oswald

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Definition von oswald im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name

A patronymic surname

Avery Oswald Theodore Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald 6th Baronet Oswald Lee Harvey Spengler Oswald Erich Oswald Stroheim

{i} family name; male first name; Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963), Marxist sympathizer and member of the U.S. Marine Corps, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

A surname

United States assassin of President John F

Kennedy (1939-1963)

Relevante Übersetzungen

Oswald Avery

born Oct. 21, 1877, Halifax, N.S., Can. died Feb. 20, 1955, Nashville, Tenn., U.S. Canadian-born U.S. bacteriologist. He studied at Colgate University before taking a post at New York's Rockefeller Institute Hospital. There he discovered transformation, a process by which a change could be introduced into bacteria and passed on to later generations of transformed cells. He and his coworkers reported in 1944 that the substance that caused the transformation was DNA, the cell's genetic material. The discovery thus opened the door to deciphering the genetic code

Oswald Mosley

{i} Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley (1896-1980), English politician and fascist leader (founded the British Union of Fascists and the Union Movement)

Oswald Spengler

born May 29, 1880, Blankenburg, Ger. died May 8, 1936, Munich German philosopher. A schoolmaster before he turned to writing, Spengler is remembered for his influential The Decline of the West, 2 vol. (1918-22), a study in the philosophy of history. He contended that civilizations pass through a life cycle, blossoming and decaying like natural organisms, and that Western culture is irreversibly past its creative stage and headed into eclipse. Though acclaimed by a public disillusioned in the wake of World War I, his work was criticized by both professional scholars and the Nazi Party, despite some affinities with its dogma

Oswald Theodore Avery

born Oct. 21, 1877, Halifax, N.S., Can. died Feb. 20, 1955, Nashville, Tenn., U.S. Canadian-born U.S. bacteriologist. He studied at Colgate University before taking a post at New York's Rockefeller Institute Hospital. There he discovered transformation, a process by which a change could be introduced into bacteria and passed on to later generations of transformed cells. He and his coworkers reported in 1944 that the substance that caused the transformation was DNA, the cell's genetic material. The discovery thus opened the door to deciphering the genetic code

Lee Harvey Oswald

the man who was believed by the police to have shot and killed the US President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Two days after the President's death, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby. Some people believe that Oswald was not the real killer (1939-63). born Oct. 18, 1939, New Orleans, La., U.S. died Nov. 24, 1963, Dallas, Texas Accused assassin of Pres. John F. Kennedy. While serving in the U.S. Marines (1956-59) he began to express pro-Soviet and politically radical views. Shortly after his discharge he moved to the Soviet Union, where he unsuccessfully tried to become a Soviet citizen. He returned to the U.S. in 1962 with his Russian wife and daughter but retained his radical political beliefs. In April 1963 he allegedly shot at but missed Edwin Walker, an ultrarightist retired general. In October he took a job at the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas. On Nov. 22, 1963, from a window on its sixth floor, he allegedly fired three shots that killed Kennedy and wounded Gov. John B. Connally while the two men were riding in the president's motorcade. Oswald killed a patrolman who had detained him, but he was soon captured and arraigned. On November 24, while being transferred to an interrogation office, he was fatally shot by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner

Lee Harvey Oswald

(1939-1963) Marxist sympathizer and member of the U.S. Marine Corps, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Sir Oswald 6th Baronet Mosley

born Nov. 16, 1896, London, Eng. died Dec. 3, 1980, Orsay, near Paris, France English politician and fascist. He served in the House of Commons (1918-31) as, successively, a Conservative, an Independent, and a Labourite. After a visit to Italy, he founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932. With his followers, he distributed anti-Semitic propaganda, conducted hostile demonstrations in the Jewish sections of eastern London, and wore Nazi-style uniforms. During World War II he was interned (1940-43) with his wife, Diana Guinness, a sister of Jessica and Nancy Mitford and friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1948 Mosley founded the Union Movement, an amalgam of right-wing book clubs

Sir Oswald Ernald 6th Baronet Mosley

born Nov. 16, 1896, London, Eng. died Dec. 3, 1980, Orsay, near Paris, France English politician and fascist. He served in the House of Commons (1918-31) as, successively, a Conservative, an Independent, and a Labourite. After a visit to Italy, he founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932. With his followers, he distributed anti-Semitic propaganda, conducted hostile demonstrations in the Jewish sections of eastern London, and wore Nazi-style uniforms. During World War II he was interned (1940-43) with his wife, Diana Guinness, a sister of Jessica and Nancy Mitford and friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1948 Mosley founded the Union Movement, an amalgam of right-wing book clubs

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley

{i} Oswald Mosley (1896-1980), English politician and fascist leader (founded the British Union of Fascists and the Union Movement)

Sir Oswald Mosley

a British politician who started a new political group called the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. Mosley admired Mussolini and Hitler, and the BUF organized attacks on Jewish people in London (1896-1980)

Silbentrennung

Os·wald

Türkische aussprache

ôzwôld

Aussprache

/ˈôzwôld/ /ˈɔːzwɔːld/

Etymologie

() Name of early English saints and kings, from Old English ōs (“god”) + weald (“power”).