Warburg (disambiguation)
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Places
- WarburgWarburgWarburg is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region...
, a city in Germany- the Battle of WarburgBattle of WarburgThe Battle of Warburg was a battle fought on 31 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War. The Battle was a victory for the Hanoverians and the British against the French. British general John Manners, Marquess of Granby achieved some fame for charging at the head of the British cavalry and losing his...
- the Battle of Warburg
- Warburg, AlbertaWarburg, AlbertaWarburg is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 58 km west of the city of Leduc, along Highway 39.-Demographics:The population of the Village of Warburg according to its 2009 municipal census is 696....
, a village in Canada
People
- the Warburg familyWarburg familyThe Warburg family is a financial dynasty of German Jewish origin, noted for their accomplishments in physics, classical music, art history, pharmacology, physiology, finance, private equity and philanthropy. They are believed to be descended from the Venetian Jewish del Banco family, in the early...
, a family of bankers and philanthropists and one scholar- Max M. WarburgMax WarburgMax M. Warburg was a German-born Jewish banker and from 1910 until 1938, director of M.M.Warburg & CO in Hamburg, Germany. Prior to his directing of the Warburg banking company, he developed apprenticeships in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, and London...
(1867-1946), Hamburg banker, great grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg (of the "Mittelweg" line of Warburgs) - Aby M. WarburgAby WarburgAbraham Moritz Warburg, known as Aby Warburg, was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private Library for Cultural Studies, the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, later Warburg Institute...
(1866-1929), renowned German art historian, founder of the Warburg Institute (formerly of Hamburg, now located in London) - Paul M. WarburgPaul WarburgPaul Moritz Warburg was a German-born American banker and early advocate of the U.S. Federal Reserve system.- Early life :...
(1868-1932), father of the Federal Reserve - Felix M. WarburgFelix M. WarburgFelix Moritz Warburg was a member of the Warburg banking family of Hamburg, Germany.- Biography :He was a grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg, one of the founders of the bank, M. M. Warburg . Felix Warburg was a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. He is known as a leading advocate of a Federal Reserve...
(1871–1937), New York banker - James WarburgJames WarburgJames Paul Warburg was an American banker and financial adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His father was Paul Warburg.- Biography :...
(1896–1969), financial adviser to Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... - Eric Warburg (1900-1990), banker and goodwill ambassador, son of Max Warburg, namesake of the Eric M. Warburg Prize
- Siegmund George WarburgSiegmund George WarburgSiegmund George Warburg was a member of the prominent Jewish-German-American-British Warburg family. He played a prominent role in the development of merchant banking.-Career:...
(1902-1982), founder of S. G. Warburg & Co, London, great great grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg (of the "Alsterufer" line of Warburgs)
- Max M. Warburg
- the German Warburg family members that were famous scientists:
- Emil Gabriel Warburg (1846-1931), physicist. Father of Otto Heinrich Warburg
- Otto Warburg (botanist)Otto Warburg (botanist)Otto Warburg , was a German botanist and industrial agriculture expert, as well as an active member of the Zionist Organization...
(1859-1938) - Otto Heinrich WarburgOtto Heinrich WarburgOtto Heinrich Warburg , son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate. He served as an officer in the elite Uhlan during the First World War and won the Iron Cross for bravery. Warburg was one of the twentieth century's leading biochemists...
(1883-1970), physiologist, winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Fredric WarburgFredric WarburgFredric John Warburg was an English publisher best known for his association with the British author George Orwell...
(1898–1981), publisher, founder of Secker and Warburg
Other
- Warburg InstituteWarburg InstituteThe Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London in central London, England. A member of the School of Advanced Study, its focus is the study of the influence of classical antiquity on all aspects of European civilisation.-History:The Institute was founded by...
, founded by Aby Warburg - Warburg PincusWarburg PincusWarburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
, a private equity firm, founded by Eric Warburg - S. G. Warburg & Co.S. G. Warburg & Co.S. G. Warburg & Co. was a London-based investment bank. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it was acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995.-Founding and early history:...
, a former investment bank - Warburg elementWarburg elementThe Warburg diffusion element is a common diffusion circuit element that can be used to model semi-infinite linear diffusion, that is, unrestricted diffusion to a large planar electrode...
of an equivalent electrical circuit - The Warburg hypothesisWarburg hypothesisThe Warburg effect is the observation that cancer cells exhibit glycolysis with lactate secretion and mitochondrial respiration even in the presence of oxygen....
of cancer growth, named for Otto Heinrich Warburg - The Warburg effectWarburg effectThe phrase "Warburg effect" is used for two unrelated observations in biochemistry, one in plant physiology and the other in oncology, both due to Nobel laureate Otto Heinrich Warburg.-Plant physiology:...
, named for Otto Heinrich Warburg - The Anderson-Warburg syndrome, or Norrie disease
- Warburg Sjo Fledelius Syndrome, or Warburg Micro syndrome, or Micro syndromeMicro syndromeMicro Syndrome also known as WARBM, and Warburg Sjo Fledelius Syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by microcephaly, microcornea, congenital cataract, mental retardation, optic atrophy, and hypogenitalism.-Genetics:...