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Definition von barbara im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A female given name
Everybody in the next generation, suggested Dick, will be named Peter or Barbara - because at present all piquant literary characters are named Peter or Barbara..; A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"; {i} female first name; Barbara Millicent Roberts Barbara Saint Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Santa Barbara Islands Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Jordan Barbara Charline McClintock Barbara Santa Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Barbara Joan Streisand Tuchman Barbara Barbara Wertheim Walters Barbara Ward Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Orczy Emmuska Magdalena Rosalia Marie Josepha Barbara Baroness; given name, female; It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives; The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism; fireworks; storms; artillery; lightning
Barbara Baroness Jackson Ward: born May 23, 1914, York, Eng. died May 31, 1981, Lodsworth British economist and writer. After studying economics at the University of Oxford, she became a writer and editor at The Economist (from 1939). She married Robert Jackson in 1950. She was an influential adviser to the Vatican, the UN, and the World Bank, and she wrote numerous articles and books on the worldwide threat from poverty among less-developed countries (she advocated the transfer of wealth from rich to poor countries) and the importance of conservation; her books, which reached a wide audience, included The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations (1962), Spaceship Earth (1966), Only One Earth (with René Dubos, 1972), and Progress for a Small Planet (1980)
Barbara C Jordan: born Feb. 21, 1936, Houston, Texas, U.S. died Jan. 17, 1996, Austin, Texas U.S. lawyer and politician. She earned a law degree from Boston University in 1959, served in the Texas state senate (1966-72), and then won election to the U.S. House of Representatives (1973-79), becoming the first African American congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South. She became a national figure in 1974, when she participated in televised hearings of the House Judiciary Committee on the possible impeachment of Pres. Richard Nixon. Her keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention confirmed her reputation as a commanding and articulate public speaker. She retired from the House to teach at the University of Texas
Barbara Charline Jordan: born Feb. 21, 1936, Houston, Texas, U.S. died Jan. 17, 1996, Austin, Texas U.S. lawyer and politician. She earned a law degree from Boston University in 1959, served in the Texas state senate (1966-72), and then won election to the U.S. House of Representatives (1973-79), becoming the first African American congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South. She became a national figure in 1974, when she participated in televised hearings of the House Judiciary Committee on the possible impeachment of Pres. Richard Nixon. Her keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention confirmed her reputation as a commanding and articulate public speaker. She retired from the House to teach at the University of Texas
Barbara Hepworth: a British sculptor (=a person who makes art products out of stone, metal, and wood) who worked in an abstract style (1903-75)
Barbara Kingsolver: (born 1955) American novelist and short story writer who wrote "The Bean Trees" (1988)
Barbara Lewis: (born 1943) American pop and soul singer
Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Ward: born May 23, 1914, York, Eng. died May 31, 1981, Lodsworth British economist and writer. After studying economics at the University of Oxford, she became a writer and editor at The Economist (from 1939). She married Robert Jackson in 1950. She was an influential adviser to the Vatican, the UN, and the World Bank, and she wrote numerous articles and books on the worldwide threat from poverty among less-developed countries (she advocated the transfer of wealth from rich to poor countries) and the importance of conservation; her books, which reached a wide audience, included The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations (1962), Spaceship Earth (1966), Only One Earth (with René Dubos, 1972), and Progress for a Small Planet (1980)
Barbara McClintock: born June 16, 1902, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died Sept. 2, 1992, Huntington, N.Y. U.S. geneticist. She received her doctorate from Cornell University. In the 1940s and '50s, her experiments with variations in the coloration of kernels of corn revealed that genetic information is not stationary. She isolated two control elements in genetic material and found not only that they moved but that the change in position affected the behaviour of neighbouring genes, and she suggested that these elements were responsible for the diversity in cells during an organism's development. Her pioneering research, whose importance was not recognized for many years, eventually resulted in her being awarded a 1983 Nobel Prize
Barbara Stanwyck: orig. Ruby Stevens born July 16, 1907, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 20, 1990, Santa Monica, Calif. U.S. film actress. She made her screen debut in 1927 and went on to appear in over 80 films, often portraying strong-willed, independent women. Her movies include Stella Dallas (1937), Union Pacific (1939), Ball of Fire (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), and Executive Suite (1954). She later starred in the television series The Big Valley (1965-69), and she appeared in the popular miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). She received several Academy Award nominations, but she failed to win an award until she was granted an honorary award in 1981
Barbara Stanwyck: {i} (1907-1990) United States movie and television actress
Barbara Streisand: (born 1942) American singer and actress
Barbara Tuchman: orig. Barbara Wertheim born Jan. 30, 1912, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 6, 1989, Greenwich, Conn. U.S. historian. She wrote for The Nation and other publications before beginning to write most of the books that made her a leading popular historian. Marked by a masterly literary style and a powerful grasp of complex issues, they include The Zimmermann Telegram (1958); The Guns of August (1962, Pulitzer Prize), on the first month of World War I; Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 (1970, Pulitzer Prize), a study of the China-U.S. relationship; and A Distant Mirror (1978), concerning 14th-century France
Barbara Walters: born Sept. 25, 1931, Boston, Mass., U.S. U.S. television journalist. After brief employment in an advertising agency, she became assistant to the publicity director for New York City's NBC-affiliated television station. She worked in television as a writer-producer (1952-58), interviewer (1964-74), and cohost (1974-76) of NBC's Today show, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1975. In 1976-78, for an unprecedented $1 million a year, she was coanchor of the ABC Evening News, the first woman to anchor a network newscast in the U.S. From 1976 she hosted the series of Barbara Walters Specials, interviewing celebrities and world leaders Her disarmingly direct questioning drew many subjects into frequently interesting and occasionally provocative moments of self-revelation. In 1982 and 1983 she received Emmy Awards for best interviewer. From 1984 she also cohosted ABC's 20/20 news magazine program
Saint Barbara: The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives
Santa Barbara: A place name of many cities
Dame Barbara Cartland: a British writer who wrote hundreds of romantic novels in a rather old-fashioned style (1901-2000). born July 9, 1901, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Eng. died May 21, 2000, Hatfield, Hertfordshire English author. Her first novel, Jigsaw (1925), was a popular success. She wrote two more novels and a play during the 1920s; thereafter her output grew steadily, and by the 1970s she was averaging 23 books a year, all of which she dictated. Her approximately 600 books, mostly formulaic romance novels, have sold more than 600 million copies. Cartland's nonfiction includes autobiographies and books on health food, vitamins, and beauty. She was the step-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Dame Barbara Hepworth: born Jan. 10, 1903, Wakefield, Eng. died May 20, 1975, St. Ives British sculptor. Her work, naturalistic at first, became abstract by the 1930s, when she produced severe geometrical pieces with straight edges. As Hepworth's sculpture matured during the late 1930s and '40s, she concentrated on the problem of the counterplay between mass and space. By the 1950s she was internationally famous, and she received many prestigious commissions, including Single Form (1963), a memorial to Dag Hammarskjold at the UN Building, New York City. She became, with Henry Moore, a leader of the modern movement in England and one of the most influential sculptors of the mid 20th century
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth: born Jan. 10, 1903, Wakefield, Eng. died May 20, 1975, St. Ives British sculptor. Her work, naturalistic at first, became abstract by the 1930s, when she produced severe geometrical pieces with straight edges. As Hepworth's sculpture matured during the late 1930s and '40s, she concentrated on the problem of the counterplay between mass and space. By the 1950s she was internationally famous, and she received many prestigious commissions, including Single Form (1963), a memorial to Dag Hammarskjold at the UN Building, New York City. She became, with Henry Moore, a leader of the modern movement in England and one of the most influential sculptors of the mid 20th century
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland: born July 9, 1901, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Eng. died May 21, 2000, Hatfield, Hertfordshire English author. Her first novel, Jigsaw (1925), was a popular success. She wrote two more novels and a play during the 1920s; thereafter her output grew steadily, and by the 1970s she was averaging 23 books a year, all of which she dictated. Her approximately 600 books, mostly formulaic romance novels, have sold more than 600 million copies. Cartland's nonfiction includes autobiographies and books on health food, vitamins, and beauty. She was the step-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
Emmuska Magdalena Rosalia Marie Josepha Barbara Baroness Orczy: born Sept. 23, 1865, Tarnaörs, Hung. died Nov. 12, 1947, London, Eng. Hungarian-born British novelist. The daughter of a noted musician, she was educated in Brussels and Paris and studied art in London. She became famous as the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), a swashbuckling adventure set in the era of the French Revolution. Her sequels did not match its great popular success. She also wrote detective stories
Saint Barbara: died 200; feast day December 4 Early Christian martyr and patroness of artillerymen. She was the daughter of a pagan, Dioscorus, who kept her guarded to protect her beauty and virginity. When she converted to Christianity he became enraged and took her to the Roman prefect, who ordered her to be tortured and beheaded. Her father performed the execution himself, and on the way home he was struck by lightning and reduced to ashes. Barbara was a popular saint during the Middle Ages and was invoked for aid in thunderstorms. She was dropped from the church calendar in 1969
Santa Barbara: city in California (USA)
Santa Barbara: City (pop., 2000: 92,325), southern California, U.S. Located on the Pacific coast, Santa Barbara was named for the patron saint of mariners in 1602, and it became the site of a Spanish military post in 1782. The mission of Santa Barbara was built in 1786; it is the western headquarters of the Franciscan Order and has been in continuous use since its founding. The city developed into a busy port and was incorporated as a city in 1850. After the arrival (1887) of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Santa Barbara became a popular seaside resort. Its economy is bolstered by livestock farms and petroleum production. Its educational institutions include the University of California at Santa Barbara (1891)
Santa Barbara Islands: A chain of islands and islets off southern California in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are separated from the mainland by Santa Barbara Channel in the north and San Pedro Channel in the south
santa barbara: a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean