Glaser
Encyclopedia
Glaser is a surname
that is derived from the occupation of the glazier
, or glass
cutter.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
that is derived from the occupation of the glazier
Glazier
A Glazier is a construction professional who selects, cuts, installs, replaces, and removes residential, commercial, and artistic glass. Glaziers also install aluminum storefront frames and entrances, glass handrails and balustrades, shower enclosures, curtain wall framing and glass and mirror...
, or glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
cutter.
Notable persons with this surname
- Barney GlaserBarney GlaserBarney G. Glaser is an American sociologist and one of the founders of the grounded theory methodology.Glaser was born in San Francisco, California, and lives in Mill Valley. He received his BA degree at Stanford in 1952. He pursued academic studies at the University of Paris where he studied...
, (Barney G. Glaser), see Grounded TheoryGrounded theoryGrounded theory is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data. It is mainly used in qualitative research, but is also applicable to quantitative data.... - Christopher GlaserChristopher GlaserChristopher Glaser , a pharmaceutical chemist of the 17th century, was a native of Basel, became demonstrator of chemistry, as successor of Lefebvre, at the Jardin du Roi in Paris, and apothecary to Louis XIV and to the duke of Orléans...
, a Swiss chemist of the 17th century - Chris GlaserChris GlaserRev. Chris Glaser, M.Div., has been an activist in the movement for full inclusion of LGBT Christians in the Presbyterian Church , or PCUSA, for over 30 years. He is currently a minister in the Metropolitan Community Church, or MCC.-Education:...
, writer and minister - Daniel GlaserDaniel GlaserDaniel L. Glaser is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes in the Department of Treasury of the United States. He serves under Stuart A. Levey, a Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Obama Administration. His work...
, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the US Department of Treasury - Donald A. GlaserDonald A. GlaserDonald Arthur Glaser , is an American physicist, neurobiologist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his invention of the Bubble chamber used in subatomic particle physics....
, Nobel prize winner in physics - Elizabeth GlaserElizabeth GlaserElizabeth Glaser, born Elizabeth Meyer, , was a major American AIDS activist and child advocate married to actor and director Paul Michael Glaser. She contracted HIV very early in the modern AIDS epidemic after receiving an HIV-contaminated blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth...
, AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
activist - Franjo GlaserFranjo GlaserFranjo Glaser was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager...
, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n football player - Julius Anton GlaserJulius Anton GlaserJulius Anton Glaser was an Austrian jurist and liberal politician.-Life:Born in Postelberg, Bohemia to a family of Jewish traders of humble means, Glaser later converted to Christianity...
, Austrian jurist and politician - Milton GlaserMilton GlaserMilton Glaser is a graphic designer, best known for the I Love New York logo, his "Bob Dylan" poster, the "DC bullet" logo used by DC Comics from 1977 to 2005, and the "Brooklyn Brewery" logo. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968.-Biography:Glaser was born into a Hungarian...
, graphic designer - Paul Michael GlaserPaul Michael GlaserPaul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director, perhaps best known for his role as Detective David Starsky on the 1970s television series Starsky and Hutch; he also appeared as Captain Jack Steeper on the 1999 to 2005 NBC series Third Watch.-Early life:Glaser, the youngest of three...
, actor - Peter GlaserPeter GlaserPeter Edward Glaser is an American scientist and aerospace engineer. He served as Vice President, Advanced Technology , was employed at Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA ; subsequently he served as a consultant to the company . He was president of Power from Space Consultants...
- American scientist - Peter Glaser (author) (born 1957) - Austrian writer, winner of the 2002 Ingeborg Bachmann PrizeIngeborg Bachmann PrizeThe Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
- Rob GlaserRob GlaserRob Glaser is the founder of RealNetworks which produces RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, and Helix, among other products and services...
, founder of RealNetworksRealNetworksRealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The company is the creator of RealAudio, a compressed audio format; RealVideo, a compressed video format; RealPlayer, a media player; RealDownloader, a download...
, Inc. - Robert GlaserRobert GlaserRobert Glaser is an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction...
, educational psychologist - Robert GlaserRobert GlaserRobert Glaser is an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction...
, founder of Hot Web Holdings Ltd - Sam GlaserSam GlaserSam Glaser is a popular composer, performer and interpreter of Jewish music. Referred to as one of the top ten Jewish artists in the United States by Moment Magazine, he holds a global fifty-city music tour culminating in Israel every year....
, musician - Tompall GlaserTompall GlaserTompall Glaser is an American country music artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers...
, American country music singer - Vladimir Glaser, CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n theoretical physicist.