
August 29th Movement (M-L) The August 29th Movement (or August Twenty-Ninth Movement, ATM), was a Chicano communist organization that lasted from 1974 to 1978. It was the first United States Marxist-Leninist organization that originated outside the White Left.
August Blues Festival The August Blues Festival (originally called Augustibluus) is a blues music festival in Haapsalu, Estonia. The festival takes place inside the walls of Haapsalu Castle and since its inception in 1993 has become the biggest blues festival in Estonia.
August Breithaupt Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (May 16, 1791 - September 22, 1873) was a German mineralogist and professor at Freiberg Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony. He received his doctorate at the Universities of Jena and Marburg.
August Cardinal Hlond August Cardinal Hlond (July 5, 1881 - October 22, 1948) was a Polish prelate. He was Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznań in 1926 and primate (highest ranking church official) in Poland, Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw in 1946.
August Cieszkowski August Cieszkowski (1814-1894) was a Polish philosopher, economist, social and political activist, co-founder of the Polish League (Liga Polska), co-founder and president of the Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (PTPN).
August David Krohn August David Krohn (1803 – 1891) was a Saint Petersburg born zoologist of German origin. He was the son of Abraham Krohn, the founder of Russia's first brewery, who had left the island of Rügen to serve in the court of Catherine the Great.
August Emanuel von Reuss August Emanuel von Reuss (1811 – 1873), Austrian geologist and palaeontologist, the son of Franz Ambrosius Reuss (1761-1830), was born at Bilin in Bohemia on 8 July 1811. He was educated for the medical profession, graduating in 1834 at the University of Prague, and afterwards practising for fifteen years at Bilin.
August Friedrich Gfrörer August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803-1861), German historian, was born at Calw, in Württemberg, 5 March 1803. Obedient to the wishes of his parents, but against his own inclinations, he devoted himself to the study of theology; was a student at the "Little Evangelical Seminary" of Tübingen from 1817-21, and from 1821-25 continued his studies at the higher seminary of the same place.
August Friedrich Otto Münchmeyer August Friedrich Otto Münchmeyer was a German neo-Lutheran theologian, born in Hanover on December 8, 1807; died in Buer (10 miles north Essen), district of Münster, November 7, 1882; studied at Lüneburg, Holzminden, Göttingen, Berlin, and at the preachers' seminary in Hanover. In 1840 he was appointed pastor at Lamspringe, near Hildesheim; in 1851, superintendent at Catlenburg; and in 1855, consistorial councilor and superintendent at Buer, and member of the ecclesiastical court of Osnabrück.
August Gaul August Gaul (October 22 1869 - October 18 1922) was a German sculptor. Founding member of the Berlin Secession and close to its secretaries, the cousins and art dealers Bruno and Paul Cassirer, August Gaul soon advanced to one of the most important figures in the Berlin art scene before World War I.
August Gottlieb Spangenberg August Gottlieb Spangenberg (July 15, 1704 - September 18, 1792), Count Zinzendorf's successor, and bishop of the Moravian Brethren, was born at Klettenberg in the manor of Hohenstein, south of the Harz Mountains, where his father, Georg Spangenberg, was the pastor and ecclesiastical inspector.
August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard (1786-1839) was a German botanist, who worked at Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was among the first botanists to describe the new plants then being discovered in Alaska (under Russian ownership at the time), including species now of major commercial importance like Sitka Spruce and Red Alder.
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben August Heinrich Hoffmann (April 2, 1798 - January 19, 1874), who used Hoffmann von Fallersleben as his pen name, was a German poet. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", which is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of popular children's songs.
August Heissmeyer August Heißmeyer (or Heissmeyer – born 11 January 1897 in Gellersen, nowadays part of Aerzen; died 16 January 1979 in Schwäbisch Hall) was a leading member of the SS. After the World War II, he was sentenced to a prison term as a war criminal.
August Herrmann August "Garry" Herrmann (May 3 1859 - April 25 1931) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who served as president of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League from 1902 to 1927. As the president of baseball's National Commission from 1903 to 1920, he is often regarded as having filled the role of Baseball Commissioner before that position was officially established in 1920.
August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey (1811-1880) was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different periods.
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (March 30, 1705 in Augustenburg near Arnstadt – March 27 , 1759 in Nuremberg) was a German miniature painter, naturalist and entomologist. With his accurate, heavily detailed images of insects he was recognised as an important figure in modern entomology.
August Kautz August Valentine Kautz (January 5, 1828 – September 4, 1895) was a German-American soldier and Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War. He was the author of several army manuals on duties and customs eventually adopted by the U.
August Kiuru August Kiuru (born July 12, 1922) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940's and early 1950's. He won two silver medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics.
August Kreis III August Kreis III (born Nov 2, 1954) is a long-time member and leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Posse Comitatus and Aryan Nations Kreis spent 13 years as a member of the KKK before joining the Posse Comitatus, of which he eventually became a leader. Kreis susequently was a high ranking member of Posse Comitatus and the Aryan Nations; Kreis assumed leadership positions in the latter organization, serving first as webmaster and subsequently as Director of Information.
August Krogh Schack August Steenberg Krogh (November 15, 1874 – September 13, 1949) was a Danish professor of Roma Gypsy ancestry at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology.
August Krogh Institute The August Krogh Institute is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen. The primary research areas include physiology and biochemistry, while the educational efforts are concentrated on biology.
August Kubizek August (Gustl) Kubizek (3 August 1888 Linz – 1956) was a close friend of and later shared a room in Vienna with Adolf Hitler. After leaving school he apprenticed as an interior decorator in his father's business, but his true passion was for music Machtan,Lothar.
August Labitzky August Labitzky (1832-1903) was a Czech composer and a kapellmeister, son of Josef Labitzky (Joseph Labitzky). Although not as prolific a composer as his father, his Ouverture Characteristique has been occasionally recorded.
August Leimbach August Leimbach (February 12, 1882 - December 18, 1965) was a German-American sculptor. A native of Germany, he studied art and sculpture, and after immigrating to the United States in 1910 he worked passionately as an architectural sculptor.
August Macke August Macke (January 3, 1887 – September 26, 1914) was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly innovative time for German art which saw the development of the main German Expressionist movements as well as the arrival of the successive avant-garde movements which were forming in the rest of Europe.
August Malmström Johan August Malmström (1829 – 1901), was a Swedish academic painter associated with the Symbolist movement. He studied with Thomas Couture in Paris, and was professor of art at the Swedish Academy of Art between 1867 and 1894, and director from 1887 to 1893.
August Man Magazine August Man is a monthly men's luxury lifestyle publication, based in Singapore, which launched in September 2006. The magazine's fields of focus include fashion, design, travel, art, architecture, food, sports, health, business, books, music, film, motoring and watches.
August Mau August Mau (1840-1909) was a prominent German art historian and archaeologist who worked with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut while studying and classifying the Roman paintings at Pompeii, which was destroyed with the town of Herculaneum by volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The paintings were in remarkably good condition due to the preservation by the volcanic ash that covered the city.
August Müller August Müller (1864 – 1949), born in Mönchengladbach, was a medical student at the University of Kiel, Germany, and a pioneer in the manufacture of contact lenses. In 1889, he presented at the university his doctoral thesis titled Eyeglasses and corneal lensesMüller A.
August Meitzen August Meitzen (1822 – 1910) was a German geographer widely acknowledged as the founder of rural settlement geography. Meitzen was the Prussian special commissioner for land consolidation, concerned with redrawing property lines so as to reduce farm fragmentation.
August Musger Professor August Musger (February 10, 1868 - October 30, 1929) was an Austrian pastor and physicist "Graz's First gift to the World: Slow Motion" that is best remembered by his invention of slow motion.

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