Lasker
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Lasker may refer to:
- Lasker, North CarolinaLasker, North CarolinaLasker is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 103 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Lasker is located at ....
- Lasker AwardLasker AwardThe Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary...
, an award for medical research - Lasker's Manual of ChessLasker's Manual of ChessLasker's Manual of Chess is a book on the game of chess written in 1925 by former World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker. The content of the book, as Lasker himself writes, is most influenced by the theories put forth by Steinitz, as well as Staunton's The Chess-Player's Handbook.-Contents:The book...
, a book on the game of chess by Emanuel Lasker. - Lasker–Noether theoremLasker–Noether theoremIn mathematics, the Lasker–Noether theorem states that every Noetherian ring is a Lasker ring, which means that every ideal can be written as an intersection of finitely many primary ideals...
or Lasker Ring, a mathematical theorem
People with the surname Lasker
- Albert LaskerAlbert LaskerAlbert Davis Lasker was an American businessman who is often considered to be the founder of modern advertising. He was born in Freiburg, Germany when his American parents Morris and Nettie Heidenheimer Davis Lasker were visiting their homeland; he was raised in Galveston, Texas, where Morris was...
(1880-1952), an advertising pioneer; husband of Mary Woodward Lasker - Berthold LaskerBerthold LaskerBerthold Lasker was a German chess master.Born Jonathan Berthold Lasker, he was married to the poet and playwright Else Lasker-Schüler and was an elder brother of Emanuel Lasker....
, a German chess master; brother of Emanuel Lasker - Eduard LaskerEduard LaskerEduard Lasker was a German politician and jurist.-Biography:He was born at Jarotschin, a village in Posen, being the son of a Jewish tradesman. He attended the gymnasium, and afterwards the University of Breslau...
(1829-1884), a German politician - Edward LaskerEdward LaskerEdward Lasker was a leading German-American chess and Go player. He was awarded the title of International Master of chess by FIDE. Lasker was an engineer by profession, and an author.-Background:...
(1885-1981), a leading American chess and go player - Edward LaskerEdward Lasker (businessman)Edward Lasker was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.He was one of the three children of Flora Warner and her husband, Albert Davis Lasker , the owner of Lord & Thomas, a highly successful Chicago advertising agency, who was also the owner of the Chicago Cubs Major League...
(1912-1997), American businessman, son of ad executive Albert LaskerAlbert LaskerAlbert Davis Lasker was an American businessman who is often considered to be the founder of modern advertising. He was born in Freiburg, Germany when his American parents Morris and Nettie Heidenheimer Davis Lasker were visiting their homeland; he was raised in Galveston, Texas, where Morris was... - Emanuel LaskerEmanuel LaskerEmanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...
(1868-1941), a German chess player, chess world champion, and mathematician; brother of Berthold Lasker - Jonathan LaskerJonathan LaskerJonathan Lasker is an American artist.Lasker was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City as well as California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California....
(born 1948), an American artist - Lawrence LaskerLawrence LaskerLawrence C. Lasker is a screenwriter and producer who entered American film in 1983 as writer of the movie WarGames. He is the son of actress Jane Greer and producer Edward Lasker...
(born 1949), an American screenwriter and producer - Mary Woodward Lasker, a health activist; wife of Albert Lasker
- Else Lasker-SchülerElse Lasker-SchülerElse Lasker-Schüler was a Jewish German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.-Biography:Schüler was born in...
(1869-1945), a German Jewish poet
See also
- Laskar (disambiguation)
- Laski (disambiguation)Laski (disambiguation)Laski or Łaski may refer to the following Polish villages:In Greater Poland Voivodeship :*Laski, Jarocin County*Laski, Kępno County*Laski, Turek CountyIn Łódź Voivodeship :*Laski, Pajęczno County...
- Łask, a town in Poland